Reviews of professor Patrick Gallagher

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lecture heavy, easy weekly quizzes based on short documents. Writing intensive exams but very general so they are easy to write about. Cracks jokes, shows enthusiasm and will take time out of his day to help when asked.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The weekly quizzes are easy if you read the documents assigned. The lectures are really boring and can lull you to sleep. You can teach yourself the material before the 2 exams and not pay attention. The research paper is graded pretty harshly and is 8-10 pages long

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
AVOID AT ALL COST! Laughs at students when they ask questions. Very condescending and expects you to know EVERYTHING he says in class, but he talks so fast that you don't have time to write anything down. Does not go off of the book, and does not use a PowerPoint.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class was way harder than it needed to be. The lectures are almost impossible to follow. He is not helpful with anything regarding the term paper, quizzes and exams. All the information comes strictly from what he says in class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
DO NOT TAKE AT ALL COSTS!!!! His lectures are impossible to follow, he talks fast and has no power point. He skips around a lot when he talks and never gives reviews for his tests. quiz every Friday and no other grades given.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
By far one of the worst courses I have taken at SJU. Professor Gallagher knows everything about anything and expects you to know the same. He speaks a million miles per hour and uses the most confusing language, leaving me confused after every single class. He gives zero direction for the midterm and final and its nearly impossible to be prepared.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Quizzes once a week on documents from hundreds of years ago, that are virtually impossible to understand. Midterm on 8 chapters and no review sheet is given, but even after hours of studying my 60 pages of notes, only 7 questions were given. So much material and not enough questions to help you balance what you know more and not very well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Patrick Gallagher is the absolute king of this entire world. Really cares a lot about his students, especially academic wise. Take his class if you want him to proclaim your gpa into the negatives. At first he might make your eardrums bleed but after a while you learn to appreciate his voice. He is the King of the modern world he forged for me.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Awful class. He is all over the place in his lectures, making it impossible to understand or pay attention. There is no guidance on what to expect on any exam/quiz. Talks the entire class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Gallagher is the MAN! One of the most knowledgeable profs I have ever had. If you enjoy history, take this class. No homework, easy quizzes, straightforward tests/exams. Take him if you can.