Reviews of professor James Rooney

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
well. you have to read for every class period and answer questions but he never takes them for a grade. it's a really discussion-based class and you better have people who wanna talk or else you WILL get randomly called on. participation is mandatory and you get graded on 3 papers and then a 10 page one at the end. good luck

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Where to begin with this class. While he is a nice guy, the class itself is awful. You can tell no one wants to be in the class. He knocks off points every class you miss. There are readings every night but he doesn't grade you on them but will talk about in discussion. So you have to be able to think fast and make something up.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I dred going to this class every day. It gets really akward when no one raises their hand when he asks a question and you just sit in silence. You have readings for every class. Overall, it is not a enjoyable class at all.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I wouldn't recommend this professor to anyone. There are three papers total during the class one being the final paper, and a midterm. Grading isn't bad. Class is heavily discussion and he has his favorites and will pick on certain people during the discussion. If you don't read, be ready to make something up when he calls on you. 1/10

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Have to come to every class or else you're docked off participation points. There is only 1 midterm exam and the only other grades come from 3 short papers and a final paper. The class is only discussion based, so he will call on people randomly if no one raises their hand. Overall, not an enjoyable class and would not recommend taking him.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He was really boring and kind of treated students as though he was above them. Not always the clearest with criteria of projects or papers. The midterm was really easy and overall it is an easy class IF you want to put work into it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
strict but fair. discussions are interesting and thought-provoking. a lot of papers but he is not a hard grader. would recommend.