Reviews of professor Cera Murtagh

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Other than YellowDig every other week or so, Murtagh is a must-take, super knowledgeable and you learn a ton whilest making the class not a total snoozefest.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Murtagh is the absolute BEST. She is so passionate about the topic and has loads of experience. She is kind, considerate, and understanding. There's quite a bit of reading involved, but it is very interesting if you're interested in political science. Shes a total chiller. Take her class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's really nice and the class is low stress. You need to try a little and there are a few papers and quizzes, but she grades them easily and almost everything is open note. Great professor take her

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Cera is a gem! She is very intelligent about international affairs and brings a unique perspective to comparative politics. She is an open-minded individual. Classes are primarily discussion so make sure to participate. Lots of reading for homework but not bad bc you can skim. Midterm graded tough. Final project graded more leniently. Take her!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is such a nice professor. She is so interesting! No tests, just writing but she isn't a super hard grader.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Murtagh is so nice and extremely well educated. This class was so informative and explored so many different topics. She is super understanding of personal issues, but you should be ready to participate a lot. Not much graded work other than 4 main papers and participation so you have to do well on those to get an A.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
By far the worst professor I have taken at Villanova University. My final grade was a B+ despite showing up to her office hours weekly. When I was 0.02 points off from an A-, she rejected to round it for "academic integrity".

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Actually a queen. So sweet and caring. She is legit so knowledgeable about comparative politics and I learned so much. Please take! Weekly current events and nightly reading but she's not a harsh grader. Midterm and final count for a lot but I think she graded easily.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great Professor. Very Passionate about the material. Easy grader, be ready to read though.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed Murtagh's class. There is a lot of reading but her lectures follow them pretty closely and she posts all of her extensive powerpoints online. She is applied what we were learning to lots of real life cases which is nice in a theory course. Easy midterm, one long paper, a couple short quizzes, and a final. She's very personable

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Murtagh's class was really interesting! She was very organized and clear about her expectations for the class. The majority of your grade is a policy brief due at the end of the semester that she does a good job of explaining and helping you write. There's a decent amount of reading you have to do, but it's overall a manageable workload.