Reviews of professor James Sieja

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Sieja gives so little guidance, instructions, or expectations for any assignment that you will constantly be confused. His help when you reach out to him will only make it more complicated as he likes to give important details after you have started. He does not spend a lot of time teaching. His sense of humor can get uncomfortable.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall horrible professor and a really unpleasant person, highly do not recommend taking any of his classes.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Got put into the FYP I didn't want to take. Sieja and the other professor didn't seem to know how to teach together, making class uncomfortable. Clear favorites. Sexism is rampant in this classroom. No room for disagreeing about topics and will interrupt you when speaking. Don't expect to do well on essays, he's a harsh grader.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Fair number of small papers (we had 6 for this class). A couple were a little tricky, but overall not difficult and they were graded fairly. Exams are a different story. Multiple choice questions were generally confusing & worth a lot, so getting too many wrong screws your grade. Make sure you know all the Latin terms from class, that'll help.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
save yourself some time, dont take a class with him.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
An amazing professor that good lectures where students can participate and is hilarious. He gives good feedback on his essays. For a writing intensive class, you will have to write 4 papers that allow you to be creative and relate course content to the papers. Tests are not that difficult if you spend a few hours studying. Participation matters.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Had a great time in professor Sieja's class he is a great lecturer and very funny. I enjoyed the class content and could tell it was within his wheelhouse. Very well taught overall although assignments could have been more clear.