Reviews of professor Mary Townsend

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Townsend makes the material very interesting and help us to apply it to the real world. As long as you skim through the readings before class, you'll be fine. She's a very easy grader, but doesn't grade most things until the end of the semester. Fair warning --- she has a soothing voice that could very easily put you to sleep haha. Take her!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Took her online class thought it was going to be terrible but it turned out pretty good. She assigns one reading a class they are long but you can skim though them and one discussion question after class and respond to 2 classmates. 3 group assignments and she gives you more than enough time to complete them and she is very responsive. Take her cla

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Her ethics class was honestly the best. TAKE HER! Usually, every philosophy class is boring and hard to pass but she makes it so interesting. She does talk really low which is hard to hear. Make sure to participate and she will love you. She gave out one midterm test, 2 group assignments (discussion board) and a reflection final. Also reading.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Such an easy class. Just show up and participate. Do the readings, the couple of essays, and you're fine. This was one of the better Philosophy classes I've taken at SJU!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not sure why she has such low ratings. She is passionate, lets the class lead the discussion, and makes lectures interesting. Papers are pretty much open-ended and self-led, making them super easy. Show up, do the twice weekly discussion board postings, and raise your hand/participate every now and then. She's genuine/fair and wants all to succeed.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She is truly sweet and soft spoken. She is a very lenient grader. However, there is a lotttttt of readings and you have to print them for each class they are assigned for. The class is simply discussing the readings. Only few written lengthy online assignments are graded. Despite her efforts to make the class intriguing, it can be quite boring.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Sooooooo boring

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Townsend is truly a knowledgable professor. She ran an amazing online ethics class and is very understanding if you come to her with anything. She made ethics interesting to talk about and learn. Our papers gave us the chance to apply philosophy in our own way but lectures focus on philosophical theory. Highly recommend if you want to learn.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Honestly, she's the worst. Sitting through that class is pure misery. She makes you read an insane amount of pages every single night, and there's a discussion post that you have to do before each class. She talks for the entire time about what we read, but listening to her makes me fall asleep. I didn't learn a single thing from her.