Reviews of professor John Patrick Riley

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Giving him a higher rating because it's incredibly easy to get a good grade in his class. I skimmed books and wrote papers on them, got A's on each one. However, he is very inaccessible. Rarely responds to emails in a timely manner, even when an assignment was due etc. Never graded assignments in a timely manner either.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing professor and really cares about what he's teaching, which you can feel in the lectures.  Only have two exams, the midterm and the final (usually provided with a study guide).  Have 6 responses papers in discussion along with 2 major papers.  Nothing too crazy, if you just read the textbook and follow along you'll do fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Riley is amazing and I definitely recommend his class! I would say it's an average amount of work, 2 papers, as well as a midterm and a final with a few short writing assignments every here and there. A good lecturer and makes the class enjoyable.