Reviews of professor Richard Burgess

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The lectures that he gives are amazing, and he's personally a very fun and engaging professor. The class is not the easiest, and you should be prepared to both read and write about tough concepts, but he makes very clear what he is looking for. There are multiple short answer quizzes, but If you read and understand the concepts you will do fine.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Most of the grade is the 3 parts of the final paper, which is basically a crapshoot. If you can write a good paper, you'll be fine, if not, I would avoid this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He was hilarious as a lecturer, and gave a fair amount of readings may seem like a lot at first but once you know what to look for in the readings.  Gives multiple chances for extra credit on the major grades and his office hours are really helpful if you feel stuck. Attendance not mandatory

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
While the quizzes threw me and a few others I knew off, he was a great professor. He really wanted to make sure you understood the material, and made it his goal to make sure all of his students knew that. He would be lenient and in some cases correct your grade if you felt you were graded too harshly, but he could also take away points.Great class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I didn't even go to class for like 3/4 of the semester and still passed. Quizzes are probably the hardest part of the course so just study for those and do the projects he assigns.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great lectures, pay attention and study, and you can do well on the quizzes. Go to the writing center.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Burgess is funny but his grading criteria is a nightmare. Dude doesn't know what he wants. It's an easy class to pass, but the quizzes are pretty difficult. The big project is not nearly as difficult as he made it seem. I learned nothing in this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great professor. Has a great way of lecturing that's easy to follow. If you take good notes and read the readings, you'll be set. The quizzes are worth a lot so study for them and take advantage of the extra credit for the final project.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great professor, definitely explained everything he was trying to explain very well and easily. The quizzes are worded a bit odd in some cases, but if you can get past that they're fine. you NEED to do the readings to pass. You will not pass without doing the readings.