James Thrasher - Grove City College, Grove City, PA

Professor: James Thrasher

Department: Philosophy

College: Grove City College, Grove City, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: RELI290
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr Thrasher is amazing! I highly recommend his Intro to Sports Ministry class, especially if you love sports. He cares about his students, helps you grow as a Christian athlete, isn't unreasonable in his assignments, and is a fair grader. NOTE: He didn't give us any quizzes (which was nice), and the textbooks, while beneficial, weren't really used.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HUMA102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I really enjoyed my HUMA102 class. It may be a graduation requirement, but it's still very insightful and interesting. Thrasher doesn't believe in pop quizzes, only weekly biblical outlines that are way more helpful in biblical comprehension than a quiz could ever be. Genuinely a nice guy. If you must take a 8 or 9 am, pick this! Very worth while

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HUMA102201
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I really like Dr. Thrasher, I had him for both HUMA 102 & 201 - he's a wise man who knows a lot about the Bible. He strongly supports a Biblical WV, asks profound questions that challenge what you think & cause you to think on a deeper level. He is a fair grader on his papers. Loves Turabian. Midterm and finals are essays with challenging matching

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HUMA102
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Content covered in lectures is what is on testsfinal exam. Pay attention to GreekLatin key words, they are on tests, overall enjoyed the class. It was a good overview of the Bible, he did not have any earth-shattering new ideas which was nice. Very conservative interpretation of the Bible.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HUMA102
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This class was not hard, but also not very rewarding. He doesn't respect the fact that people might have differing opinions on Biblical interpretation. When he does point out another viewpoint-he doesn't give it a fair evaluation-and then he proceeds to tell you the "correct" (his) view. It is nice that he doesn't do quizzes though!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HUMA102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Loved this class. Not hard at all. Weekly outlines of the Bible reading take some time but aren't hard. Tests are mostly essay. Thrasher is a Godly man with incredible conviction. I really appreciate his literal interpretation of the Bible and I learned so much in this class. Would definitely take one of his classes again.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SOCI251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Every class goes back to his family somehow. Always has stories which are interesting but then he tells us how everything in his life is perfect now. Tests are stupid. Very subjective. Not necessarily hard though. Very haughty.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SOCI251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He seems to grade tests and papers very subjectively. If he personally agrees with what you write, you get more points. Also, the objective parts of tests were fairly ridiculous. Know all of his lecture points! Aside from that, his class was pretty awkward. You learn a lot... about things you probably learned from conversations in locker rooms.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HUMA102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Although I don't consider myself a Calvinist by any means, he is a good prof. Lectures are interesting and he revealed a lot about the Bible and worldviews. His tests though... try to find as many random Greek words as possible for the matching section, and for papers,make sure to match Turabian citations to the character...

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COURTMARR
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Talks non-stop about his family. Pretends to respect your opinion, but then repeats his as correct. Entire class is redundant - material could be covered in the first 3 weeks and you'd be good. Try to not hate him and his beyond reasonable arrogance and you might actually enjoy class...

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HUMA102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good lecturer, but that's it. His tests are almost completely essays which means 60% of your grade is subjective. The other part of his exams is word matching where he doesn't even give you the option of the definition he gave in lecture on some of them, so you dont have a clue for at least 25% of them even if you have the notes memorized.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HUMA102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great prof! Took for a night class and greatly enjoyed. Bring a computer though - he talks too fast to handwrite the notes. Also, consider recording the lectures on your computer and listening to them again to study. Great prof, fair tests - know what different words mean in their Hebrew or Greek. Take him if possible!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HUMA102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Thrasher is an opinion pusher. Unless you are extremely conservative and interpret the Bible literally, he will annoy the crap out of you. Also v. arrogant.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HUMA102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is very arrogant and judgmental. He likes the sound of his own voice. Some of his comments were just unbelievable to me.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHYE290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I highly recommend this class to anyone interested in sports. Class is mostly discussion based and Thrasher's enthusiasm makes it impossible not to love.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIBREV
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is da man--A good strong, wise, experienced Calvinist Christian prof who really knows how to teach and has a perfect, complete worldview. And he lets you know how great he is. Also never stops talking about his kids...or at least his one favorite son, Caleb. Take this class cuz there isn't much testing, it isn't bad.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIBREV
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This institution really need more teachers like him. He's focused, challenging, smart, and of great character. Classes at 8 am are not fun but he keeps you awake and you would not want to miss a class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HUMA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Cocky, incredibly arrogant. Don't take. Definitely not suited for teaching. Thrasher - stay in career services!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIBREV102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

unbelievably boring, don't take his clas, should not teach but remain in Career Services where he is useful

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SOCI251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

excellent class. very insightful.