Sara Dwyer-McNulty - Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Professor: Sara Dwyer-McNulty

Department: History

College: Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST227
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lots of reading and expects you to participate in class. Also gives out pop quizzes on the material. Unless you like to read, don't take this class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class requires SO much reading for a 200 level class! Dr. DM is a nice lady, but kind of disorganized and forgets to grade some things until you remind her every class. She gives pop quizzes and her tests were quite hard. Few essays. So so so much reading. If you a miss a reading it will be hard to understand the lecture and pass the tests.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: FYS101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Dwyer-McNulty is really caring. She makes sure that you understand everything before proceeding. The lessons are mostly discussions of the reading questions given for homework the day before. Plus, if you take her JFK First Year Seminar, you get to take field trips to the FDR and JFK library+Chelsea Market!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

One of my favorite teachers. She lectures most of the class, but loves the topic so much that you become interested.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: FYS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Love Profesor Dwyer-McNulty! She is such a sweet women and very helpful. There is a TON of reading in this class so be aware. The readings are very lengthy and hard. She gives pop quizzes and also gives essays. The work is a lot but she is very interesting and passionate about history.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST232L
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. DM was amazing! She required a real effort from her students, but I definitely learned the material. She gave great lectures with class participation that really got the point across. She is a very interesting person; I would take a class just about her life and views.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: FYS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Dwyer-McNulty is awesome! She gives a lot of reading material, but always goes over the key points in class just incase people are confused. Her tests and quizzes are easy if you keep up with the reading assignments, and she drops your two lowest scores! She is very helpful and knowledgable and genuinely cares about her students!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: FYS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Dwyer-McNulty is an excellent professor. She is nice to all students and shows a genuine caring for the personal and academic lives of each student. There is a ton of reading for this class. In a Freshman Seminar course, we had a 700 pg. book in addition to about 50 resources that are each 20-25 pgs. long. I truly enjoy going to this class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HISTWM
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Class was very small (9 people), so almost every class was a circle discussion. Assigns a discussion leader every week; discussions were always very engaging. She's a very fair grader and always available for help and feedback. Although the course wasn't my first choice, I ended up enjoying the material! A LOT OF READING

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST227
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She's a very nice lady and listens to everyone's ideas. She also tries to prove everyone's ideas right when possible, which takes up a lot of time. Her teaching style is basically just the student learning out of the books. I would not recommend this class unless you love history and have time to read every assignment.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST227
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

WORST TEACHER EVER. Currently in the library to barely pass the class. Do not take her. Horrible grader that expects you to know every date in history.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST227
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very hard, pop quizes every other week, 2 papers that are hard, midterm and final were hard because she didn't even tell you what to study and lots of reading in 4 textbooks.. Nice lady but I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND anyone to not take this class. You wont get anything above a B.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HISTWM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

It's great when the professor has an awesome personality but honestly a fair grading system is more important to me. The "gotcha" system of assessment that uses surprise quizzes does nothing to help one learn or appreciate the subject matter. They ( Rosen & Dwyer) should use assessment methods that foster learning and are not so punitive.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She's not a bad teacher overall, but she has an extremely difficult grading guideline that surpasses a class that's 200-or-so level. Our first test was one in which we had to write, optimally, about a paragraph per three minutes of test time, which is insane, especially for a slow writer. If you can't write quickly, don't take her.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST227
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great prof. She is the head of the history department, and is very enthusiastic about not only history but her students too. Dwyer-McNulty is definitely the best of a slew of chill history profs marist has. Would highly recommend taking her - very lively classes.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST227L
• 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:

A lot of reading required, energetic about history, scatter minded decent teacher, easy B, hard work required for an A, hard tests, pop quizzes

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: THEME11
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

VEry tough professor. Lots of reading, but she is very nice and approachable. VERY TOUGH GRADER. DO NOT TAKE HER

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: THEME101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Pop quizzes on the readings. Easy if you read. A lot of reading - 2 books plus textbook. I wouldn't suggest her if you don't like reading. Talks a lot during class because she loves history so much and sometimes gets side tracked. Only wrote one paper for her which was part of the final. The other half was a team debate.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

i took themes with this lady and i really wish i hadn't after hearing my friends' stories on other professors. she's an extremely harsh grader and i didn't really learn anything in her class. papers were miserable bc she's so opinionated and wants you to write what she wants to hear. oh, and she's only intersted in feminist topics and nothing else.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: USWOME
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher. Open discussions every class. Got repetitive at times but was always tried to get the class involved. Very opinionated class. Readings for every class from book but nothing too much. Few easy quizzes if you read, 2 fair tests, two 4-6 page papers. Good class, even if you are not at interested as you think.