David Banach - Saint Anselm College

Professor: David Banach

Department: TBD

College: Saint Anselm College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PH345
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Aethetics was awesome. I'm a studio arts major and I learned how to look at paintings and modern art. Some Christian Zealots didn't like looking at naked paintings, but hey its an art class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HU104
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Made required class interesting. First Semester was harder than Second. Clear on what you have to do. Lots of online resources. Can rewrite essays.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PH336
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Aesthetics with Banach was extremely confusing and his lectures were all over the place. His grading made no sense whatsoever. I tried to do better on assignments but when nothing I did worked I gave up trying and magically got higher grades for minimal effort.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HU103-D
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hard

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PH213
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He knows a lot but the way he structures the class is very confusing. Whenever he talked about the assigned readings he would go off on tangents that explained it all in a way that only made it more difficult to understand. You're basically on your own to learn anything.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HU103
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Banach is a really good teacher and offers incredible insight for Conversatio. He doesn't always answer emails but he does read them and if they require an answer just see him after class. He's very flexible with rescheduling an exam if you have an excused note. He gives quizzes on the readings only sometimes so make sure you come to class prepared

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PH105
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I really enjoyed this class, when I went. I attended the days of the major quizzes (which he gave ahead of time). I wish I had gone more often because he was very interesting when I went. I also feel like I could have gotten a better grade if I attended class more often.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HU104
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Cool Prof. We did activities other seminars didn't like museum trip, drawing, dinner. Exams and Papers were hard but there was extra credit opps.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HU104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Pretty cool professor. Cooked us dinner! Couldn't understand his questions in seminar sometimes. but he was usually fun. Good Cohort Lectures

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PH105
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Hard stuff, but interesting. Open to different postions, but you never really find out what he thinks. Smart guy.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HU103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Was funny and nice in an otherwise hard first class. Website lays everything out for you. Over my head sometimes. Knew a lot of stuff.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HL103
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Good professor, give you a lot of room to be imaginative as well as pick your own topic for essays. Insightful and quirky always brings a teapot or water pitcher to always have something to drink.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PH105
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Banach's class is highly unorganized and none of the material is clear. After reading every assigned reading and his website I still struggled throughout the entire course. When I went to see him he was available, but talked in circles and never reached a conclusion.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PH105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really smart guy. Would just come in without notes and do all these detailed analysis of arguments. Lost me a few times, but some of the stuff really got to me.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PH105A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Class was informal, but lots of information. Can be a tough grader. The debates were fun. Smart guy.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PH105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Talks incessantly about things that make little, if any, sense. Attendance not mandatory - you are better off teaching yourself. Tough grader.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PH345
• 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:

Would probably enjoy the comment about being BFFs with Satan, and that's what makes him great. Really loves the material and really enjoys discussing it. Comments about favoritism might be defended by the fact that some students are just more interesting than others. Highly recommended.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PH105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Didn't understand a thing going on in that class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: NM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Wow. What a great professor, and I am a professor! I am "taking" his class through podcasts. I have listened to each lecture twice and learned so much. He is articulate, well organized, paces well, includes enough material, but not too much, and emphasizes important distinctions. What a fine contribution to the general public. THANKS St.A and DB!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HUM300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He had a very clear of idea of what ideas were right and wrong and graded accordingly for tests and papers. Rather than being a seminar class he lead it as though it was a lecture