Richard Sweeney - Modesto Junior College

Professor: Richard Sweeney

Department: TBD

College: Modesto Junior College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great guy over all. Funny at times. Lectures can get a bit boring. Interesting at points. Lectures have nothing to do with tests. Just go over key terms and names and you'll do fine. Plenty of extra credit.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

BORING. His lectures are stupid and boring.All he talks about are where hes been around the world. hes not helpful. wont tell you what to study. if you ask all hell say is "Everything" What?!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Do not recomend. Lectures are filled with useless stories about past trips he has taken and the test questions are completly irrelevant to the material in the book. He does not go over the tests and will not let you see tests you have already taken. I wanted to discuss my grade with him and he was completly unhelpful.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• 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:

Please don't pay attention to the horrible comments, see for yourself. I found this class really interesting and informative. It has "real life" applications, unlike other obligatory classes that I have to take at MJC. Three easy test if you read the book and attend class. Teacher is respectful and knowledgeable.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SOCI101
• 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:

He's an ok professor but, his lectures are boring. i asked onced to see da test we had just taken and he said no, according to him i was hoping that the question were on the final n i would knoe da answer. but over all hes ok. do da extra credit, read da book, n TRY to pay attention.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

we know socio is that class everone takes to fill a req & these comments are obviously from people who had no interest in this class other than an easy a.He was a tad boring,but a great person, helpful,resp'd immed to emails,but guess what? you're in college,expect to read a little.quizzes are multiple choice & straightforward IF YOU READ!!!!!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

You will get an A if you read the book. Coming to the class helps too because some questions on his tests are from his lectures. There is plenty of extra credit as well. =]

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• 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:

WORST teacher, cant understand anything in that class 75% of us are failing. Lectures put you to sleep, and has too many details on his websites that 101 students dont care about. He does not teach it like a 101 class. 3 test (hard). 100 study guide questions and like 3 are on actual test. Tricky questions. He needs to retire. AVOID if possible!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• 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:

Do not take this class. He is a horrible teacher. He only talked about his vacations.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice man, but not a satisfactory teacher. The few times I showed up to class he talked about his vacations to foreign countries that had little to no relevance to the mid-term and final exam questions. Don't bother going to class UNLESS there's a test--just read the book thoroughly, do the extra credit, and you should get by with an okay grade.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• 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:

This class is pretty easy. All his lectures are online. I never read the text and studied off the exam guide before each test. His lectures are cool pay attention you don't have to take notes and you'll get an A.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CLASSSECT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He needs to keep his political biases to himself. He repeats whatever he hears on the lame stream media. Likes to bag on any conservative groups or ideas. Funny to have a socialist teaching sociology. he has no proof to back up what he says in class when he is ragging on non liberals. Confront him on something he says and he comes up with some stat

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SCOIO101
• 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:

This is the WORST teacher I have ever taken! He is not helpful at all, does not answer your specific questions, and all he talks about is all the different places he has gone. He puts bogus questions on the test, there are 50 questions and a list of 100 vague words to study off of, and which he calls a study guide. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is the most pathetic excuse for a professor that i have had the misfortune to have met. Irrelevant lectures about himself and his views, and MOSTLY about his own political bias. Do not take unless you enjoy pointless lectures by a man who loves the sound of his own voice. DO NOT TAKE!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Do not take! If you'd like to learn sociology from his personal vacations then this is the class for you! He teaches nothing from the text book and then tests from the text book. Worst teacher at mjc by FAR!! He has no idea how to present him self in class, laughing at something thats absolutely not funny. Not a professor to learn from.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• 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 was really looking forward to the class. I e-mailed him explaining how I was considering majoring in social sciences, and Im looking forward to the material, but my question in the e-mail was plain and simple: Do you offer test study guides? I got an e-mail back from him a week later: "read the syllabus". the end. I read the syllabus twice¬hin

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• 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:

I fought back falling asleep in his class. He is the most BORING teacher EVER! His tests were hard and he made us study a bunch of extra stuff that wasn't even on the test. He either needs to get fired or stick to telecourses. He must be the worst teacher at MJC. Do NOT take him. You will regret it.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

For his telecourse just read the book, watch the videos, and study the terms in the back of the chapter. Do these and you will do fine! The papers allowed readers creativity and the tests weren't that hard if you understand the main concepts in the chapter. Understand those and everything falls into place.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SOC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I REALLY LIKE THIS CLASS. CLASS TIME HE TALKS ABOUT HIS STORIES AND THE PLACES HE'S BEEN AND TIES IT INTO LECTURE, IF YOU READ HE ASSIGNED READING AND TAKES DEFINE YOUR DEFINTIONS YOU WILL DO FINE!!!! EASY A! HE IS VERY HELPFUL IF HE SEES YOU ARE TRYING IN HIS CLASS. MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN TO HIM.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

he's cool, although people say he doesn't use his book on the test i got A minuses on both my tests so far and i studied my book not the lecture notes for my grade, if you fail this class thats just sad... his voice is monotone but he's actually got cool stores and he's pretty interesting. i reccomend him for an easy time =)