Richard O'Bryant is a Political Science professor at Northeastern University rated 3.71/5 by 58 students, with 2.65/5 difficulty and 100.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Richard O'Bryant professor reviews and ratings: 3.71/5 from 58 student reviews at Northeastern (100.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
PPUA 6505 Techniques in Policy Analysis is already a difficult class in the MPA/MPP program and having a professor that is able to explain that you in plain English helps. Dr. O'Bryant is there to assist you and help you to achieve, but you need to do the work. Also, participation matters. Don't just expect to get an A without doing all the work.PPUA6505 2019-09-10 00:20:50 +0000 UTC
Dr. O'Bryant is an awesome professor that helps his students to achieve their goals and expectations. Be prepared to do homework, but they are not hard. You also have to read a lot and get the job done on time. Best professor ever!PPUA6506 2019-05-03 17:06:31 +0000 UTC
The best Leadership Professors ever!LDR6100 2017-10-25 17:18:58 +0000 UTC
Very vague, unprofessional and incompetent. I came to this class with great excitement to learn about economic institutions, but left very disappointed. Instead of teaching you, he made a schedule of presentations by students each week. What can yo learn from students presenting to each other?ECONINST 2008-02-25 12:51:49 +0000 UTC
Course material and topics are a little dry. But lots of interesting debates and discussions. If you like arguing about technology, you'll enjoy it. Assignments and midterm aren't difficult, but the final is a little incongruous with the rest of the course.POLU390 2007-11-16 12:37:06 +0000 UTC
This guy is the best teacher I had at NU. A lot of people say that his class is easy which it is, but you can also learn a lot. It is one of those classes were you can do the minimum not learn much and pass, but if your interested in the subject matter you can learn more than in most other classes. This guy is a real teacher.SCI9999 2007-10-19 20:22:45 +0000 UTC
Quizzes are fair, and his grading is lenientPOL390 2006-01-10 15:42:41 +0000 UTC
One of the best teachers in the political science dept. He runs his classes like a lecture, you learn so much and do not even realize it. His only downfall is that he only teaches two classes.URBANPOLITICS 2005-08-26 09:35:24 +0000 UTC
His Science, Tech, and Public Policy class is great! He's really understanding and very straightforward in the class. Lectures are very interesting and assignments are pretty easy. Overall a great professorPOLU380 2004-06-01 14:27:22 +0000 UTC
Very easy teacher! Also, very helpful teacher I had to interview someone for another class and he helped me out. DB are easy and he gives 2 papers one in beginning/middle of the course and another one at the end of the course. He always go over the material. I used a lot the textbook for this class since the DB is based on it. No group project.LDR6100 2016-05-08 11:43:57 +0000 UTC
Greay guy, very easy-going and helpful. Great lectures with interesting topics. Assignments are easy and hes an honest grader.ECONINST 2005-10-26 18:43:49 +0000 UTC
O'Bryant is a really nice guy and the class is easy. You could go over the book material in about 2 weeks, the rest of the time is open class discussion. There are 5 short essays, a take-home midterm paper and an easy final exam. SWEATS Moller/flying cars and Apple. Easy A if you put in any effort.POLU390 2007-04-27 00:26:14 +0000 UTC
Not sure what exactly what we were supposed to talk about in this course, but it was wicked easy. Talked a lot about flying cars and hoverboards. Prof O'Bryant says: two years, and we'll all be hovering around Back to the future style; five years and we'll be zipping around in our sky cars. Just watch.POLU390 2005-12-07 15:03:50 +0000 UTC
Richard O'Bryant has an average rating of 3.71/5 from 58 student reviews. 100.0% of students said they would take them again.
Richard O'Bryant's classes have a difficulty rating of 2.65/5 based on student reviews.
Richard O'Bryant has taught PPUA6502, PPUA6506 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.