Reviews for Paul M. Pietroski
Average Rating:| TerpGuide Course: PHIL100 Grade Expected: B June 8, 2010, 2:15 pm | I came into the class thinking it was going to be super awesome. It wasn't what I thought. The class is all about the history of philosophy and if you're just looking for an elective/core, take something else. The class isn't necessarily hard, but even having it at 11 it was hard to stay up. MMH1400 is fairly warm and Pietroski pretty much just talks. We were allowed to use our notes for the exams. The exams aren't that hard, but they get harder as the semester goes. If you come to class, you'll be fine; I didn't read any of the stuff. The papers are kinda hard to push to 6 pages if you're not interested in the material, so keep that as a heads up. Overall, the workload isn't too bad. |
| terp2013 Course: PHIL100 Grade Expected: B+ January 25, 2010, 5:22 pm | Got a B+ in the course and was expecting an A, kinda blew off studying for the final. Lectures are extremely boring and I could only pay attention for 3-5 minutes at a time. He tends to just talk "at" the class rather than trying to engage them or make the material interesting. Skipped lectures from a week before Thanksgiving break until the final. Papers are very easy, basically just read sparknotes for the section of reading and it's straightforward from there, no extra thinking required. Midterm and final required a bit of studying but TA's, sparknotes or actually doing the reading, and review sheets make an A on them obtainable. |