PHIL 2652

As someone who hadn’t taken a philosophy class before I found this class to be slightly difficult. There are 3-4 readings each week that are pretty dense and hard to get through at times. They don’t necessarily have to be done, but they help to understand what he’s talking about during class. There are two, 1,000 word papers and a final 2,000 word paper. There are also nine short assignments (300 words) throughout the semester, but you only have to do four of them as he only takes the four highest grades of the nine. While these assignments seem easy at first, they’re graded on a four point scale so if you miss one you already have a C. I also found the grading on them to be quite strict. The professor and TA(Jacob Smith) were super chill; the class was pretty entertaining at times, especially the discussion section. You’re only allowed to miss four classes, including discussion, before your grade starts to drop. The material itself was pretty interesting and the professor and TA seem to really like the topics. #tCFF23

This class is can actually be really interesting. You're not allowed computers in class with Ott so sometimes lectures feel a little slow but the content is interesting if you want to think about the subject. I had Jacob Smith as a TA and discussion with him was really interesting (but also the other people in my discussion were pretty engaged). The readings are sometimes a little heavy and sometimes I felt like the grading was kind of tough, I think I probably would've done better if I'd gone to office hours since I wasn't used to writing philosophy papers and they're a bit different. The actual workload wasn't bad though - there were two papers and you had to do at least 4 of 9 optional homework assignments and he did take attendance through a sign in sheet during lecture. The homework assignments were graded out of 4 and they just took your 4 highest scores which was nice. Overall though the material can be cool if you have a good discussion section and lecture was sometimes slow but definitely doable.