Roger Wasserman

PHIL101 · PHIL113 · PHIL102 · PHIL · PHIL120 · PHIL100 · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 28/100
RMP rating: 2.2/5
Take again: —
Difficulty: 4.3

The decision

if you want a tough, debate-heavy philosophy challenge and ; most students say drop.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerScatterbrained LecturesBrutal ExamsPolarizing MentorTheoretical GradingAvoid for Easy A

Most students call exams extremely hard and .
A minority praise his Yale-level rigor and passion for philosophy.
Grading and syllabus feel theoretical and inconsistent to many reviewers.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Tests are described as extremely hard with many failing, and .

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Content and , and more rigorous than typical community-college philosophy.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

as mandatory, others as not mandatory or not provided, with little detail on enforcement.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

A clear majority urge dropping the class, citing confusion, harsh tests, and .

All .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Many report failing or near-failing tests and theoretical grades with .

Format shift

Based entirely on in-person reviews.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Workload ranges from light papers in and chapter papers in others.

Format shift

Based entirely on in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

A few call him passionate and adult-respecting, but , and demeaning.

Format shift

Based entirely on in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

and .

Format shift

Based entirely on in-person reviews.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person philosophy courses feel deeply polarizing: a few students thrive on his rigorous, adult-level teaching while , and failing grades.

Main concern

, and high fail or .

What students said

“Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. If you signed up for .”
PHIL102

“While the exams and .”
PHIL100

“AVOID!!!! AVOID!!! AVOID!!!”
PHIL102

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

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Exams and papers are widely described as extremely hard, with many students failing or scoring very low.

Hard In-Person TestsDifficult PapersLow Pass Rates

Assessment risk

Strict

25/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; one student said hardly anyone got 10/20 right.

Hard In-Person TestsDifficult Papers

“ so hard that hardly anyone got even 10/20 right.”
PHIL101

“ and then wonderswhy...”
PHIL102

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“don't ”
Voice snapshots generated from 11 in-person reviews, highlighting polarization between rigor fans and . Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Clarity

32/100

“ and scatterbrained while teaching.”

🚫 Recommendation

22/100

“AVOID!!!! AVOID!!! AVOID!!!”

🧠 Rigor Fans

70/100

“While the exams and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

and scatterbrained while teaching
easily goes off on tangents
First professor I had that treated me like an adult

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

so hard that hardly anyone got even 10/20 right
Got an A

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

makes everyone feel like a complete idiot
Everything is theoretical even your grade

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Eleven mostly detailed reviews from 2013-2016 show a consistent negative majority with a smaller positive minority, but the sample is older and mixed.

Inside 11 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52

4 out of 51

3 out of 51

2 out of 52

1 out of 55

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 1 · A 2

B range

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D range

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F

F 1

No letter grade reported

Fail 1 · Not_Sure_Yet 2

Roger Wasserman

x x if you want a tough, debate-heavy philosophy challenge and x x x x; most students say drop.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

MissionImpossible

Challenging

Varies

Avoid

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

📉 Teaching Clarity

🚫 Recommendation

🧠 Rigor Fans

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you want a tough, debate-heavy philosophy challenge and ; most students say drop.