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Philosophy

Barbara Upton

PHIL01 · PHIL001ONLINE · PHIL001A · PHIL021 · PHIL001 · PHIL17 · PHIL004 · PHIL003 · PHILOSOPHY · PHIL21 · INTROPHIL · 93 lifetime ratings

AI rating
26/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
20%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

Avoid unless you can self-teach philosophy and tolerate late starts, missing grades, and harsh scoring.

Best fit · Self Taught ProChronically LateDisorganized ChaosTough GraderGradebook Black HoleSelf-Teach Required
  • Persistent complaints about lateness, disorganization, and weeks without content or grades.
  • Tough, inconsistent grading with locked or delayed gradebooks leaves students unsure if they are passing.
  • A minority praise knowledge and study guides, but most advise avoiding her especially online.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

, and deep written answers make an A uncertain even with effort.

; online adds grade blackout until late in term.

Is the course easy?

Standard

42/100

Content itself is intro philosophy, but poor delivery and .

In-person lectures are scattered; online often requires full self-teaching.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

; online is mixed but still requires constant check-ins.

In-person more often mandatory; online varies but still demands presence online.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Would-take-again sits near 20 percent with .

Negativity is strong in both online and in-person reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

24/100

Students call her the and deep written demands.

Format shift

and in-person comments.

Workload

Heavy

34/100

Frequent quizzes, papers, reading, and and unpredictable load.

Format shift

Online winter sessions and paper-heavy sections feel especially overwhelming.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Knowledge is acknowledged, but chronic lateness, chaos, and weak online delivery dominate student experience.

Format shift

Online suffers more from MIA periods; in-person suffers from lateness and scatter.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

, and papers with few transparent interim scores.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize tests and papers over steady low-stakes work.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

35 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person classes feature frequent lateness, scattered lectures, no laptops, delayed grades, and mixed knowledge praise versus boredom.

Main concern

Chronic lateness, disorganization, and .

What students said

“Not once this entire semester was so on time for our class”
PHIL003
“ and would show up late to class every single day”
PHIL001
“ !!!”
PHIL003

Remote format

Online

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections often lack video lectures, rely on text posts or recycled material, go MIA for weeks, and hide grades until late.

Main concern

, and .

What students said

“She didn't even post anything for the entire month of November”
PHIL003
“She went M.I.A during the asynchronous course for 2-3 weeks”
PHIL17
“She never responded to emails, or posted lectures or modules in a timely manner”
PHIL001

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and papers are graded harshly and often misaligned with lectures; grades may appear late.

Tough GradingStudy Guides HelpfulTake-Home EssayDelayed GradebookConfusing Tests

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

but and gradebooks stay locked for months.

Study Guides HelpfulTough Paper GradingTake-Home EssayLocked Gradebook
“Her study guides ensure a 90%+ on tests, and ”
PHIL001
“Doesn't update grades EVER. It has been MONTHS and she hasn't entered ANYTHING into the gradebook”
PHIL17

Online

Online exams feel tough and mismatched to text lectures; grades and .

Tough GradingDelayed GradebookSelf-Taught Material
“ so confusing and totally different from material in lectures”
PHIL17
“She grades hard, but as to why you got that grade”
PHIL001

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ !!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (15 online, 35 in-person), highlighting disorganization, grading, and format risks. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“ on time and was horrible at teaching”

👎 Recommendation Rate

22/100

“ ”

⚖️

24/100

“She is the ”

🗂️ Organization Issues

20/100

“She is by far the ”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • her lectures are a mess
  • She just writes text-posts that sometimes make sense
  • Scattered notes and lectures, Vague terms that are easily misinterpreted

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You can answer one question with four full paragraphs and she will still grade it and say you did not answer the question with enough depth
  • She grades
  • Easy A after some effort

Theme 3

⏰ About Organization & Reliability

  • Not once this entire semester was so on time for our class
  • She went M.I.A during the asynchronous course for 2-3 weeks
  • Doesn't update grades EVER

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

93

Lifetime ratings

92/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across many years and both formats show consistent themes of disorganization and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 515
4 out of 516
3 out of 513
2 out of 523
1 out of 526

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

30 reported outcomes

A range

11

A+ 3 · A 8

B range

10

B+ 2 · B 7 · B- 1

C range

6

C 4 · C- 2

D range

2

D 2

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1