3.3

Craig de Paulo

Philosophy - Temple University

3.3
Quality
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Difficulty
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Would Retake
88
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3.3
Quality
3.1
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3.2
Helpful
3.5
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50%

Would Retake

88

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What Students Say

Check with their HR department to get the facts

PHIL101 - 1.0 rating

He looks a lot like Tim Curry from Rocky Horror

IH51 - 2.0 rating
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Textbook Required

83%

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Reviews (88)
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IH
Apr 8, 2003

Very funny guy and the class is fun, but unstructured.

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IH51
Apr 30, 2003

His tests have nothingggggggg to do with what we learn in class. He gives you no time to complete the tests, and he will talk or whistle the entire time you take it!

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IH51
May 9, 2003

Very cool teacher, discusses interesting topics, and amusing in class. The class seems hard because of the tests but there is only one paper the entire semester and he grades fairly. Definitely would recommend for I.H., since it's one of the hardest writi

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IH51
May 13, 2003

Easy , may give you impression that you'll recieve a good grade, but probably won't. Recommended for those not looking to do alot of work

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IH
Oct 15, 2003

No Comments

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IH51
Nov 3, 2003

Awesome teacher. No other person has taught me as much as he has.

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IH51
Nov 5, 2003

Great class!!

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PHILOSOPHY
Dec 11, 2003

What a joke. I told this guy how terrible of a teacher he is and he threaten to get me expelled. Plus any man who has a website dedicated to himself cant be trusted.

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IH51
Dec 11, 2003

He's the best teacher at Temple, real smart, real funny, and very sexy, cool guy. Seems hard at first, but grades fairly.

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IH52
Apr 2, 2004

Craig is one of the best teachers that i ever had at Temple. He knows everything and when he taught our class he had to go to Rome and he met with the Pope and gave him a list of the students in his classes and the Pope prayed for us. He is great.

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IH51
Apr 5, 2004

Dr. de Paulo was a great professor... the best I've met at Temple to date. He's incredible smart and witty. He also warned us all about P.W.S. Commonly called Paulo Withdrawl Syndrome. Its caused by not having him as a teacher and its true.

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IH51
May 11, 2004

Awesome teacher. You fool around and get off topic a lot but you also learn a lot. One paper the whole semester and if you talk in class (to him of course) you get an A.

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IH
May 19, 2004

good guy overall- gave only 1 paper

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IH91
May 24, 2004

No papers and no tests may seem fine to most but if your whole grade comes down to a final and you don't know how he grades that is a problem. While the debate was fun he did not asses that with any explanation. Be prepared for favoritism/similar issues.

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IH
May 25, 2004

Worst teacher I ever had.

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IH50
May 27, 2004

The most fun I have had thus far. He kept things interesting yet we learned alot of information.

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IH51
Aug 20, 2004

My favorite teacher yet in my academic career. Very smart man, seems a bit aggressive at first, but after the first day or two it becomes a very enjoyable class. His teaching methods are very effective. He keeps your attention at all times. also grds easy

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IH51
Aug 21, 2004

One of the most intelligent men I've ever met. Communicates exceptionally well. Very witty, although he gets off topic often, although that's not a completely bad thing. Teaching method is superb, more should follow his lead.

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IH
Aug 27, 2004

Favoritism is a huge issue in his class. Not very clear on what he grades on. Teaches only what interests him, and does not follow the IH syllabus.

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IH51
Sep 30, 2004

He dosent grade anything... he grades you on if he likes you or not. ANd thats honest!!!! Never did anything and passed. Couldnt stand him... too pompus!!!

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IH91
Oct 24, 2004

I hate him. He doesn't look at what you really do, he just grades you on if he likes you. I did our whole speech and he gave me a bad grade (I think b/c I didn't agree with his POMPOUS views on catholicism). He preaches his religion on you every day, when he should learn to be a GOOD person DONT TAK

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IH
Dec 13, 2004

Worst Professor. Teaches from his point of view, you may have your own views but they are not correct. Will learn somethings but the information does not help when comes to test taking, he does his whole lecture very spaced out, hard to take notes

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IH51
Dec 15, 2004

No Comments

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IH51
Dec 21, 2004

Def. a big a-hole...First day of class started out saying if you were Catholic and Italian, you get an A??!?!?!?! FAVORITIST!!!

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IH51
Dec 22, 2004

Do not take this teacher! Everyone hates him even his TA's. He does not let you have your own opinion and expects his students to be experts on every subject! He is also in love with himself!

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IHH096
Jan 7, 2005

He is extremely narrow-minded and pompous. He doesn't really teach IH in IH class; he basically teaches that everything in Roman Catholicism is absolutely right and if you question anything you're going to hell. Needless to say, you're not allowed to have any opinion of your own.

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IH
Jan 14, 2005

Very Pompous, Very Biased, Doesnt teach anything, expects you to memorize text (mostly catholic stuff), doesnt teach other religions required such as buddhism, hinduism...worst professor in my life. I'm a straight A student...gave me a C+!!!

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IH51
Jan 21, 2005

I dropped his course after one lecture. He speaks of humility but needs to take his own advice. Perfection does't exist and he needs to get over himself. First impression; he looks like Carlos from Desperate Housewives. Except I'd much rather learn IH from Carlos.

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IH51
Jan 21, 2005

First impression, I thought he was a pompous jerk. I feel that he intimidated me and that honestly makes me not want to participate in that class. I am about to change teachers because he seems to hard. It looks as if he doesn't want you to go against him or his views. I honestly disagree with that!

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IH51
Jan 23, 2005

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IH
Jan 23, 2005

Totally biased, ****, traditionalist, pompous and I got a better grade than I should have because he liked me, so I shouldn't be complaining but it's completely unfair when others should have gotten better grades and were denied for anti-everything-but-italian-catholic reasons!

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IH51
Jan 24, 2005

I can see why people would view him as biased and pompous. I did find him to be extremely arrogant, and concieted. I actually spoke to him out of class openly about my opposing views and he listened, did not criticize me, and my grade did not suffer from it.

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IH51
Jan 26, 2005

he comes across as being pompous, it is mostly a show, people have posted that he is anti-semetic and anti anything but catholic, that is totally false, I am JEWISH and he and I got along very nicely, great guy if you take initiative, and participate constructively and base your opinion rationaly.

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IH
Jan 29, 2005

Professor dePaulo comes off rough in the beginning, but he's really pretty cool.

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IH
Jan 29, 2005

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IH51
Jan 29, 2005

Plain and simple, this guy is a DICK. For all of you above that slightly gave him anything higher than a 2, you're out of your mind. He didn't give a**** about you or your opinions. He only cared about his religion, ethnicity/background, and his paycheck(which he doesn't deserve).

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IH
Feb 1, 2005

DePAulo is a great professor, the kind you expect in college. He's incredible, lectures instead of treating students like kindergarten kids, exciting, very funny. I loved his class! I recommend him to students who want a real college experience.

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IH
Feb 1, 2005

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IH51
Feb 1, 2005

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IH51
Feb 12, 2005

This guy is a complete delusional egomaniac. He comes off as an "expert," but he really doesn't know anything. He doesn't teach the course, so when you have to take the second semester with a different instructor, you're completely unprepaired. His grading system is whacked out. even if you do good

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IH51
Mar 13, 2005

Makes us write papers on HIS views TOTAL BS! AVOID!

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IH52
Mar 15, 2005

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THE1211
Mar 22, 2005

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IH51
Apr 3, 2005

He is not that bad now. I think he gives great, great lectures. I love coming to lecture because he seems to be very passionate about philosophy and it comes out in his lectures. I do agree with the fact that he is biased on his views and things of the sort, but I think he is a very knowlegdable man

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IH
Apr 19, 2005

didn't really care for his class, not the best teacher, but not the worst one either. I would avoid taking him, unless you are really into Philosophy and all that. The guy knows what he is talking about, but the final is 50% of the grade, and DO NOT TAKE IT IN A LECTURE HALL, recitation leaders suck

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IH
Apr 28, 2005

Incredible professor, incredible lectures. Great class. I wish he taught other courses. Real cool guy

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EUROPEANSTUDIES
Apr 29, 2005

Grad class in Crusades was one of the best experiences of my educational career so far. Highly recommend this class and Professor DePaulo.

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IH51
May 1, 2005

takes time to grow on you. When he does, he's excellent! Lectures are powerful. Show effort and interest and he'll always be willing to help. This guy is the Achilles of professors.

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IH51
May 10, 2005

Extremely knowledgeable and funny. His lectures are very interresting but you must be willing to read and participate. As long as you do that he is very helpful and will grade you easily. He was my favorite teacher here. He is real big into philosophy.

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IH51
May 10, 2005

didn't really care for him. Talks too much BS, and makes it look like Italy is the best. Why isn't he there then? Too consided, mean many times, can be hard, and thinks he is the best man on the world. not really true, he's only a teacher.... i wouldn't take him again

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IH51
May 20, 2005

Spectacular teacher; really cool, really intelligent, and more importantly, really fair. He really made the texts meaningful to me. I would take him again in a minute. Wish he taught 52. Think he spoiled me for anyone else.

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IH51
Aug 29, 2005

Can be kind of a jerk if he doesnt agree with your opinion. On reaction papers, and particullarly the final just reiterate his opinion cause u kno he'll like it. very pompous though

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IH
Oct 23, 2005

awesome

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IH51
Oct 25, 2005

I really enjoyed his class. Cares alot about the students and gets to know them. It takes a couple weeks to get used to his personality cuz at 1st he is very intimidating, but I really thought he was the coolest guy. He's entertaing and interesting. Do the readings, participate, and you should be fine. I would def take 1 of his classes again.

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IH51
Nov 3, 2005

Amazing!! This is the most enthusiastic professr I've ever had. His lectures are very entertaining and interesting. You only have to write two papers the entire semester. So I highly recommend him

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IH51
Nov 8, 2005

He's a great teacher. His lectures are very interesting. You only have to write 2 papers for the entire semester. He makes his classes and lectures very fun.. Overall He's a great teacher.. I highly recomend taking him as an IH teacher than others.

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IH52
Dec 5, 2005

Great teacher, no papers

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IH51
Dec 12, 2005

POMPOUS! I am usually a straight A student until I got a C in his class b/c I didn't have a type A personality. Only lieks you if you're Indian or Italian. Refuses to give me my grade halfway through the semester. Loves to talk about his muscles and his wife.

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EUROPEANSTUDIES
Dec 13, 2005

This is by far the best professor on campus!!!

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IH51
Dec 20, 2005

Only gives good grades if he agrees with your interpretations, no matter how well you write. Impossible to know how well you are doing throughout the semester, considering there is only one assignment due before the last day of class. Unclear as to exactly what he wants from assignments. PS: I'm a straight A, 4.0 GPA student.

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IH51
Dec 26, 2005

I'm a senior at Temple, and I would have to say this is the best professor you could ask for in college. This man is brilliant, anyone that says different is just pissed off because they didnt want to do the work for the class. He wrote me a letter and got me into medical school (PS Im not italian and I got an A.)

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IH91
Jan 25, 2006

Wonderful professor... best I've ever had. Great lectures and an understanding personality. Couldn't expect more out him. Generous. Brilliant. Take his class while you still can - he'll be leaving Temple soon... possibly for Notre Dame.

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IH51
Feb 27, 2006

A big ****bag. He gives you no grades throughout the semester. He lets no one voice an opinion if he doesnt agree. He takes IH way too seriously. He isn't specific on what he wants for the one assignment and the final. I am a very good student and work hard in all my classes, but if you have him it doesnt matter. Take ANYONE else!

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IH90
Mar 11, 2006

His arrogance completely undermines any authority he might have had. He never stopped offending and personally and openly insulting me.

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IH51
Mar 13, 2006

worst professor i have ever had. threatened to fail me because i did not attend a lecture he was giving in center city one night.. i had a once a week class with an exam at the same time. his response: to have my priorities straight. screw that depaulo.

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IH1
Mar 14, 2006

AVOID AT ALL COSTS! So arrogant that he overshadows the materal. Refuses to answer voice mails and blames you for his shortcomings. Not interested in any opinion other than his own. Very ****...too many issues to lists. Constantly asking you to vote on his opinion by raising your hand. Very petty and controlling LEGEND IN HIS OWN MIND!

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IH051
Mar 30, 2006

DePaulo was a nice teacher, he likes class participation. Funny guy, but sometimes his jokes can be corny. Didn't give us any tests, and he lets you revise your papers for a better grade. If you make sure you read your material, participate in his lecture, and do your papers you can probably get an easy A.

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X091
Apr 7, 2006

good class. interesting discussions. but he is kind of cocky. make sure he likes you-- do this by participating a lot. all work, meaning weekly papers and lecture notes, isn't turned in until the last day of class, but still it's a lot of work to do and easy to fall behind in. overall very interesting and most of the time fun class.

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IH51
May 5, 2006

I did not enjoy this class, he never thinks he is wrong and he wants you to participate but you can't argue with him because he will talk right over you. He also will never call on you unless he knows you but then will give you a bad particpation grade if you don't speak up...ggrr

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IHX51
May 17, 2006

He's pretty cool. Kinda hard course I gotta B make sure HE LIKES U.

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IH91
Aug 22, 2006

he was such an awesome professor. at first the class seems extremely ridiculous and overwhelming but trust me, its very easy as long as you read the material and write your notes EVERY DAY (not a good idea to slack on the notes). anyway, i definetely recommend him, he loves his students and his class is easy. also, pretty much everyone gets A's

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IHSECT
Nov 1, 2006

It's hard to say about DePaulo. I found him a really knowledgeble teacher, but he was so arrogant. He looked down on us. The class is simple enough if you do all the reading and take all the notes, but if you're one who likes to challenge higher institutions, I'd look for someone else. I think his expectations for us were unreasonable at times.

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IHX051
Dec 22, 2006

way too arrogant and he wasn't very open to anybody else's opinions...make sure he likes you or he won't give a good grade

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IH51
Dec 25, 2006

De Paulo is not arrogant, just confident. In my opinion, the best professor I've ever had at Temple. He gave me a B, which was the grade I deserved. Also, I had a problem once paying rent and he actually helped me! He's one in a million. Thank you!

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IH51
Jan 8, 2007

Easily one of the best professors at Temple. He is very inspiring and a great public speaker. I looked forward to each of his classes.

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IH51
Jan 16, 2007

He looks a lot like Tim Curry from Rocky Horror.

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PHIL101
Jan 26, 2007

Unbelievable teacher! I loved every second of the class. Brilliant, but could be a hard grader.

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IH51
Feb 3, 2007

De Paulo is an alright dude, but pretty intense about philosophy and attendance. Eventhough I wasn't really interested in the course, he makes it interesting and keeps you awake.

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IH51
Feb 5, 2007

Dr. de Paulo is an amazing professor and an awesome guy! His lectures are the best on campus and discussions are always lively. But, if you're immature and not very bright, don't take him.

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IH52
Mar 18, 2007

There were some very interesting discussions in class. He is a pretty tough grader, but if you prepare well for his essay exams, you should do okay.

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IH51
May 17, 2007

Best pofessor at TEMPLE!!! If you can take a class with him! Great teacher, really knowledgable and down to earth. He even held class outside a few times. I highly recommend him!

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IH51
May 18, 2007

His class was pretty boring, but he made it interesting once in a while. He took attendance randomly, but I didn't show for maybe 10 or 11 classes, and still passed with flying colors, even though he said after 4 missed classes you would fail. He is a very fair grader in the end.

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IH51
Jul 6, 2007

if scaring students straight is teaching, then he's brilliant. i will admit though he is brilliant and a very admirable human being. if you like to skate by in core classes, do NOT take him. but, if you actually want to engage yourself in IH, then take him.

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IH001
Aug 15, 2007

hated his guts at first. As class progressed found him interesting. i have to get used to him

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IH51
Oct 9, 2007

No Comments

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IH051
Dec 17, 2007

Wow, what an amazing person! He is an excellent professor and an even better human being. His class discussions were incredibly interesting and I am a business student so believe me when I tell you that! Definitely take him for anything as long as you can handle being respectful and appreciative towards your professors.

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PHIL101
Grade: A
Jun 8, 2016
Would take again

Great Professor!! Took him up NER at CCP! I was scared at first due to the difficulty readings. He made me understand much better from the discussions and how he breaks it down in details. I would take him again if I can!

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PHIL101
Jan 16, 2017
Wouldn't take again

This guy hasn't taught Philosophy at Temple since Spring 2007. Check with their HR department to get the facts. Why is he still ghost-posting on his page? Can't he get a decent teaching job anymore?

Class Info

Attendance Mandatory

50%

Textbook Required

83%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

LowHigh

Predicted Grade

A+

53% confidence
Based on 1 grades
Most common grades:
A (1)
Grade Distribution
A(1)B(0)C(0)D(0)F(0)A-/B+(0)
Based on 1 reported grades
A: 1
Rating Trend

Improving

+0.46 avg change
Jul
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Last 6 months
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IH50

5.0

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EUROPEANSTUDIES

5.0

(2)

IH051

5.0

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IHX51

5.0

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IHSECT

4.0

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