Well.. maybe for first term he was teaching ez.. but he got complained and now...he is hard as hell... averages of this tests are around 50 -60%....his lectures are boring and repetitive..i had a hard time trying to "understand" his test then to

Confusing,repeating all the time,lectures are useless,* TESTS are HARD *.doesnt make a difference if you attend class or not.if you want a "C" to pull your GPA down then take him.Got tricked to this course.Thx4 pulling down my gpa. ( STAY AWAY )

worst prof ever. notes and required readings aren't helpful. i won't take phil class anymore (not even 120 and 220)... won't ever trust those legendary easy courses

The course is easy compared to other courses, but definately not as easy as what it is said to be. I attended all the classes, but found the online notes is the most helpful. I don't like how he changes the answers to quiz questions.

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boring class, bad notes, lots of reading, hard test

ohmygod. i went to class for the first 2 weeks, they were sooo boring i either left 1/2 way thru most or fell asleep, then i stopped going to class. just took the exams and tests, which were ridiculously easy, and ended up with 91%. pointless course.

Every thing according to him is a GUY, (ie that quiz guy was hard but this quiz guy will be more like this guy, the A guy is like a tet and the b guy is a do dec guy okkkkaaaay?) He likes to pick on people and then he makes you answer the question infront of the 300 other people its scary okkaaayyy

Only attended first few lectures,felt they are useless and extremely boring,then skipped the rest,not to mention the tutorials(are they really necessary?) Just cram the night before real exam and sometimes reading the textbook will help.Learn absolutely nothing,basically paid tuition for an easy A+

Dr. Burkholder was EXTEREMELY UNORGANIZED. Was unfriendly in office hours, and everything was late! Also, as far as course content goes, he made it way too shallow compared to the other sections. He also couldn't elaborate on the subjects when asked.

this class is just stupid as hell. the quiz questions dont even make sense and u never know if ur answers aer right or wrong. if u get a good grade, u dont know ur stuff, ur just guessring really. if ug et a bad grade well its not like ur not smart its just that this class is ambiguous ****

Majorly sucked. Often away, no notes on time, people openly cheating, couldn't care less. Didn't learn anything but will never forget "hot hands" - man, was this boring and he's dreadful! And expensive!

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The examples were interesting but the tests were completely irrelevant to what we learn in class or the readings. It's just stupid.

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burkholder's 3 hour lectures on symbolic logic were a total write-off. he doesn't know how to lecture effectively - its like he is talking to himself when he's 'teaching.' You may think he's nice on first impression, but he's actually very sinister and unhelpful when you approach him

bs course, useless, teacher useless, material boring, is that enough said? Id strongly advise not to take this course, he tries to screw up students really bad, quizzes at the end of the term during finals were a ****.

Phil125 eats "beep". Avoid this course if it's taught by him. Exams are not testing what you know but your guessing ability. Extremely disorganized. Pops up 5 exams in last week. Missed last exam bc he changed test schedule the night before I fly. VERY BAD.

STAY AWAY.... the worst and most retarded course ever. Not worth the $ and time! It was once very easy, BUT** NOT ANYMORE.whoever said it is easy is a plain loser who wants to screw ppl over. Still not convince enough? go check out his so-called lecture notes.They are so friggin useless -_-!! btw his notes has NO grammar at all. isnt it awesome?

Awful awful awful...............I missed about half of his lectures and I slept in most of the lectures I did attend. Bad notes, bad quizzes. I've taken further philosophy since taking this course; the 4th yrs philosophy courses are much much more rewarding than this course.

Still scarred years later! This prof sux big time. I couldn't "get it" even after first year stats - got my b/f to help - he has a PhD in Neuropsych, postDoc in Washington and he taught Neuroscience at another U. HE COULDN'T DO IT USING THIS GUYS METHOD EITHER. Course notes are a HUGE ripoff - just a monkey grinder course. The worst ever.

I wholly agree, Burkholder's the worst philosophy prof at UBC. I took PHIL 120 with another prof (not Cutler), and he made that course immensely more interesting than when I dropped into Burkholder's 120 class. Sheesh. If you want to take PHIL 120/125, don't. Take PHIL 100 instead.

Burky (burkholder) is really a boring guy. This course is neither worth the time nor $$.

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Took him for Phil 120:Critical thinking and argument. The course appears interesting but one quickly realizes it is a[n easy] bore. It is fairly easy, but he just goes ON and ON about nothing.

what a loser... i wonder whether he teaches any useful courses

watthe **** @ s s He gave us 10 quizzes THis is the most annoying course ever

no he's not a good prof this guy is a f ing weirdo and he's the most boring prof ever its agood class to catch up on sleep though ;)

a waste of time, no longer easy

who ever said it was an easy course needs a smack on their ass. first of all, the content is some bullcrap. second of all he is a bore, third of all he goes over the most useless**** ever. dont bother buying a text or going to class if you even opt for this course. its not a GPA booster! im getting straight A's but a B in this course.

didnt learn a single thing from this class except how to skip and not feel guilt

This course USED TO be an easy A, it isn't anymore. Compared with the questions on the quizzes from previous years, the course is now a lot tougher. Lectures were absolutely useless, Burkholder does nothing to help you on your tests. Avoid this course at all costs, but if you need to take it, go to the help labs, the TA there is awesome!

do NOT take this class it is NOT easy, completely irrelevent to philosophy on absolutely ALL accounts, HATED this prof, the WORST class i have EVER had at ubc. DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE!!!!!!!!

never again should i have relied on the ratings here. enough said.

ABSOLUTE regret for taking this course. Prof have robotic voice, goes over random topics, EXTREMELY disorganized with test schedules and exam wording were super confusing. If you think this is an easy elective, think again and stay away from this class.

Dr. Burkholder was extremely disorganized with scheduling things; wording used in midterms and the final exam was incomprehensible. If you think this is a GPA booster, you're wrong and STAY AWAY from this class (as long as Dr. Burkholder is teaching it). The class average was 57% and he wouldn't scale! One of the worst profs ever!

plz DO NOT choose this course. it cant be ur GPA booster. believe me.

If you consider this course for grade booster,plz don't take it!!!!! He's absolutely useless on office hour!!!

Worst prof ever.

I can't believe they let this man "teach." Main complaints: he changed the syllabus every two days, did not make any effort to monitor the message board (it was an online course,) responded to emails in a vague and disinterested manner, and basically gave no input to course whatsoever - more of a course "administrator" (and a poor one at that.)

This is the worst prof I have had the misfortune of getting. He has been teaching for way too long and could care less about students. He is rather rude and disinterested in any of your questions. In class, he is simply incomprehensible and his grammar is mediocre at best. Course is not hard per say, but this prof is worthless. Please retire soon!

lecture notes and overheads are a combination of deplorable grammar and horrible logic, intended to communicate with some alien lifeform instead of earthlings. the quizzes were not exactly the cakewalk some said they were. there was no standing ovation at the end of the last lecture. trust me, take some worthy course and use your life wisely.

My friend who's already in 3rd year told me to take this course because it's a grade booster. But it turns out to be the worst course I've met so far. If you are the kinda person who enjoys unpredictable, unclear questions that are impossible to answer, take this course. Oh, and good luck .......

TERRIBLE.

A lot of people say this is the GPA booster course... it really isn't. The format of the class changed drastically. Instead of having quizzes worth a lower percentage than assignments, they are now worth 90%. His quizzes are tricky and very unclear to the point where even TA's can't answer the questions.

it seems as if english is leslie's 100th language after failing the first 99. do not take him, you will regret it. also applies to his other courses

DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE WITH HIM! CONSIDER YOURSELVES WARNED. He is absolutely crazy. His lecture notes are a jumble of random words presented as slides that repeat each other and make no sense WHATSOEVER. He is all over the place and because of that, out of the people that actually DO go to lecture, none are paying any attention go for clickr mark

Dr. Burkholder was not useful in any way for this online course. He never made any effort to contact our class and was just useless in office hours. He even gave me the wrong answers... I've never felt so abandoned and alone in a class before. There were so many times where I was stuck and I literally had no idea where to get help. Never again.

extremely boring class. prof not corporative. everything is online, I don't know why its mandatory to attend.

DONT TAKE HIM. For 120 his slides were pretty much not English at all. And even though the classes were mandatory, you get nothing by actually showing up. His quizzes don't make sense and overall he is just a bad prof. He seems not to care about the class at all, making his lectures extremely boring and hard to follow.

I suggest not taking this course if you are looking for minimal work, a class that requires minimal attendance, and if you can't pay attention for long periods of time. His course has little structure, little clarity, and it's crucial you listen carefully to his lectures. No final, but online tests that get progressively more difficult.

Wired English that makes you hardly think you are a English speaker too. Boring lectures, wasting of time. I assume I have done the practices questions over 200 times in total, and this still sounds like a guarantee to me. He is awful.

Does not help even if you go to his office hours. He does not grasp simple philosophical concepts enough to the point where he can educate others on this topic. Overall for course I would give it a -1010 (that's right it's a negative score).

Worst prof i've had in university, do not take any of his classes.

This professor's spelling and grammar are so terrible that whatever he is trying to teach literally cannot get past the language barrier. Any course material apart from the textbook (Which is barely used) looks like it hasn't been proofread and is a decade old. Course is easy grades but it would have been easier if he wasn't there at all.

classes are so boring, very hard to stay awake

Although the professor is very boring during the class and his explaination is really confusing, you can get an extremely high grade if you do the practice homework for MANY MANY times because the homework and the test are from the same database. You really do not need to attend to the class. You will not understand what he is talking about anyway.

Without question the worst professor I have had after 3 years at UBC. Unhelpful in and out of class, unclear as to what is expected, and unforgiving. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASSES.

What an absolute nightmare of a Prof. His online quizzes will have 10 choices each for every question, and are so poorly worded you're never even sure what you are being asked to do. The lectures are the worst I have had in 3 years at UBC by far. Dryer than the Sahara and his voice is so monotone you'll pass out before the first reductant clicker Q

EASYYYYYYYYY you don't even have to listen to what he says. NO FINAL 85% is based on supervised exams. Those ones are the exact same ones as your online homework's, so just go over them (you can do this in class since it doesnt matter what he says nobody pays attention anyways) many times and you can easily get 100%.

Terrible professor. Incredibly unorganized (especially on connect). Comes to class with a bunch of papers and his slides are the size of mountains, but don't give any helpful material. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. He is unclear when speaking and has a lot of spelling mistakes. On top of that, questions given on tests are on the verge of incoherent.

So, Professor Burkholdler. Great guy for sure, but a great prof? Not so much. Lectures are ludicrously long and boring courtesy of his apparently belief that every little detail, no matter how obscure, needs to be explained. Online quizzes are so poorly worded you spend more time interpreting the question rather than the concept itself. Avoid.

Just avoid this professor at all cost

This is one of the worst professor I have had. He is very unclear and unhelpful in office hours.

Listen to me and avoid this professor at all cost.

Over the term I sent multiple emails asking for help on some of the homework. Either he doesn't reply at all or gives very vague answer that doesn't explain anything. Rather irresponsible and end up wasting a lot of time trying to figure out how to use GradeGrinder to do the homework. Would not recommend this course.

Extremely rude. As soon as the lecture is over he makes it apparent that he would rather be doing anything else than talking to his students. That being said, this is the easiest class I've ever taken. The practice homework questions are the same as the test questions and that makes up 80% of the grade. Just practice them and go write the exams.

Stay away from this class at all costs. Boring as hell, and attendance doesn't matter besides clickers. If you do show up, you will wind up being more confused by his convoluted phrasing that he sticks to despite it making no sense. Tests are easy, just do the practice homework because the online tests are from the same question bank. No final.

Leslie Burkholder was a very unorganized professor which affected the way he taught, and graded. Throughout the course he lost some of my assignments which he then counted as "zeros" and affected my grade greatly. He then put in a wrong overall final grade at the end of term, which i then had to personally get fixed by the head of the PHIL dept.

Extremely disorganized - to the point where it affects his grading and teaching. If you're lucky enough to have him reply to your e-mails, you will probably get very vague answers. I was in the distance learning section where e-mail correspondence is vital, especially when you need things explained or require feedback on your work. Avoid !

Materials can be presented better. Online quizzes are very poorly worded you actually spend more time figuring out what it is he's trying to ask rather than working on the actual questions. Lectures are mostly bland but that's not to say there's nothing interesting. Easy if you keep up with the quizzes. Otherwise it's playing catch up.

Took this course online. Emailed him a couple times about the course. He probably got frustrated or something and just stopped replying me at all. Very unhelpful prof.

Terrible class. Do not take if you have a hard time learning things on your own. It might be easy but it might be the most boring class I have ever taken. As an international student, if you are paying 3k for this class, you are making a BIG MISTAKE.

Most unclear, confusing, disorganized, horrible professor I have EVER had over my three years at UBC. He didnt have a set syllabus which leaves unclear expectations and grading methods, so when you come back to look at your grades you wonder why you got a total grade of A+ turn into a B. Language in class & assignments so unintelligible. dont take

Horrible prof! Would dock off all of your peer grades (worth 15%) you earned at the end, which turned your A+ into A-. Very unclear in syllabus which didn't mention that peer grades involve conscientious grading to the assigned peers, and he would assign you zero marks in peer grades if he thinks you are not conscientious.

Unorganized and terrible at keeping on track during lecture. There's always a line for his office hours cuz he can't teach to save his life. There were many times that he didn't show up to his own office hours without telling anyone which is frustrating since he doesnt post things on connect until a couple days before it's due. DONT TAKE THIS CLASS

Required the book but only used it twice Didn't understand how to work the course page & regularly forgot to make readings, assignment information, & rubrics visible Rather hard to communicate with outside of class, often took days to reply to emails Likes to walk around and get in your face in lectures to get participation

Very bizarre class. Showed up to the first week of classes, then realized he only assigns like 7 assignments for the ENTIRE semester, thus going to class is not important at all. He makes you buy the textbooks for literally 2 questions from all the assignments, but never uses it elsewhere. Also no final exam (or any, for that matter).

Very unorganized class. Syllabus and class notes are very, very difficult to follow, prof responds to emails slowly and vaguely. He's decent at responding in class. Feedback for assignments are not great either.

Assignment rubric is terrible. Marks you on things that aren't mentioned or asked for.

I took PHIL 333 with him last term. It's been a month into the new term and he still hasn't even marked all the assignments from last term. He uploaded a fake mark into SSC and freaked us all out because it's so much lower than what you've been getting throughout the term. Easy class but really irresponsible prof.

Hilarious. I mean hilariously terrible in every aspect. Don't take the course with Leslie Burkholder unless you want to be put through hell for an "easy" A. Does not respond to emails, deducts marks without clear reasoning and indication from syllabus as to why, not helpful during office hours - might not even be there, and the list goes on.

Seems like a really easy course but the lecture material is hard to follow. The canvas modules are all over the place. Lots of assignments to do. He takes off marks whenever he feels like it even though you got a better grade. Not understanding at all. His final is really easy if you do well in canvas. I would never take his class again. BEWARE

One of the worst prof I have ever encountered at UBC stay as far away as you can. Take marks off for asking questions. Make a final that is so easy to cheat and proceed to scale every down which hurts people who didn't cheat significantly. Takes 2 and a half months to get grades back.

DON'T DO IT! The course seems interesting but taught by him, there will countless headaches and unfair situations.

On the test, before you do each question, you have to dig out the few tiny numbers from that big paragraph of reading which reduce the time for thinking further, a lot of questions vary just by one word but you had to fing out the crucial information, which means you had to read the same words again, which is frustrating and WASTES A LOT OF TIME

The Prof curved DOWN everybody's mark by at least a letter grade, without any reason, nor any communication, nor any explanation, he just ARBITRARILY decided to do this. See the respected tag below? exactly opposite. This is extremely disrespectful to our effort and time. There's a reason why he gets 2.6, try your best to avoid this old SOAB.

Scaling down a course, which the Philosophy department rarely does, is the most lazy and incompetent method of getting a desired grade distribution. This lecturer needs to not treat their students as a mere collection of numbers. If the grade is too high, then you have messed up in the design of your course. Own up to your mistakes, Leslie.

Professor Burkholders classes are minimal work and often refer to material from previous courses over the past decade. They are not difficult, but dont expect to score high in them. Rather than changing the course material to be more difficult, he will curve your marks down 12%.

Took the asynchronous version and it was horrid. Hardly replies to emails, no communication (went on vacation, didn't say that his office hours were cancelled for the next week coming up to finals...), no TA to cover for him, Canvas is not only terribly organized but it was also missing content that the syllabus said we needed to know. AVOID.

Great course if you are looking to destroy your confidence. Course outline is poorly organized, you may do better if you follow the course outline backwards

DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST. It is a lot of work.

Professor Burkholder's method of teaching didn't work for me. The professor's lectures consist of 2 weekly 100-slides slideshows, however, most of the slides are the same, with very small differences, which makes it difficult to follow. Furthermore, the professor is sometimes unprofessional and/or rude. Definitely wouldn't take his classes again.

BO RING. Could not pay attention in class for the life of me so I skipped the last month or so of lectures, maybe more. Bright side, its pretty easy to do well without going to the lectures. You could read the textbook, which I didnt, or just do the HW quizzes. But the prof sucks.

The material itself is not difficult, but the roundabout way he teaches is. You'll have to put his lectures on 1.5 speed for him to talk at a regular pace. There is kind of a ridiculous amount of homework assignments, which are easy, but time consuming. Also, he can be condescending when speaking to him directly/emailing.

Easiest class ever in terms of content. There are literally two formulas you need to know in this entire class. However, he's ability to teach is beyond comprehension. His monotone voice and the lack of participation activities in lectures makes staying awake a challenge. Oh yeah, and he also scaled down my 97% to a 84% so there's that.

He never marked anything or gave great feedback. Lectures were difficult to understand. Overall easy to just do assignments from the readings so going to lecture is unnecessary.

Technologically illiterate. Online version (at least) forced to use shitty software. Professor does not know how to write proper questions for canvas quizzes/assigments, which are full of grammar and ironically logic mistakes. If you never took a logic course before good luck.

I've taken CPSC 121, and PHIL 120 and got 95%+ on both of them. Don't take this with Burkholder at all costs. The canvas course is incredibly disorganized, 65% final, Leslie scales marks down by 10%. Very harsh marker provides no feedback, technologically illiterate, haven't gotten assignments back I did 2 months ago, requires outdated software.

Professor only responds to half of the questions on piazza, the rest go unanswered although he's online. Course is so disorganized you might as well go thorough the textbook and create your own syllabus to follow. Half the time spent on assignments is decoding his instructions. Content itself is easy, but I would not recommend this course.

Reuses content from previous years, throws them onto canvas and expects us to sort thorough the material ourselves. Gives no feedback nor answer key on canvas so good luck figuring out what you did wrong. He seems like a good person but is very outdated and technologically illiterate (which is important for an online course...).

my 9 year old cousin could've taught this course better than he does. Drop it if you're still able to.

Doesn't know how to use Piazza, an absolute dinosaur with technology. Uses software from what looks like 2007. If you were comfortable with CPSC121, don't bother watching the lectures or reading the textbook. Just do the quizzes and labs and you should be good. Has never sent an email or made any announcement, it's like he doesn't exist at all.

Basically a self study course where you watch tons of crappy videos and figure everything out alone. Doesn't help that the online course is disorganized and the textbook is confusing

The guy has a history of randomly docking points in people's final grades. My own final grade was a good 10% lower than it should have been. Pretty shocking he hasn't been disciplined by the department.