PHILOS 5
Philosophy in Literature
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Philosophical inquiry into such themes as freedom, responsibility, guilt, love, self-knowledge and self-deception, death, and meaning of life through examination of great literary works in Western tradition. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Fall 2018 - Professor Morris is a very old professor that brings his own experiences and thought to the lecture subjects and allows you to either agree and disagree with him which was thought provoking and engaging. The amount of books he expects you to read for the quarter is outrageous, but you can get by with reviewing summaries of the readings discussed and reading whats in the course reader. None of his lectures have slides, so you have to pay attention if you want good notes. The class was annoying for me in the sense that he was never clear about assignments and writing topics and only talked about his thoughts on the readings but overall, it was a pretty easy and relaxed class with only a midterm, one paper, and a final. Also, I am selling the course reader for $15. Text me **********
Fall 2018 - Professor Morris is a very old professor that brings his own experiences and thought to the lecture subjects and allows you to either agree and disagree with him which was thought provoking and engaging. The amount of books he expects you to read for the quarter is outrageous, but you can get by with reviewing summaries of the readings discussed and reading whats in the course reader. None of his lectures have slides, so you have to pay attention if you want good notes. The class was annoying for me in the sense that he was never clear about assignments and writing topics and only talked about his thoughts on the readings but overall, it was a pretty easy and relaxed class with only a midterm, one paper, and a final. Also, I am selling the course reader for $15. Text me **********
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Fall 2020 - Prof Normore is very knowledgable and it was great hearing him lecture on certain topics and hearing other guest speakers he brought in. With that said, he is also very disorganized and you have to communicate back and forth with the TA's for a lot of things. The TA's also grade basically everything so it really all depends on how lenient they are. This was definitely a challenge and idk if I'd recommend it for someone taking a Phil class for the first time like I did. The content is interesting but discussion section is usually pretty dry but the TAs do a good job of answering questions about the material.
Fall 2020 - Prof Normore is very knowledgable and it was great hearing him lecture on certain topics and hearing other guest speakers he brought in. With that said, he is also very disorganized and you have to communicate back and forth with the TA's for a lot of things. The TA's also grade basically everything so it really all depends on how lenient they are. This was definitely a challenge and idk if I'd recommend it for someone taking a Phil class for the first time like I did. The content is interesting but discussion section is usually pretty dry but the TAs do a good job of answering questions about the material.
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