SO as a previous post said, the lectures are pretty much optional, if you read his lecture notes and go to one of his lectures you will notice that he reads off the lecture notes almost completely word for word. Your TA's discussions and office hours; however, are definitely not optional. As your TAs are the ones grading your 2 papers, its very important you go over your paper with them. I also had Brian Hutler I think he was an excellent TA. The TAs will go over everything they're looking for on your papers and basically hand out A's. The final exams was incredibly easy as Julius sent a practice study guide with practice questions/prompts. The final exam was the exact same thing, and even better, you get a one page (front and back)notes sheet which you can take in. Overall, the material is quite interesting and the class is probably one of the easiest ways to finish that philosophy GE.

EASIEST CLASS EVER TAKEN AT UCLA. Professor Julius is a straight boss. If you ever go to lecture, which you definitely don't need to, you will see that Julius is a pretty funny professor. Lectures are pretty boring, so basically just don't go unless you are going to get your homework back. Contrary to the previous review, office hours and discussion are useless. My TA was alright, the only purpose of going to discussion was to get a little insight on how your TA grades and what you should base your homework on. The two homework assignments are simple, you don't need to go to lecture to do them, just print out the notes and answer the questions as simply as you can directly from the notes. You will get an A on these if you give examples that are relevant. The "example" final is given to you a week in advance and he says that he will change the questions, but in reality, the only thing he changed was one short answer question by adding to the end of it "and provide an example". Also, you get to bring in a page of typed notes front and back to the final. My TA encouraged that we did the practice final and just typed it out and brought it in for our notes. I finished the final in 30 min. and ended up getting an A on both homework assignments and the final. Also, he has an awesome beard. TAKE HIM

Class can be the easiest class you ever take at ucla or the hardest class you take. The grading comes down to the ta's. I went to julius to discuss my grade and he told me that he does not make any decisions when it comes to a students grade, the ta's do everything in this class. I had Coolidge who was the worst ta ever. She was probably the hardest grader out of all ta's. I ended up with a B+ in the class. Just get a good ta and its an easy A. Otherwise its still a light workload but suck up to your ta to get that A.

yeah the grade is totally up to the TAs
i had Coolidge too
and she was AWESOME i mean i ended up with a B+ too but i hardly ever read or anything
she went over the answers to the midterms and final in disc so we knew just want to write down
i thought she was an awesome TA and i dont like people saying that shes hard, she only had one disc section and only like 5 people showed up, if they showed up they would have had the answers too and gotten an easy A

Class was super easy. I would grab the lecture notes at the beginning of every class and then immediately leave for lunch. I ended up receiving an A.

The lecture notes were very well organized and interesting. Julius seems like he's a really nice and smart guy. I'd definitely recommend this class.

AJ is like one of those messy philosophers you would see in the comics. I took Phil 153A with him, which is about normative ethics. It was easy because of AJ's A- grading policy and our sweet TA Amber. The reading assignments were excellent, but I didn't quite enjoy AJ's lecture. AJ's lecture is somehow dry, and he keeps talking for the entire 1 hour and 50 minutes. To be honest I found myself often became sleepy in his class. I don't know if this holds true for the phil 6 he teaches, but in general he is a nice professor.

Dense material but interesting if you can stay awake in lecture. Prof does daily handouts, but I never got to check if getting copies from missed days was possible. Friendly, funny, appreciates his class. Two papers, an A/A- only grading policy. I took him in the fall, he said he'll be teaching next in the spring, and I'm currently trying to find that class.

Julius is a total genius and I'm lucky that my friend recommended me to take his course; he's one of those rare long lost philosophers with excellent points

Okay, I guess students do not bother writing reviews, so here's mine! YOUR GRADE SOLELY DEPENDS ON YOUR TA, but I bet you already knew that. The lectures lasted for the full two hours and it was a bit difficult and unmotivating to get up for an 8 AM that last for two hours on philosophy and the fact that the lectures are recorded doesn't help the cause either. Attendance is not taken in lecture or discussion. The professor does not use a microphone, but that isn't much of a problem because the lecture hall is dead silent and there are not many students who attend the lecture, sadly. In the course you will mainly learn about Aristotle, then a little Kant. Honestly, I only read part of the texts, but it is not necessary to read everything unless you want a full understanding. The TA will go over some points in the text. My TA made things very confusing, but not on purpose. This TA was just very disoriented, but philosophy can make one that way. YOUR ENTIRE GRADE is based on three essays. One on Aristotle, one on Kant, and the last one on various readings. Reading materials are posted on CCLE, so you will not need to buy any books. Philosophy is pretty open-ended, but the main goal is trying to understand what the original authors meant, which can be difficult to translate into an essay especially if your TA does not fully agree with your statements even if you had backed it up with evidence. I only took this course because it fulfilled a GE, but to be honest this class was a bit boring at times.

Really enjoyed this class, especially the last portion of it where we read short excerpts from Marx, Hegel, and Frederick Douglass. Your grade is based solely on three writing assignments. The questions are pretty pointed and require an understanding of the material, but he'll give a comprehensive answer to any of them if you just ask about it in lecture (and he's VERY open to questions about the assignments). A good TA also helps. Would recommend.