David D Phillips
Department of History
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3.7
Overall Rating
Based on 21 Users
Easiness 1.9 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.1 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 2.6 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 2.7 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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28.6%
23.8%
19.0%
14.3%
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23.3%
19.4%
15.5%
11.6%
7.8%
3.9%
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27.5%
22.9%
18.4%
13.8%
9.2%
4.6%
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21.4%
17.9%
14.3%
10.7%
7.1%
3.6%
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26.1%
21.7%
17.4%
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8.7%
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34.4%
28.7%
23.0%
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5.7%
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26.0%
21.7%
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26.9%
22.4%
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25.6%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

23.3%
19.4%
15.6%
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20.0%
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10.0%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

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Quarter: N/A
Grade: N/A
March 24, 2009

Grading:
10% Map Quiz
30% Midterm
20% Paper
40% Final

Grade Scale:
93-100: A
90-92.99: A-
85-89.99: B+
80-84.99: B
75-79.99: B-
70-74.99: C+
65-69.99 C
60-64.99 C-

I had Phillips for Ancient Greek History (City-States). He's a great orator, well-spoken, concise, and organized. He lectures only on information pertinent to the course. Occasionally, he'll write a few terms on the board. Most of the time, he's standing there, talking. He's dry, sarcastic, witty (occasionally), and his voice is monotone. This makes it easy to write out lecture notes, though.

The most difficult part of the course was not so much conceptual as it was the sheer volume of the information presented. If you read a general overview of Ancient Greece since the Mycenaean/Minoan Ages until about 300 BC, you can get away with not doing the readings and simply, writing every single word in lecture. It's absolutely important that you take down everything he says because this man is anal about dates! You need dates in order to get all of the points on your IDs and essays. And the dates in ancient Greek history are disputed and inconsistent in the provided textbooks. Therefore, use the dates he presents in the course. Also, for many of the IDs, you can only find them in his lecture. Specific sayings such as "mono labe" or the story of Aristogeithon and his lover... are presented only in lecture.

We had class three times a week for 50 minutes. I wrote down everything and ended up with 5-5.5 single-spaced pages per lecture. I'm glad I did this because I was able to answer all of the IDs and essays with all of the information that he wanted (dates specifically). His grading scale is slightly different (see above). You must get an A on the map test. The midterm is very harshly graded so make sure you have ALL OF THE DATES (I cannot stress this enough). And the final exam... was graded quite leniently. He awards improvement too. If you increase your final exam score by more than 10 pts (or 10% like say from B to A) he'll give your overall grade a bump of 1/3 a grade. So, lets say you got an 85 on your midterm. You get a 95 on your final. Then, you'll get an overall 1/3 grade bump: e.g. to go from A- to A or B+ to A-.

Would I take him again? No.

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Quarter: N/A
Grade: N/A
March 24, 2009

Grading:
10% Map Quiz
30% Midterm
20% Paper
40% Final

Grade Scale:
93-100: A
90-92.99: A-
85-89.99: B+
80-84.99: B
75-79.99: B-
70-74.99: C+
65-69.99 C
60-64.99 C-

I had Phillips for Ancient Greek History (City-States). He's a great orator, well-spoken, concise, and organized. He lectures only on information pertinent to the course. Occasionally, he'll write a few terms on the board. Most of the time, he's standing there, talking. He's dry, sarcastic, witty (occasionally), and his voice is monotone. This makes it easy to write out lecture notes, though.

The most difficult part of the course was not so much conceptual as it was the sheer volume of the information presented. If you read a general overview of Ancient Greece since the Mycenaean/Minoan Ages until about 300 BC, you can get away with not doing the readings and simply, writing every single word in lecture. It's absolutely important that you take down everything he says because this man is anal about dates! You need dates in order to get all of the points on your IDs and essays. And the dates in ancient Greek history are disputed and inconsistent in the provided textbooks. Therefore, use the dates he presents in the course. Also, for many of the IDs, you can only find them in his lecture. Specific sayings such as "mono labe" or the story of Aristogeithon and his lover... are presented only in lecture.

We had class three times a week for 50 minutes. I wrote down everything and ended up with 5-5.5 single-spaced pages per lecture. I'm glad I did this because I was able to answer all of the IDs and essays with all of the information that he wanted (dates specifically). His grading scale is slightly different (see above). You must get an A on the map test. The midterm is very harshly graded so make sure you have ALL OF THE DATES (I cannot stress this enough). And the final exam... was graded quite leniently. He awards improvement too. If you increase your final exam score by more than 10 pts (or 10% like say from B to A) he'll give your overall grade a bump of 1/3 a grade. So, lets say you got an 85 on your midterm. You get a 95 on your final. Then, you'll get an overall 1/3 grade bump: e.g. to go from A- to A or B+ to A-.

Would I take him again? No.

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3.7
Overall Rating
Based on 21 Users
Easiness 1.9 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.1 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 2.6 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 2.7 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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