PHIL 1730

Dr. Stangl is a really engaging lecturer and she is really funny and fun to listen to. The grading is really fair, and if you pay attention or do the readings (you can just do one or the other and still be fine), you will get a good grade for sure. The most important part of the class is discussion, because that is when all the different aspects of the week's lecturing come together and make sense, so also make sure you pay close attention during these. Adam Blincoe is a great TA. Overall, not the most fun class but definitely interesting and worthwhile taking.

Professor Stangl is a gem. However don't take this class if you want to learn absolutely anything about political philosophy; it is currently two weeks until the semester's end and we have yet to discuss it for even a single class. Spent an incredibly long time on the moral philosophy of happiness, which sounds nice but is really redundant. Things picked up a little once we got to Mill, and applied it was interesting, but you will talk about abortion for so long. TA Derek is really odd in his views but I can skip all week's lectures and still understand everything if I go to discussion. Stangl is funny but gets off-topic sometimes. You don't need to read if you look at the powerpoints and go to discussion. Good class but not what I was expecting at all.

Professor Stangl is great and interesting to listen to most of the time, but the course is almost all about morals and virtues. All grading is done by TA and TAs vary drastically in leniency, mine was pretty tough so it may have skewed my opinion of the class. Overall though, I would probably take a class with Stangl again, but wouldn't recommend this one.

Philosophy is NOT an easy class, no matter what you think when you sit through the first couple lectures. The first half of this class, especially, is kind of tough to understand, although Stangl tries her best to give real-life examples to make it easier. The second half is actually pretty interesting, and the midterm and final aren't too bad, especially because the questions that are going to be asked are on a study guide she gives out a week before. Still, this class is pretty dependent on the TA you get, because they do all the grading and it's up to them how critical they want to be of your arguments. Sheung Tak Lam was pretty great, so if you're taking this in spring or fall 14, you should definitely look out for him!

Professor Stangl's class was a very solid introduction to moral philosophy. WHOEVER IS READING THIS, DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. It has nearly nothing to do with politics. Alternatively, if you want an application of the works of Mill, Kant, and Aristotle to our daily lives and moral dilemmas, then this class might be for you! If you are a competent writer, you can get away with not reading, which drastically reduces the amount of effort you have to put forth. Overall, I recommend this class to those who want actual philosophical perspectives to be built into their arsenals when debating their drunk relatives at the next family gathering.

The content was interesting but DID NOT like the professor. She went off on so many tangents and wasted a lot of time in class answering questions. We had very little time for the the material that was actually really interesting.

Well I literally didn't go to lecture nor did I read for the entire semester and still got an A-, so there's that. All of the notes are online and don't cover everything you need for the finals or papers, but it's enough to point you in the right direction for night before research and googling.

You get the prompts to the midterm and final 2 weeks prior to the exam, so literally just google around for those and you'll be fine. Only read the work that was assigned for papers and was fine. Lecture is useless by all means. This class is really all about your TA because they are the ones grading everything. I was on great terms with my TA and he helped me a lot with my papers and prepping for the final and midterm - shocker I was fine when it came to grades because of this.

Bottom line: If you need to fill a humanities credit with an A and don't wanna work for it, you're in the right place.

This was an interesting course and Stangl is very knowledgable. However, your grade completely depends on your TA and Lily wasn't very helpful or clear when it came to what she wanted as far as grading went. The exams have study guides so your main concern is papers. Some of the readings are pretty dense. The powerpoint doesn't really go in depth so attending lecture does help but isn't essential. It also isn't the end of the world if you don't do the readings.

Interesting class and pretty easy. Prof. Stangl lectures really well and provides a lot of examples to help you understand the ideas that various philosophers present. The first half of the semester is focused on Aristotle, Kant, and Mill, and the latter half is about modern philosophers and contemporary topics. You don't have to do the readings if you attend the lectures or read the powerpoints. There are two papers throughout the course, both of which graded by your TA, so your grade is pretty dependent on if the TA. The midterm & final have a study guide, and the questions are directly from the study guides. Overall, really interesting and easy class!

Very easy class but grading was not the easiest. Not worth taking unless you want a class that you can skip. Professor Stangl got off-topic every class, and the material covered was not presented well. The readings are interesting, but there is no reason to attend lecture.