PHIL 1740

Ty was an awesome TA. If you can get him, he grades fair and he is super nice. Class was very enjoyable and discussion was probably the best part.

Overall, I would suggest this class if you want an interesting, thought provoking, easy class on the side. There isn't a lot of work, and much of the reading is then covered in class. Professor Stangl is incapable of lecturing without veering off on a tangent, however her tangents are still relevant, and while bubbly, she's an engaging lecturer. Expect to not stay on schedule however.

Professor Stangl's an engaging professor, and she always has interesting things to say. Would recommend going to her office hours to get to know her, as well as for help on tests and papers. Good class, learned a lot.

I never did the readings for the class but just went to all lectures and turned in outlines for my TA to read for the papers so I could get feedback and got a B+ in the class. The actual material was interesting but the way she presented it was not. If you work hard you'll get a good grade, and she gives all her essay prompts for the midterms a week ahead of time so that was super helpful. Not my favorite class, but did not require much work for a passing grade.

I'm writing this review in class today. You literally never have to pay attention, all she does in lecture is ramble and get off topic. If you want to have a class to use to do other things in, like online shop or plan your study abroad plans, I highly recommend. However, my TA is literally the weirdest, most incompetent person I have ever met and my discussion is filled with extremely opinionated people who attack you if you disagree with him. I like Professor Stangl but would not take this class again.

Professor Stangl is an amazing lecturer! She is super funny and opinionated but she is very intelligent. She seems to know much about other things other than philosophy like Classics and medicine. Before taking this class, I used to think I didn't like philosophy but she makes the class and lectures very entertaining. She has all of the readings on Collab, so you don't have to buy any textbooks! Although she assigns a reading for every class, they are usually less than 20 pages total, so it is very doable. I highly recommend reading them. You don't have to understand everything in these papers because she usually summarizes it during lectures. In the busier times, I just didn't do the readings and I've still been able to keep up in class, especially since she summarizes everyone in class. So the readings are important but they aren't paramount for your grade. As for assignments, there are two turn-in papers throughout the semester with two in-class essays (midterm and final). If you have an easy TA, the grading shouldn't be too hard. I like Nazim Adakli - his discussions can be very boring at times, but he grades easy so just show up to discussion.

Overall, I highly recommend this class. The topics were incredibly eye-opening and interesting. I feel like a much more knowledged person coming out from lecture everytime. The workload isn't too bad. You can survive without doing the readings. I honestly would want to take another Stangl class next semester because she is one of the best lecturers I've had so far.

Pretty boring class. Didn't have to pay attention much but could still get and A/A-. Could've been interesting considering the topic but Stangl would stay on one slide the whole lecture and seem to ramble on with little structure. She also showed up late all the time. Discussion was awful and a waste of time because the TA had never been a TA before and didn't know how to do it. Not very hard but not very interesting either.

Great course that isn't very difficult. Didn't really do readings and had two lectures and a discussion a week. 3 total papers and a final that were <1000 words each. Really interesting topics and Stangl does a great job of mentioning all arguments.

If you're looking for an easy, pretty interesting philosophy course then this is a great one! Stangl is very sweet and knowledgable about the topic. She assigns readings before each lecture but just reiterates them in the lecture so there is no need to read and attend class, just pick one. The class was all essay based, 3 short papers (1 600 and 2 1000 word essays), and the final was 3 500 word responses. Stangl and the TAs give a lot of suggestions for the paper and as long as you write what they're looking for it's not hard. I didn't like my TA, he reiterated the lecture and expected us to have all of the readings printed out from the week when we are given them in pdf form because he doesn't like computers out in class. As the semester went on he did more small group discussion activities which were kind of a waste of time. It's an interesting class but all the matters is discussion attendance, the papers, and the final so it makes it hard to care about each individual reading or topic. The main topics discussed were abortion, physician assisted suicide, and views on death. Not much memorizing or studying.

Prof Stangl & her lectures were pretty interesting (when I went. which was not often). This class seemed like it would be an easy A, but the TAs graded papers harshly and would not help with your drafts. The content itself was for the most part interesting, and while I initially hated discussions, I do feel like they helped me a lot with getting used to philosophical thinking, and now I feel like I could make stronger arguments on certain topics that we studied in class. It felt a bit pointless going to class, but now that I'm trying to prepare for the final, I am very much wishing i both went to class and took notes during the discussion-- definitely do that, and work with your TA as much as possible for the papers (I wish someone had told me that when the semester started).