Paul Bali

Great professor. Very interesting lectures and discussions.

2 exams with 8 short answer questions each. uses respondus monitor for the tests which is a bit annoying as it lags sometimes but he marks fairly easily. if you take notes on the lectures and study you can pretty easily get 100. study the example questions they are on the 1st test. 1 informal 1500-word essay.

Uses lockdown browsers for all of his tests (include mic and camera), you actually have to study his lectures to do good on the tests however they are pretty boring. Not a lot of engagement but thats not a bad thing, made it easier to balance with other courses. All his courses r posted on youtube so hes a pretty low effort prof.

Tough grader, does not care for his students, highly opinionated for a philosophy teacher, would not recommend

One of those philosophy/elective professors full of ego, avoid like plague unless you love to bring your grade down, course literally consists of pre-recorded youtube videos with 0 efforts from his side and then he would love to judge you with his personal bias through lockdown browser exams. Try Sasa Stankovic, if still interested in philosophy.

I was so excited for this class, but the course lacked engagement, and lectures felt one-sided. The professor's dismissive attitude toward student concerns made the learning environment feel unsupportive. Questions were met with rigidity rather than guidance. Overall, not a class that encouraged growth or open communication.

he is a very good prof passionate about his course, i took both CPHL110 and CPHL201 with him as a cs major for my lower liberals and he was a breeze, a midterm endterm and an essay is ur overall mark and he marks well if u follow his explanation in class for the concepts

Chill prof, he does tend to ramble a lot in his lectures, 30% midterm, 30% final and 40% essay. For his final and midterm you just have to answer 5 out of 6 questions, he did say he was going to change his ways for midterms and finals since he is SUPER against AI, overall fair marker and super nice! FYI his voice will make you fall asleep.

Overall decent prof. Course was based on midterm, final, and an essay. He marks the midterm and final fairly as long as you mention what he talks about in the pre-recorded lectures.

Paul Bali single-handedly murdered any interest I had in philosophy. Graded like he enjoys watching dreams die. Zero compassion, zero flexibility. Took my will to learn and set it on fire. Avoid like the plague. If you want to hate philosophy and yourself, sure, take his class. - class gc 2025