David Checkland

best prof i had all semester. he's a bit tough when it comes to grading, but super accessible outside class for meetings, and responds to emails very promptly. he can go off on tangents at times, but he's always there to answer students' questions. all the marks come from essays, so just do the readings and put in the effort and you'll be great.

No slides just tangents, really hard to follow in a logic class.

not only is this guy deeply disorganized, he also grades with a sledge hammer.

He doesn't do lecture slides at all so you have to make your own notes based on his discussions. He did post small notes of the readings but they weren't too helpful for me. At least he posted the recordings to the lectures but, other times he forgets to record. He is a very tough marker and expects you to write based on his own ideas.

This professor did not provide a rubric for the first paper due in this course. He forgets to post the material until emailed and goes off topic during lectures. Very dry lectures. Hard marker. Unless you are passionate about philosophy and the work of past philosophers, do not take this course with him.

This class was so dense and boring that even many of the PHL majors in the room were exhausted. Checkland has funny stories/facts but they don't make the lectures coherent or asmts clear. No slides, no notes, and he announced that he'd given out more D's than other classes for this class. Basically literary math, not philosophy. Not a fun class.

An excellent professor who knows the subject matter inside and out. Also knows about current research in other fields, making for excellent lectures that explain the material from many different perspectives. Provides excellent feedback on essays. I don't think students realise how useful and important this is. Want to say more ++ but no room.

Fair, considerate, legit brilliant. Like an encyclopedia. A few short writing assignments, one longer. Tests were short and long answer q's, given in advance for home prep. Sometimes goes off topic in class, but will answer 1000 q's if need be. He seemed happy to accommodate students when ppl asked him in advance. Try to participate!

This professor was looking for a conversation in class rather than pure teaching, which I think is fine but took time to realize. I tried writing my own view on a topic however he preferred that I wrote in accordance with what he said during class. He is very willing to discuss things outside of class which is nice but I did not do - my mistake.

He's actually so boring, you end up teaching yourself the material. He is really accessible outside of class (which is nice), but his lectures are super boring and useless (just kinda talks about his life and his dog). Just skip class and teach yourself the stuff. Oh, but he's a tough marker too.