Anna Wilks - Acadia University, Wolfville, NS

Professor: Anna Wilks

Department: Philosophy

College: Acadia University, Wolfville, NS

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1406
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: No
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Hard grader and is really boring to listen too, would not take again. Very not open to questions and opinions

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1406
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Great prof! Intimidating at first - takes a few lectures to love her. Fair marker.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHIL2223
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof said 1st day that you could take this class with ZERO prior knowledge. Not true. The textbook was unintelligible jargon that I had to read with Google open to check every 3rd word. She promised that tests would all be based on real world examples and not theory-based. The test was 100% theory. She lectures ahead of the assigned readings.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1423
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Wilks knows a great amount about Philosophy. However, she did not set up a course that was conducive of actually learning it. She gave us a "history of philosophy". I found it fairly interesting, but I found it totally irrelevant to real world application. We spent no time creating our own arguments, but rather learning those of others. 0/10

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1423
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Wilks is super passionate about Philosophy. She is also incredibly intelligent and pulls knowledge from many other faculties. She is very stuck in her views though, so if you differ in opinions you might be in for a rough semester. And she only grades two midterms and a final exam, so if you bomb one, you might bomb the entire class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1406
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Anna Wilks is a women who definitely knows her stuff but my god is she ever a hard marker. If you dont say exactly what she wants to hear you will lose marks. I loved how into her lectures she got but she often got carried away and went on too many tangents. Learned about some interesting things but the other half meant nothing to me.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHIL2233
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Good prof and a kind person with a real interest and knowledge of the material. She's very open to help students during office hours and makes an effort to explain the readings - which can be a bit dry & confusing - in a way that makes sense. Exam was difficult.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHIL2006
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

After more than three classes with Anna Wilks I can confidently say she's great. I really didn't like her at first, but she is a great prof who was always there for my questions and wanted to help everyone learn. Tests were lengthly, but appropriate for the course content. If you don't like Philosophy, you won't like her courses.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHIL2006
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I've taken many classes of Anna Wilk's. She's an absolute sweetheart and total genius when it comes to Philosophy. Her higher level courses are very different from her introductory courses, though, which are easy A's. I think research jobs might suit her better than teaching but she's a good professor.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHIL2016
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Anna is an amazing Prof! She is incredibly passionate about what she teaches and you can see that she lives and breathes philosophy. It is possible to do well in her classes, but be prepared for an absolutely brutal final exam! On the upside, she gives really detailed feedback on your test answers and papers which make it easier to up your mark

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHIL22232016
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Anna is overall a nice woman but her lectures are quite dull which doesn't pair well with their usually early time slots. I also find her explanations are not the clearest and she covers a lot of material in a very short time. There is a lot of reading to do, even for a phil class and she is a hard marker who asks a lot of her students on tests.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1423
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Lectures are pretty dull but you learn a lot not on the slides. Midterms are ok, all questions given beforehand, but the final will murder you. Multiple 10 paragraph essays will give you carpal tunnel. Brought my mark way down.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHILO1423
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Anna was really nice at the start of the year and was cool and stuff but when it came to the final she punched my face she had a bunch of rules that didnt help at all and get ready to write like 4 essays

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHIL2016
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Anna wilks is probably the nicest woman you will ever meet....she is not only a wonderful woman but she just loves philosophy and she makes you love it too. she is extremely understanding and will help you in any way she can... she wants everyone to do well.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHIL2016
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Anna is absolutely wonderful. Her passion for what she's teaching is phenomenally contagious. Lectures are always incredibly engaging, and work is easy if you go to class. She makes me smile :)

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHIL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Anna's an amazing lecturer. Her passion for her subject matter is contagious.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHIL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is the best prof. ever! (and I've been in school a loong time) Makes you think, but makes you work too. Both knowledgable and enthusiastic. A+++

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHIL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

shy and nervous little girl

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1406
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great teacher-loves what she teaches & it really shows. If u go to class u wont find it difficult at all because everything is explained extremely well. Most ppl who don't like her find philo to be completely whack, so their advice doesn't seem2count4much

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1406
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She's very understanding, and marks easy on tests. Classes aren't very interesting, though.