Laura Newhart - Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

Professor: Laura Newhart

Department: Philosophy

College: Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHI110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Newhart is a very nice lady with a big heart. Her class is pretty much all lectures and it's usually very boring, but sometimes she'll give an (easy) in-class group assignment. This class is definitely an easy A as long as you do the work.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHI383W
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The modules due each week take at least an hour or more to complete, we have online group work in which she expected us to email each other our work back and forth, there is a 9-11 page term paper at the end which is essentially your final, and oh yeah she wrote the book so if you don't word for word repeat the book, your answer wrong.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHI383W
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS! I took this as my writing intensive course and was that a mistake. The online site was impossible to navigate, the tests are timed (an hour and a half) and had I not had someone send me the questions beforehand it would be impossible for me to finish them in time, it took me four hours to answer all the OR questions. CONT..

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHI101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lots of reading followed by class discussion over material. You know ahead of time exactly what is expected for assignments. So if you want to actually learn and participate in class do the reading. If not do the readings when the assigned papers are due. With the least bit of effort you can get a great grade. She is lecture heavy.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHI100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Need to show up to class. She gives random participation days and takes attendance every day. Reports are easy as long as you skim the material.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHI383W
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I absolutely loved this class. I showed up for every class session. You have to unless you have a friend who is willing to give you the notes since she does not post powerpoints online. She goes in depth and you actually learn the subject matter. The tests are literally based on the notes and questions from the study guide. Overall, she is great!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHI110
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She seemed a little nutty at times but she's super caring and sweet. I didn't pay attention in her class and still managed to get an A.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHI130S
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I loved Mrs. Newhart. 130S was a part Philosophy, part service learning class focused on teaching children philosophy but it was incredibly easy. I read none of the material but showed up & passed with an easy A. Some failed the first test, so the rest were take home essays. I wasn't interested in the material but I would recommend this class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHI383W
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

Super sweet lady but be prepared! Her slides are not posted on blackboard, nothing is, and the slides are really the entire book put on power point. If pressured for time. She gives a study guide for the exams but its just as long as her power points. She is very mum on what to expect for exams. I feel Im going in to it exams blind.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Newhart is kind of spacey, but she is a very helpful professor. This class requires a lot of work, but she is nice and very friendly.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHI100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Difficult subject but I somehow managed to get an A. She is nice but gets mad if you talk in class. She will help you any way she can. Attendance is only mandatory in that if you don't show up you won't have a clue what is going on. The textbook is very helpful. The only assignments are 5 exams and 1 term paper.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHI330
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really like Professor Newhart. She does talk quite a bit but overall I really liked her class. I have never taken a philosophy class so some of the material was hard to understand. You do have to write a lot in class and she always gives you good feedback on your papers. I liked her!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHI100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Took course with Newhart and only passed by two points while learning nothing. Re-took course with Parchment and ACED it while learning alot. Newhart: TONS of homework; Parchment: NO homework. Conclusion: take Parchment!!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHI100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

she talks to fast. she doesnt help. her class is boring as heck and i just dislike her class in general. the material is not very hard but the way she teaches it the book is all that you are using to learn from

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HON205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Newhart is not my favorite professor... It may be because I don't quite enjoy Aristotle and Plato; however, I've been taught Plato before and found him interesting, so I think it's more because she herself is not particularly interesting. She's nice enough and everything, but when she teaches, the class is pretty boring to say the least.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHL101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She was a very good teacher and super nice. Didn't have presentations or tests. You had to write papers, but they were all very easy to write.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHI100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Newhart is a wonderful lady but this course is a bore. There's a lot of busy work and class can get boring very fast. She is a sweet lady though, and sometimes can be fun. She laughs about everything...There's a lot of class participation but none of the material is that hard to grasp if you do the homework (or at least some of it).

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HON306
• 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:

I am not a fan of Dr Newhart at all. As interested as she is in philosophy, and as knowlegeable as she is about the subject, she does not know how to express it to her students without giggling a lot at her own jokes. I have to take notes hardcore when she teaches because her lectures do not sink in at all.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIO383
• 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:

Newhart is crazy. The only woman I know that can say um and ya know forty seven time straight. Class is boring but a breeze

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHI383
• 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:

Dr. Newhart is a "hoot"! She makes class so interesting. Helps you learn in many aspects so a tricky subject is very understandable. Very easy grading on all work and will tell you where you need to improve. Easy to talk to, very understanding lady. Plenty of energy but fun.