Lisa Cassidy - Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ

Professor: Lisa Cassidy

Department: Philosophy

College: Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHIL233
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

You always work in a group, makes things easier. Always need the textbook on you (1), can't take quizzes without it. Really interesting stuff, teaches like no one else I've had. A few papers & homework. Discussion heavy. You have to work for your grade but it's an easy A if you do. No presentations or projects. Taking her again next semester.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ETHICS301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Cassidy is an awesome professor that leaves the ball in your court. Everything and I mean everything is written out on the syllabus so no excuses. Cassidy even reminds her students when assignments are due. You have to try to get a good grade and you have to try and fail. The choice really is up to you. There is a decent amount of work.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIO328
• 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:

Bioethics class I took in the summer. Summer classes can be tough since it is a 4 week class but this kind of hard was on another level. Weekly long readings, quizzes, discussion forums, papers, videos to watch. ALSO a group project, research paper, and reading a novel! All in 4 weeks! I work and have a life. Amount of work is ridiculous. AVOID!!!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHIL328
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The class and material itself was interesting, but she is a very harsh grader. She expects you to know how to write a philosophical paper on your first try (for this paper the highest grade was a B-). She is unclear and gives a lot of papers. Not to mention you cannot read her small amount of feedback because it is illegible. Not worth it.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHIL328
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I'm a Bio major that has to take a lot of science classes, but I chose to opt out of a lot of them for her classes, which shows she's worth it. She does give a good amount of papers, but if you go to her office hours, she proof reads them an unlimited amount of times. Her exams and quizzes are easy, so long as you take minimal notes. Show you care.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHIL328
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class definitely is one of my favorites! The assignments are small and sometimes time consuming but really easy. A LOT of extra credit opportunities! Raw point scale so its easy to get an A. She is a great professor, super funny. Tough essay grader but if you go to office hours she likes that. Definitely recommend.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHIL328
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She could get a little rude sometimes and she does use "spicy" all the time to describe what a thesis or topic should be which is confusing. She grades papers really really hard

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHIL101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lisa Cassidy was by far one of the biggest influences in my life this spring semester 2016. Granted I love philosophy but her critical thinking course is amazing if your looking to expand your mind. Theres work to do for her in class all through out the semester not many test but a few papers. I would take her again.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHIL328
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She's tough if you're a science person and you mostly only write science papers. Her grading especially of essays is close to impossible. More than once she gave an essay and no one received an A. She's really really nice and always helpful at office hours but I would not take her again unless I absolutely had to. Be prepared to work HARD for an A.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: POLI206
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good Teacher, but mostly makes you teach yourself, which i enjoyed. 4 tests easy quiz each week and gives a lot of extra credit.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHIL 226
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Definitely an easy class, but definitely not an easy A. I really worked for the grade I got, but I generally like her. You have to go to class though, especially if you don't understand the material. She does want you to succeed though and take advantage of her office hours cause she's the most helpful then.

Rating # 12

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Never have taken a philosophy class before but LOVED her class. Assigns reading every week, not too much, talk about it in class. Papers are tough but she is there to help if you go to her office hours. Overall class wasn't too hard. Loved her as a professor. Thinking about a philosophy minor because of her!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: FYS
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is unclear with her grading criteria using the word, "spicy" to determine if your thesis is well put together. If she doesn't agree with your paper she will not give you a good a grade. She doesn't take anything late and is very strict on going to office hours for every essay. There were no tests but the readings were extensive.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHIL328
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a funny woman, great lecturer. Tough tough tough paper grader, she expects you to be a philosopher. The exams are easy, quizzes are easy, and offers extra credit. Not an easy A at all, but definitely a fun class. Group project and research paper was pretty annoying, but you get through it. its a higher level class!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHIL201
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I thought the tests were easy and the discussions were nice. She had us do group style teaching to go over reading, and that's cool. When it comes to papers though. She told me that I did not know how to write a paper. She did not help at all and was mean about it. I had never gotten below a C on a paper before this class. I wouldn't take her again

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHIL32802
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

You have quizzes every class based on the readings assigned for homework. There is a fair amount of reading, and each class you will teach about the reading with your group. You also have blog posts. She takes CEC very seriously. She is a very intense grader with papers because writing philosophy is unlike the writing style of your other courses.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHIL328
• 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:

I was scared going in, but this was honestly my favorite class all semester. I learned a lot, discussions were fun, and the class itself wasn't too hard. The only things that were pretty hard were the papers bc she grades those pretty tough, but like the comments below, if you go to her office hours (GO..) you should be fine. she's there to help u

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHIL20101
• 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:

Essays are graded harshly, but she is willing to help and welcomes students to come to office hours. I have had three classes with her and each time she has offered 100 points of extra credit assignments, so if you get a bad grade it is easy to make it up.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIOETHICS
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I love her so much. Her grading is hard on papers but if you come in to her office hours she will help so much. Honestly was a tough class, with a lot of reading. But she's an amazing person and helps so much with papers. Offers extra credit too

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHL226
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Terrible teacher who is disrespectful and unfair to her students. She does not follow her own syllabus and will not help you outside the class, even if you go to office hours. Does not take responsibility on anything. Worse professor in Philosophy department.