Noa Latham - University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Professor: Noa Latham

Department: Philosophy

College: University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHI249
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't punish you for not showing up but participation gives you easy bonus marks.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHI249
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I had horrible attendance due to illness and was still able to get an acceptable grade because i followed and did research on the very popular concepts/theories in this course. No textbook, he posts all readings online which is awesome $$$ wise. He is super responsive to emails and grades fairly. I will take a class with him again.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHIL249
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Latham is an adorable old British man. So sweet and passionate about the material. There are 3 papers, all testing is written work. In-class discussion really helps with understanding concepts and theories. My only complaint is his grade scale, a 89% is only a B+ so its hard to get an A. Never attended a single tutorial so I cannot speak for those

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHIL249
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hes a nice enough guy but his classes are so boring. I truly hate philosophy now. His grade scale makes it next to impossible to do well. And hes such an awkward bloke, I felt like an idiot asking him questions about the boring material. The students commandeer the lectures, I only go for participation.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHIL249
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Good at keeping class discussion on track, good sense of time. Requires very high scores to get an A (94), but he boosts your grade up one step with regular participation. Your best chance for an A unless you're a stellar writer is to get A-s on the papers and get it boosted to an A by going to lectures

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHIL423
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great class, although it can be a tough subject at times. Mr. Latham is very helpful and will make time to explain course material if you just ask. Sometimes it can be hard to follow along in lectures because Mr. Latham can be monotone. Super helpful if you read the assigned texts before class each day, make sure u like the topic before enrolling

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHIL249
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The book was made up of readings that were interesting. It was sold at the Bound and Copied book store. Cheap. Noa made the discussions of subject matter interesting.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHIL201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Wonderful professor! His lectures are enthusiastic and easy to listen to. He's very friendly and approachable. Engages with his class often.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHIL201
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are useless so you need to go to the tutorial to pass the class. Read the textbook front to back so get ready to read

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHIL201
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Most of the lecture time is taken up by a few students discussing their opinion of the required readings, where as the literal concepts are never really discussed, making the papers a little challenging. The papers and exams are marked pretty fairly and maybe even generously.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHIL249
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good Lord don't take this class unless you absolutely have to. Nothing against Noa, he's super nice and helpful, but the class is sooo boring and Noa's voice will definitely put you to sleep. You spend 80% of lecture time listening to other students talk since Noa asks a lot of questions, which is pretty annoying. Papers are marked quite hard too.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHIL249
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Noa is definitely very knowledgable in lecture. Even tho others found the course boring I thought it was totally interesting. He always has new things to talk about and makes many attempts to get you to talk. If you talk during lectures you will get your final mark boosted up! There are 2 papers 1 final 1 midterm but they are all take home!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHIL249
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I think he was a very engaging professor. He even remembered the students' names! I loved his classes, though I did fall asleep through some.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHI249
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I found this class extremely boring. I realized half way through the semester that there was literally no point in going because he would just discuss EXACTLY what was in the readings and students would give examples that were taken from the reading. It made no sense to me why I was there. Everything was take home, which I loved!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: 249
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I found Dr. Latham extremely intelligent but a terrible lecturer. Extremely insensitive to certain topics and had no flow through his lectures, no slides, just talking and class debate. Stupid.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHIL381
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Noa was in his first year at UofC when I took his Phil 381 class. He was brilliant but a bit nervous, I think. He's a lovely man with profound passion for Philosophy. A great Prof who I strongly recommend for the serious Philosophy academic.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHIL383
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great class and Latham is a great prof. It's difficult material and attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended. The final exam was difficult, you really have to nail down each philosopher/writer and their ideas.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHIL201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pretty confusing in his lectures. He's a really nice guy, but everything is off the readings, because there was no way to take notes in his class, that's how confusing it was. He seems passionate, but lectures were just boring..

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHIL383
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's a good teacher and is very fair with marks! Takes time to make sure everyone understands but still keeps it interesting

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHIL331
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr.Latham is a fair marker but will put you in your place if you don't know your stuff. He is very willing to meet outside of class time if you have any questions about papers or exams. He is very good at generating class discussion and very knowledgable about philosophy of religion.