Professor: Patricia Princehouse
Department: Philosophy
College: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: BIOL225
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This course is very long (150 minutes) but only once a week. She barely teaches the course but, the tests are easy to score. She gives options you can choose to answer on the tests, but some are mandatory. The class is easy if you get the jist of the material, but need to explain well on the test. Also, small quizzes at the beginning of every class
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: BIOL225
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I am an evolutionary biology student, and I found this course so boring and confusing I came out in worse shape than I entered. She basically turned the class over to boring lecturers to avoid having to teach herself, and it was unnecessarily long (150 minutes).
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: BIOL225
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
BIOL 225 is pure garbage and a complete waste of time. No one should have to sit through a 150 minute lecture, especially when Dr Princehouse doesn't even pretend to care about teaching the class. There isn't even a real syllabus. She studied under Steven J Gould at Harvard for Gods sake. At least it's easy.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: BIOL225
- 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's a good lecturer, with great command of the material. I just wish she would have lectured more - many of the "lectures" consisted of her showing videos. On the upside, the grading is very lax, and even a half-brained effort is likely to earn an A. (I studied half an hour for the midterm and received a 93.)
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: BIOL225
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof. Princehouse really knows her stuff. Notes are generally in the form of slideshows which are sometimes a bit disorganized, but when she explains a concept she does so clearly and makes it interesting. Most of the material in the textbook readings doesn't end up on tests or anything, but it is still very informative.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: PHIL225
- 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:
I love Princehouse, even if she is a crazy hippy! She is very knowledgeable, and I now know more about evolution, and the stupidity of creationism than before. My favorite part is I chose not to even do the journal, and got an A, despite scoring a B on everything. ALthough not handing it in, I got 9/10 on the journal.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: PHIL305
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Really nice and you watch movies!
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: HISTORYOFPHIL
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Interesting and brilliant, but it seems sometimes that she lets the class teach itself.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: PHIL225
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Princehouse is a Harvard-educated Robot. She'll assign extreme amounts of reading that aren't covered on the problem sets or tests and you won't even be expected to know the info. Somehow my C turned into an A at the final. Grades (especially extra credit) are VERY subjective.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: BIOL225
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I found Princehouse to be an incredibly enjoyable professor as she really knows her stuff! The material was a little poorly organized, but if you wanted clarification on anything she was more than willing to provide the extra help. One of my favorite professors at this school! I definitely got an A in this class despite scoring mediocre on the exam
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: PHIL225
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
One tough, intelligent cookie.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: BIOL225
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Class is easy but a waste of time. She does not appear to bother reading essay questions on exams--just 18/20 every time with no explanation. The pase was very, very slow and she calls on students to explain things far more than is useful.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: BIOL225
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This class is TERRIBLE. There are too many things to say here, but basically, there was no grading scale, a pointless presentation worth 15% of the grade, and while she knows her stuff, she can't present at all. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: PHIL225
- 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:
Not hard class, but debate in class was fun, plus the interdisciplinary aspect kept it interesting.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: PHIL225
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
There is no real point to this class. And when you take a test the highest score you can possibly get is a 90 because she will take of points on essays for no real reason. Think this will be a grade booster? HAH! Run! Run while you still can!
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: NONE
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I just wanted to bump up the Unhelpfulness score due to some less-than-satisfying out-of-class interactions with this instructor. I have never taken any of her classes.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: EVOL225
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Missed many lectures, showed many videos, in general just didn't make any effort at presenting material.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: USFS100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
SAGES instructor, class was a joke, but she is really smart and lenient
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: PHIL225
- 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:
very enthusiastic about the subject, spread enthusiasm
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: PHIL225
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
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