Ron McKinney - University of Scranton, Scranton, PA

Professor: Ron McKinney

Department: Philosophy

College: University of Scranton, Scranton, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHIL110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Father Ron's classes are extremely entertaining. He makes sure the class is always engaged using humor and personality quizzes, but you do have to read a lot yourself, with short open-notebook quizzes almost every class. Although the essays can be hard, I would definitely take him again.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120
• 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:

Overall, the class is manageable. However, you spend most of the class taking personality quizzes and very vague notes but end up getting assigned lengthy, detailed papers. If you can manage to teach yourself the material from the textbook you will be fine.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fron is one of the best professors Philosophy professors. His lectures are entertaining and he has such a great personality. He does assign a lot of reading, and there's an open notes reading check almost every class (5 questions). But, all his tests are take home and you can do them in a group. In the end, he's an easy grader and approachable.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120J
• 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:

Father Ron (Fron) is absolutely amazing. With his SJLA class, there are reading for every time we meet where sometimes there would be a pop-quiz. We could use our notes. Take home midterm and final. A few essays, and for "larger" assignments he encourages us to work in groups.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120J
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Smart, funny, insightful, and energetic. I had an amazing time during each class; lot of great discussions and personality tests. Daily readings, usually a 5 question, open note quiz the next class. He grades EXTREMELY tough on essays (you write 4 essay assignments and 3 essay tests from what I remember). NOT an easy A, but a fun class nonetheless.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120J
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher. Reading every night. Chance of quiz next class. Allowed to use notes on quiz. No tests in class. Take-home tests as essays. Regular essays. Tough grader. Can discuss essays with groups. Rewrites on essays for better grade. Final as a take home test, similar to other exams. Made the class fun. Would recommend. Make sure to read. Work.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHIL316
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Readings almost every night because of pop quizzes but you're allowed to use your notes for them. A little bit of a tough grader on essays (you have a lot of them) but allows you to rewrite them for a better grade. Had pop quizzes, midterm essay, regular essays, and debates, but an overall easy and fair class. Lectures are interesting and engaging!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: 121J
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Fron is the best teacher ever. Readings every night but not too bad. Great guy. Tests are take home essays

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 120
• 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:

Tough grader on Essays and take home exams, BUT he will let you resubmit essays to boost your grade. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. Very funny and deep lectures. Overall a really good experience.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120J
• 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:

Fron is a total boss. Looked forward to his class every day. A lot of fun but also informative. 3 take-home exams and 4 essays. He grades the exams a little strictly, so make sure you write as much as you can squeeze out, but he grades the essays really easy, so they're not a problem. Overall, extremely solid and fun teacher. Recommended

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120J
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fron, pshhhhht! Legend! It's as simple as that

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120J
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Makes philosophy very interesting. Class is informative and discussion is encouraged. A few papers and take-home assignments which are all fair as long as you do what he asks for

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120J
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

His "mid-term" for SJLA was ridiculous. Showed it to a friend who had a Ph.D. in Philosophy and he said aloud that the mid-term was on the level of Master's or Ph.D. students. Funny teacher though and very approachable.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120J
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Fron tries to keep the material interesting by getting the class really involved. The lectures are straight-forward and if you take decent notes you can do alright on the take-home exams, but they're still a pain, as are the papers. He's a bit of a tough grader, but if you put in some effort you'll get at least a B.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120J
• 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:

Fron is such a great teacher!Being I am an SJLAer, I was lucky enough to have him for philosophy this term. The classes were quite entertaining. They typically consisted of 10 minutes of actually lecture, 30 minutes of discussion and arguing, and 10 minutes of personality quizzes. The group tests are hard, but you get used to them and they're fun!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120J
• 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:

Fr. Ron is really great. He makes the material interesting, besides making class entertaining on a daily basis. He takes a huge body of information and makes it understandable. His tests are take-home but challenging and he grades fairly. He basically tells you how to rewrite the essays. His quizzes are easy if you read the questions in the book.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120J
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Fron is awesome. The class is a lot of fun, even though the papers and take-home tests are a pain in the neck.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHIL120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fron is awesome! He makes a difficult class incredibly interesting. His pop quizzes are easy if you follow the accompanying questions in the book. He grades essays and tests pretty hard, but if you have a general idea of what he's looking for you will do fine. He's amazing to get along with.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHIL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Fr. McKinney is a cold little man with not much going for him in the way of reaching students. I would stay away if I were you.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: INTROTOPHIL
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Fron is great but the pop quizzes suck, papers and exams are decently hard and tedious. Overall a good course though, it'll challenge you to think and learn.