Kerry Dugan - Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Professor: Kerry Dugan

Department: Philosophy

College: Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1170
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He teaches using a Socratic method, if you want to pass you must participate and ask questions. He is amazing teacher and is not here to fail you. Simply try and actually learn something from the class. Best class Ive ever taken!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Love this man. He teaches in a very unconventional way but that's what makes the class so awesome, because it forces you to think. If you participate a lot and are genuinely interested in the class then you will do well.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dugan was absolutely amazing. He pushes students to think outside of the box, and to explore ways of thinking that they otherwise probably wouldn't. Considered switching my major to Phil after taking this class. Advice: raise your hand! It doesn't matter if you 'don't know the answer' (ps in PHIL there isnt one), he just wants your opinion!! 10/10!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHIL2343
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

All I can say is wow. Existentialism has been the most intellectually challenging course I think I will ever take, and Dugan is absolutely brilliant. Everybody complains about the participation, but that's the point - ask your own questions. No quizzes, no tests, just read the book and discuss. Highly recommended, you'll enjoy every lecture.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: 1170
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

never tells you your grade until last day of class.... dont take him

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Ask lots of questions if you're trying to get a midterm grade, but you really grade yourself at the end of the term.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHIL101
• 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:

A large part of your final grade will be participation. He should realize that some students are just not built to freely express their ideas in the class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSY3153
• 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:

Very impressed by his teaching... love how you see the world from a different point of view after his class

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHIL343
• 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:

Dugan is exactly what a professor is meant to be. He teaches using the socratic method, and is very good at it. He is exceedingly intelligent and loves to share this knowledge. I took EX 1 and 2 with him and will never be the same. he brings out the best in you and you will truly love him by the end of the semester

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHLMANY
• 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:

I'm a philosophy major who's taken 3 courses with Dugan and enjoyed them. He's very good. My one reservation is that he has develped a following - some very smart, some less so. Dugan favors them and is tough on anyone who argues with him. Even lame remarks from his followers slide by while better comments from others are dismissed or ridiculed.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHL1145
• 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:

Well I have been acquainted with Prof. Dugan for years, and taken many of his classes, and once again my life has been changed for the better! This professor is one of the most genuine instructors that I have ever worked for - a man who cares about knowledge over the appearance of grades. A+ professor with A+ classes!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHIL110
• 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:

I'm torn on Dugan. He seems like a great guy, he evokes very interesting and useful class discussion, and he makes very thorough comments on papers. But he needs to put grades on those papers. And he needs to realize that students can do good work without participating all the time. Overall, it's worth it to take him.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PLATO4992
• 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:

Changed my life...again!! This class was extremely challenging, you have read with a lot of depth, and mostly reread the material. But what you get out of every class you take with dugan is an illumination that will light the rest of your life. This education is not typical it is internal and eternal. I recommend dugan 100%.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHL1100
• 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: N/A

Comment:

Tough to evaluate. Dugan is unique in some very good ways and not so good ways. He is a very energetic teacher, really intense, and that inspires quite a few students. He can also put students on the spot in class in ways that border on cruelty. He brought one student close to tears. In almost every other respect he is a well above average Prof.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHLU102
• 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:

The best professor at Northeastern. Changed my life by explaining that philosophy is personal. Made me question all the social norms and our ways of behavior. Dugan FTW!!!!!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

By far the best professor I have ever had. Completely blew my mind with the ideas he presented, and his class (Existentialism) is the only one that has really stuck with me and changed the way I live my life, five years after I took it... Amazing professor.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHLU165
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class is not technically difficult but he challenges everyone in the class to discuss and analyze complex issues. I did not like it at first, I found him intimidating but once I got used to the class format I really got a lot out of it.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Idealistic to the point of alienation (its philosophy). He has many cute ideas on his perfect world, but when you try to point out to him in class discussion that they are unrealistic and unfeasible, he will quickly quiet you and move on. Very poor at discussing both sides of an issue. Hes either a poor mediator or the avatar of philosophy, or both

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHILU101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

So awesome, turns conventional teaching on its ear. Total disregard for grades and anything else like that. I literally had NO idea what grade I had for the year until I got my report card. Too bad i spent the year stressing about my grade when I should have sat back and enjoyed. I would take it again.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHL145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Technology and Human Values was a wonderful class. Professor Dugan is great. His lectures are engaging and frightening. Your grade is composed of one project, a take home final and class participation.