Professor: Tim O'Conner
Department: Philosophy
College: Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: PHILP310
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Really cool topics. O'Connor's funny and smart, and open to your ideas. He looks like he's having a lot of fun.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: PHILP310
- 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:
He has little respect for the philosophical capabilities of his students, and loves to hear himself talk. This leads to lectures with no open discussion, as O'Conner would rather waste time smack-talking other philosophers than call on students with questions and counterpoints. His exams consist of regurgitating arguments instead of philosophizing.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: P140
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Everything on the exams are taken straight from the lectures
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: P140
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Prof. O'Conner was my favorite instructor this term. Very smart, and usually pretty entertaining. The readings could be very hard to digest, but he tells you everything you need to know in lecture, and you can download his powerpoints. He also responds promptly to email and clearly answers questions.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: P140
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Not easy to take it all in, but the ideas were really interesting, most of the time. Aristotle was fun, Kant was rough. If you go to class, the powerpoints lay everything out clearly. Tim is very smart, and he's also funny.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: PHILP140
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Tim is a great guy and means well, but his lectures are very boring and he rambles on far too often. The AIs try to salvage lecture material in discussion but it doesn't always work out. He quizzes over the minute part of boring reading material.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: P371
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Interesting material. You get what you need from lectures - what's not covered in class is not on the exam.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: PHIL100
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The readings aren't necessary, as long as you go to class take notes and fill out the study guides its a pretty easy class.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: PHIL100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Don't need to read just go to class and take notes and all the tests will be easy. He gives study guides that are word for word the questions on the test
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: PHILP310
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Incredibly energetic and passionate about the material. Wants you to succeed. This was easily the most fun and mind-blowing class I have had at IU. Warning: it's not easy! Go to office hours, talk to him after class. He's very approachable and seems to live for talking about philosophy. I hope to take him again before I graduate.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: PHILP100
- Grade Received: Not sure yet
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
You can tell that he's a really really nice guy. He's just not meant to teach an introductory class. He goes off rambling in lectures and it is very hard to pay attention. He does make it possible to do well with study guides and office hours. Overall if you are a business major like me, then I don't think you will like the class.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: COLLE103
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This guy just won't stop rambling. Totally just thinks out loud in his PhD jargon. Extremely hard to understand, and grades pretty harshly for a freshman topics course. Not recommended. I did ok only because the AI, Allen Gehring, got me through it.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: PHIL310
- 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:
His students run his class, not him. He lets them ramble and has no control over his own class. Also, seems to be a self-hating closet case.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: COLLE103
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His class was very challenging and demanding, and i studied for a whole week and still got a C- on a test. He's very nice, so go to office hours & he'll remember that when it comes to grade time.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: PHILP310
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Let's students that have wild theories with no backing ramble on. Also, has pop quizzes to punish students that don't read books that have nothing to do with the tests. Not a hard professor if you keep up with the material. Does not seem to value students' time... only his own.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: PHIL100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
HORRIBLE TEACHER. makes you not want to go to class. half the class dropped after the first test.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: PHILP301
- 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:
I took medieval philosophy with him. He's very energetic and makes it fun. You should read the material outside of class and he's more than willing to help. Warning: Professor O' Connor isn't priivy about human nature and the brain - if you aren't familiar with science you'll actually believe some the arguments you go over are true. They aren't.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: P100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Easy class, but he certainly doesn't care about his students. Just study the notes and you'll ace the exams.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: P100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
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Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: P100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
harder than necessary
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