Donald Jones - University of Central Florida

Professor: Donald Jones

Department: TBD

College: University of Central Florida

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHI3626
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Donald Jones did not care for his own class. He likely spent his time coming up with excuses while cancelling office hours and assignments. The class was an easy A obviously. The tests that mattered would re-use the same questions. He made the majority of assignments + the final optional, which was nice I guess.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHI3626
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Pretty much all assignments were cancelled. For the first 14 weeks of the semester, we only had one 5 question quiz. In the final week of classes, he opened two more extremely easy quizzes and a 1 page essay. Class is the biggest joke you will take at UCF.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHI3626
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This guy is super disorganized. His emails can be funny or really serious but they are always about cancelling an assignment. Really glad I took him because I didn't really care much about learning ethics, which means if you really want to learn then avoid him at all cost.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHI3626
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

A real email from him: "While I was tinkering with the old Harvard Justice Quiz, two of our cats who decided at the last minute to quit watching me and chase one another jumped on my laptop and my hand and inadvertently deleted the Harvard Justice Quiz." Easy A. Would recommend. All assignments get cancelled except 3 that take 10 mins.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHI3626
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Due to Hurricane Dorian and the professor getting sick and taking care of other personal things, the class was disorganized with things being posted at the end of the semester. He is very responsive to you, when you email him so do so if you must. Class is an easy A, he gives you the reading materials you need to pass the quizzes on webcourses.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHI3626
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Teacher cares more about his personal life, so don't expect him to be organized. Can not really say how much of a "teacher" he is because it was online and everything is basically given to you. The only assignments we did was the modules and a quiz because he kept cancelling everything. I'm an IT major so this class served no purpose for me, easy A

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHI3626
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This was an online class, so everything was online. He canceled a lot of the work that we were supposed to do. Most of the time it was because he was covering for a friend or going to the gym. Class was an easy A, everything is unlocked at the beginning. It only takes about a few hours to do all the modules.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHI3626
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Class is little disorganize at the beginning, don't worry, you will have enough time to finish all the assignments. very nice professor you can ask for. Every time I sent him message, he replied back within 5 minutes. Very easy class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHI2010
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

DEFINITELY an easy A class! Loved it for that reason, low stress & low pressure class. Jones is a super nice, genuine, and compassionate man. He really does care about his students & 1st day of class said how he doesn't agree with the university GEP system mandating us take classes in fields outside of our majors. Loved that. 10/10, take this guy!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHI3626
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Canceled over half the assignments... DId 8 modules and 2 quizzes all semester. Maybe 3 hours worth of work? One of the easiest A's you can get.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHI2010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great Professor, The lectures are intriguing and fun, questions and comments are encouraged. Attendance not mandatory, but I actually enjoyed going. Lots of options on how you want to complete the writings. Writing assignments and essays can be completed in multiple ways (i.e. as an essay or as multiple online posts) Also responds to emails quickly

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHI2010
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

It's definitely an easy class, though I disagree with many saying he's unorganised. Topics changed when the class collectively decided topics they'd rather go more deeply into. Also I never had any trouble learning from his lectures, though I do think he spends a bit more time than he should going over announcements/etc

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHI3083
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is very unorganized, which is reflected in the lack of structure of the class. He kept shifting due dates around and ended up not teaching certain topics that he postponed until we reached the end of the semester. There is only one final paper that determines your grade. Lectures were very boring, as he rambled quite often.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHI3455
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This man is super smart. He is always there for you. I am not a PHI major but, I loved every week of lectures. He is the MVP! Professor Jones is an absolute genius and is so considerate. He will help YOU out! I wish I had him for more classes! D_Jones is D_Legend!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHI2010
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Kind of unorganized. He'll say that the quizzes will be posted that day and two weeks later they still haven't been posted. Only had two exams in the entire semester and the final was elective depending on your grade. 80% of the exam questions are pulled from the online quizzes- which you get two attempts for.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHI3626
• 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:

(several classes) If you're type A and need structure youll find courses with Dr. Jones a challenge, but I urge anybody seriously interested in philosophy, critical thinking and genuine learning to take a course with him. He is as supportive and kind as he is brilliant. Meet with him one-on-one and he can truly offer a wealth knowledge and insight.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHI3626
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor Jones is extremely unorganized. While on the syllabus it said that we would take around 10 quizzes and 4 exams, we only took one quiz and one exam. If you want an easy A, take this professor. If you want to learn, look somewhere else.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHI2010
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Bumped my 80 to an A. Easy class, enjoys lecturing but its evident he doesnt like the whole "grading/testing" aspect of being a teacher. Cares about his students a lot

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHI2010
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

If you actually care about philosophy and want to learn, do NOT take his class. He starts the year by saying there will be 10 quizzes and 4 tests and we ended up only taking 5 quizzes and 2 tests. Extremely disorganized but he bumped my 83 to an A so I'm not complaining. Also I only went to class like 4 times.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHI2010
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very nice teacher that definitely cares about his students. Yes, he's disorganized, but he helps you out in the end a lot.