Carmel Forde - Saint Mary's University

Professor: Carmel Forde

Department: TBD

College: Saint Mary's University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1200
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Forde is disrespectful, unprofessional and unhelpful. Her lectures and PowerPoints do not make sense, she does mot provide adequate feedback on tests and quizzes so you have no idea what you did wrong or how to fix it. If you dont understand a concept she is rude in explanation. She marks way too hard for the course. AVOID HER.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1200
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Caramel did not pass the vibe check. She makes literally no sense and is not helpful one bit. She'll ghost your emails if she doesn't want to respond anymore. Really really bad at explaining in her lectures. I've had people just beef with her because of how confusing she is. My friend and I dropped her course and we've never felt more free and joy

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHIL2305
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Is slow and harsh with grading, doesn't post class info or exam times until last second, rarely responds to emails, if she does, doesnt answer questions properly

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHIL2305
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worse Prof I've had at SMU. Rude and disrespectful with her marking, only does powerpoints, and never emails students back when they ask questions. She expects you to already have a Doctorate level of understanding coming into this second-year course. Expect to only pay attention to her course because that's how much she expects from you.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1200
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This prof does not help students when they ask questions. Example: a students recently asked a question on a particular unit, the prof then answered "Don't ask that question, we go over this every day, you need to understand this". She makes the students feel as though our questions are pointless/redundant. Do NOT take this course unless needed.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1200
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Forde is the most unorganized professor I have ever met in my 5 years at SMU. She has TONS of grammatical issues in all her handouts, powerpoints, and tests. She is horrible at wording things, which makes it extremely confusing on the tests. She talks so much that she barely covers any course content yet puts so much on the exam.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1245
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Just a horrible professor. Very disrespectful

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Doesnt explain what we are learning well, she assumes that we know what shes talking about and gets mad when you ask questions, why didnt you read the textbook! She refuses to answer question. Outside of the class she is a very sweet lady when your talking to her one on one and gives better explainations for questions we ask.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHIL3000
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I only went to three of this professor's classes for a reason. She spoke in the most ambiguous way possible and never clarified things. Further, she did not know how to handle students that were disruptive and contributed to the tension in a class I took on continental philosophy. I dropped her course very quickly for this reason. Don't take her.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHIL2305
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT ENGAGE. She marks based on her opinion (i.e; if you're not vegan, expect a 10-25% deduction on all assignments). Her PowerPoints make little to no sense, she's beyond rude in emails and written feedback and marks very inconsistently (If two people chose the same answer on a MP question, one would be marked wrong). AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1246
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

first things first just save yourself the suffering and bad grade by not taking a class with this proff ever. biggest mistake in my 2 years of uni. extremely rude, doesn't reply to emails and won't even answer a question at the end of class. calls individuals out. tests are awful along with quizzes. she goes way fast. most boring class ever.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Rude towards students, doesnt have a clear way of teaching. She does not clear up any concepts you dont understand. Your thoughts should not differ from her own, they would automatically be wrong. She is boring and unorganized. Test does not relate to course material. Her class is nothing i thought it would be like. AVOID and SAVE YOUR GRADE!!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1246
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is very unorganized, she marks hard. She isn't precise in what she want. Her lecture slides are veg and have minimum of info in it. Sometimes for the quiz she says it on one thing but decides to base it off of the material taught in the lecture that day. IF YOU LIKE YOUR GPA, DON'T TAKE CLASS WITH HER. Worst prof in smu! AVOID

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst Prof ever. Was really hard with marking and couldn't seem to explain the work.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Taught only from text, toughest marker I have had. Poor explanations.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1245
• 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:

Very interesting lectures which makes it easy to pay attention and her lectures directly coincide with the assigned readings. She gives surprise assessments so attendance is important. She is the hardest marker I have yet to come across at SMU so be careful as this course could be detrimental to your GPA.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHILOSOPHY1200
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

easy concepts explained in the most confusing way imaginable

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Extremely condescending, rude, and angry. Terrible terrible personality, awkward, weird, and creepy. Uses her marks for taking out her anger at the world I read the text and wrote 500 words (assignment 1), since MY opinion was invalid I was graded 30%, and corrected on irrelevant spelling etc (RUDELY)She also told me I don't know how to write.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHIL1200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very bland lectures. Found it difficult to stay engaged in class. I also found her to be kind of rude to some of her students.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHIL
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I have taken Dr. Forde for more than one course and she is a great Professor who is always willing to help her students. I recommend her!