Merold Westphal - Fordham University - Rose Hill

Professor: Merold Westphal

Department: TBD

College: Fordham University - Rose Hill

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: EXIST09
• 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:

Your "typical" philsophy professor. You can tell he genuinely loves existentialism and his enthusiasm is inspiring. I was already fascinated by the subject, and he made it approachable and more meaningful than I could have hoped! Beyond the facts, a lot of reflection on your part is required, not only to do well but to gain the most. ps I got an A

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: EXIST09
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

certainly not the best phil prof @ Frdhm. Lectures are dull & mildly informative. gave 2 rather patronizing 'writing' assignments he called essays in which he marked everyone DOWN for citing sources outside the text and not underlining topic sentences! very silly. likes to hear his lectures get regurgitated more than indiv. perspectives.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHRU3622
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

As a lecturer, Westphal is terrific. He's great at giving practical implications to certain philosophical thoughts, which is helpful in understanding the material. As a grader, he is quite arbitrary and very tough. Take him if you want to learn. Getting an A is a different task all together.

Rating # 4

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

he was the worst professor ever ..if you know whts good for u dont take his class your gonna regret it big time he takes off a lot of points for the most ridiculous things and is an insanely hard greater its not even funny how bad he is and he is unbelievably boring you ll wanna vomit and all he talks abt is himself and christianity

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHRU3520
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

he's one of the if not the worst prof i ever had ..totally unclear and a hard grader to the max .. he clearly doesn't know much abt chinese phil ..all he talks abt is his life which no one cares abt ...he's also unbearably boring ...class is not fun or interesting nor does it have any substance ..we never talk abt anything at all its a big bore!

Rating # 6

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

ne of the best professors of Eastern Philosophy in the country!

Rating # 7

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

A man of great ideas, and interested in making the class easier for his students. Easily available for office hours, medium-to-light workload, etc. My only critique is the lack of depth in discussion of the material. By 'discussion,' I mean 'lecture' - very minimal class participation, though if one really wants it, the office is the place to be.

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Fair grader, medium workload, but pretty boring (even for a philosophy major like myself).

Rating # 9

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

What a great professor! Super nice, very fair and really intelligent as well. It's refreshing to have a professor who knows the subject he teaches thorougly. He really wants you to understand the material and explains everything very clearly. The readings he assigns are not too long and there's only 2 papers on easy topics, midterm and a final.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: KIERKEGAARD
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's very nice, sometimes lightly boring, reiterates same corny jokes year after year, but is very smart and knows the material thoroughly, so you can't really go wrong.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHINESEPHIL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

really good teacher, i recomend for any class. we had three papers, not too bad 6pgs each, i got an A and A- on each and then didnt have to take the final!! genuines nice guy, dont have to participate, really good at breaking down complex ideas into easy metaphors you can relate to, he's the man!!!!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: EXISTENTIA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's alright till half way trhough the semester when you start to get your graded papers back and realize he grades a bit unfairly. He's also incredibly boring.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHG6000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

excellent teaching method, make difficult philosophical questions easy to be understood.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ANCPHIL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Talks a lot in class. Makes you write brief entries in a "philosophy journal"...write in it, it'll save you time later.

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Very good professor...clear lectures, good at having class participate....basically a seminar class, all writing, but not a tough grader