Reviews of professor Piers stephens

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor gives many essays that are long but you definitely improve on them as you go. His lectures are very long but helpful for the quizzes. If you stick with the class and read the material you will find yourself improving along the way. It's easy to give up after the first essay but it is worth it to stay in this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I have taken Stephens for two upper level philosophy courses: Modern Western and Environmental Ethics. The classes require reading before each class. If you are interested in Environmental philosophy, you must take his class. The papers for the class are demanding, but you will end the semester a better writer.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The quizzes are difficult and over VERY specific details usually mentioned once in class. There are 3 long essays and take forever to get your grades, and graded relatively harshly, but philosophy is not my thing at all. Lectures are so hard to understand and follow and the slides are just long quotes. Lots of reading. Mandatory discussion section.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not a bad guy, but his lectures are very boring and hard to follow (at least to me). Philosophy is not my cup of tea, so I always dreaded going to his class. And the pop quizzes were hard.