Reviews of professor Paul Pistone

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Paul is the easily the coolest and best professor I've had so far. There's a lecture every class, and he doesn't post the slides, so it's important you show up, but he makes lectures fun by giving hilarious examples and telling stories. Only a few short papers and easy quizzes each week based on the lectures. He actually made me enjoy philosophy!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Easy course, but not for everyone. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday classes, but do not need to attend Friday, instead you do an online forum that is about 500 words and respond to peers about 500 words. Weekly quizzes. This class is heavily based off of reading. Reading pages per week is about 80 - 125 pages and reading can be difficult to understand

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lots of discussions for this class, but it allows growth in your writing. I learned a lot in his class. He uses a grading rubric which allows for transparency of where his grading is coming from, and he gives good feedback. He is also a timely grader, easy to contact, and responds quckly.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
First time philosophy student? RUN. Pistone is a chill person but he lectures for the whole class and makes no sense. Quizlet & discussions among classmates have taught me more than any lecture in this class ever has. Readings are super confusing and he assigns WAY too much per week, usually around 50-100 pages. Enroll at your own risk.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Pistone is really great! He is easy-going and very helpful. He does his best to make sure students learn the class topics and materials. No textbook required; he does require you buy two affordable books. Attendance is significant. Not a tough grader on small assignments, but he is somewhat tough when grading papers. He makes lectures fun