Reviews of professor Mark Pickering

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Only grades are quizzes and tests. There are no slides or any notes he uploads, all lecture. Also would go off an tangents for 25% of every class. Made it hard to follow. Content isn't hard it is just the teaching style.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr.Pickering is a teacher you have to warm up to. He can be a little crass at times but he cares a lot about the subject material. The tests are hard but always have a massive curve. You don't have to be at all the lectures but I recommend you do because his lectures are entertaining and the tests are based off the lectures.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Pickering loves his job and philosophy! He is an amazing lecturer and is really good at making the content interesting, he is also really funny. The test are pretty hard though, so you have to study and do the readings; however, he scales them heavily so it is not difficult to get a good grade.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Don't take this class unless you absolutely have to, or unless you really just enjoy philosphy. You get two particpation grades which are 10%, and 4 tests which are 20%. The test are EXTREMELY hard and confusing but he curves your test grades heavily. My attendance was really good but I didn't speak enough in class and it hurt my grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Mark is pretty funny and does a good job of clarifying very dense material. Your classmates will probably annoy you if you're not the annoying classmate. I went to class probably 15 times the entire semester and consistently scored high Bs on exams, which are difficult but insanely curved. If you're smart, you will make a B or higher in this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
he was a pretty good teacher if u had questions he was easy to reach and would set up a time to zoom with u only downside is he does cancel class a bit and post a video but the videos are not as good as class lectures and he does post study guides if u go to class u will pass the exams without trying if not u have to study kinda hard

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Pickering seems really passionate about Philosophy. Always uses really funny examples to teach and I don't think I attended a single class without laughing. Ended up being probably my favorite class this semester. Work load is definitely reasonable. Would recommend to anyone looking to take PHL100. Roll Tide.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There are only 4 tests and 4 quizzes for grades. He assigns reading for class but dont do about it. His tests will come straight from lectures. He says attendance isnt mandatory but if you dont come you WILL NOT DO GOOD. He does give out study guides for each test that make them easy. If you don't care about philosophy you wont like it. I loved him