Reviews of professor Carissa Phillips-Garrett

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
PHIL 3100 does NOT have a writing flag which means it shouldn't have the amount of writing she assigns. Out of all the classes ive taken at lmu, this one BY FAR has the most writing assignments (and im a third year). She's not a mean professor but she just seriously needs to understand that we have other classes we need to work for not just hers fr

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I would rather listen to nails on a chalk board for an hour and a half twice a week than listen to Carissa talk. I came into my ethics class excited and she made me hate the subject matter as much as I hate her. Lots of projects and one paper you rewrite three times. Weird class. Probably her first ever teaching job.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Carissa is obviously a very caring and intelligent person, but all disclaimers aside, this course was unjustly difficult for a core requirement. Workload was demanding and busy work at the end of the semester was almost comical. Grading was harsh especially for students not interested in the field. Biggest plus is that there is no final or midterm.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class as a whole was not terribly hard but there are much easier first year seminars you could take. In Ethics to Citizenship, we had readings before every class and quizzes along with a paper and a presentation. Carissa was enthusiastic about the class but her grading was confusing and harsh.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I loved Dr. Phillips-Garrett's class. There's tons of reading but if u actually do it & take notes you will easily succeed on final paper, hw, quizzes. She really likes class participation & if you pay attention the class is super interesting. She is so nice & gives really clear grading criteria & is super willing to help students outside of class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She prints out every online reading that is on Brightspace, is really vague on her feedback when you turn something in, brutally slashes your grade if you miss class. She is also very twitchy when lecturing and the amount of work I had to put in this class is ridiculous. Most frustrating professor I had in LMU. Don't take her, save yourself!!!!!!!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Even though there's quite a lot of writing, if you actually make an effort to self-reflect, you will be fine. Gave us an option to write a final exam based on our paper grade as well as edit the paper for resubmission after receiving feedback. I enjoyed this class and found the other reviews unnecessarily harsh.