Reviews of professor Nick Alvarez

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took bodnar for another phil class and preferred him. Wasn't a fan of Alvarez. Quizzes are too hard, lectures are boring. Assignments are assigned late and due at midnight. Posted the final late and interrupted my vacation and gave us an extra essay question assignment. Readings are too complicated for an introduction class. Not recommended.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Alvarez is honestly a really cool and understanding dude. If you think the quizzes are hard, it's because he wants you to really think critically about the reading. After all, critical thinking is what Philosophy is all about. Otherwise, he's super laidback, open-minded and will try to help you understand the material the best he can.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Always graded discussions weeks late, so if you did something wrong, you did not know until you already completed three discussions and got 0's for every single one. Grading was really strict and does not settle for partial credit, it is always 10/10 or 0/10, and almost every time it was a 0.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Quizzes and discussions are a big part of your grade. The answer choices for the quizzes are incredibly nuanced and occasionally not connected to the reading. You get 2 quiz attempts and the results are averaged out, which is why most of his quizzes have a median of at most a C. The reading is quite long, but there are slides to supplement them.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
not good at all, dont waste your time