Reviews of professor Nick Smyth

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Smyth is fantastic! He tells you exactly what he expects from you and if you follow his guidelines you will do well. His lectures are engaging and well organized. He explains everything you read making philosophy simple . Graded on 2 papers, a final (open notes), and 10 brief in class writing assignments. Wish more professors were like him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Smyth is awesome. It's the first time I've chosen to pay attention in a core class. He's really funny and keeps lectures interesting. Class is graded on 2 papers and 10 reading responses, participation is very important. If you attend the lectures and pay attention the class will be easy. There is also a presentation. Highly recommended.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He was a great, engaging professor. Lectures we never really boring, but you have to constantly take notes because he doesn't share the slides. He's also very strict on no laptops/phones in class, so all paper notes. You have to participate a lot, ESPECIALLY in debates that are 50% of your grade. Not hard, but put in effort and you'll be fine!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Bum didn't tell me my grade because he knew he would give me a low rate. I easily could've been given a B due to my participation and the quality of the tests.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Smyth is a rare professor that creates and environment that allows for diversity of thought without tolerating hateful  ideas. He runs a flipped classroom. He lectured on the readings and then we had to do them that night. This method made understanding key ideas and getting a decent grade very easy if you do the bare minimum.