Reviews of professor Philip Tschirhart

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
discussion/ lecture are NOTHING alike. he talks fast and only in metaphors so you have no idea what hes saying but he will get confused if the class doesn't chime in. also dont ever email him about how grading doesn't reflect the instructions for an assignment or he will call you entitled and mock any grammatical errors. the class is unorganized

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
BEWARE! Tries to be nice. Received good grade, tried hard. Was not good enough. Lecture HEAVY. PhD and expects student to know same as him. Grading rubrics not clear. Read previous reviews. WORST PROFESSOR. DO NOT TAKE.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is an upper division class, so it will be a lot of work, as expected. People are so used to getting teachers that give out all the answers and make class too easy. You will learn so much in this class. If you need any help, communicate with him. He makes himself SO available-use it! 3 tests, 3 papers, weekly journals. READ the readings!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Tschirhart may speak really fast, but he is one of the coolest professors I've had. He really cares about his students and gives pencil grades (I'm not joking). He wants his students to learn what he's teaching and actually do great things in & outside of class. He has complete confidence in his students and he's always available in office hrs

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
No textbook required but lots of online reading and you need to do it in order to understand the lectures. He talks so fast and it's not clear what is important. But he is an easy grader.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He tends to talk pretty fast and isnt easy to understand. Critical Thinking was on the easier side for me but he just made me confused, turned a relatively easy subject more complicated than I felt it needed to be.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. T is not bad, but hes not great. Most of the time it felt like I was teaching myself. He gives out long readings and just explains them during class. Nothing new. Lectures can be confusing because he talks fast and uses technical words to explain technical concepts. Theres writing journals, some group work, an essay or two, and a final exam.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
No txtbk, posts long (but annotated) readings online. Interesting, but readings are difficult to grasp & professor's lectures are difficult to follow. Doesn't use PPTs, just talks SUPER fast & energetically. He'll repeat stuff but I feel like he needs to just repeat everything. 10 easy journals & 3 papers that are okay once you extensively prep.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
IMO this professor doesnt know what hes doing. He uploaded 2 syllabi with different assignments/pt totals and referred to both in his lectures; I was so confused. Assignments were vague & feedback unhelpful. He posted the instructions for an assignment after it was due & changed instructions for an assignment after it was submitted. DO NOT TAKE!