Reviews of professor Joel Carini

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Really easy class, and the worksheets are super easy. He doesnt grade hard. It's an easy A!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Joel lectures for most the class but the worksheets are fairly easy even if the readings are long. Most grading is these worksheets and a few essays with attendance making up the rest of your grade. If you follow along with the lectures and do the weekly worksheets you will easily do well in this class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
"I want you to turn to those around you and talk about why this philosopher thinks xyz." You never raise your hand; every question is discussed among your peers which is frequent. He can be reasonable and is willing to talk to you after class if you need anything extra, but in class you're on your own. Vague notes. Online quizzes due each class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Carini is a nice guy and he has good intentions. That being said, a lot of his lectures are basically summaries of the reading done for homework, and are somewhat disorganized. The homework is fairly easy to do and the two of the three essays do not necessarily need information from lectures or readings. No quizzes, just worksheets and 3 essays.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Workload is ok and the content is somewhat interesting, but he is just not very organized when it comes to the material, it takes him forever to sort out the things he messes up (worksheets with the wrong questions, syllabus was not updated, gives out the essay prompt only a few days before its due). Wouldn't recommend, but it's not hard to pass

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One of my favorite classes I've taken! (Ethics in Computer Games and Cinema). He lectures for most of class, but they can be pretty interesting/engaging. You have to do readings and a worksheet every week, and we had 2 papers. No midterm, online open-note final. Not a super easy class, but it has some really neat topics.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took an online class with Joel and it is pretty easy to get an A. There is an assignment due every Tuesday and nothing else due. The issue is that he doesn't care about the class at all, does not provide you ANY feedback, is super unorganized, does not communicate with students, and is just super lazy in regards to teaching.