Reviews of professor Kieran Aarons

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Aarons does an amazing job of making challenging texts accessible. Takes time with each of the readings to ensure you are able to follow if you put forth some effort. This was a great break from some rather dry business classes. Great class if you are willing to read and challenge yourself to think. He is approachable and caring.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I really enjoyed his class and his lectures helped explain the readings. he grades fairly and the material is fairly interesting especially if you have never taken a philosophy course. Grades on class discussion and paper, just make sure that you understand the information as best you can as he truly wants you to do well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Aarons is a great guy and is passionate about what he does but he discourages students to explore any other perspectives on material aside from his own. He graded by three papers but he added forums for 10% in the middle of the semester. If you show up you'll be fine, easy grader but very disconnected from students. Also doesn't respond to emails.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the best professors I've had at Loyola. The workload isn't crazy considering it is an ethics class, and he certainly adapted to online classes. He makes the material easy to digest too. Take him!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Aarons really cares about his students and throughout the course (especially due to coronavirus) always made sure that the workload wasn't too little or too much. He's a great guy and I really enjoyed his class! Learned a lot about philosophy in the context of business and would absolutely take again!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Aarons is a good professor overall. I think he expects a lot from his students, but no thing that isn't manageable. He gives some pretty long readings but as long as you skip it you'll be fine as he goes in depth about them in class. There aren't many grades other than the weekly forum questions, a few quizzes and the two essays.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Aarons and I just didnt get along... Even if you read and take notes, you'll most likely still fail each quiz he has. When it comes to the midterm, it's a long philosophical paper, but take the liberty of using some rhetorical flourishes in the paper, it will reward you. I just wouldn't take him again, Loyola has many better professors.