Reviews of professor Patrick Londen

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lots of reading. Quizzes based on reading. Honestly your grade depends on your TA since they grade papers. 3 papers. Avoid Osup Kwon as a TA lol he grades hard and even admits he does

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you put in effort in this class, you will most likely be fine.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This was a horrible class experience. Its tough and they cut no slack on the Friday quiz. Since coronavirus might go into Fall dont take this class online if you learn in a classroom setting. Its a very hard class to understand if youre like me and need an actual learning environment to make connections. He is monotone and gives little help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The grade is based on essays and quizzes taken before class. The essays were to be written very specifically and grading could be tough based on TA, but still doable if you ask questions. Definitely read the sources given as that is what your essays are based on. The lectures were helpful to break down wordy, scholarly sources for essay.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is soooo boring. Essays have to be written in very specific ways that hinder your writing more than they help you. Lectures are honestly not helpful and a waste of time.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Since it is a W course there were 5 essays. TA and workshop teacher super helpful and make writings easy. Readings are hard to get through but professor is nice and goes over them completely in Lecture. I skipped both and just find summaries online for the essays. Read the readings or go to lectures to pass. He's monotone but explains well.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Heavy on readings. Prof went over all the necessary material in class, but the readings are what get you through and really teach the material. Very few points in the class, with an optional final, lectures aren't mandatory but in order to get points, you HAVE to go. For me the material was okay with practice, but some people may find it abstract.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures were almost too tied to readings, readings felt boring and unimportant. Teacher responded well too questions and was clearly knowledgable

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is helpful and caring. However, he's a tough grader. I got C+ on most of my essays and a B on one. I'm not very good at writing essays and hate English. I think both my writing and grammar skills have improved after taking this class. There are a lot of HW on ilearn but it's not too bad if you concentrate and do it at once w/o getting distracted

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He's one of the best lecturers I've had in college. Super interesting and engaging topics in class. He goes over how to write the papers in class. This class made me interested in philosophy. Highly recommend taking a class with him. Easy A if you go to lectures