Reviews of professor Stephanie Leary

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It will be much better if the attendence is not mandatory.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is sweet and knowledgeable but never replies students' emails, as well as the TAs. For grading she has her own grading scale which is different from McGill's and won't give you a 85 if you get 84.9% :) Will give you exam guide before final but I know someone who got As in both essays but ended with a B, so be careful.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Leary is clear and engaging in lectures but could have gone in more depth with the material. The reviewer below is right. She has a funny & nerdy sense of humor. SHe sometimes answers questions in class effectively but not always. Expectations for grading are high but fair. Available in office hours.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Leary is really good at explaining and the readings gave varied takes on the subjects. I understood the material on the first paper but still didn't do well but that's because I didn't go to office hours - they will sometimes read your whole paper and tell you what to fix! Learned a lot about the material and how to write a philosophy paper

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Good prof, very clear slides... but almost too clear and too simplistic. I know this is an intro course but I swear my 8 year old brother could have understood it perfectly. Do not take if you are looking for something challenging but would recommend for an easy elective. Two essays that can be graded a bit roughly depending on your TA.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The grading criteria is extremely unclear; therefore, it is very difficult to achieve high grades. Even though, I took an appointment with the TA before submitting every paper, I still received low grades. I believe this class is extremely hard and unless you are very passionate about the topics, it is difficult to do well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I know a lot of the commentators are saying she's engaging but that wasn't my experience - the reading materials are interesting to compensate. TA's suck and are inconsistent. If you don't like or are new to Phil, and this class turned me off it, take P/F if you really want to. I wanted to drop the class for something else. Particpation = EC.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed the class, though I agree with the two people below: everything's explained very explicitly, leading to a loss in depth, which, then again, is probably just fine for an introductory course. Not too heavy on readings. Very straightforward and fair grading. Overall very knowledgeable and nice, a great prof in my opinion!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
If you like philosophy you should definitely take this class!! The topics were very interesting and I would gladly take this class again. She made the lectures interesting as we had to always discuss with our classmates some questions that she made (which gave us extra credit).