Reviews of professor Brian Garcia

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Garcia is an amazing professor! I loved his intro to philosophy class. He gives great lectures and really good feedback. Weekly short essays about the weeks reading but are graded fairly and based off participation and understanding of the reading. Along as you do the reading and the writings, you'll do well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is great and very interactive. There is lots and lots of reading but he explains it in class. The lectures are pretty long so pay attention! It's easy if you read the material & take notes. They can be confusing but Dr. Garcia makes lectures fun and interesting.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
At the beginning, he said our longest readings would be 10 pages, which was a lie as readings were 20-40 pages/entire books. Work was very boring and repetitive I'm thankful for no quizzes except the midterm and final but all you do is read and write a reflection weekly which is boring. If you don't like philosophy like me you might struggle.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Each meeting was a discussion/lecture that went into the previous assigned readings. Every week there is a reflection due, which the format very much open to anything discussed from the previous week. Three paragraphs or so was my rule of thumb. Midterm/final are two essay topics each, BUT there are notes from each week that helps review greatly.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class is easy as long as you are willing to participate and give original answers. Lots of essays, but is an overall fun and interesting class. He makes class fun, this was my favorite class this semester.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A kind, spirited, and funny professor! Be ready to read the assigned books and material, understand it thoroughly, and show up to class to take some notes. Dr. Garcia makes the material SUPER easy to understand and goes over everything in class. So, even if you forget to read the material, he will explain and be super interactive with students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His quirky personality made the class interesting. It's quite a bit of reading that's hard to understand since it's philosophy, but he explains it well in class. There aren't many tests and quizzes so if you do bad on one it might be hard to get your grade back up, but he tells you what you will need to know beforehand.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Definitely would not take this course ever again. Never clear instructions for discussions, even got a tutor and it still was not enough for him. Very confusing readings. Defiantly don't recommend!!