Reviews of professor David Gilbert

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dave is a clear lecturer who motivates the material well and takes care to make sure everyone understands what's going on. Though the material is difficult, Dave's marking is extremely generous: if he can see that you have the main idea of a proof, even if you haven't worked out all the details, you'll get most of the points.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I took Phil-1 with Professor in-person at the Sutter Center. He is super nice and caring! He would give the class quizzes during class and give out some of the answers to the questions by walking around while students took the quizzes. Also, his exams were pretty straightforward and you can use quilt for most of the questions! Take him!!!!!!!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Easily the best professor I've had. He's a pretty polarizing figure (e.g. half his reviews are 5.0s and half are 2.0s), which I would attribute to his hardline/old-school teaching style. If you have a genuine interest in logics though, he's the best you're gonna find. I could write a whole essay about him but there's a 350 character limit :(

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dave is a legend. He's genuine and makes you want to work hard. Attend every lecture (the videos he posts online are not as in depth as the lectures) and read the textbook. When you mess up a question on an exam send him an email and ask him where you went wrong.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dave is my favourite prof. His courses are very difficult but logic is also a really hard subject. He will slow down, repeat stuff, explain stuff in different ways, and help in office hours or over email. You just have to ask. I think a lot of people don't because they are intimidated or overwhelmed. Just give him a chance. Dave's amazing!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One of UBC Philosophy Depts best! Tough courses however. You need to put in the work.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mr. Gilbert is an awesome professor. He makes learning about Philosophy fun. He keeps the lectures interesting and as long as you take good notes and pay attention, you will do well on the tests.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
he is nice but this class is just to confusing to me. I study for all the test but I still don't understand anything. I hope I never took this class. My gpa is dead now.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Definitely my favorite college professor by a large margin. His lectures are interesting and he maintains a really great connection with the class. Our class is three hours long on Friday mornings which can be rough but he keeps everyone engaged. He is an inspirational teacher and does a great job of intertwining comedy in to our content.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Phil 320,323,220 with Dave and loved all the classes, he's a great professor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof. Gilbert is a rare gem at UBC. Very few universities offer courses on modal logic, and if you are interested in pure Math or CS, you should consider taking PHIL 322 with Dave.