Reviews of professor Robert Barnard

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He gives 1-2 weekly assignments which are worth either 1 or 3 points. If you turn the assignment in, you get full credit. There are no quizzes/tests, just progress notes about what you're thinking about on the lecture topics. There are a few papers but not many. Highly recommend

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took him for both Epistemology and Philosophy of Technology and they were both great. Your grade is based on just a few assignments but he is pretty lenient with the grading. Also, he doesn't really care if you show up as long as you do the work outside of class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He gives you the text book for free, if you pay attention to lectures then you won't need to read the books ever. PAY ATTENTION EARLY, if you get an A or B you don't need to take the final exam. The homework and quizzes are online and very easy. Lectures are hard to pay attention to.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hes a basic professor. Reads from slides and answers questions. However, beware that this class is NOT just a class of logic. Theres a lot more than just thinking involved. You do have to keep up; if you get behind in a unit, its not super easy to catch up. Attendance isnt mandatory. As long as you do the work, youre good. Pretty easy overall.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Sounds like a nice guy if you're taking the class in person but online seems like he didn't really care and just threw a class together. Doesn't do a great job making online lectures engaging and exams are confusing in their wording.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He did teach fairly well, but in the end I don't believe I deserved the grade that I earned. Thought I had an A the whole semester till the last week of school. Entered all of my grades at the last minute and I ended up with a B. Wish I was not led on...

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
attendance isn't mandatory and the class is easy. only a few assignments and they aren't hard at all. for class he just reads off the slides. if you're looking for something easy going then take this class

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class was confusing at first and hard to understand but eventually got the hang of it. Would have to write small papers for the class but they could be done in less than half an hour. You wont know your grade until the very end but he will tell you if you are doing good or bad in the class if you ask.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a pretty good instructor. He basically just reads from the slides and explains. He assigns a few homework assignments and quizzes, and the tests aren't bad. You do have to keep up with the material, and it's not a class where you can just not pay attention. But don't go into a logic class and expect it to be critical thinking skills.