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Rachel Singpurwalla PHIL414 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/30/2024	Echoing the other reviews, Prof. Singpurwalla is an outstanding professor. She is really good at distilling Aristotle's often confusing writing and making it crystal clear, while highlighting the areas of ambiguity that do exist in it. The class is not easy, but it's absolutely a manageable amount of work -- essentially just reading something and writing something for each class. She's one of the more challenging graders in the philosophy department, but I actually found this refreshing after having a lot of grade inflation from some profs. Also, she's extremely helpful and wants to see you succeed, so if you're willing to put in the effort you will not struggle to get an A in this class. Strongly recommend her for PHIL414
Quinn Harr PHIL414 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/29/2017	Quinn is, in my humble opinion, the best of the UMD philosophy department. He is exceptionally bright, great at explaining the material (which is good, because a lot of Aristotle's work outside of the Nicomachean Ethics is tough), and usually available to give any extra help needed. Can't recommend enough.
Rachel Singpurwalla PHIL414 Anonymous 01/29/2015	Dr. Singpurwalla is probably the best Philosophy lecturer in the department. She really knows Aristotle (and other Ancient Greek Philosophy) well and her lectures prove this. Does a fantastic job teaching material objectively while keeping the class engaged. She may actually hold the most difficult teaching job on campus -- facilitating undergraduate students on their quest for 'eudaimonia.' Dr. Singpurwalla genuinely wants to see students succeed. She is transparent with her grading system. If you want an A: attend all lectures, read the required text multiple times, review study guide questions, and start paper(s) early!
Rachel Singpurwalla PHIL414 Anonymous 05/25/2014	Phenomenal teacher. Professor Singpurwalla knows her stuff. She explains everything very well and encourages a lot of discussion. I like that we focused on reading one text in great detail. I also visited her office hours and received helpful feedback on my paper topic and on the review sheet for the exam. Definitely recommend her and Aristotle.
Rachel Singpurwalla PHIL414 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/17/2011	Professor Singpurwalla is the nicest professor in the philosophy department- very approachable and understanding. When someone says something stupid in class, she doesn't mock them or move on, she tries to understand and incorporate it into her point. Logistics- we studied Nicomachean Ethics- two exams, each covered half of the work. One paper that she makes you do an in class peer review on which is actually extremely helpful. Random reading quizzes (I think 7 during the semester) but you can drop your worst one and they are really easy to answer. She reviews all the time and her exams are directly from what she emphasizes in class. She really knows what she's talking about but lectures in an accessible and easy manner. Refreshing for an upper level PHIL course.

Rachel Singpurwalla
PHIL414

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/30/2024

Echoing the other reviews, Prof. Singpurwalla is an outstanding professor. She is really good at distilling Aristotle's often confusing writing and making it crystal clear, while highlighting the areas of ambiguity that do exist in it. The class is not easy, but it's absolutely a manageable amount of work -- essentially just reading something and writing something for each class. She's one of the more challenging graders in the philosophy department, but I actually found this refreshing after having a lot of grade inflation from some profs. Also, she's extremely helpful and wants to see you succeed, so if you're willing to put in the effort you will not struggle to get an A in this class. Strongly recommend her for PHIL414

Quinn Harr
PHIL414

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/29/2017

Quinn is, in my humble opinion, the best of the UMD philosophy department. He is exceptionally bright, great at explaining the material (which is good, because a lot of Aristotle's work outside of the Nicomachean Ethics is tough), and usually available to give any extra help needed. Can't recommend enough.

Rachel Singpurwalla
PHIL414

Anonymous
01/29/2015

Dr. Singpurwalla is probably the best Philosophy lecturer in the department. She really knows Aristotle (and other Ancient Greek Philosophy) well and her lectures prove this. Does a fantastic job teaching material objectively while keeping the class engaged. She may actually hold the most difficult teaching job on campus -- facilitating undergraduate students on their quest for 'eudaimonia.' Dr. Singpurwalla genuinely wants to see students succeed. She is transparent with her grading system. If you want an A: attend all lectures, read the required text multiple times, review study guide questions, and start paper(s) early!

Rachel Singpurwalla
PHIL414

Anonymous
05/25/2014

Phenomenal teacher. Professor Singpurwalla knows her stuff. She explains everything very well and encourages a lot of discussion. I like that we focused on reading one text in great detail. I also visited her office hours and received helpful feedback on my paper topic and on the review sheet for the exam. Definitely recommend her and Aristotle.

Rachel Singpurwalla
PHIL414

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/17/2011

Professor Singpurwalla is the nicest professor in the philosophy department- very approachable and understanding. When someone says something stupid in class, she doesn't mock them or move on, she tries to understand and incorporate it into her point. Logistics- we studied Nicomachean Ethics- two exams, each covered half of the work. One paper that she makes you do an in class peer review on which is actually extremely helpful. Random reading quizzes (I think 7 during the semester) but you can drop your worst one and they are really easy to answer. She reviews all the time and her exams are directly from what she emphasizes in class. She really knows what she's talking about but lectures in an accessible and easy manner. Refreshing for an upper level PHIL course.

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