Heidi Grasswick

This was my first philosophy class, and overall I had a positive experience. I especially enjoyed reading The Double Helix, and the writing prompts throughout the course were thoughtful and engaging. While some of the readings felt a bit heavy at times, the class was fair in terms of workload, and Professor Grasswick is a chill grader, which made things less stressful. I didn’t always find the discussions exciting, but I think that’s more because I’m not super passionate about philosophy. That said, the professor was kind, approachable, and created a relaxed classroom environment. Honestly, based on her ratings, I expected something different—but she was much better than I had heard. It’s a chill class overall.

This was my first philosophy class, and overall I had a positive experience. I especially enjoyed reading The Double Helix, and the writing prompts throughout the course were thoughtful and engaging. While some of the readings felt a bit heavy at times, the class was fair in terms of workload, and Professor Grasswick is a chill grade …Read more

For the first half of the course, heavy philosophical theories were covered, which was not enjoyable. In the final few weeks of the course, we looked into modern issues, which was more interesting. I would not take the class again just because of the heavy philosophical topics covered during the first half of the course. I would have preferred more discussions of the modern topics.

For the first half of the course, heavy philosophical theories were covered, which was not enjoyable. In the final few weeks of the course, we looked into modern issues, which was more interesting. I would not take the class again just because of the heavy philosophical topics covered during the first half of the course. I would have …Read more

I took PHIL 0180 for a DED credit. It's pretty tough if you're not great at math; easier than a real math course, but definitely not easy. The content is very fast-paced and if you fall behind it's really hard to catch up. Prof. Juvshik is funny and knowledgeable about the material, but isn't very welcoming or sympathetic to students who are taking it only for the DED requirement, and was just straight up rude to certain students. There was a sense of playing favourites, I'd say. Additionally, while the grading on the exams is fair and clear, the grading on the homeworks is very nitpicky and at times contradictory; I got points taken off for not showing enough work and for showing too much work in the same section (this may be a problem with the course grader, not the professor, but is still worth noting).

I took PHIL 0180 for a DED credit. It's pretty tough if you're not great at math; easier than a real math course, but definitely not easy. The content is very fast-paced and if you fall behind it's really hard to catch up. Prof. Juvshik is funny and knowledgeable about the material, but isn't very welcoming or sympathetic to students …Read more