Martha Woodruff

Martha Woodruff is the best! She cares so much about her students and genuinely wants you to do well. She is very accommodating and makes sure everyone is very well prepared for the in-class quizzes and exams. She gives you lots of practice questions and a list of quotes to know and will not stray from those on the exams. She also gives you a sense of in-class essay topics before hand (she doesn't actually give them to you but she hints at what they will be). She also recognizes when it is a busy time of year (midterms and finals) and she reduced the required reading a lot, pushed assignment due dates and even made some assignments much easier (like submitting a paper outline instead of the actual paper). The content of this course is also SUPER interesting. I am a STEM major and took this class simply to fulfill the PHIL requirement. That being said, I ended up really liking the class and feeling like I had learned a lot. Philosophy is also the foundation of physics and math and it was really cool to see that connection!

Martha Woodruff is the best! She cares so much about her students and genuinely wants you to do well. She is very accommodating and makes sure everyone is very well prepared for the in-class quizzes and exams. She gives you lots of practice questions and a list of quotes to know and will not stray from those on the exams. She also gi …Read more

very relaxed, not much work except for readings. tests and quizzes were very straight forward and reflected what we learned in lectures. professor was very accommodating to students needs and was always available for help if needed.

I don't think Woodruff's lecture style is for everyone- it's very cluttered and extemporaneous- but it really helped my understanding of the material. She is very accommodating and made the assignments and exams fair and manageable for an intro level course- her words.