Kelly Salsbery - Stephen F. Austin State University

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Kelly Salsbery - Stephen F. Austin State University

Professor: Kelly Salsbery

Department: Philosophy

College: Stephen F. Austin State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: PHIL1301
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

No exams, the essays are counted as exams. Input grades on the last day of class. Unorganized. Be prepared for your opinions to be wrong. No office hours. Multiple syllabi. If your answer does not match the one in his head, you are wrong. Multiple student reply submissions (9+) a week, more than 3-5 sentences. DO NOT TAKE HIM.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: PHI153
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Whatever you do don't take this professor, i am currently in his class and i hate it. He is not a very good teacher at all he actually sucks. He is not clear on anything, he gives you stuff to try to explain how get one of his assignments done but they are just very lengthy in wording and doesn't really make sense. Doesn't really grade work.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: PHI163
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dont take Salsbery. Please, take any other professor in the Philosophy department. Kelly is an absolute genius, he just does not explain the material in a way you can absorb. Generally you have a midterm, and a final, plus an occasional paper. The tests are very expansive and mentally exhausting.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: PHI153
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

WORST PROFESSOR EVER. He is incompetent, a slow grader, doesnt provide clear instructions for papers, and expects so much out of you! He doesnt understand that it is an intro class. NEVER knew my grade until the end of the semester. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: PHI153
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I DO NOT SUGGEST THIS PROFESSOR TO ANYONE. He is terrible at giving grades back. I had to wait till the end of the semester to know what I got at the beginning of the semester. He is rude, does not respond to emails, and is a terrible professor. Also, he changes the syllabus schedule every week so don't plan anything.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: INTRO153
Grade Received: D
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If I could Add one more word to the bank above would be understanding. Does he want you to do a lot but if youre trying and you just dont get it I understand but also his sense of humor is different from mine and he doesnt understand that theres a difference .

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: PHI223
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: No
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Salsbery takes forever to grade assignments if he ever does give them back. He's very confusing does not go over the warm ups in class. For his exams he does not give enough time to write a grammatically correct essay and grades it extremely hard. Also watch out because he changed the weight of our assignments and didn't say anything.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: PHI223
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

There's a lot of reading and its mostly unnecessary, as there is a daily focus assignment that he requires but never grades. Takes forever to grade. Makes a boring subject excruciatingly painful to listen to. Wouldnt recommend. Exams are essays and multiple choice. Huge group project at the end. Possible to pass but hard. Notecards allowed for exam

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: PHI153
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I care about you all as fellow college students so let me be honest: don't take this class! You'd think since it's philosophy, you'd be able to think for yourself. Wrong! If your work doesn't reflect his thoughts, he'll fail you. The worse part is he was still assigning homework days after the class was over! I didn't even know that was possible.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: PHI223
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This class is very boring. focus exercise every class about HW. midterm and final essay tests HARD. study for them! group paper 10-12 pages your choice topic. attendance is necessary focus exercise are participation. no cells phones/laptops allowed.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: PHI153
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Extremely boring class!!!

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: PHI153
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He took forever to grade assignments! I had assignments from the first week of school that he was juts putting grades for during finals week. He also allowed us to correct some of our papers that we didn't do so well on, but they were due on Friday at 11;30p.m. and he still hadn't graded them and handed them back yet. He takes his sweet time!

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: PHI223
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If I could describe him in one word it would be BORING. His lectures are hell to sit through. It's an easy B, if you review his study questions and write the info you don't know on the 4x6 index card he lets you bring. I would never take him again though. His group project is a pain. Just no no no, don't take him if you don't have to.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: PHI163
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Took role every day. Incredibly boring lectures, I had to force myself to stay awake. His tests were weird-you needed 100 points for an A, but there were a potential 140 points. It made them really easy because you could miss a lot and still do well.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: PHI390
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Salsbery is a brilliant philosopher which is why it is difficult for him to connect with the class. Many who take any course with him and provide the negative feedback you are reading on this profile take a philosophy course expecting an easy 'A'. Do not take any philosophy course expecting and easy 'A'. He is clear on what he expects.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: 223
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This was by far the WORST professor I have ever had. I would never recommend this class to anyone but hey if you take it don't say you weren't warned because I promise you this was bad. (Sophomore)

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: PHI153
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr. Salsbery is a very interesting guy. If you go to class, do the focus exercises, and read the given text, you'll do fine. The class itself is really boring, and you don't really learn much about Philosophy, but its really easy to pass. I took it over the summer and studied maybe two hours for each essay test, and made a B in the class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: PHILO003
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This man is not helpful. The class is very mundane. There is no student - teacher interaction. He doesn't ask any questions. One would think that philosophy is suppose to ask you the provoking questions in life, not in this class. He does not follow up with his emails or progress reports (if in an org). Bad teacher. Don't do it if you want an A.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: PHI223
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Salsbery get's a lot of flack because the class (especially Ethics) can be boring to the person who isn't interested in it, but he is very reasonable and helpful, and it isn't a hard class if you answer what HE wants answered on the tests. Took in Summer II and made an A, also flexible in his scheduling.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: PHI153
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This Intro. class is so boring. I have to believe that it is extremely hard to get an A in this course. The only good thing about this class is there are only 3 exams and that's it. It's not extremely hard and his reviews are basically the exams. Just make sure you can write about what you've learned. And again, this class is extremely BORING!

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