Noa Latham - University of Calgary

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Noa Latham - University of Calgary

Professor: Noa Latham

Department: Philosophy

College: University of Calgary

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: PHIL249
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Will never take one his classes again. Lectures extremely dry and boring. Loves to ramble. No textbook but lots of PDF documents to read. Grading system is tougher than any class, an A+ is 98-100%. Did not learn one useful thing. Easily the worst class I have ever taken. Attendance isnt mandatory but participation may boost your grade, B to B+.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: PHIL249
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Latham definitely knows what hes talking about but I would not take one of his classes again. His grading system is about 10% higher than UofCs 4.0 grading system. He also makes you read lots of articles, so get ready for that. I would not recommend this class unless you absolutely have to take it.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: PHIL249
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Most useless class ever. I did not obtain any relevant information whatsoever and had to work harder to maintain the impossible grade scale than I did for my actual major. Prof does not care about his students doing well or actually being engaged in the class and it shows. No material or lectures at all, just readings and discussions.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: PHIL249
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

this class is easily the hardest Ive taken all year. The grading system is near impossible to do well at all and this prof is absolutely useless. I went to him and the TA for help 4 times on my paper and still didnt do as good as I hoped which makes no sense if I integrated all the suggestions. Save yourself the headache and take another class

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: PHIL249
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Easy class, PDF readings, 1 take-home midterm, 2 papers of 1300 words, 1 scheduled final. Lectures were boring, no powerpoint or D2L, just chatting. I didn't attend a single tutorial so I can't say much about that. Do the readings once in a while, attend class once a week and you will pass.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: PHI249
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good guy. Has the quirky philosophy prof vibe so you know he's legit. Grades fair. Workload is decent and really only requires short readings (which he goes over in class anyways). Recommend to take any class he teaches!

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: PHI249
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't punish you for not showing up but participation gives you easy bonus marks.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: PHI249
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I had horrible attendance due to illness and was still able to get an acceptable grade because i followed and did research on the very popular concepts/theories in this course. No textbook, he posts all readings online which is awesome $$$ wise. He is super responsive to emails and grades fairly. I will take a class with him again.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: PHIL249
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Latham is an adorable old British man. So sweet and passionate about the material. There are 3 papers, all testing is written work. In-class discussion really helps with understanding concepts and theories. My only complaint is his grade scale, a 89% is only a B+ so its hard to get an A. Never attended a single tutorial so I cannot speak for those

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: PHIL249
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hes a nice enough guy but his classes are so boring. I truly hate philosophy now. His grade scale makes it next to impossible to do well. And hes such an awkward bloke, I felt like an idiot asking him questions about the boring material. The students commandeer the lectures, I only go for participation.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: PHIL249
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Good at keeping class discussion on track, good sense of time. Requires very high scores to get an A (94), but he boosts your grade up one step with regular participation. Your best chance for an A unless you're a stellar writer is to get A-s on the papers and get it boosted to an A by going to lectures

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: PHIL423
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Great class, although it can be a tough subject at times. Mr. Latham is very helpful and will make time to explain course material if you just ask. Sometimes it can be hard to follow along in lectures because Mr. Latham can be monotone. Super helpful if you read the assigned texts before class each day, make sure u like the topic before enrolling

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: PHIL249
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The book was made up of readings that were interesting. It was sold at the Bound and Copied book store. Cheap. Noa made the discussions of subject matter interesting.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: PHIL201
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Wonderful professor! His lectures are enthusiastic and easy to listen to. He's very friendly and approachable. Engages with his class often.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: PHIL201
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are useless so you need to go to the tutorial to pass the class. Read the textbook front to back so get ready to read

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: PHIL201
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Most of the lecture time is taken up by a few students discussing their opinion of the required readings, where as the literal concepts are never really discussed, making the papers a little challenging. The papers and exams are marked pretty fairly and maybe even generously.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: PHIL249
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good Lord don't take this class unless you absolutely have to. Nothing against Noa, he's super nice and helpful, but the class is sooo boring and Noa's voice will definitely put you to sleep. You spend 80% of lecture time listening to other students talk since Noa asks a lot of questions, which is pretty annoying. Papers are marked quite hard too.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: PHIL249
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Noa is definitely very knowledgable in lecture. Even tho others found the course boring I thought it was totally interesting. He always has new things to talk about and makes many attempts to get you to talk. If you talk during lectures you will get your final mark boosted up! There are 2 papers 1 final 1 midterm but they are all take home!

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: PHIL249
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I think he was a very engaging professor. He even remembered the students' names! I loved his classes, though I did fall asleep through some.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: PHI249
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I found this class extremely boring. I realized half way through the semester that there was literally no point in going because he would just discuss EXACTLY what was in the readings and students would give examples that were taken from the reading. It made no sense to me why I was there. Everything was take home, which I loved!

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