Peggy Vandenberg - Grand Valley State University

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Peggy Vandenberg - Grand Valley State University

Professor: Peggy Vandenberg

Department: Philosophy

College: Grand Valley State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: PHI313
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you can take a class with her, do it! She is such a sweet lady, and really knows the Enlightenment thinkers. Pay attention in class, study for the exams, visit her office, and you will do well. Highly recommend!

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not too bad, but make sure you attend every class because attendance is mandatory for your grade. She also gives pop quizzes throughout the semester, but as long as you do the reading and focus on the subject in the syllabus you will be fine. She's a tough grader for essays, but helps during office hours. Not the best, but definitely not the worst.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: PHI313
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Vandenberg is a ray of sunshine. She is so funny and really loves what she teaches and cares about her students doing well. She can get a little scatterbrained in lecture but I think it's due to her excitability over the topics. As long as you do your reading and pay attention in lecture, she grades lightly so it's an easy A!

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very funny and you can tell she loves what she is doing. Passionate about her job. As long as you read and show up you should do well.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: PHI313
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Vandenberg is amazing. I was going through one of my busiest semesters ever when I had this class, and she was beyond understanding. We went over so many philosophers during this class, and I learned so much. I would definitely take her class again. Just be sure to actually do the readings. She's a very genuine and nice person. Funny too!

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: SWSETHICS
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Vandenberg is great! She's really makes an effort to know every student in her class, and although she sometimes comes across as a little brash, she's a hilarious prof and an awesome person! She assigns a ton of reading, and as long as you do it, you'll do well.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: PHI325
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor I've ever had! She is unorganized, very prejudice, boring, and thinks her beliefs are the ultimate answertruth. It's ironic how she is supposed to be teaching an ethics course, but does not practice personal moral behavior. Also, DO NOT BUY THE BOOK. All of the readings can be found online in some capacity.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: ETHICS101
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I loved this professor. I went to her office hours when writing a paper. She was encouraging and helpful. Great sense of humor. STUDY FOR THE QUIZZES. they will make or break your grade

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Well she assigns a semi-short read for every class, but I read almost none (hard, boring ). Even though she gave pop quizzes, she would give the questions she might ask the class before a pop quiz. So if you got the answers and studied them, you don't need to read. She went over the reads in great detail in class, so lecture notes would be enough.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. VandenBerg keeps class discussion interesting! Exams aren't too bad but papers are impossible. She is a tough grader! I would put HOURS into my papers and end up with a bad grade.. Overall not too bad.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Ethics is a very challenging subject to understand. There is a lot of reading for this class, 6 quizzes, 2 lecture responses, a paper, a novel, a midterm, and a final. I love Professor Vandenberg so much! She is hilarious and I loved waking up to her! Take her for ethics! Even though you may not like the subject matter, you will probably love her!

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Vandenberg is the bomb dot com she makes class humorous and as long as you stay on top of the readings, you will do fine. she really cares about your individual success and is passionate about what she teaches. pop quizes on the readings aren't too bad, but I would take her again.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Excellent teacher. She sticks to the syllabus, does what she says she will do, and is tough. If you take one of her SWS classes, be prepared to write! Show up, read the assigned reading, do the assigned writing, study, and you'll do just fine. I loved her class!

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Vandenberg takes attendance, readings are mandatory since there are pop quizzes and you need to be able to discuss with the class, the exams are essay questions, the final you had to recall 11 essay questions in detail to be over 500 words . It is a writing intense course so there is a very extensive harsh graded paper.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's a good professor in that her lectures give notes that go right with the exam. She grades using few points which can hurt your grade in the long run. Pop quizzes on the readings. Mandatory attendance for points. She is unclear at times. Lets her views and opinions direct her teachings and she has some weird views.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Read all of the assigned readings, only write from her perspective, take an exam that is 16 ESSAY QUESTIONS, and feel like you can't pass.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: PHI101
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Vandenburg is great prof. She has a great sense of humor and made my class laugh almost every day we were there. She is passionate about PHI and it is obvious in her lectures. They are interesting and thorough. Sometimes I would get so into listening to her talk I'd forget to take notes. She is also very helpful and encourages class discussion.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: PHI101
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This is a great prof, she gives you all that you need to know in lecture, if you take notes in class you should to really well in the class. she is funny and is interesting, i was told not to take this class by a ton of people but she really made it pretty interesting, if you are going to take phi 101 take vandenberg for sure!

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I really liked this professor, she was extrememly helpful and I thought she explained the material in a way that made it much more understandable. The 6 quizes were super easy. The tests were essay format and I thought the questions were relatively simple...as long as you at least skim through the readings and go to class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: PHI101
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is really a nice person, and very fun to talk to. I have to admit though, when expressing my ideas, I felt like I was wrong since I didn't see it her way. Not the best professor, but the not worst.

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