Chris Boorse - University of Delaware

Professor: Chris Boorse
Department: Philosophy
College: University of Delaware
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL205
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Awful at teaching, doesn't explain anything. Starts every answer off with "obviously..." and doesn't explain why it's so obvious. Thinks way too much of himself. If you can teach yourself from a textbook take it, otherwise don't. Don't expect a change in grades either.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL205
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Brilliant professor who's occasionally pretty funny. HW is not graded but it is helpful and going to class all the time isn't entirely necessary as long as you review the course notes and study the text. Let's you retake one of your exams but the class is not too difficult if you put the time into it and practice. Take logic with Boorse!
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL205
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Terrible professor. He moves very quickly in class, just write stuff down and try to understand it later. The material itself is not too difficult, there's just a learning curve. Takes a while and some work to click, but once it does, you're golden. TA is very helpful. DO HOMEWORK! Not graded, but it helps you. Other than that, textbook is useless.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL211
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Boorse is pretty awesome. I'm taking his class now and loving it. He likes what he does and he's pretty funny (he cracks himself up). If you go at least to the last few classes before an exam you should be fine. He goes over everything and gives practice tests. 3 tests and homework.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL467
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Boorse's advanced logic seminars are excellent. They're small classes designed to teach about a specific part of mathematical or philosophical logic. Boorse knows his subject well, he is flexible in what he teaches, and he develops a good rapport with the students. I hear he might be teaching a seminar on deviant logic in spring 2011. Take it.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL211
  • 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:
Do NOT listen to anything anyone else is saying, the class is useless, its hard, you can't pay attention and learn much because its not structured at all, take something else if at all possible
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL211
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Amazing professor. Keeps me interested and laughing all whilst learning :) You MUST take this hottie's class!!
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL211
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Greatest professor that has ever walked the earth. You'll learn tons about Basic Decision Theory and lots about other things too. And he has a pepper now.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL444
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Was very interesting and informative... clearly had a good grasp on the subject matter. Was very funny and kept the mood of the class light. Take the class for an interesting Group A.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL205
  • 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:
Between an extremely well written text book and a professor who knows logic like the back of his hand you will be well off. Do the homework, yes it takes a long time, but compared to the homework the tests are a relief. You don't have to even like math to get into the puzzle solving of Logic. Just flow with it. Tutoring is available for free.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL205
  • 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:
Boorse is one of the funniest professors I've had at UD. Great sense of humor and extremely intelligent. If you practice problems, logic quickly becomes very interesting and doable. Make a good effort and you'll get a B. 3 tests, first 2 are easy, final is difficult. Class not mandatory but don't skip or you'll be lost. I recommend him.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL205
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This class is pretty interesting, and good for people who like to do puzzles. Boorse has the strangest sense of humor - like when he used logic to suggest that Jennifer Aniston left Brad Pitt for him... Wait until office hours to ask questions, or else he'll make you look like a fool in front of the whole class.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL465
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
one of the best professors here. good sense of humor.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Boorse rocks my world! He's probably one of the best (and most intelligent) professors I've had at UD.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: PHL205
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I thought this course was good when I first took it and my appreciation has only grown with time It was not easy but provided a good foundation for later technical work and a great sharpening of one's thought processes
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: 205
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Logic? I mean hell....very difficult, study every nite or you will forget.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL21126
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
make nice, he hooks it up
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL205
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Tries to make interesting & very fair grader, but the course material is HARD.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL205
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Extremely smart professor, one of Delaware's best. You will learn from him.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: PHIL205
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great proffessor easy class makes a horribly boring subject fairly interesting
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