Was not the hardest class though was confusing at times. There are odd concepts taught and are hard to catch onto at times. Discussions helped but the tests hold a lot of your overall grade and are not easy. Prof. was fine though wasn't the best at explaining. So so class but easy for a QA reasoning requirement.

Professor Masrour is very nice and does a great job teaching going over reading material that you are suppose to read (I never read a single one). 6 short writings (Very easy) 1 final paper and 1 final exam. Final exam questions (12) you will be given 6 of the 12 on the Final. Overall should be easy if you do the readings I didn't still got an AB

Professor Masrour was a great lecturer. He does a great job of illustrating concepts on the board for better understanding. Discussions in class would sometimes fizzle and he was able to get it going again. The final and paper, however, were a very large part of the grade so prepare.

Prof. Masrour's Lectures were great. He would guide us through meaningful discussions, and there was little homework until the final. Helps to read the passages beforehand, but not required. Overall fun intro to philosophy.

He was a knowledgeable professor and gives a lot of examples of the content, but the course is honestly just really boring, so it's hard to stay interested and engaged in lectures and therefore hard to do well on exams which make up 75% of your grade.

Farid's class moves very quickly and you have to grasp abstract concepts fast and clearly. He is good at answering questions but the subject itself is really confusing. He explains things well though, you just need to be very engaged.

Prof. Masrour is overall a kind and understanding person, but he teaches some of the topics in a confusing way. In this class, it is critical to have a strong understanding of the topics as the final paper (there is an exam as well) is basically argumentative. Unless you are extremely interested in philosophy, I would not recommend this course.

Not outstanding, but I enjoyed this class and would recommend it! Overall I liked prof Masrour, but my one issue was that I feel as though he taught topics in a somewhat confusing way, and tests/homework were written in a confusing way. Discussion with TA helped a lot though, and there was enough easy extra credit to raise grade by 1. Nice guy!

really nice guy, relationship with TA is important, extra credit offered, open note tests

Concepts seem to not be challenging but then somehow are in my experience. Better than math imo for satisfying QRA and tolerable for a semester. However, Prof Masrour is very kind and you can tell he cares about his students.

Teaches really simple concepts in the most complicated way. Exams were pretty easy though and he offers +10% extra credit for each one.

Each test was mostly practice problems from the homework or were examples from the lectures. All the problems had a pattern in them which was easy to figure out. As long as you are willing to put in a few hours before each test you will easily get an A.

I would take this professor again ONLY because there is no other professor teaching this class, and I still believe this class is better than any other QRA option. I think someone else should teach this class if possible

I don't think the material in this class is particularly difficult, but Prof. Masrour has the most convoluted explanations for simple, straightforward concepts. He's definitely not the best professor I've ever had, but it is clear that he really cares about philosophy as a discipline.

Overall, a decent professor. Worth taking this over math for QR-A requirement. The last two exams are 75% questions created by students in group projects. You'd think this would make it easier, but it really just allows for poorly written exam questions that are confusing. Use the practice problems for a sample for homework assignments.

If you want to do well, you MUST attend lecture. Many of the questions on exams are practiced in class & on the study guides but not worked out on the online slides. Professor was ok, but I learned the most from the TA (Elizabeth Bell was fantastic). Easy to lose focus during lecture. Took this for my QR-A, and I don't regret taking this over math.

Took this class to complete Quantitative Reasoning part A instead of Math 112. Pretty complicated. I have been calling this class "word math". It takes a certain kind of person to get logic like this class deals with. If it doesn't come naturally to you, you have to go to class in order to understand. Weekly homework assignments are like quizzes

Prof Masrour is very knowledgeable about the material, and the class is organized to be pretty straight forward. He posts the lecture slides on Canvas, and attendance is not mandatory.

A little hard to understand at times. Clearly not a very experienced teacher, but that is made up for by his knowledge and care for the topic. Tries to keep everyone engaged. He is an "easy" grader by his own admission. He just wants you to do the work and learn the material.

Farid is a good/chill person and is willing to go out of his way to help. The class was super easy but my only complaint is that he gave us our first progress report in the class with a week and a half to go.

Professor Masrour is a new professor at UW, so the first month or so he was hit or miss depending on the day. He's a good guy and really wants everyone to do well. His lectures weren't very organized, but he's slowly been improving on that. The class was an insanely easy A. The discussion section was useless though (and mandatory).

Moves way too quickly in lecture; bounces back and forth between slides, also refuses to use mic in class which makes him even harder to understand since he has a Persian accent. Comes off as self-absorbed one-on-one. Very boring, unclear lecturer who uses examples but doesn't really explain concepts. Makes himself widely available for help though