Jacques Catudal

School: Drexel University
Department: Philosophy
Location:Philadelphia, PA
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 Pros: He knows his material very well
He is very listenable in class
Open to class discussion
Approachable
Cons: take attendance.
The course is very very dense.
Quiz is not exactly easy
He is probably one of the best professor I had, however, it is hard to catch up to some 300 pages reading over one quarter, and to be reminded it is a 101 class.
If you want to get an easy A, don't take this class.
But if you eager to learn, this is the class for you!!!
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 Cons: Tough, tough, grader.
Catudal is great. Really understanding guy, really passionate about the material - wil lexplain things to you for hours if you want to. Always available to discuss coursework. The only problem is that the readings are incredibly challenging and the corresponding assessments are a bit hard to get through as well.
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 The class was not bad for a first time class. The stuff was a bit over my head personally, but he did a good job of explaining things. Also the tests were essay exams, usually the night before he would email us out the question so that we could prep for it.
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 Pros: Very Easy Work, Especially workload.
Little to No Homework
Cons: A little Condesending
Very easy class, at least for me. If you pay attention in class and participate like you are supposed to you can pass with an easy A or at least a B+. Although, she cannot admit that she is wrong at times and gets a little scatter brained
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 Very nice professor, he is laid back but also extremely intelligent. The majority of the grade is a group project but you are given class time to work on it and you send him parts and he critiques it so the final project will be polished. Attendance does matter (I think 2 missed classes your grade drops and 5 missed you fail) but I enjoy going to the class. Would definitely take again for future philosophy classes.
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 Catudal is a phenomenal teacher. He is absolutely brilliant. I never thought i would enjoy philosophy but he has made me. His lectures are interesting and do not let you loose focus. They make you think. His tests are fairly easy he basically tells you what is going to be on it, but you still have to do the readings because he throws in a few twists. As long as you attend class you should be good to go in his class. I would retake his class for sure!
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 Dr. Catudal is a great teacher! He makes lecture very engaging and actually interests you in the topic at hand. The readings weren't too bad, but make sure that you keep up with the reading. He doesn't pull any surprises on the exams, so if you go to every lecture, take good notes, and at least skim over the reading for major ideas, you'll do well in his class. He is also really nice and is willing to help you with any questions you have!
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 He's one of the best teachers I've ever had. He makes class interesting. All I had to do was write a few argument analysises and read 300 pages over a quarter. The midterm and final were easy. Just go to class, take notes, and read and you'll get a good grade.
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 Good teacher, interesting course and even though the readings were dense sometimes (understandable for a philosophy class) he explained them well and made class interesting. The assignments were easy, and the exams weren't bad, especially considering he curved both of them. It's definitely not hard to get an A or B.
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 Great teacher!! He always included examples that were interesting and definitely made puzzling concepts more understandable. He is very eager to help through e-mail or in person and is very prompt at responding to students' questions.
He cares about his students, and even gave 10% extra credit with answers already posted on his website. When a lot of students complained about the workload, he cut down more than half the readings for the midterm.
There was a lot of reading, which he warned everyone about during the first day of class. It's definitely not advisable to push the readings to the night before the midterm/final, since you'll probably be pulling an all-nighter and still don't understand what's going on. If you follow along, though, you can see that he clarifies a lot of complex concepts as well as including background about the philosophers.
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 This is the best class I ever took. Prof. Catudal really cares about his students and wants them to pass. You must attend class only to listen to lectures because a lot of that material is on the quizes. His lectures were really interesting. I absolutely recommend this professor.

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