Hi try: PHIL 100W and with Dai Heide . (if you can) A very interesting course. I know how people tend to stay away from phil, but if you are interested in the topics I'm sure you'll do well. I managed to get an A paper and an overall grade of B- just because the final was brutal, (it's curved)
Give PHIL120W a try with Dai Heide. Heide just seems to be very interested in what he is teaching. 120W teaches you on the stances of abortion, slaughterhouses, and a whole lot more of philosophical viewpoints for topics and issues that were, and still are, controversial in North America. Also, you would be viewing each of these topics from opposing philosophers (ex: pro - choice philosophers & anti - abortion philosophers, etc), so you would actually be able to hear from both sides. Heide designs the lectures and the essays so that you would be completely persuaded by both of these sides. My words don't do justice to what Heide does; just take it, and if you dont like it, drop out. Heide just has this teaching method that is not really common for many professors out there.
I got an A - for that course. I think you kind of have to be a weirdo (or a student really interested in the material) to get good marks for that course. I never expected my essays to get over 90%. It was filled with shit, and to be frank, quite extreme and almost socially unacceptable. That's PHIL, pretty much i think.
To be honest, I think the class actually changed me permanently. It really reminded me where my priorities were at, and how I could get happy. You'll see after the first few weeks if you take the course; hedonism and the desire satisfaction theory just blew me away in terms of my current life. This all may sound like Heide behind a computer screen trying to persuade you to take 120W, but I am not, and I can say that 120W with heide was by far the best class I have ever taken in SFU.
Really, there is no such thing as an "easy" philosophy course... (in my opinion I should say)
First off, philosophy courses are super language intensive. This definitely poses a problem for ESL students who think they can just fly by the seat of their pants in Moral Philosophy because it seemed like the "easiest" one that's required for the business program. I mean c'mon, it's just ethics and morals we're talking about right...how hard can it be? WRONG!
Even for someone like me, whose first language is English (plus I like to consider myself a decent writer), Phil 120 took a lot of work and a lot of external help from the Prof and TA.
Knowing how to think critically and outside the box, combined with good writing skills is key to mostly all philosophy course...it's not going to be a walk in the park which ever course you take
I have a new found respect for philosophy majors after taking 120, and it's no wonder that those who hold a Philosophy degree are the second best at succeeding in law school. (surprisingly, first is physics - but that's because of the work ethic me thinks)
I agree with none of them being easy across the board. I took XX1 a while back. I found it to be pretty easy, but it is the kind of course where you naturally find it reasonably easy, or you find it quite hard. If you find it difficult, it is hard to do well regardless how hard you try. If you don't have a particular interest in philosophy I would steer clear.
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I got an A - for that course. I think you kind of have to be a weirdo (or a student really interested in the material) to get good marks for that course. I never expected my essays to get over 90%. It was filled with shit, and to be frank, quite extreme and almost socially unacceptable. That's PHIL, pretty much i think.
To be honest, I think the class actually changed me permanently. It really reminded me where my priorities were at, and how I could get happy. You'll see after the first few weeks if you take the course; hedonism and the desire satisfaction theory just blew me away in terms of my current life. This all may sound like Heide behind a computer screen trying to persuade you to take 120W, but I am not, and I can say that 120W with heide was by far the best class I have ever taken in SFU.