department
philosophy

not to be dramatic but this is the best class I've ever taken. I took it my first semester of college and have seriously used the stuff I learned from Prof Mercer in every class since! It truly gives you a framework that you can apply to everything and makes you see the world differently. Whenever anyone asks me for a class rec I always say Phil and Fem. Not to mention Prof Mercer is kind and hilarious and a genius. I love that woman!! If you are debating between this and an intro WGSS class I would say take this— gave me a very comprehensive foundation for gender studies classes and I don't think any other professor can compete w/ Mercer in this area. PLEASE COLUMBIA MAKE THIS A PART OF THE CORE!!

not to be dramatic but this is the best class I've ever taken. I took it my first semester of college and have seriously used the stuff I learned from Prof Mercer in every class since! It truly gives you a framework that you can apply to everything and makes you see the world differently. Whenever anyone asks me for a class rec I always say Phil and Fem. Not to mention Prof Mercer is kind and hilarious and a genius. I love that woman!! If you are debating between this and an intro WGSS class I would say take this— gave me a very comprehensive foundation for gender studies classes and I don't think any other professor can compete w/ Mercer in this area. PLEASE COLUMBIA MAKE THIS A PART OF THE CORE!!

not to be dramatic but this is the best class I've ever taken. I took it my first semester of college and have seriously used the stuff I learned from Prof Mercer in every class since! It truly gives you a framework that you can apply to everything and makes you see the world differently. Whenever anyone asks me for a class rec I always say Phil and Fem. Not to mention Prof Mercer is kind and hilarious and a genius. I love that woman!! If you are debating between this and an intro WGSS class I would say take this— gave me a very comprehensive foundation for gender studies classes and I don't think any other professor can compete w/ Mercer in this area. PLEASE COLUMBIA MAKE THIS A PART OF THE CORE!!

Moody-Adams is a true badass. She is a fascinating and very kind woman who never runs out of interesting stories about famous philosophers she's worked with. She starts every lecture with a piece of artwork that connects to the material and overall tries hard to be engaging. My only critique (this may be specific for the online format because I know she usually holds exams differently) is that her assignments are both laborious and unnecessarily hard/complicated. I loved the class and paid a solid amount of attention, but no matter the effort I put in I was not prepared for the essays/midterms/finals. I know some other students who had a really positive experience but even they admitted that they were unnecessarily complicated. Honestly, I think moody-Adams does it because she really does care if you learn and makes you workkk for it. Like she expects you to be graduate student level... my friend went to office hours and asked a basic question and she was super unresponsive basically saying you should already know that. TLDR; she's one of the coolest professors I've ever had but her online format exams were tedious and unnecessary

Moody-Adams is a true badass. She is a fascinating and very kind woman who never runs out of interesting stories about famous philosophers she's worked with. She starts every lecture with a piece of artwork that connects to the material and overall tries hard to be engaging. My only critique (this may be specific for the online format because I know she usually holds exams differently) is that her assignments are both laborious and unnecessarily hard/complicated. I loved the class and paid a solid amount of attention, but no matter the effort I put in I was not prepared for the essays/midterms/finals. I know some other students who had a really positive experience but even they admitted that they were unnecessarily complicated. Honestly, I think moody-Adams does it because she really does care if you learn and makes you workkk for it. Like she expects you to be graduate student level... my friend went to office hours and asked a basic question and she was super unresponsive basically saying you should already know that. TLDR; she's one of the coolest professors I've ever had but her online format exams were tedious and unnecessary