96% of your grade comes from the weekly quizzes. The issue is, if you average 80-90% or lower, you likely won't get an A (or a high A). Although the two lowest quiz scores are dropped, if you want an A+, you need to average like 100% (and a few 90%). Some quizzes have ambiguous answers and you may regret taking the class if you don't do well on them. From my knowledge, the quizzes are created by 1-2 TAs in a rotation, so the easiness will differ every week. In order to get a high grade, you'll probably need to collaborate on the quizzes. 4% of the grade is participation. 2% comes from discussion section, but halfway through the quarter, you'll realize it's not worth the 2% of your grade to get up in the morning for discussion section. The other 2% comes from asking the professor a philosophical question, but everyone automatically receives 1%. The other 1% comes from going "above and beyond" in participation, but is that even worth it? And lastly, unless if you're passionate about philosophy (or the readings), don't go to lecture (they're recorded too).

The professor was really great! Hes really really good at lecturing. There's also a lot of back and forth with the professor and his students during lecture because he really likes to hear his students' perspectives and ideas. I went to a lot of his office hours and he was SUPER helpful and also really willing to help out. There have been times where I was the only one with questions and he would put time aside to draw out examples and email them to me. The only downside is that the quizzes are insanely hard. There are no midterms finals or assignments, so your entire grade is on these quizzes. Some of them are so detailed and difficult that I've spent 4 HOURS taking one before. Also because the quizzes are made by the TAs, there are issues sometimes where there could be two right answers depending on which perspective you're thinking in. The 2 lowest ones get dropped though, which is good.

This class was extremely easy. I only showed up for class once and he seemed like a decent lecturer. Participation doesn't matter for lectures. All you have to do is talk to him once during office hours to get a point (which I never even did) and show up to most discussions to get 2. There are 10 online quizzes and the lowest two grades are dropped. I never read the readings and only glanced at the slides for 5 minutes each week, then took the quizzes in less than 30 minutes and got almost all 100s. Easiest GE there is.

This class is 4% participation and 96% weekly quizzes. The worst 2 quizzes are dropped, and the rest make up your grade. Readings are helpful, but there's a lot of them and it's possible to complete weekly quizzes with help from lecture and discussion material alone. Make no mistake, the quizzes are hard. This is a subjective subject tested on in a finite MC environment; it is really difficult to distinguish what the questions are asking and what the options mean. To be successful on these, you need to go through each question with a fine-tooth comb and completely analyze what the question is asking to the letter. If you can accomplish that, most of the answers can be described by lecture material. Other than that, Khalifa is an extremely fun lecturer and very friendly outside of class. A large amount of effort goes into making this class accessible outside the lecture hall. Other than the quizzes and readings, there is no other work for this class. I'd recommend taking Pass/No Pass given the difficulty of the quizzes, but definitely take this for a GE.

Khalifa is super passionate about philosophy, but the content can be difficult if philosophy doesn't come easy to you. I liked that the grade was based off of how you did on 10 quizzes that were online, and the two lowest grades were dropped. There was also no extra credit for the class. As long as you had a good TA and had a good grasp on the material then you should get an A. I think over 75% ended with an A- or higher! Probably one of the better philosophy classes to take it your major requires!

Only attended a single day of class. The grade in this class is made up of weekly quizzes, which are a bit difficult but if you do the readings or search it up on Google you can ultimately guess your way to the answers? Didn't spend much time on this class beyond time on the weekends when the quizzes were due, so if you want a class that will take up less of your time but still fulfill GE / major requirements, go for it. The one day I attended lecture, Prof Khalifa was going through the content EXTREMELY fast to the point where I knew that it would be difficult for me to learn; but he also cracked jokes here and there and tried to keep the class engaging. Good effort but wish he taught slower, I would've been much more likely to attend class.

One of my absolute favorite classes I have taken so far. I would recommend this to anybody. It is a class you actually feel engaged in and without a doubt will make a difference in your education.