Baril
2 courses · 17 reviews
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2 or less hrs/week
professor baril is an AMAZING professor, highly recommend going to her office hours because she gives you feedback on the assignments + final paper so you have time to revise before submitting
12/28/2024
2 or less hrs/week
chill, Baril tends to go over things a lot (like a lot) but other than that it's an interesting class
12/2/2024
One of the sweetest and most approachable professors. Incredibly organized, passionate, and always willing to help. Lead interesting lectures. Mapping assignments can be tedious, but overall not too much work. I had a health emergency during finals and Baril was the most understanding of all my professors. Definitely cares about her students!
10/22/2024
Amazing professor. Class topics are quite interesting, and she encourages everyone to contribute. You can miss up to 3 classes, miss more and lose 15% of your total grade. Attendance is strict; nevertheless, she always learns the students names and is willing to meet outside of class. Email responses are somewhat slow. No exams or quizzes.
10/1/2024
2-4 hrs/week
Class discussions and readings were super interesting. The weekly writing assignments took maybe an hour to finish. Final paper presentation was a great source for feedback before you submit your paper. The professor was so nice. 10/10 recommend Baril, it’s an easy a as long as you show up to class (attendance points) and do the writing assignments. You can still pass the class even if you don’t do the final paper but get 100 on everything else
5/22/2024
2 or less hrs/week
Not a problem course. The TAs grade the weekly writing kinda harshly but you can get feedback before submitting. Taking it pass/fail and doing well at beginning means you can skip the final project and stop going to class, which means you're done about 3 weeks early
5/21/2024
Baril is a great teacher and the readings and learning checks are very rewarding as they often come up in other classes. The grading scale makes it easier for students to get a good grade. The final project is all up to you and besides the beginning module, the class is very interesting.
3/24/2024
Present Moral Problems serves as a great Intro to Philosophy course! Prof. Baril sparked discussions in every class and lectures were always lively! A mix of take-home exams and projects spread throughout the semester; take notes and attend office hours for help and you'll be fine! Prof. Baril was always enthusiastic and made class enjoyable!
8/5/2023
Professor Baril is a great professor, and even though my class was a bit quieter, she never failed to make every topic really interesting to discuss. Initially, I wasn't excited to take PMP, but it was my favorite class so far at WashU!
5/23/2023
Professor Baril is by far one of the best professors iv had here at WashU. Her lectures are engaging because she is always enthusiastic and encourages conversation. Her expectations are made clear from the beginning and she isn't harsh in grading. As long as you keep up with the readings, her courses are fairly easy.
3/23/2023
A very kind person and instructs Present Moral Problems in an engaging, approachable way. A bit of an adjustment at the beginning to such a discussion-based class but the topics are very interesting. Only tricky thing is the writing assignments, which take quite a bit of time from experience, but put in the work and you'll succeed.
1/16/2023
Professor Baril is an incredibly kind and caring professor. She stumbles a lot while giving lectures but you can tell she's passionate and is really trying her best. I dropped the class because I didn't feel like the class discussions adequately prepared me for writing the papers. I would have switched it to an audit if the deadline hadn't passed.
11/11/2022
Professor Baril is extremely caring and kind, it is evident she cares about her students. Her class is discussion based, which can sometimes be awkward if students aren't willing to participate. Nevertheless, the workload is very light, and she is an easy grader. Overall, an easy class that will force you to think!
11/4/2022
Prof. Baril is really nice and I enjoyed Present Moral Problems. It was a pretty easy class, and Baril is a very generous grader. Sometimes the lectures were kind of boring and there were long, dense readings occasionally, but mostly we just spent class debating different topics and the homework was typically light.
6/14/2021
I struggled in the beginning, but Dr. Baril gave really good feedback that helped me for the rest of the semester. She's very helpful and makes herself accessible outside of class all the time.
12/17/2017
Dr. Baril is probably the most caring professor I've worked with in my entire undergraduate career, always willing to go the extra mile and even beyond that for her students. She designs her class so that it's almost impossible to do poorly if you show up every day, and the daily quizzes are easy points and will motivate you to go to class.
11/20/2017