Final Thoughts on PH1000

Following the questionnaire, I thought it would be appropriate to comment on the PH1000 course as a whole...

I have enjoyed the past 11 weeks. The lectures covered a wide range of interesting topics that are indeed controversial and do merit the questions: Are they Bad?

In particular, the a lot of the past histories of topics, such as masturbation and body modification, provided a lot more insight into the topic than common stereotypes. For example many doctors believed that masturbation was hazardous to your health and therefore used barbaric methods to prevent individuals from doing it. This is what caught my attention and made it worth putting more effort into researching the links for the weblog assessment.

Following the lectures, the discussions in class were not as informative as would merit from the way the course was structured. Lecturers did not encourage much debate; possibly stifled by a noisy audience of students! But, the materials provided in class were more than adequate for background information.

The assignments given were not as challenging as first glance. Maybe introducing more varied topics would make this more interesting. I am genuinely interested in the topics covered but the questions were so specific, it made it difficult to express more attention to detail when completing them.

Finally, the weblog has provided me with the most entertainment. I have learned a lot from an activity I would have otherwise not partaken. It is a valuable way to learn how to write personal diaries/logs/journals for yourself or for work and others.

I would like to thank the PH1000 staff for their efforts and look forward to attending the further Philosophy module in the next year...

Thank you for listening!!!