Good class if you are looking for an Easy GE or an A. Super willing to work with students and makes expectations very clear. Overall great class and great professor

Super interesting lecture. Gives a lot of extra credit, and attendance also counts as extra credit. Highly recommend Phil3, it's super fun and easy A.

Professor Barrett is one of the best professors I've had at UCSB. He is very engaging and genuinely invested in how his students do. Attendance is not mandatory and is extra credit. All problems on the midterm and final are taken directly from the study guide. One of the best GE classes at ucsb, I cannot recommend professor Barrett's class enough!

I LOVE PROFESSOR BARRETT. He has really made me consider double majoring in Phil 3. My TA Tiffani, was absolutely amazing! Professor Barrett was so thorough with lectures and provided much assistance outside of class. All tests are from study guide with much support while studying. PLEASE CONSIDER TAKING THIS CLASS

I took this class as a GE but really enjoyed the material due to how Barrett would conduct the class. The homework is very manageable, only taking around 30 minutes a week, and the grading is very generous. Barrett is an amazing professor who genuinely cares for his students. He is easily one of the best professors I've had at UCSB.

This class felt like a lie because it was such an easy chill class. As long as you go to lectures you don't really need the textbook. Attendance is mandatory and graded. Homework every week, but each only took me about 30 minutes to do. Thomas really cares about his students, as do the TAs! (and his dog is super cute on top of that).

Professor Barrett is an extremely kind and funny teacher. He is very accessible and helpful. These concepts are difficult to grasp, but he moves at a fair pace and holds office hours frequently. This course was really useful and teaches you how to think logically. 2 midterms, 1 final, weekly homework worksheets, attendance for lecture and section.

Professor Barrett Is a really nice guy. I took this class to fulfill a GE, however I didn't expect logic to be a discrete type of math, I heard someone also compare our homework to concepts found in a computer science class. So because I am terrible with math this class has been challenging for me, I do kind of wish I would've taken philosophy 4.

COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS- TAKE THIS COURSE BEFORE CS40!!!! I took this course just to satisfy a GE but to my complete surprise SO much of the material in this course was used in computational theory, since Phil 3 is a lot of logic and symbol-ing. I never would've expected it. Barrett is really nice, reasonable, manageable workload, great for a GE.

His class was very straightfoward with homework due every week and two midterms and one final. All of them were pretty easy with a few challenging problems but he was always available during office hours to discuss it. Only study guides problems on midterms and finals.

It was really great taking this class with Professor Barrett. PHIL3 has surely made me winter quarter! Professor Barrett gives very inspirational and organized lectures, and he is a super kind person and is easily accessible. He has made me interested in philosophy and logic, and inspired me to link the logic stuff with my research. He is the GOAT!

Thomas was one of the reasons why I switched to philosophy!! He is an awesome professor and very caring for his students. Office hours tend to be very helpful and fun. Tests were not extremely difficult but will be challenging if you don't practice enough, practice is very important!!! overall, great professor

professor barrett is awesome! he really makes the class engaging. i'm not a phil major, however i felt that the class was pretty easy/understandable for a GE. barrett is very caring and accessible with his students and i highly recommend him! for my class (phil 3) we had weekly homework, 2 midterms, and a final. attendance was extra credit!

Professor Barrett's class was literally the highlight of my Winter 2021 quarter. He is literally the best. Please take him!!! 10 homework assignments (3 dropped so actually 7) and 2 extra credits.

My favorite class from this quarter, Professor Barrett makes this class extremely interesting and engaging despite it being over Zoom. He truly cares about his students, and tells various jokes throughout his lectures. For the online format our grade was based off a weekly assignment, 3 of which were dropped. An amazing class and professor.

Professor Barrett is probably the most engaging professor I've had in my time at UCSB so far. He's funny and clear, and one always comes out of his lectures prepared to do the homework (apart from that one time I had to check the assigned reading). Also, his office hours are great. Every student should take this course.

I have never written a review for any professor before, but after taking Phil 3 with Thomas, I felt compelled to. He is incredibly caring and is the only professor I've had so far that makes class over Zoom genuinely fun. If you go to lecture and glance at the readings, this class is an easy A.

Awesome guy, starts every lecture by playing some bangers and then launches into the relatively easy material which he explains at great length. Not a lot of work and TA's graded very generously. Also he is hilarious and very cognizant of students' needs and mental health. Always has a joke or a meme at the ready. Would take any class with him!

You've seen the reviews. UCSB doesn't deserve a wholesome and caring professor like Professor Barrett. Textbook is helpful, but I was able to do really well even though I skipped a few weeks of reading.

The best professor I've had at UCSB. I've never written a review on here and the class has not even ended yet but Professor Barrett deserves the praise. He is extremely caring, and is super easy going. Your entire grade is based off 10 homework excitements. His lectures are super engaging and easy to follow. HIGHLY recommend - Thank me later :)

Professor Barrett is an amazing professor! He is so kind and makes the information easy to understand. Grading criteria is super clear and the class is very fair. I had the textbook to further my understanding but I honestly don't know if it is completely necessary if the information comes easy to you. 10/10 would recommend this class with Barrett!

A really great professor. If you have the opportunity to take his class I highly recommend doing so. Honestly, not much studying was needed (aside from just completing the study guides as they correlated to the exam questions). Lectures are entertaining too! Tell Samantha we said hi!

As you probably can already tell by the other reviews, Thomas is an excellent professor. His grading was based mostly on homework and midterms/finals came straight out of his study guides making it easy if you knew how to do the study guide questions. Very caring about his students and overall great course that I would take again.

I respect and adore Thomas wholeheartedly. He is really passionate about the material and communicates it in a way that I felt was fairly easy to grasp. Grade is based on Homework, midterm, and final; No tricks and no attempt to make students fail, you are given all the resources to succeed in the class. Cannot wait to take another course with him.