Alan West - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Professor: Alan West

Department: English

College: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Takes attendance, won't admit you to the exam if you have missed more than 4 lectures/dgd's. Lectures will literally make you fall asleep, however, he's a nice enough guy who does his best to be funny and keep his students entertained. Quizzes are very difficult and deduct marks on essays etc. for the silliest things.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Really funny and easy-going; down to earth. Doesn't take the class too seriously and workload is undemanding. Definitely a GPA booster!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

His jokes and sarcasm make up for how he reads directly off the slides and tends to drag things out a little when they could be said much quicker. Low stress class and you can tell that even though he does just read from the slides he actually does want to connect with the students and wants them to succeed.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Makes a lot of rude comments/jokes and will call out and yell at students who are on their phones or who he sees as "not paying attention'. Never used the textbook once. He made his lectures drag on much longer than necessary, since he just reads off a word document. I didn't feel comfortable asking questions or sharing my opinion. Not the best.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

For such a boring class, he made it pretty interesting. He's funny and tells stories that can be off topic but brings a fun energy to the class. I would recommend him as a prof.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

At first West seemed very nice and approachable. As the semester went on, it seemed like he was trying to impress the students by making rude jokes and calling people out. His grammar quizzes are hard for anyone who isn't an English expert and are way harder than they should be for an introductory class. However, he can be approachable and kind.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

considering english class is a mandatory class Prof. West makes it as enjoyable as possible, his lectures are just him reading from a word doc that he will send to you afterward but he tries his best to make it better, you must attend class or you will not be allowed to take the final exam, never once used the textbook, no cell phones, weekly quizs

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Complete waste of time. In this class, prof. Allen will scroll through a word document, read to you, never answer your questions, put in tidbits of useless facts, and overall just waste your time. Learning basic grammar and sentence structure is not my idea of a university course that I'm paying for. Textbook was never used during the class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Do you feel like going back to grade 3, but are looking for the nightmarish qualities of a wasteful university class? This prof is for you. Here you will learn about nouns, verbs and other BASIC GRAMMAR during non-engaging lectures, then be quizzed on it. Textbook never used, painful attempts at 'humour' (offensive at times), is rude and carless.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

ENG1100 is mandatory for many and has the potential to be useful but Prof West uses most of the in-class time on useless material. As a result, the class doesn't pay attention so he will call someone out if he catches them off guard. Overall very boring and useless. Anything i learned about writing university papers was on my own time. AVOID

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Overall, an extremely boring class and he did mandatory participation marks so you had to show up even though your time could be spent more efficiently doing anything else. Don't dare to look or touch your phone or he will call you out to explain. Never touched the textbook until exam day so it was kinda useless. Weekly quizzes also.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Can be really boring, but has the occasional funny moment. The textbook for this class was useless. Very unclear & will send emails of what you need to do for next class as late as the night before instead of telling you in the previous lecture. The TA is really nice & helpful though. Avoid him if you can. If not, it's not the end of the world.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG1101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Not only is he rude and condescending, but his lectures are irrelevant to course material. Lectures are mandatory, however, yet my time would have been better spent literally doing anything else.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG1120
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's a good professor. I don't like English as a course but He made me hate it less. If you HAVE to take English, take it with him. You'll learn a lot and you'll get better at essay writing.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG1120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very rude, not helpful. Doesn't allow cellphone and will call you out in front of everyone if you get caught using one. If you don't attend almost all the classes he says he will fail you. quizzes every week. All in all would suggest you avoid him at all costs.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG1120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

worst prof i've had yet. he is super boring and gives quizes every week. if you have an opinion dont give it because he will say your wrong. hates cell phones and will personally call you out. avoid this class if possible!!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you need help you have to go and get it, reads off his lecture from Microsoft word. You have grammar quizzes it may seem easy but he's a hard marker. Doesn't really help you improve your essay writing skills. As soon as you're done the grammar quizzes he'll give article readings and quiz you on them. Doesn't prepare you very well for final exam

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

One of the worst English classes I've ever taken. The professor is extremely boring and just fills space in his lectures talking about random things. If you don't agree with his opinion then just drop the class. Don't recommend him whatsoever. There's also a quiz every week on grammar.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG2120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

excellent professor. took a couple courses as electives. would definitely take courses again.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Alan West is good. His class is pretty boring and dry, but he is humorous. All of the assignments were fair and easy to do well on. He provides useful feedback on all assignments. No cellphones are laptops allowed but they are not really needed for the course with him. He is not the best, but not the worst either. A good guy for sure.