Carolyn Towles - Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

Professor: Carolyn Towles

Department: English

College: Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Towles herself wasn't bad. However, the class itself was awful. It was so many hours of work every week and the GSA's grade pretty hard. If you have the option, definitely CLEP out or take it online.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The content was not hard but there were hours of busy work per week. Takes up a lot of time.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I didn't like this class. The content wasn't bad, but there was SO MUCH busy work. Professor Towels only taught the big lecture on Mondays, and she usually just read the power point. Class is taught by GSAs the other days. I learned how to write a little better, but I wish I took it online.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great class but be prepared to do A LOT of writing and busy work. You will also need to print a lot of papers!!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COS126
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not the best Professor but amazing GSA.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

To difficult class. Too much essay, journal, and assignment. Even, she doesn't give enough credit. I hate this class and worst class ever. Stupid

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a very caring professor. English is not my strong point, but this class was very helpful in many ways. Be prepared to print everything. Almost every assignment needed printing. You will not get credit if you do not have the paper in class with you. There are many ways to get extra credit, just do your work and go to the lectures.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGL101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Nice person, decent teacher. Not a bad class, but not a great one by any means.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGL101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She didn't have the likeable personality my favorite teachers had, but she's a fair and engaging teacher. The class required hard work and my GSA was hard on me but at least I learned a lot. NEVER get on your phone or she will call you out; she did it almost every class. Not a class you can get away with sleeping in for sure.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

As an English Majod I would say that her class is very helpful! She is a very nice woman who cares about her studnets. The only criticism I have about the course, is that all four papers assigned are research papers. I believe that she should assign several different types of papers... but that's just me. Lots of homework, but this is college...

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Towels mostry allows grad assistants to teach and grade. Most GSA's grade very harshly. A's seem to be handed out to students who are lesser writers. Necessary evil, unless you have test out or have transfer credit to avoid English 101. DO NOT WAIT TO TAKE THIS CLASS: take the class during a easy semester when you have time.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGL101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took Mrs. Towles' ENGL 101 class in the Fall of 2016. Mrs. Towles assigns busy work. There is a lot of time put into homework. She is NOT a bad teacher. Her GAs will do most of the teaching, though. Her class is easy to pass. There is a lot of extra credit too. Overall, I was fine with her as a teacher, but I did not enjoy the class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Just so terrible. Don't take any classes with her... -Super boring -Useless homework that takes awful amount of your time. Her GSA's are especially terrible. They don't care about you. They are there to fulfil requirements for their master's degree.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She was awesome, didn't see her much.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor is one of the worst I've ever had. She made sure we were continuously writing big papers. There are no breaks with her. A lot of the work given is busy work. I will not be taking her again.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I loved Mrs. Towles. She is one of my favorite professors at Liberty.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The class in itself wasn't difficult. The amount of homework was UNREASONABLE. Tremendously so. If I had known how difficult it was going to be to keep up with the MULTIPLE homework assignments required before each class I would not have taken it. I should have CLEP'd it, but I did learn. She is a nice person, just ridiculous with homework.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She seems like a fun person to have in a smaller setting, but for Eng101 she is not great. Be prepared to feel like you are back in high school with more work. If you can, get out of Eng101, chances are you know a lot of it. The class has a lot of busywork, and her GSA's for small groups are hit or miss. (Johnson is great if she is still a GSA.)

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I felt like I was back in high school taking this class as a sophomore. Lectures are pointless, treated like high school students. Doesn't dismiss early even though she is done lecturing 15-20 mins before class is over. Doesn't let students use phones or laptops. A LOT of busy work for no reason, just overall not an enjoyable class with her.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENGL101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This old burnt-tire-throat nasty harpy is a pain in the butt to listen to and I hate her class. She likes to publicly humiliate freshman who have their phones out in class, but she doesn't know that they need it to not literally die of boredom. She'll make the class laugh at you if you don't make direct eye-contact 24/7 by saying you're napping.