Cecil Nelson - Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN

Professor: Cecil Nelson

Department: English

College: Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: LING210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

This was one of the hardest classes I've ever had. He will not respond to anyone's emails. Teaches an entry level class like a graduate class. Is not available outside of class and will only make his "office hour" 50 minutes. If you say you're confused he basically tells you that you're not and continues on. he will contradict the book as well.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: LING210
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This prof was one of the worst prof's I have ever taken here at ISU. He basically told our class that it was our fault we did not understand how anything he was talking about related to our class. (He was talking about his trips to Germany)

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: LING685
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The class very productive. I learned a lot from him. I really enjoy his classes. I almost took all his class that he offers. You need to have more reading then only the textbook this is what I love. He has so much knowledge about what he teaches. I am proud to be his student. Respect for Dr. Nelson.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: LING210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Rambles often. Hard to understand him when he mumbles all the time. Gets off track easily. To get a good grade in this class, read the chapters and read his handouts on blackboard. Never got much from class, but scraped by doing the previously mentioned things. I don't recommend him. :(

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: LING210
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He's the worst and most frustrating professor ever!! He doesn't answer your questions and is very confusing. He stands in front of the class and rambles about stuff that has nothing to do with anything the entire class time. I've learned nothing from this class. Do not take him!!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: LING
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is the most amazing professor ever. The only prerequisite in his classes is DO THE WORK! Be prepared to learn a lot, do independent reading, and ask smart questions. Don't sit around yawning and playing on your phone. High school is over...

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: LING210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I have him twice this semester (LING 210 and 413). 210 is definitely doable once you understand his style. 413/513 is also a graduate course, unfortunately he expects basically the same work from undergrads, as well. He does tend to ramble, and is set in his ways, but he's not all bad.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: LING415
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you can write using correct English and take initiative, you'll be OK (it is college). His sense of humor can be an "acquired taste," but once you get to know him a little, he's not that bad. But don't bog him down with redundant, irrelevant comments/questions, like what he expects from you--as I said, he wants you to take the initiative.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: LING210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy babbles with weird stories. Ooh! Makes my eyes so funny! He makes the subject less interesting because of the way he teaches. He is not open to discussion, or helpful with questions. So good luck if you take his class. At least he is lax on attendance. In the class, his handouts are crucial but they are always posted on Blackboard. Q.E.D!~

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: LING210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

It is really hard to understand anything he is talking about and the subject material makes no sense...he uses a lot of russian examples that are really hard to understand. don't take his class unless u have too.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: LING210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I have no idea how I passed, but I had to take the class for my major. Don't take it unless you absolutely have to. He likes to make you write alot on tests (lots of essay q's), so be prepared. Never really understood what I was doing, so I just pulled crap out of my butt, and I guess he thought it was good enough to pass. Good luck!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: LING210ETC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I know most of the students who've been through Dr. Nelson's classes come out hating him, but I thought he was funny and enjoyed his tangents. for linguistics 210 I did think it was challenging, but i came out more fascinated with the subject and consequently changed my major to linguistics.

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I saw some of the horrible comments on this professors and figured I should clear up confusion. If you are a graduate student, you are more than prepared for him and may even consider him easy. But undergrads beware, he teaches all classes as if they were upper level. He is not that bad, though.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Totally useless as a teacher. So full of himself and his half-baked theories that we, the students are a poor second.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I thought that most of these ratings were bogus so I took his class anyway. That was a big mistake!

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

He is evil....the devil. He could be locked in a room and sit there and talk to himself and be completely content. BETTER KNOW ALL FOREIGN LANGUAGES to take this class. Get a tutor from day 1!!! It's the only way I passed.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

George Lucas fallen into a taffy puller and fed amphetamines. That's Cecil for you. Nice fellow out of the classroom and I still remember some of the stuff in 210, but if you ask me how I got my A, I have no idea.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: LING210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

HATE THIS CLASS!! GET A TUTOR!Be prepared to sit there and get nothing. He talks to himself, uses foreign languages no one knows. He proud/wants people to fail. We got a 20min lecture on how people don't use "girl" anymore even though we do...an

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: LING210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I had him for two semesters in a row, for Linguistics 210 and Ling 316/613, in which this class was taught at the graduate level, and we, as undergrads in this class were expected to do the grad level work along with a midterm on a whopping 13 chapters!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: LING210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

this man is psycho!! he never makes clarity when lecturing...i never understand him ever! homework is pointless!!!!!!