Douglas Thorpe - University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

Professor: Douglas Thorpe

Department: English

College: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG113
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Thoroughly enjoyed this class (as much as a non-English major can). I was a little worried as it was my first university writing class, but the first essay wasn't for marks so that we could get an idea of his marking. He's willing to meet with anyone for anything and gives excellent feedback. The stories he chose were surprisingly good. Great prof.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great prof that made a dry subject bearable. Provided extensive feedback on every essay and cared about your development as a writer. The texts were interesting and prof Thorpe gave useful background and insight on all of them. Graded on 2 essays and 2 small quizzes.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG203
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

One of my favourite profs! He is very easy to listen to and is crazy organized. He fully went through each assigned reading and made the incomprehensible understandable.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: 232
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I was really happy with Prof Thorpe's gothic literature class. He makes all of the information clear and has interesting material for his lectures, not to mention he had a great sense of humour. He was fair with grading and had great feedback, not to mention had the perfect voice for reading gothic. Would highly recommend!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great course - Thorpe was very funny and made sure to relate similar themes among works, which was really helpful for the final. We also had a lot of final exam prep, which was great. Overall a very good teacher!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG203
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Doug is hands down, biggest beauty i've ever met in my life. Critical theory is the driest material in the world but Doug made it interesting. He cracks jokes throughout the lecture and usually has a wicked opening to get everyones attention at the start of the class. I recommend Doug, essay's are tough but he helps out a lot.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG232
• 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: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Thorpe is amazing! He has such a great sense of humor and is so passionate about the content in his lectures which makes him easy to listen to. He is VERY helpful as to ensure his students do well in the class. He is a fair marker and gives decent feedback. I would definitely recommend him.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG232
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Doug Thorpe is hilarious. He cracks me up all the time and he has the perfect voice for reading gothic narrative. He genuinely cares about his students and he is tough not to love.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Awesome Prof. Super nice and is willing to help out. Lecture are interesting, and easily to follow. 10 percent just for showing up and participating in class. How much better can it get?

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG203
• 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:

Prof.Thorpe is my hero!He can take pretty boring and seemingly pointless material and make it interesting to understand.Very methodical in presentation,yet his sharp wit made the class laugh often and was a constant reminder of just how brilliant he is.Willing to help, never demeaning, and a pretty fair grader.I searched for another class w him!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG203
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He's a nice guy, but he's a damn hard marker with ridiculously high expectations, and the class is useless, even for English majors. His essay grading seems completely arbitrary, and he tends to stick purely to negative comments (which isn't necessarily bad, but it's nice to get a little positive reinforcement once in a while).

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG203
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Considering that this is a full 6-credit class about mostly boring and useless information, Thorpe does a pretty good job of making it somewhat interesting. He is a tough marker and this is not a class for the average student. The only people I would recommend this to is English Majors.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG203
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Thorpe is great. Makes very dense subject matter make sense through extensive class discussions and his sharp wit. Going to class was a joy; I only wish I hadn't skipped as many classes as I did in the first term. If this were Ebay, I would give "Thorpedo" A+++++++++.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG203
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I wish I had gone more in the first semester!! Here is a prof that really explores material that is dull, incomprehensible and makes it seem fresh, immediate, vital! If you have to take theory take it from him! If you can take something you'd actually be interested with him, all the better. Would definitely take another class with him!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGLI203
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Boring, tried to make things as obscure as possible, it seems the less you could understand, the better. Hated it, failed me miserably. Never again.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are really good, and he makes you understand the content that your reading very easily. He incorporates pictures, music etc. to help show the situation the author was writing in or to show more context about the characters. Over all really good prof. and worth going to class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Genius. Interesting. Hilarious. I look forward to going to his class. He is very involved with students, and offers additional help outside of class. Encourages emails...almost too much :)

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Extremely good lecturer, it's worth going to his class just to hear him speak. He gives lots of useful feedback on essays and assignments, and generally gives high grades.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This guy is a literary genius. Apart from listening to him make theory seem fun, I constantly write fancy words that he incorporates into his lesson. WOW.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG200LEVEL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I enjoyed his class. He is very intelligent & picks great course material. Like all other English profs, however, he is an extremely eccentric person. He has crazy hair & needs a beard trim.