Genevieve Later - Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC

Professor: Genevieve Later

Department: English

College: Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1100
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Disrespectful of students and their personal matters. I emailed her once about potentially needing to leave mid-lecture to take an emergency doctor call. She proceeded to announce to me, from the front of the class in front of everyone, "__ You will NOT be getting up in the middle of class today to take a call, right?". Honestly, terrible prof.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

honestly sucks

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1110
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Genevieve is respected, professional, and old fashioned with her teachings. She has a no electronics rule (she will call you out in class), and loves working with very old stories. I found her to be a little disrespectful towards some students at times but all together she was a fine prof and if you have to take her class, you'll survive.

Rating # 4

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Do not take Genevieve as a business student. Teaches English from a artistic perspective, not an applicable one. Very poor teacher, and teaches a course that lacks real lectures and tests on material not covered. Course was more useless than glow in the dark sunglasses. Example she asks for first person in a course called intro to uni writing.

Rating # 5

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

If you can accommodate Genevieve, she will accommodate you. As a teacher she is a Yoda with gifted vision and soul of philosopher,with diplomacy and shrewdness of a business person. She has the skill-set and tenacity to help her students, but the nature of somewhat thankless job deters her from it, and rationalizes her students as University grade.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG4360
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

It was a 3 hour lecture, but I was engaged the whole time. She has lots of interesting things to say and the class discussions were really good. The content for the final exam was all based on what we discussed in class, so attendance was mandatory. I enjoyed her so much that I looked up what she was teaching next semester so I could take her class

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The class was a waste of time. She gave a 10 minute lecture on the semi-colon, a 5 minute lecture on the colon and told us what pages to reference in the textbook for citations. I was mainly graded on 3 major papers and she is highly critical, but does not always give very clear instructions as to what she expects.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I really liked this course because it really made me think at a university level. Her lectures were really interesting because she really made us think about different types of issues and topics that are not discussed on a daily basis.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1110
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Despite complaints that she is a hard marker (which she is), she really does help you become a better writer no matter what your major is. There are not that many papers in the course (about one a month), and lectures are discussion based. There are a lot of readings out of the text to do, but they are fairly short.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGL4510
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the best faculty members at TRU. Great feedback. If you are ever unsure about anything ask and she will break it down for you. A lot of the learning happens during class discussion so it's definitely important to show up and participate. Classes are always lively and engaging.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1100
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

G is an awesome prof! Very sharp and witty, always trying to get the class involved in her lectures. Hard marker, but if you talk to her about it, she's more than happy to point out a couple things that will help you out!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG4350
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Genevieve was a very engaging professor. one of the best I've ever had & plan to take more classes with her. Her lecture style made me want to come to class, and her honesty and clear cut teaching style made it easy to learn

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Assigned many papers, but mostly debated on topics in class, gave a final on something she did not teach

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Had her for first year Composition but her lectures had VERY little to do with actually writing (all we did was read and talk about essays). Didn't give us a single lesson on how to properly write at the university level, therefore it was nearly impossible to get a good mark as she's a very tough marker. Wouldn't take her class again.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1100
• 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:

Made class interesting, kept everyone involved. Provided good material to learn from. Little intimidating, but very nice after you get to know her.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2260
• 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:

Easily the best ENGLISH professor I have ever had. Keeps classes interesting, and students engaged. However, she is an incredibly hard marker and it is nearly impossible to achieve an A in her class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1100
• 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:

Always interesting in class discussion. I felt she was very clear with the what she wanted. Some people do have to read aloud and not always by choice.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGL3300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoy Genevieve as an English professor. She definitely uses ALL of the required readings,which I do appreciate. She also responds really well to the class's interests. I find her to be a fair marker. She can tend to allow certain people to take over a discussion. Also be prepared to defend your statements in class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Genevieve's class was mostly really interesting. The discussions were good, and most of the essay topics were decent. She's a pretty merciless marker though. I did worse than I expected until I figured out exactly what it was that she wanted from my papers.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Awesome teacher who always keeps you interested in the subject. Although, I had her for first year and she said she hadn't really taught first year much. Incredibly hard marker, if you're looking for an easy pass it's not with her. If you're very interested in English she is a great choice.