Lee Oser - College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Professor: Lee Oser

Department: English

College: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL230
• 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:

Prof. Oser is an eccentric but very intelligent professor. He is a difficult but fair grader - hard to get an A but easy to get a B. His quizzes contain specific and obscure questions, but he often curves them generously. More lecture-based than other English classes - most of his lectures focus on sex and religion. Enjoyed & would take again.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CRAW121
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I'm a physics major who has always hated Lit. Now I'm quoting Shakespeare

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGL299
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's tough, but if you do the reading each week you should be fine. He really wants you to succeed. If you go to office hours with work prepared, he will give really good critiques.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG122
• 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:

Craw Drama felt more like a religion class in which we read plays, the lectures were overlong and boring. If you get up during class even to throw something out he gets mad, and you're not allowed to leave even to go to the bathroom. Makes passive aggressive comments about athletes, and condescendingly calls all the girls in the class "sweetie"

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

What a strange but intelligent man. You'll laugh at his weird quirks, but he knows his stuff and you'll walk out of his CRAW course being able to write and analyze the text better. Always go to office hours though. I can't stress that enough. He'll tell you exactly what he wants in the paper and exactly what he does not.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGL299
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Oser is brilliant. Sometimes his lectures are boring andor confusing, but he undoubtedly knows what he's talking about. Papers were graded on the more difficult side, but were no means impossible. Paper prompts were pretty difficult, though.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGL201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A bit intimidating because he is BIG on class participation prepared to be called on - no one get''s away with sitting passively in the back corner. But his lectures are engaging and his knowledge on the material is highly impressive. He can be a little eccentric but you''ll learn to love it. You''ll work for your grade but it''ll be fair.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CISS299
• 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:

Oser is the best. He makes the material come alive, and is himself very lively. Go to his office hours to get some extra credit and help. His quizzes are boring but easy enough if your are familiar with the material. Great professor!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CRAW120
• 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:

I absolutely love Professor Oser! He is a hard grader, but the same time fair. He cares a lot about his students, going above and beyond to help anyone who is having troubles with paper topics or anything really! Wonderful man in general.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CRAW101
• 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:

Incredibly smart guy. Took Craw Poetry & a T.S. Eliot course. If you put effort in, you will learn a ton. He is very big on class participation, giving quizzes on the readings, grammar, and obscure literary references. Great professor to have...the work is well worth it. (he would be horrified by my lack of proper sentence structures in this post)

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG2011
• 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:

The best professor ever! I came into Holy Cross, barely knowing anything but the bare minimum taught in High School, and left Prof. Oser's class amazed, and having new, opened eyes to this glorious world of classical literature!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGL296
• 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:

Brilliant Professor! I took a lot away from our 20th C Brit Lit course. I enjoyed his lectures and found his comments on papers to be very helpful. Got away with a well deserved B, considering I wrote all three papers overnight. But I definitely recommend him!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CRAWFICT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are brutal and he makes everyone participate. Doesn't give A's on his papers. Big on grammar and the form of your papers. Very good teacher and you learn a lot and get to be a better writer. Quizzes final and midterm are easy.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CRAW101
• 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:

The smartest man at Holy Cross. Unbelievable teacher.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CRAW121
• 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:

The best professor at Holy Cross. Absolutely amazing, cares so much about students, willing to do anything to help you including reading your entire paper over with you. I highly reccomend this teacher. TAKE HIM.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGL120
• 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:

Oser comes off a bit strange, but overall I have no complaints. Five essays throughout the semester that he grades hard. Very easy quizzes that will help grade. Office hours help a good amount. Overall, I recommend Oser.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGL299
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great guy; very smart and funny. Every single lecture will contain something about sex, however. Makes for an interesting class, though. Helpful in office hours and very prompt grader.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: TSELLI
• 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:

absolutely brilliant. one of the best professors I've ever had

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: FYPR106
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Tell him what he wants to hear and you'll be fine. You're on a slippery slope if you try to argue against him. Great guy, a little creepy with the eroticism and sex talk, but would do anything for you.

Rating # 20

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Enjoyable class and nice fellow...material is excellent and his lectures are interesting. So far the best teacher I've had here. Highly recommend him for anything.