Rita Matlock - University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

Professor: Rita Matlock

Department: English

College: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG1106
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Rita is incredibly rude, arrogant, and unhelpful towards students. I required extra help many times because of her conflicting instructions and needing disability accommodations and each time she treated me as an inconvience. The readings she chose were all uninteresting and unnecessarily lengthy. I highly regret taking this course with her.

Rating # 2

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Tough but fair grader. Very interesting and inspiring lectures and classroom discussions. Offers helpful feedback on assignments before you submit them. My writing has really improved through this class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Made the material incredibly interesting and engaging. A tough but fair grader with a well organized grading plan that allowed you to make up for a bad mark over the rest of the semester.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She cares about her students and wants them to succeed, so she gives helpful feedback when you ask for help. I don't find her a tough grader at all since I put in the same effort as I did with other classes and got a good mark for it. My writing skills have definitely improved because of her. (P.S. This is coming from a non-native English speaker)

Rating # 5

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Rita is a brilliant professor! I love her. she's a tough marker, but if you're serious about improving your essay writing and composition skills, then tough marking and dense feedback is something that will help you a lot. Lastly, she's a decent person who cares about her student. In fact, she would reply to my emails even on sundays. God bless her

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class was awful. Is an incredibly hard grader, I think only because she wants to teach her students the lesson that they "can't write essays like they did in high school." Admitted she doesn't calculate her class average. Put in a lot of effort, still nearly failed the class. At least all of the readings are easy to access online and/or cheap.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Rita cares about your success. I finally know how to write a great essay. She focus on your writing and gives you clear examples on how to write successfully. Take this class if you want to improve your writing.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Be ready to read like crazy. Attendance is mandatory to do well, she discusses so much about the books. Midterms are hard and she's a very tough marker.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Rita is a tough marker for sure. She is a great teacher, but she makes you work for it. I also didn't like any of the books or short stories we had to read, and boy did we have a lot to read. I do have to admit that my writing style has improved thanks to her.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG114
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Incredibly picky but really does care about her students. As long as you follow the instructions perfectly and read everything you should be fine.

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Rita is great, she does care about her students. Teaches better than most english professors even tho she is only a season lecturer. I learned a lot from her summer class, glad I took it with her. My marks did suffer from her hard markings but she prepared me good for my second year.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG1106
• 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:

I've been out of school for 7 years. I gave Rita's summer English course a try just to see how I felt. I am definitely a better writer than I was before the course and I feel she made it very easy for me to succeed. She actively engages the class in discussion. I'll continue university solely because of Rita Matlock. Show up, join in and get marks

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Rita is very brilliant and makes understanding literature easy! She is a tougher marking but it prepares us for our next year's. She explains everything so well and likes to joke around. She also loves to discuss and will get you going. Highly recommend and would take her class again!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She was very organized and made the online class clear and easy to navigate, which was helpful. Her weekly emails were great for keeping on track, and thorough. The approach to the material seemed a bit narrow, but it was a decent class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class was painful. As an English lover, I had an optimistic attitude going into the class; however, this optimism was quickly replaced by dread. If you had any questions she would refer you back to the syllabus (which in most cases was not helpful). She made mistakes in 95% of her emails and was not invested in the course at all.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took her Online English 110 class. Very tough marker but if you show up and do your work you won't fail, expect a 70 as a good mark. That being said when you need help or have a question Rita is just a phone call or email away and will answer as quick as possible!

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

continue 3. She does not give you credit unless it is exactly as she thinks. I put sorta interested because I went into the class with high hopes, but this instructor really destroyed the subject for me.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Yes, teaching is an art thats subjective, controversial, and ever-evolving. You may not be able to define it, but you can see it. The best professors are passionate and prepared, fair and forward thinking, and demanding and defined. They genuinely care about their pupils. And they willingly share their knowledge with pretense or provisions. But th

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I have never been good at english and it has never been my favorite class but she took it to a whole new low! I felt whenever i asked a question that i was being talked down to and felt very stupid. Hard marker! i got docked marks for using a certain word that she "never really liked" lost marks every time I used it. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Online is difficult even with an awesome prof, but when your teacher makes you feel stupid for asking for clarification.. especially online, it makes it impossible. She has little to no interaction with me and this is completely different than the other profs with online classes.