Beverly Clark - Wheaton College, Norton, MA

Professor: Beverly Clark

Department: English

College: Wheaton College, Norton, MA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG272
• 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:

She's a gem. Very knowledgeable. Has high expectations but isn't stern or strict.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG286B
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I loved her children's literature class so much. She grades relatively critically on essays, but not unfairly. She definitely is incredibly knowledgeable about the material she is teaching and gives very entertaining lectures. I would definitely reccommend.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG232
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Her Children's Lit class was my absolute favorite through my whole career at Wheaton. As long as you talk in class and do a decent try at the daily journals, there isn't much to passing her class. Open to new ideas, encourages respectful discourse and criticism.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG401
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

It's senior seminar class, and mostly about children's literature. well, it's mandatory for me to take it as a major requirement.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG272
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Bev is an amazing professor and person. She is so passionate about every class she teaches. She is also very willing to meet with you and talk or advise. She wrote two recommendations for me, to go abroad and grad school, and I was able to do both! If you put in the work and do the reading, you'll get a lot out of her classes.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG272
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She is such a nice lady and is always there for you academically but also outside of the class with personal problems if it is affecting your grade or your work. I had problems outside of the class room and was going through a lot and she helped me work through balancing the work load and my own life outside of the class. She is my favorite prof!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG253
• 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:

Brilliant, enthusiastic, helpful and crystal-clear.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG272
• 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:

Prof. Clark is extremely underrated. As long as you do the reading and participate in class, you'll be fine. She encourages everyone to make comments. The only downside of her class is the moderately heavy amount of reading she assigns and the fact that it is extremely difficult to get an A on papers. She's very enthusiastic and clear.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

well, if you are an international student, please be cautious to take her class. she has her favorites--American students! if you are a chinese student, never take her class! she has preconception of china and chinese education.Maybe she is not a hard grader for american students, but she is very strict with chinese students.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She was always willing to help, but the advice received was sometimes wrong. The assignments were really general and did not teach me anything. The class consisted only of reading textbook chapters about types of essays, then trying our own, but we never learned about english. This class felt like a middle school course on general grammar.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG232
• 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:

Took her children's lit class- what a great professor. Not a lot of graded assignments (only a final, midterm, and 2 papers) but she is the best professor ever. She is very passionate about Children's literature and really knows her stuff.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: FYS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She is really sweet, cares about the student in succeeding, she is very clear and grades fairly.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG401
• 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:

She is really smart, just like the rest of the English department at Wheaton. I dont really remember anything about her class itself (Children's Lit sem). However, I do still think about a lot of the themes we discussed in the class, because of the relevancy to our culture. I took the class 3 years ago.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took Clark for Children's Lit and it was one of the biggest mistakes of my college career. DO NOT take her class if you are an English major. It is not intellectually stimulating and she acts like she is God's gift to academia.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I actually love her lectures because they are so well thought out. But mixes it up so it's not a lecture everyday. Engaging personality, yet somehow isn't about the personal connection. She's actually quite funny, I've never laughed in a lecture before- but she has a way of making everyone laugh, and really wants to hear your voice.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGCHIL
• 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:

Her class was extremely interesting, her notes, yes, may be old, but good and proficient. Knowledgeable, excited about her field,shares her excitement with students. Examples of books read in the class: Alice in Wonderland, The Giver, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Charlotte's Web, among many other childhood favorites. I highly recommend this class!!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGCHIL
• 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:

Her notes were about 100 years old, and she is not up to date.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

though class is boring, she is interested in what she does and that shows

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She will tear your paper apart, but make you a better writer in the process.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG401
• 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:

Extremely knowledgable, interested in thought-provoking conversation, does not give A's easily, which is great when you finally get an A. I've used some of her activites on my high school students.