Elizabeth Joyce - Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA

Professor: Elizabeth Joyce

Department: English

College: Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: LITCRITTHEORY40
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Joyce has such a complex mind and it was an honor to experience. I had her for Lit Crit Theory in my senior year of college, and she challenged me to think in ways I did not know possible. Her literature selections were eye-opening, and she had such a dynamic and in-depth teaching style. Hardest, yet most enlightening class I've ever taken!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG330
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Joyce's class was tough with a lot of content to work through, but the class discussions were always interesting and fun to participate in.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not great at lecturing. I enjoy the easiness of the lectures, though. All grades are from essays and there's no final. Complains about the author but makes us write about it anyway.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENGL209
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Worst in the department. Hates to lecture & doesn't seem to enjoy teaching. Dismissive, rude. Asks vague questions & is impatient when she doesn't get the one answer she expects. Constantly talks about her own writing, no one cares. Rarely stays on-topic. Asks you to buy books you won't need. 3 essays (easy As) & a paper. No one respects her.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGL338
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I tried to keep an open mind with her, but constantly being told "No you're wrong and I'm right." is super degrading. She takes attendance very seriously and is very nit-picky in grading. Assigns a mini-journal every class to make sure you're reading but never gives them back to you or responds to them. Her way of thinking is the only way.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG489
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

There are no tests in this class, but you have to write five essays throughout the course of the semester. This is normal for an English class, except the last four essays don't have prompts, which makes them super hard. You have to do a statement for a reading each class, so get ready to read a bunch of things you'll never understand.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH101
• 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:

She was incredibly rude and not helpful. Not forgiving for being sick and unable to walk to class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGL101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I received 100% on all six of the graded Essays. So it is possible to do. I thought she gave good feedback on the rough drafts that allowed for myself to make my final drafts stronger. A rather stress free class since the only work was our essays and she gave us a week for the rough draft then a week for the final draft. I would take her again.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGL101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

[I received an A in her class, so the following isn't from spite.] She is a person of very low character, a compulsive gossip, and she will do anything to advance herself, including selling students out. She is a self-important person who is utterly insecure. Professors despise her and students pretend to tolerate her.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGL101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I had her my freshman year for college writing skills.. one word AWFUL!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGL102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof Joyce is great. The comment about changing topics for the Research paper is ignorant - she gave us dozens of opportunities to review our topic with her. She is extremely clear, and helpful even with work for other classes. She is funny, if you pay attention, and only asks that you pay attention and do the work. Yes, would take her again.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Was easy I would say. I did good in her class. The thing that bothered me was that she told us to pick a topic to write about for our final paper and than completely would changed the topic after the first draft and the final draft was due the following friday. That made it difficult cause now we had to redo an entire 10 page paper during finals

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG118
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

one of my favorite professors. she's funny and smart and you can tell she really loves poetry and teaching. she's very quirky and adorable. the work in the class was super easy and she was very helpful when it was needed. i highly recommend her to anyone!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGL101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I didn't like her, she was useless to me. I love English and I do well in it, but she nearly killed it for me. She constantly went over sentence structure, comma rules, and the proper way to write an essay. It was busy work and boring. Plus, all you write about is politics (which I liked but she's over kill). I do not recommend her

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGL201
• 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:

American Survey 1 is not a cake-walk with Joyce, but she encourages a fun environment for students engaged in the material. There were no tests or quizzes; four essays and daily brief statements comprised the graded content. Read the material, take some of it seriously and you'll pass the class.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGL102
• 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:

She's good. No joke. A lot of busy work but pretty decent. She's a chill teacher for the most part, fun to have a conversation with. She's also very helpful.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Joyce is amazing. She has an interesting style, and she has a great personality. She'll tell you how it is. Her class was pretty easy. We watched movies and read interesting material. She talked about sex a lot ,but what college professor doesn't and she is a hardcore feminist, which is a major turn on. If you need a break from hard classes t

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you like politics take her class. She talks about them all the time! I had her over the presidential election and ALL we talked about was the candidates. Her work is easy though, just write the essays and turn them in. If they include proof she will give you at least a B. I wouldn't take her again.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGL102
• 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:

One of the most understanding professors I've come across. she seems to genuinely care whether her students are all doing well, and is very lenient with students that aren't amazing writers. she also provides plenty of comments on your writing, so if you follow her instructions, theres no way you can fail.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG102
• 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:

Very good proff. easy assignments, tries to help you get better at writing. only do 5 essays from things in newspaper...essays are around 1.5 to 2 pages