Herbert Tucker - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Professor: Herbert Tucker

Department: English

College: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1550
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is a tough but fair grader and always willing to help. He wants you to do well in the class but will give you the grade you earn based on the quality of your work. He is very good at explaining the deeper meanings and themes of the novels we read.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENNC3120
• 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:

A truly brilliant person and an excellent teacher! I would hesitate to suggest this class for non-english majors, but he is an absolute MUST for those in the english department. He challenges his students to think deeply, and is quick to award credit where due, but can also be brutally honest, which is quite refreshing!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1500
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

For a 1000 level class "designed for non English majors" this class had more work than a 2nd writing requirement and an inhumane amount of reading, 200 pages and a short essay due on a Sun night and assigned Fri night was a common thing. Tucker has no sympathy for students and doesn't respect medical notes from CAPS. Lectures boring and pointless.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENNC3110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is absolutely brilliant, a genius. Speaks as if he is reading aloud a Jane Austen novel and can mimic every accent known to man (try Scottish!). He is an excellent professor and extremely knowledgeable; that said, he expects you to work -you will get out as much as you put into the course, and he is a tough but fair grader. You will learn a lot.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENNC3110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Impossible grader. I suggest having significant background in lit classes. Be well-versed in the readings. Difficult.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENNC4500
• 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:

Tucker is an amazing professor. He is extremely intelligent, quirky, funny, and endearing. He picked great material for our class and is extremely knowledgeable. Very blunt and honest which is really refreshing. Take his class!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG900
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

great person

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGL880
• 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:

One of the best teachers I had at UVA. Gives copious comments on papers and sets a high standard... so if you're doing good work, you'll know it.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENNC311
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I was hoping the ratings below were exaggerated, but sadly they are not. Tucker talks in lofty language not easily understood by undergrads, much less grad students. In addition, his grading is impossible. To top it off, he is useless in office hours. You must go into his class well-versed in the topic in order to have a fighting chance.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENNC311
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Tucker undoubtedly knows his stuff but he's a very hard grader and his classes are all about what he likes and doesn't encompass all that needs to be known. He's in love with poetry so don't think alot of prose works will be read. Not really helpful in office hours either. I say, if you can take another professor, do so!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENNC311
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His lectures were all about how smart he could make himself sound. I got very few good notes from his lectures so most of my learning was from reading the poems themselves. Very smart but not very accessible.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENNC312
• 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:

Tucker is a genius of English literature. His lectures are understandable and fascinating and he is adept at facilitating discussion as well. His insight and mastery of the English language breathe life into the readings. If you love English, you'll love him.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENNC314
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Good professor.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENLT201
• 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:

Tucker is absolutely AMAZING!!! Very intellectual and versed in literature/English, not too hard of a grader, gives very good feedback on papers, and is not averse to complimenting students on a job well done. He definitely brings out the best in students and makes students better writers. Very interesting and worthwhile class!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

i can see how he comes off this way (full of himself and inhumane) but he's really a real person. just dances to the beat of his own drummer. very detailed feedback on papers and quick to congratulate you if you do happen to do something smart/right/original. he seems to bring out the best in students intellectually.

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Knows a lot (basic requirement for a prof), but so full of himself that the benefits that could be gained from his class are low. Zero ability to empathize humanly, zero intellectual ability to listen to others' opinions. Too busy coming up with big words to use. Should be locked in a library writing books, an ivory tower, not in a classroom!!!!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: USEM170
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

okay, so I was super excited for this class, then the guy gave me a C on a paper with no explanation just the arbitrary letter. YEt, the shakespeare usem was sooo much fun, and thank God for his wife!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGL382
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very smart but not a nice person, which actually does count for something. So if he's giving a lecture, great. But if you need some help from him personally, forget it.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: INST
• 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:

I did an independent study with Prof. Tucker. Awesome professor and great person -- is nice, but not coddling, really encourages you to challenge yourself.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENLT201M
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great speaker-- I bet he would be great at lecturing. Sometimes tended to dominate discussions. Very helpful about giving advice a/b papers when I went to see him in his office hours.