Kelly Austin - Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

Professor: Kelly Austin

Department: English

College: Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG205
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Honestly, I really enjoy Professor Austin as a person, she is a very kind and relatable teacher. I would not however, take her class again. She assigns way too many busy work assignments that really hurt your grade if you do not turn them in. Also the project dates are clumped together so if you take other classes your pressed for time on work. :(

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CORE100
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Austin is a very sweet lady who tries hard to connect with students. LOTS of homework, but it's easy points. Hard grader on bigger assignments, especially writing ones (she's an English teacher so what can you expect). Overall good teacher, but no Core 100 class is good, so I'd take her.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG201
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do Not Take This Class if you want an English class. This is a field working class with a large amount of homework w/ essays too. There are hours of observations that some working, 18 credit hour taking students do not have the time for. I expected to be writing about different literary texts the other 201 class reads and writes essays about texts

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• 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:

Kelly Austin is one of my favorite teachers from this semester. She isn't an "easy" professor and you would need to actually try for the grade you want. However, she is very accessible and sometimes cancels class due to migranes which is very nice. She is also very funny, nice, loves it when people participate to any degree.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is honestly the worst teacher i have ever had. her lectures aren't bad but they are pointless. she assigns an incredible amount of work for a 101 class. nobody ruins a night with unexpected homework like kelly austin. seriously awful, don't take any of her classes

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a nice teacher and her lectures are fine, but the amount of work there is for a 101 class is in absolute joke. Seriously laughable. You turn in a paper you expect to have no homework for the next class right? No, you have a 300 word discussion post. there has yet to be a class where you didn't have some sort of pointless homework before.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CORE100
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She's a nice professor and seems to love what she's doing but she is a very tough grader and takes forever to grade papers. If you skip class you're not missing much and the discussion posts are terrible.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG115
• 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:

My only complaint is the amount of homework assigned, but with good time management skills or other classes that aren't too demanding, it's definitely doable! I already feel like a better writer from taking this class. Kelly makes you work for your A, but she's always there to help and make class as fun as possible with her witty jokes!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COR100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This was honestly my hardest course freshman year. Expect 2-3 hours of homework most nights and a 400-600 essay per week. Most of the homework is reading or watching videos which is very time confusing.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG115
• 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:

One of the most charming teachers I've ever had. A true joy to have in class. Very much improved my writing abilities. I love Kelly

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CORE100
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a nice person, yet for a First Year Seminar class, there is too much busy work and she takes forever to grade. She is a tough grader. Not my favorite class.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG115
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her class is really boring, in addition to being really hard. She's a nice woman who wants to help, but her grading scale is incredibly tough and there is a lot of work every night. Going to class is a struggle to stay awake. If you have to take her, good luck

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CORE100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Kelly Austin was not a favorite. If you are not creative or a janeite, then you're screwed. For a first year seminar class, I would expect it to be less tough, but this is all wrong. Never take reading the web. She is an english teacher so she'll assign a paper (take 2 months to grade it) and you end up failing it even though its a YouTube class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CORE100
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

LOVED THIS CLASS! As a First Year Seminar I really got lucky with this one. I mean, she taught a class on YouTube!She is the kindest person. As a seminar class it was a lot of participation so be ready to speak! I highly recommend this class to anyone!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CORE100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Kelly is absolutely wonderful! She does everything she can to make class fun and really helps everyone get their projects completed to the best of their ability. She does expect a lot of participation, so be eager to discuss and answer questions.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HONORRHETORIC
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Kelly Austin was such a blessing to have during my college career. I really learned how to write well and be confident in my writing. GO to office hours, she will work miracles for you. You may have to work hard but you feel so accomplished after her class. A great person to be very friendly with during class and to turn to when you need help.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 210
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher, read the spark notes show up, and you will get an easy A

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 90021
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Kelly was one of the best English professors I've ever had at Xavier she's laid back enough where you can joke around a little in class but still make sure you do the readings and participate a little. Also if you go to her office hours she'll tell you exactly what you need to do to make it an AA- paper.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: RHETORICHONORS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

New paper every week. Her examples online were not very helpful for me. She is picky at everything you write and her comments took long to give back and were confusing. Class is boring if you don't say a word. Overall, the long term assignment gets boring and it is the same thing every week. No tests at all which was nice.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG115
• 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:

Great professor buy extremely picky and tough grader. Takes forever to give back papers and comments are somewhat helpful. Gives great comments on rough draft but generally not the best. You stare at a culture all semester and if this culture doesn't talk, you'll be screwed in the class. If you take her, good luck.