Kerry Macarthur - University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX

Professor: Kerry Macarthur

Department: English

College: University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1331
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor MacArthur does have the tendency to get off topic or to go on tangents, however i usually found what he had to say very interesting! Also, i appreciate that he took the time to actually READ my papers rather than just correcting grammar as some other professors tend to do. I also did end up liking some of the literature/poems we read!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGL3300
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor MacArthur is a double edged sword. If you are a non-English major looking for an easy English class, he is your man. Just prepared to be bored to death. Bring work from other classes to do. However, if you are a serious English major, he is a waste of your money. You will learn nothing because he is busy rambling about irrelevant topics.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGL3312
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not a very good professor, lectures would go off topic and could spend the entire lecture talking about something else. expects you to read the stuff on your own and be prepared for quizzes. took attendance almost every class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG1341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's a nice guy. Seems like he has seen his fair share of the world. Rambles a lot about random things, like pink armadillos and manatees mating. Good professor? Not really. Easy A. Bring something to do. Will go over time every class period and will not care.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGL3312
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He hardly talks about what we're going over. He rambles about his own life and other non-topic things such as how to kill a person with a pen. Have other course homework ready to do in there or else you'll be sitting there doing nothing useful for an hour and 15 minutes. Other than that, easy A

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGL3300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Does not care about the students, does not care about the class. Not that it's a difficult class; he rambles for 85 minutes and teaches actual substance for 5! One of the most disheartening and dull classes I've taken. Literally told students to not get an English major. Just awful.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PRELOGIC1
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not very good

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH1331
• 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:

He is a nice fellow, but always goes off-topic, therefore his class is useless. Its easy to cheat in his class, not that I ever did it, but yeah...I find it frustrating how he does not even notice.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGL3310
• 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:

This course is required for English literature majors. Billed as an intensive study of Geoffrey Chaucer and his works, this course instead is an opportunity to peruse the major themes therein under Dr. MacArthur's direction. Frustrating at times due to plentiful digressions, but highly informative and interesting if students keep him on topic.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGL3310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Dr. MacArthur is hilarious. If you are a serious English major you may not be happy taking Chaucer with him but he takes in consideration most students do not like middle English and it's just a mandated course. However, take him for some other class. The man has some merits.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG3310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He didn't always talk about Chaucer but he was usually funny and entertaining.

Rating # 12

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

such a boring professor, tests are easy if you follow along though. You will never understand what he is talking about though. He seems like a nice and settle fellow though.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1342
• 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:

Had him freshman yea and yeah he's a buffoon but the class isn't a total waste. The guy acts like he's teaching a history class and rants on endlessly not really caring whether you fall asleep or not. He's funny occasionally but that isn't good enough. Grades harshly on papers but if you sparknotes the book he assigns,you'll do fine on exams.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGLLIT
• 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:

Aced the class, but he's a terrible teacher. You don't learn anything. The class is basically one big tangent, and the grading is a bit random too. Got a perfect score on the final w/ spark notes.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1331
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

very interesting even when he is off topic. Very nice guy. Grades hard on papers

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGL202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Hmmm...well, he was easy, in the class. His paper topics are hard, and you'll never get an A in his class. He is interesting to listen to, and makes funny comments, that are completely unrelated to the book and class. This was for Medieval English 2.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1330
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Its true he often goes off topic but he is still very intresting no matter what he is talking about. However i still learned alot about the subject. he was very reasonable and an easy grader except when it came to papers. i hope you are better at gramar than i was.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1331
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He never talked about the subject at hand. Graded papers harshly. Worthless overall.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BRITLIT
• 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:

Only english professor to bring the historical context of the work to light. Most english professors are so narrow sighted/minded they can look through a key hole with both eyes open, not MacArthur; he has a better crasp of where the writings 'fit in' to a given culture.

Rating # 20

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Either you like him or you dont. Knows his subject! He goes on tangents, but worth listening to his cultural criticism.