Robert Burke - Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK

Professor: Robert Burke

Department: History

College: Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST1483
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher! Puts you on the spot, as everyone else says, but he is just teasing. Once you get to know him better he is a really great and funny guy. All you need to know for this class is to simply READ the book as much as you can and study the computer quizzes very hard for the tests. 60-70% of his test questions come from the online quizzes.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HISTO304
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

rude not very helpful lectures have nothing to do with the test must know the book very well in order to pass not very freindly attendence is required but very pointless

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: POS1113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

VERY HARD TEACHER! Must go to class. Never be late. Rude old man, put you on the spot, had an opinion on anything, never liked your opinion if you differed from his. Most things he lectured about weren't over the test at all. Do the comp quizzes those help. The tests are super hard. I studied for days and still made low test scores.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: POLS1113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

LOVED this class. He will put you on the spot, he wants participation. His lectures are interesting, sometimes amusing and time flies by. Online quiz each week is about all the homework you'll have. No reports or essays. Easy and interesting.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: POLS1113
• 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:

This is a great teacher if you want an interesting class that makes you think. Trust me; this guy is hilarious and an excellent teacher. Time flies in this class. Be prepared to be put on the spot and don't try to hide in the back of the class. He's very outspoken and opinionated and his tests are kind of hard, but doing the quizzes helps.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: POLS1113
• 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've always been an A/B student, but this class was impossible for me. Mr. Burke basically tells you which chapters to read and then you're on your own. He assigns online quizzes over each chapter, but they don't help your grade much. And when he lectures, he gets off on tangents. I had to withdraw from this class. This class was disappointing.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIST1483
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

burke is awesome! if you like professors that are blunt, strange, old, and has a sense of humour; then this is the class for you! he is the best history professor ive ever had. i can actually stay awake. and its an easy course

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HISTORY
• 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:

Either love him or hate him. I loved him. Blunt, straightforward, and can be downright scary, but gave me a reason to look forward to history class, even if he did embarrass the living daylights out of you by putting you on the spot. Hard class, dirty old man, but an absolute favorite. Have an open mind, a sense of humor, and don't be a wuss.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST1483
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Online quizes you can use the book; easy grade. I was able to keep a B+ just by doing the computer quizes & memorizing the answers! At the end if you do them you get your grade a letter grade up! so it was an A! Not a hard class, just attend & do the quizes & you'll be fine!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• 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:

Online Testing each week/ with txt book - BUT even when you answer correctly and can PROVE it by the book, you will get some wrong answers! Especially, if you have to fill in the Blank...So Be prepared. I redid the tests and still got wrong answers and was looking at the answer in the book!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: POLS1113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

It was apparent from the get go that Dr. Burke was more interested in indoctrinating liberal/socialist fiction than actually teaching directly from the text. I'm an A / occasional B student. I took the D because I really couldn't stand to listen to his rants. His teaching style is generally offensive, which I find a rarity at TCC

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: GOV1
• 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:

This professor is very hard, his lectures are interesting but they have nothing to do with the test, and the tests are impossible!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST1483
• 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:

This class was way easy until the tests. The weekly quizzes were online and they were easy, you're allowed to use your book. But then when its time for one of the 3 tests in the whole class(which are your only grades) they are 200 questions long with no study guide. SAVE YOUR ONLINE QUIZZES!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST1513
• 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:

Not for wimps. If Burke makes you look like an idiot (and he will), then you probably are one, and his class will fix that. I don't always agree with him, but I don't find it necessary to claim "persecution" or to cry gallons over it. Burke's a great teacher if you can take a joke (or *gasp* an insult) or hold your own in a discussion.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: GOVER101
• 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:

Great teacher, you have online quiz every week, allowed to use your book, do all quizzes and make an 85% or above, and attend class, you can get up to a whole letter grade higher at the end of the semester. Test come from quizzes. You do have to work for your grade. He is a smart eliche, so you cant be uptight. Enjoyed this teacher.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: GOV1113
• 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:

Loved the lectures. If your not up-tight take this class, you will have a lot of fun. Easy, do your quiz every week and you will pass, if you don't your lazier than me and that's saying a lot.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: GOVT1111
• 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:

Good teacher. Do your homework and quizzes and you will do good. Don't be afraid to speak in class and you will will have fun.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST1513
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

doesn't give any study guides

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: POS1113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Reading these comments was better than reading the comics! Yes, I was highly offended the first few classes, but quickly realized that being picked on wasn't necessarily all bad. Thank goodness he didn't find out that I used to belong to the John Birch Society!!!! He just wants to stir the class up to get them talking.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIS1493
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Burke turned out to be one of the rudest teachers I've ever had. Treats everyone like ignorant kids and if you are even one minute late he makes a spectacle out of you. After publicly embarrassing each student by announcing grades (and freaking out on why we didn't make a perfect score)I dropped the class. Wasn't worth it.