Tracey Gau - University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Professor: Tracey Gau

Department: English

College: University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL4430
• 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:

Dr. Gau is an amazing professor because she cares a great deal about her students and knows the subject matter extensively. If you need to take a Shakespeare class I would recommend you take hers. She is incredibly helpful, and if you do the reading and the assignments this class is not difficult.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGL4430
• 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:

Good shakespeare teacher. Really helpful outside of class too.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2220
• 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:

Dr. Gau was a very helpful teacher. The class i took was a blended class so the assignments were done online. As long as you do the quizzes, online practice work, and review sessions, you'll make at least a B in the class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENGL4430
• 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:

Dr. Gau is an awesome Shakespeare teacher. Sometimes it becomes a little difficult to follow her during her discussions, but as long as you do the readings and study the notes for tests you'll be fine. For a Shakespeare class I would recommend her.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2332
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

she is easy on the eyes. but sometimes she drifts off into some sort of non-phsycial world with her ideas. just ask to explain them and study for her tests, you'll be fine

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Gau can be extremely condescending to her students and the subject matter is very difficult. Worst of all, she will give you zeroes on your compositions (a very crucial part of your grade) if you simply forget to cite your quotations, or if you cite them incorrectly. I can understand 10 points off or more, but a zero is extreme. Avoid her.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGLENGL
• 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:

She is a great teacher who really knows her stuff. The lectures are interesting and her passion for the subject is infectious.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Gau is to date, my favorite professor at UNT. She loves what she's teaching, is very relatable and helpful, and encourages disscussion. I took her first for World Literature, then took her 2 more times for British Lit and the 2nd World Lit class. I'm taking her again this summer for Shakespeare. I highly recommend her! :)

Rating # 9

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

best lit teacher i have ever had. as long as you go to class and write down the notes when she talks, you are guaranteed to do well in the class. the compositions are helpful to your grade and are not hard at all. def. take her for world lit!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2322
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Gau is my favorite teacher. She provided great insight for all of the reading and the classes were always interesting. If you study and read, you will do fine in the class. It is a difficult class with lots of reading and hard tests, but the work was well worth it.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2210
• 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 is not a lecture class. If you dont like to read you are in the wrong class. Test are really really hard and she doesnt teach the material very well.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2210
• 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:

She's a really sweet person. Her classes really hard though. You have to read a lot and the tests cover a lot of information. If your studious you can probably make a good A or high B in this class. Otherwise I wouldn't take it because it is time consuming. On the plus side, Gau is really knows her subject and picks interesting stories.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2322
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

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Rating # 14

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I liked the class but it was alot of reading! Test are kinda of difficult if you dont pay attention to detail. Letures are interesting and she is a nice lady. Take her if you absolutly have tons of time to read read read!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Don't take this class if you're male. Plain and simple. Gau will likely fail all males in her class. I am female, took the class, got consistantly good grades (100+ range), but if you are MALE she will do her best to fail you, kick you out of her class, or worse. She also doesn't like TAMS students, but if you keep quiet she doesn't notice.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2210
• 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:

She has been pretty interesting and really nice.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a wonderful teacher and knows her stuff. She is a little wacky at times, but in a good way. She makes class interesting and doesn't like TAMS kids (which is great by me ;-P). You need to read for class, but it is fun.

Rating # 18

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:

She is crazy calm, clever and completely serious about her job. The class is not hard; all you have to do is pay attention, and then give a written opinion about what you heard.

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

She was really into her subject, but was unable to notice no one else was and therefore never brought us in. I imagine her upper level classes are more interesting, but her family values, suburban aura really bugged the crap out of me.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Pay attention. Take careful notes. Read the material. Attend every class. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. It's the first half of world lit, so the material is older and harder to understand, but she makes wise choices that keep it interesting.