W. Scott Olsen - Concordia College, Moorhead, MN

Professor: W. Scott Olsen

Department: English

College: Concordia College, Moorhead, MN

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: IWC100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Easy to talk to when in need of help

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: IWC100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great Teacher, very realistic grader, and is very understanding. He puts papers in front of the class and corrects the mistakes and points out mistakes many may have made.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: INQ100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The dude puts your papers up in front of the class and roasts you. It's not fun. Just take an easier nice prof

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: INQ100
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

AMAZING GUY! Scott is my favorite professor that I've had so far! He's absolutely hilarious, always joking around and making a very comfortable environment for the class. He has a great mind and always challenges you to think more deeply and participate in class. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: IWC100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Scott is a great professor. As far as arrogance goes, he doesn't actually take himself as seriously as he'd like you to think. Don't write him off before you give him a chance to teach you something! My only criticism is that he is kind of a writing genius and so he finds writing to be a lot easier than it actually is. But he will always help you!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: IWC100
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoyed this class, it helped to develop my writing skills. I learned A LOT!

Rating # 7

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Scott Olsen is a great teacher... If he likes you. Unfortunately, this man is the most arrogant teacher I have ever had. His ego is the size of a house. This is especially noticeable if you get him talking about any of the books he has written. In closing, Scott Olsen was my least favorite professor at Concordia, hands down.

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

He's down right awesome! He is so nice and funny. Definitely recommend.

Rating # 9

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

scott runs an interesting class. good story teller and you can tell that he knows what he's talking about but hes not very good at teaching it. the workshops you run are very unhelpful because he gives no guidelines to what he is looking for. really a self taught class overall. nice guy, good writer, just not the best teacher.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: INQ100
• 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:

Scott is a great guy. He really stimulates interest among students and is great at facilitating discussion. Overall, great prof and loved all the fun things we did in the class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG227
• 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:

Scott is the best. This is my favorite class I've had at Concordia. It doesn't really feel like a class because it's so fun and we rarely sit and listen to a lecture. He has lots of random stories, but they're always interesting and for a reason and you realize later what you learned from him just rambling. He makes you a better writer. He cares.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG227
• 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:

Scott is such a great prof for creative writing. Some people think the readings he assigns and his random stories are unnecessary and a waste of time, but I have already discovered a difference in the quality of my writing and the depth of my thinking because of them. He also genuinely care about his students, which is also a major positive!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: WRC100
• 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:

Very willing to help and wants you to try your hardest. He taught me how to write.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: INQ100
• 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:

His class was nothing that I expected it was going to be. We were supposed to do all these fun adventure things, but they all cost a lot of money to do. We do nothing but talk about books and then at the end of the semester have a lot of hard things to do. I hate this class. INQ 100

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: IWC100
• 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:

Scott was a fantastic prof, and he makes a great advisor too! His travel writing books that we read for class were very interesting. No tests in his class, and the papers were do-able. I would definitely take a class from him again, and I just might, being a writing major. Thanks for everything you do, Scott!!!!!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG377
• 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:

Be prepared for a 40 page paper. Very fun class. I had a lot of fun and learned a lot about my own writing. 40 pages seems like a lot, but you'll be prepared.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: IWC100
• 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:

He is very good at teaching this course. He is interesting, helpful (and very good at helping), and he offers a lot of extracurricular opportunities.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: INQ100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Easily the most interesting class that I have taken at Concordia so far. The reading was intense but for the most part enjoyable. He is really passionate about his inquiry seminar. Try to participate in the activities- it really helps in class. Be prepared for the hardest paper ever though. The final paper is intense, but doable. You learn a lot.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: IWC100
• 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:

Scott seems like a nice guy, but his attempts to be the "cool prof" just got annoying. His random swear words here and there were just annoying. Stop trying to be the awesome professor on campus. The work wasn't difficult, just tedious. He doesn't really explain how to write well, but just expects us to be able to do it, and how he wants it.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: DISC103
• 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:

He is good as far as teaching, but doesn't care about people and is not at all understanding. In a bind I e-mailed him my final paper because I wasn't going to make it on time and he refused to read it and gave me an F.