Paula McQuade - DePaul University

Professor: Paula McQuade

Department: English

College: DePaul University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor McQuade is such a passionate professor. She is really engaged and makes sure to discuss the essay questions ahead of time. All of the exams are take-home and you have like 2 weeks to do them. She's extremely flexible.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG328
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I have taken 3 classes with Prof. McQuade and I would take her again if I could. I actually enjoyed going to class and participating. She knows her stuff and is just overall a great person to be around. One of the best teachers at DePaul, hands down.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: LSP111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The class is fine and easy. She's very enthusiastic and into the topic, which is at least entertaining and at most inspiring. As a person she's pretty pretentious and slightly strict, not to mention a little awkward. I wouldn't have minded any of the drawbacks if I were into the topic.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: LSP111
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

"Renaissance of Chicago" was extremely easy and McQuade new exactly what she was talking about. You have to put in very little work, but all of the Renaissance material is interesting and seeing it all over the city is tons of fun. It was my last choice for an explore class but tons of fun and really easy!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG328
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a very inspiration woman. If the class as a whole is struggling, she adjusts the syllabus to fit the class, not the other way around. Also, you get a whole letter grade on your essays for seeing local Shakespeare plays. Considering there are only three essays, it's huge.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG382
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor McQuade is the best teacher I have ever had in my entire life. She is an inspiration and a wonderful woman. If you need help, just ask and she'll be there. Her class is extremely interesting and if I could, I would take every class with her.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG280
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

McQuade is AMAZING. She facilitates great discussion and is open to all opinions in understanding the literature. She does offer her own opinion, and encourages students to challenge her. She is a must take professor and genuinely cares about her students. Her main goal is to get students to learn and appreciate wonderful works of literature.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG280
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Truly dedicated and awesome teacher. Makes it fun to come to class!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG328
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Prof. McQuade is the best! She really knows her stuff about Shakespeare and is great at leading interesting discussions about his plays. It's a very discussion based class. Her papers often have simple prompts, but you can really write about whatever you want. Extra credit is going to see plays she recommends!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: LSP111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Super nice and into what she's doing, which always helps keep the class interesting.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG320
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

Very nice lady who genuinely loves what she teaches. Her classes are mostly just her reading the text aloud and helping you understand what is going on in it, which is helpful for papers but can get a little boring if you're not interested in the readings. She wants you to do well but won't hand out A's for poorly written work. I'd recommend her.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG380
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easily one of my favorite professors at DePaul. Incredibly nice, and more passionate about literature than I've seen anyone else in my life. Will get extremely excited about the books we are reading, and helps you have fun reading.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG330
• 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:

Had McQuade for 2 classes, Renaissance & Milton. One of the best, she really cares about her students, & takes time to help with any questions about papers or text. It is not easy to get an A in her class, but work your ass off, and you will!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG320
• 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:

One of my favorite professors in the English department (along with Selinger)! She's extremely intelligent, but not intimidating - totally approachable, helpful, and passionate about what she does. I will definitely be taking more classes with her!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG472
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Love love love her! She makes difficult concepts seem easy to grasp and she is obviously extremely intelligent. One of the best professors I have had.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG330
• 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:

Such a fun teacher! I had her for Restoration Literature and she was phenominal. We had just one paper, and the midterm was take-home. I realy learned alot about Milton too. Excellent teacher

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG328
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Full of enthusiasm, brings intensity to the discussion, truly engages students. She's fantastic.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This is my second class taking McQuade. I love her, she's really helpful on texts that are difficult to understand, and she genuinely enjoys class discussion. She does a lot of close reading of the texts, which for Renaissance Lit. really helps with furthering your understanding rather than loading you down with secondary sources.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG329
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

McQuade is the BEST professor I've had at DePaul hands down. She understands that the purpose of education is to be engaged--not stressed by useless busy work. TAKE HER!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG328
• 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:

I hate Shakespeare, but this class made it bareable. It was intresting and even fun at times, she really encouraged class participation and free-thought on the plays; so that other person must have just got a bad grade. If you still need to fill this requirement I would take her for this class.