Karen Budra - Langara College

Professor: Karen Budra

Department: TBD

College: Langara College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1130
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Karen was a fabulous lecturer who was able to make her students understand the ideas and concepts of novel, poetry and film. You can feel her passion of teaching these subjects, and is very experienced in the subject matter. Because of Covid-19, changes had to be made in terms of grading. Wish grading was more clear, but I can't complain. Got a A.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG1130
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Karen is one of those rare and brilliant profs who are generous with sharing their wealth of knowledge and really want you to get a lot out of the class; this course was eye opening, inspirational, engaging, and informative. Would love her for many other classes!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1127
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very passionate about literature and film. She's a great pick if you enjoy those topics as well. However, she expects you to know the basics of writing an essay prior to starting the course. Her lectures focus on the content of the stories, rather than how improve your writing. If you're there just for credit, I would recommend another instructor.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG2530
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Karen is the best teacher I had at Langara. Her lectures are very informative and inspiring. The class on cult film was incredibly interesting. For our final project we got to make a film in groups. It was a lot of work, but very rewarding in the end. I would love to take another class with her.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2230
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Karen is a very fun and knowledgeable teacher. She definitely likes seeing creative projects and papers, but offers more traditional options and doesn't grade them differently. Go to the lectures, take simple notes and pick an interesting topic for any papers and you'll do great!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG1130
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's a great person but I didn't know what I was getting until the end of the semester. We had one in class essay and everything else was assigned within the last week of school. Instructions were very unclear and did not help with how to write essays.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2530
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Karen is extremely knowledgable and passionate about film. I learned a great deal from her in this course on Cult Film. It was also the most enjoyable class I have taken.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2530
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Karens lectures are very insightful and intelligent. She is my favourite teacher at Langara. I love how she dresses in theme with the movies.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 1130
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Karen is my favourite English prof I've had by far. While not the easiest prof, she will go out of her way to accommodate students if they have a genuine interest in the material. Very interesting lectures and great feedback.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 1127
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

take this teacher if you want to lower your GPA because you will be lucky to get anything above B- on any of your essays unorganized teaching, cut classes short, talks about gothic studies half the class learned absolutely nothing, will never take again

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1129
• 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:

Karen Budra was easily one of the most knowledgeable and inspiring professors I've ever had. I'm writing this review as I'm searching to sign up for another of her classes! I really enjoyed her teaching style, and learned far more than just English (we were constantly surprised by her broad knowledge). Fully intend to take classes from her again.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG1130
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Karen Budra is fantastic. She's passionate about what she teaches and not only does it show, but it's kind of infectious. Really loved this class and the way she presented the material.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Didn't learn anything this semester. Wasted tuition on this course.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I loved her personality! She made the course very interesting and enjoyable to come. However I felt like I did not learn that much. She likes to end the class early, and does not give good descriptions on what the assignments are about unless you ask lots of questions. She does give good feedback on papers, but is a tough marker.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: 1127
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Almost the end of semester but she taught us close to nothing. Lets us off early and doesn't make any effort to help us improve our writing. Also, she can be very rude and look down on people who don't excel at writing. I really want my money back.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH1130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Have taken this class before, and she totally butchered it. When I left her class it's as if I hadn't learned a thing. Usually an A student and got a C-.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1130
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Karen is a very knowledgeable and passionate instructor. She doesn't put up with any BS and expects more from her students then just a mediocre level of effort. So if you're looking of an easy A, don't take her class. If however you are actually interested in learning something about literature and film she is definitely the teacher for you.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1127
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very hard maker, would not take her again just for that reason. She attempts to make the materail interesting, but her instructing style was not for me,

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1127
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Karen brings her passion to the table. If you have a genuine interest in the subject she teaches and demonstrate it by participating in discussions you will do well in her class. She has a tendency to overlook small errors if the work as a whole has been presented in an appealing and logical manner. Take her class if you enjoy creative work.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG1127
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

very engaging and enthusiastic. knows her stuff and keeps things fun. Very hard marker and not great one on one support. vague instructions were frustrating. kept telling me not to worry about my grades because I was doing better than average (C-). only buy the Into to Lit book. Learned a lot, but unpredictable and disorganized.