Greg Smith - San Jacinto College South

Professor: Greg Smith

Department: TBD

College: San Jacinto College South

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COMP1302
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He was really good about grading papers. He tells you what hes looking for and grades you off that. He did help me get better with my comma splices and sentence fragments. Overall he actually teaches you something and will help those who arent strong writers.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COMP1302
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Smith was an exemplary professor, genuinely caring and concerned with the benefit of his students. He made assignments very clear and provided multiple sources to assist in writing techniques. He was very present even teaching online and made himself available quickly to answer any questions. He graded papers fairly and with helpful feedback.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COMP1301
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

If you do not like talking about politics or are conservative, I do not recommend Dr. Smith. There was not one class period where he did not mention something about politics. The class was easy, but you have to be careful about grammar and punctuation in your writing.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENGLI1301
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took him in the fall for composition 1. It was an 8 week class. Hes a great professor, if youre lazy you will get behind. Always something to do in class. Hes a tough grader and honest. He is willing to help you pass his class if you have trouble. I would take him again.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He gets off topic very easily and is scattered with his lectures. Assignments arent difficult at all if you know what you are doing. His grading is very strict with comma splices. He focuses more on punctuation than anything else. Btw you dont need his textbooks at all. DONT take this class if youre bad at English Ive seen many kids struggle.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COMP1301
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took Professor Smith for summer credit and I really enjoyed his class. Writing has always been my #1 weakness but this class really helped me improve. He passed out many helpful worksheets, that guide you as youre writing. Also he provided textbooks. We only turned in hard copies of our essays where he would give feedback. Great professor.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG1302
• 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 took him for ENG 1302 and he was amazing! He truly cares for his students and he helps them whenever they need it. You only have to buy/rent the main textbook and he supplies all the books you read for your essays. His pet peeves are comma splices and vague pronouns. If you avoid those and have good grammar it's an easy A. I highly recommend him.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COMP1301
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I tried to take Comp 1301 in the spring 2019 with Professor Greg Smith to find out he did not have a spring 2019 class for 1301.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COMP1301
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The Professor has good topics, give great research papers, helps with topics and guides you to where you might be able to find sources. He is very respected by all of us that has really taken his classes. But, he did not have a ENG- 1301 class this Spring my little sister tried to take a spring 2019 class and there was none for Professor Smith.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG1301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This Professor is always off topic, I would not recommend anyone to take his class. He also comes across as rude especially if you do not meet his expectations in writing assignments.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1302H3
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Smith is a great professor. He helped me pick my research topic and gave me some sources too. He wants to help every student to the best of his ability. Being a English teacher, he does expects students to have knowledge on grammar, punctuation and especially comma splices. 4 essays and 1 final research. Makes grading criteria clear since day 1

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COMP1301
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This is a awesome professor who is very fair on his grading and he gives his student more then a fair chance to complete their work. Many of the tutors in Student Success are great people who came from professor Greg Smith classes. They help many other student to succeed in their class projects.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG1301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He does not have his semester planned out, he takes the class day by day and only grades 5/10 essays he gives out. At the end of the course he only has 5 hings in the grade book. In class he does not go over anything related to the essays he grades,and is always off topic.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 13013H2
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took Dr. Smith for Honors English COMP1, and I loved his class. His exams are essays that he assigns 3 weeks prior to the deadline. Gives extensions if he sees the student putting in an effort. Gives about 2 big opportunities to replace the essay grades via extra credit. Makes his grading criteria clear since day 1. Helps students throughout.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COMP1301
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He grades heavily on grammar and sentence structure. Especially on comma splices, if you don't know what that is I suggest you figure it out bc he takes off 10 point for the 1st one and then 5 points for each after that. What really confused me was when he told me to "look it up on YouTube" when I asked for help in identifying and fixing them.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COMP1302
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

HE IS JUST AWESOME! He does his best for you and your success. A lot of extra credit and opportunities to get a good grade in his class. He even gives you good positive advice. Class might be boring sometimes, but COME ON it is English, and he does his best for making interesting it.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG1302
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Smith is an amazing professor. There were no major tests except for one quiz. In his class, you have to write a lot of papers. I'm not an English major but I enjoyed writing his papers. Before turning in any paper, get a critique from SmartThinking and student success center, and you will get +15 extra points. The final was an in-class paper.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG1302
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He was an excellent professor. Honestly English is not easy for me, but his class really helped. My first paper I got an F and I panicked. His feedback is very good and due to his extra credit, you really cannot fail. I ended up with a B. He was a very nice professor and he cares about his students.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG1302
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

he actually likes what he does is monotone aka funny & looks like an old hipster :o not really easy unless you know what a comma splice is and actually have good grammar. oops. you'll probably have to go to the writing center to get extra points. he made us read cool stuff, gives good feedback & wants 2 know what u think about the material woW

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COMP1302
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The only thing positive about this class was he gave extra credit. He is socially awkward but he means well. He liked when you participate. Easy if you like writing papers.