Anne Curzan - University of Michigan

Professor: Anne Curzan

Department: TBD

College: University of Michigan

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH305
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Anne is an amazing professor and will keep you engaged despite the early lecture time. I learned so much from her class and she encourages her students to explore language the way they want and change it for the final project. Shes also hilarious and loves learning all the slang.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG292
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Anne is amazing! She is not only intelligent but passionate and inspiring. She is very approachable and gives solid feedback. Yes, she is a tough grader, but you REALLY learn a lot from her. If you can take her class, do it. Will it be an easy A? No. But I promise if you put in the work and actively try to be engaged, you won't regret it!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG292
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Anne is knowledgeable and passionate but this class was ridiculous. It was 1 credit but homework took 6-8 hrs to finish and her idea of a 'short' essay was 2k words which might be fine for an upper-level course but not a 200-level. Also, it was more a linguists class than a grammar one. Cool information, utterly useless outside the classroom

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH292
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Anne is fantastic. From day one she made it clear that Grammar Boot Camp would be exactly as advertised: a boot camp. We worked a lot and I learned so much from her. She's kind, approachable, and always willing to help. I'm going to miss that class. If you're willing to work and open your mind, take this mini course with Anne!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG292
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Anne is enthusiastic and inspiring but this is NOT at all what it is advertised to be. "Grammar Bootcamp" implies improving one's understanding and application of grammar; instead you report usage statistics of words which is totally irrelevant outside of this course. It is WAY MORE than 1 credit of work (about 8 hours/week) - should be 2 credits.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG292
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Eng292 is a 1 credit 1/2 sem minicourse called "Grammar Boot Camp," and although the lectures can be engaging, the workload is absolutely ridiculous for a 1 credit course. Weekly assignments that take 4 hrs and two 6-8 page essays, along with harsh grading, makes this the class that I regret taking the most. Took all the fun out of grammar for me!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG305
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Anne Curzan is a lovely person. However, the courseload is ridiculous for a 300 level English course. It is at least double every other English class I've ever taken as a major. Don't take this class unless you want an overloaded semester. Literally, TIME CONSUMING assignments due EVERY DAY.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH305
• 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:

I 3 Anne. Not the most relevant class, sure, but probably my favorite one I've taken at U-M. Is super enthusiastic about teaching and helping her students and about the material she teaches. Very knowledgeable, makes the material very accessible. Very friendly and approachable. Graded rather hard but very helpful during office hours.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH305
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Anne is without a doubt the best educator I've ever had. She gives engaging, in-depth lectures using an incomparable teaching style. Her course is well-structured and comprehensive, but the coursework is far from burdensome. Anne learned the name of every student in our large lecture, and is helpful, personable, and simply brilliant.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 305
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Anne is an amazing professor. I highly encourage anyone to take her course. She is a fantastic teacher and really cares. In addition, she is very accomplished and you can be sure you will learn a tremendous amount of information from her that is extremely valuable.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG308
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very enthusiastic but easily the most worthless topic you could take. Spent hours discussing worthless topics like if 'K' was 'okay' to text someone. The topics discussed have no application to anything worthwhile outside of class and have no importance. Don't take this if you want any knowledge that will actually help you in life after school.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH250
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Thought class was going to be really interesting, pretty boring and useless and lecture is too big for the discussion model. papers are graded hard. overall, not worth it and not that informative. she is a fine teacher, but not as good as i thought she would be, after hearing so much about her accomplishments. i wouldnt recommend this class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG308
• 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:

Anne is honestly the best professor I've ever had. She cares about her students. Attendance is mandatory for the most part, but she is so engaging that she really makes you WANT to listen. Her class requires work, but if you pay attention you'll be fine. Take any class from her.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG308
• 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:

She loves the class and is very knowledgeable. Her class is pointless though. You go over homework in class and talk about useless stuff and the lecture itself doesn't provide any benefit. Each lecture topic was extremely boring and useless in every day life. Overall, this was a horrible class and not interesting at all.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG305
• 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:

Anne is awesome. Take this class. I really felt like I learned the material and still remember it even now, almost a year later. Her examples are eye-opening and specific and even having her class at 8:30am, it never made me fall asleep.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG305
• 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:

WONDERFUL. I love Anne. She is brilliant, always has useful examples for incredibly useful lessons about language. Totally interesting to me so I really enjoyed it, but it may be a little tough with no interest.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG305
• 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:

She's really knowledgeable, nice and makes herself easily available to students. Don't take her class if you want an easy A. Hard exams, fair grader when it comes to papers. There is a ton of homework.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG305
• 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:

I loved this class. Anne is super engaging and helpful in office hours. She is extremely knowledgable in her field, and even if she doesn't know something, she'll help you figure it out. She understands she gives you a lot of work, but it's worth it - do the homework, it helps raise your grade. Take anything with Anne that you can!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG305
• 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:

I am not very interested in English, but I took this class with a friend to fulfill requirements. I was pleasently surprised at how much I enjoyed this class. Ann is a great teacher and was able to keep my attention for an hour and a half lecture.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG305
• 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:

I'm an engineer, and even I really enjoyed this class!