W. Stephen Hathaway - Wichita State University

Professor: W. Stephen Hathaway

Department: TBD

College: Wichita State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL102
• 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:

He goes on and on about random things and expects you to know everything. He would keep asking questions that no one would possibly know. Only wrote like 4 or 5 papers in the class, and his grading is hard and unknown. He doesn't tell you what he expects out of a paper until after you turn it in. He's quite a character if you ask me though.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGL301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Endless digressions into personal musings that do not pertain. Derails discussion instead of guiding it. Can be awfully hard on beginning writers. Sees no value in genre fiction, as far as I can tell.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGL330
• 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:

Hathaway is a genuine character whose personality is often overlooked. The point of the class is for you to already know about literature, not to be babysat. If you pay attention and take an active interest in literature, you'll do fine. And as long as your opinions aren't completely infantile, it doesn't matter if they match his.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG360
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He never planned for class, he just showed up and read to the class the same thing that they should have read on their own. He'll keep you over in class as well, just to keep reading and never returns papers timely.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGLIT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This guy is.....an interesting character. After the first essay, he'll show you how to get a better grade. Once you figure him out, it's a breeze. Hint: Put a star next to any story he says you "might get an oppurtunity to write about." Pick any three of those stories to read and you'll pass his "festivals of learning" with flying colors!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG330
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Never really plans lessons. If you pay attention and show up, you will do fine. Although class is kind of boring, he tells a lot of hilarious stories.

Rating # 7

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

good teacher, reads outload for lecture. REALLY BORING, but you get graded on coming to class. dont worry about getting a bad grade on the first essay, he has said as long as you show improvment you would not have to worry about your final grade

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: 272Q
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Sweet guy, funny, a bit repetitive, but not hard. Don't be surprised if he asks 15 times whether you've read Madame Bovary and remember how much he loves Russian lit...

Rating # 9

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

more red marks in his Nature of Fiction than I received all through my undergrad work! However, I guess I needed the corrections.

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Great class for humanities credit

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

He tells the same three stories over and over. Memorize them and he'll think you really pay attention: 1 Ishmael is the wandering Jew, 2 de gustibus non disputandem est, and 3 hubris is the sin of pride. Reads course material to you in class, and his interpretaion is the only acceptable interpretation. Hard class if you don't like being read to.

Rating # 12

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Not the most interesting lecturer. Spends way too much time reading aloud, way too little time in analysis. Funny and engaging though. Better than typical at WSU.

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Very funny, nice guy...but man, he skips over pages and paragraphs all the time and it makes it very hard to read along. Went through 15 chapters of Huck Finn in one class period! Grade based on only three tests so don't screw up. If your reading skills aren't lightning fast, God help you.

Rating # 14

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: THMSAMERLIT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Class was fun to go to, but I had no idea what my grade was all semester. Class grade is based on 3 tests, of which we didn't find out our grade for our second test til after we took the final. Tests are very hard...spent most of the time trying to figure out what the questions meant. Nice guy thoug

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG232
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you go to class, you'll know what to expect on tests. Funny, interesting to listen to. Alot of re-reading, I hardly read any of my homework knowing we would go over it again in class the next day.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Don't mistake this composition class for a literature class, despite the course description. Essays graded on writing skills, not content. Extra credit based on Detroit teams performances, not student effort. Poorly organized, no sense of responsibility to his students.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy - a little eccentric, but the classic absent-minded English professor. Class is mostly lecture, with a few papers thrown in. Do well enough on papers and you could be excused from the final exam!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG252Q
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great instructor - only 3 papers, easy grading. A lot of reading, but discussions in class are mostly lecture. Would highly recommend for any student.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENGL285Q
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Try - Keep touch with the prof during office hours - If you're doing poorly, meet with the prof... he may be gruf, but is helpful if you just try