Roger Gilles - Grand Valley State University

Professor: Roger Gilles
Department: English
College: Grand Valley State University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: HNR401
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
While I didn't have much chance to interact with him since this was an online class, I really liked Prof. Gilles. He was very accessible over email for any questions I had about the class, the honors program, and even about scheduling my fall classes and such (yes, I was that obnoxious student...). Loved his feedback on assignments. Very easy class
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: HNR152
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Roger assigns a lot of written responses but is honestly a great prof. His lectures can drag as he's a talker, but they're interesting nonetheless. He is an incredibly tough grader for papers, as my midterm paper was 40% of my grade and I got a mediocre grade on it, which tanked me from an A, that I had all semester, to a B+.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: WRT210
  • 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:
Prof Gilles is exceptionally well spoken, he does a great job emphasizing what he expects from you and providing examples or models for you to follow. His feedback is very helpful and his rubrics are clear.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: WRT381
  • Grade Received: Audit/No Grade
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Gilles is a great teacher. He makes an effort to know everybody's names and you can tell he cares about what people have to say. He gives good feedback but expects a lot. We had a reading quiz and a free write day ever week. Sometimes the quizzes are group, but usually not. You must read and show up to pass this class.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: WRT210
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He made the class interesting. Professor Gilles gave good, entertaining readings and the assignments were fun. He's easy to approach, he's understanding but he's also not a pushover. Getting a good grade is possible, but not a given. He helped me out a lot in fall. By far my favorite professor at Grand Valley and my favorite class of the semester.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: WRT381
  • 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:
Great prof and good class to take for SWS and theme. I didn't know much about sports going in but if you speak up and participate you will do well. 1-2 readings every week with a quiz or 2 and then informal writings once a week in class. 1 shorter essay and 1 larger final essay at the end of the semester with in-class essay final.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: WRT210
  • 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:
A really solid writing professor. I'm a writing major, and the class itself is a little dry- but the readings are interesting and he does his best to make it more interesting. The book is a must have! Some easy grammatical online quizzes, once a week short informal writings, and two major papers. All in all- good professor: recommend.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: WRT210
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Roger has the biggest heart and cares so much about his students and their writing. He is a published author and has done some amazing work. Probably my favorite professor this semester and in the writing department as a whole!
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: WRT210
  • 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: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Gilles is a very nice professor and he knows a lot about what he is teaching. The work load isn't too bad, just make sure you remember to do the online quizzes.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: WRT210
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Gilles was a great writing professor! I really liked his sense of humor and his honest opinions. He is insightful and his class was enjoyable. Writing with Style should be taken no matter what your major. Not too difficult. If you do the readings and quizzes, you should get full points. Few papers.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: WRT381
  • 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:
Outstanding teacher, knows much more about sports writings than just what is in the book. Readings are usually short and interesting, quizzes are just as short and easy (and usually online). Final essay in SWS is completely open ended and fun to write. I would definitely recommend this class and professor.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: WRT350
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great teacher, very engaging and helpful. Class is very informative and useful. Bing bada boom.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: WRT210
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
excellent. understanding, encouraging, helpful.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: WRT350
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Awesome professor and great class for someone who hasn't had a writing class in a long time. Class is well organized and material covered is relevant to real world application. Professor Gilles actually cares about what he teaches and wants his students to enjoy what they learn. Good sense of humor and very helpful and fair.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: WRT350
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof. Gilles is great! Keeps the class fun and exciting. Highly recommend section 5 for accounting students!!!!
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: WRT210
  • 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 really liked Professor Gilles. He's a very genuine, down-to-earth guy and doesn't mind being a dork in class. He loves what he teaches and actually wants his students to do well. He's a little bit distant at office hours, very busy, but overall a really great professor. Highly recommended.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: WRT350
  • 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:
He is the best prof I've had so far at GV. He genuinely cares about his students succeeding and has 5000 points for the semester to help you do so. Not to mention that he has an awesome sense of humor and will keep you laughing throughout every class. I highly suggest him!
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: WRT350
  • 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:
He is a great Prof!! He grades very very hard, but everything he marks you down is important to know for the future. Would highly recommend taking him!!!
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: BUS380
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Extremely nice and great sense of humor. This class helped improve my writing greatly.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: BUS380
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Pretty easy class. Doesn't take attendance but it does effect "Professionalism" at end of the semester, speak up in class to earn these 250 points too! Online exercises are a little hard & the class can be boring talking about basic writing skills, i.e. formatting a paper & punctuation/grammer but still recommend for professional writing practice
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