Anthony Dawson - University of British Columbia

Professor: Anthony Dawson
Department: English
College: University of British Columbia
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL365AB
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
"Tony" is more fun than a bag of nails and Chris Shay in a room full of redcoats. Dr. Dawson knows his Shakespeare and so he has value to me. There's 300 or so of these guys in the planet (not to mention the 40-60 in the English troupe). If you want to learn Shakespeare in a 2nd tier university-- this is your Professor. Step up to Harvard/ Oxford?
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: THRT211
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Read the assigned plays and everything should be smooth sailing. Lectures are mandatory because he makes you hand in a short paragraph of notes after class to attendance. However, lectures are pretty boring for those who are able to write essays by themselves. He basically summarizes the play you JUST read and tells you the themes.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL110
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Brilliant. I have never had a professor or teacher who even came close to being able to provide the amount of insight, knowledge, and enthusiasm for literature. I cannot explain how much information he is able to portray in one lecture, and how deeply he can read into a text and from so many different viewpoints. Amazing opportunity.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ENG121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
One of the best profs at UBC. His lectures were extremely interesting, even when I thought the readings were boring. He is very intelligent and just extremely capable.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: 348
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Professor Dawson is a consummate Shakespeare scholar and performer. His lectures are often highly entertaining and the learning quotient is high. He is, however, a very hard-to-please and confusing evaluator. No grades should be easy to achieve but it is very difficult to improve in his class. He definitely and openly has his favorite students.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL121376
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Dawson should only be sought by intelligent and capable students interested in proper scholarship. His lectures are superb, and I would not recommend any student study Shakespeare with anyone else. Anyone who questions his "clarity" is in dire need of after hours study, a greatly improved reading list, and another major.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ENG348
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dawson is the REAL thing. If you don't excel at English, you may find him hard, but if you can hold your own (which at University you should be able to do) then he is the best you are going to get at UBC. Old School Academic.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ENG
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Not boring!
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: 492SEMINA
  • 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:
I'd give him a higher clarity mark except I didn't always know what he was talking about, and I'm not sure if it's because he was unclear or because the material was just beyond me. Very 'academic,' but interesting and likable. I'd recommend him.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL3
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I definitely agree that he's a hard marker, but I disagree with people who thought he was boring. He was the most stimulating professor I have ever had, and his background in theatre brings out the life in Shakespeare characters. He is also very helpful
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ENG348
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Demanding, lulls you into thinking you're doing fine, and then marks you very low.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ENG348C
  • 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:
Excellent professor. Smart, Funny, Entertaining! Great lectures. Short essays (one in class), one term paper (medium), performance, good exams. Hard essay marker! but fair. Enjoyable class, but glad it's over.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ENG111
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh my gosh. He was boring, and I always had the TA to mark my papers, so I can't say anything about his marking, but he's boring. He's funny at times, but I always try not to fall asleep in his classes @_@
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL492
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I didn't find his seminar to be very intellectually stimulating at all. He clearly enjoys taking ambivalent positions which can get frustrating after a while. He can also be a passive-aggressive marker (seemingly passive in class, but aggressive on paper)
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL3
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
what a passionate english prof! He loves Sahkespeare and inpires the students to love the subject as well. He is wonderful at returning papers within a reasonable amount of time, and always includes useful feedback. His lectures are refreshingly dynamic
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hard class... but with a prof like this how can you complain. Tells you more than you need to know (a good thing). He recites hamlet with such passion and vigour... makes me want to major in english just to take his shakespeare class.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
SUCH an amazing professor. He loves the subject and you can tell he really enjoys teaching it. He knows his stuff and he's always willing to explain things in detail.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ENG121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Most intelligent person in Literature. Talks really fast but I learned a lot from him.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ENG121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Dawson is an amazing English prof. His lectures are passionate, intelligent, and entertaining. I would consider taking any course he was teaching.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: ENG348
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very nice and knowledgeable prof!
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