Catherine Bowman - Indiana University Bloomington

Professor: Catherine Bowman
Department: English
College: Indiana University Bloomington
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: W103
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I took Intro to creative writing in the summer and she was so sweet. The reading was not heavy and the paper prompts were not hard at all. She mainly grades on the papers. She's also very flexible.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ENG383
  • 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:
In Professor Catherine Bowman's craft of poetry course, students were required to listen, to think, to feel, and to actively write. I found this level of engagement to be stimulating and inspirational. The "textbooks" we read were mostly poetry books or poetry handouts and very thought-provoking.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ENGW103
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Extremely disorganized, insecure, and overly-demanding. She never makes her expectations clear. Capable of being cruel and caustic. Beware.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ENGW383
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Clearly a knowledgable professor but also can be scatty and disorganised which got on my nerves whilst sitting in her classes. Felt very awkward and her lessons made me cringe because she would make us do corny things like clap or something. Has a habit of getting distracted so that the lesson would feel unproductive and slow. Sets a LOT of work.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: L208
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Bowman can be a tough professor but she cares about her students and wants them to do well. Our class was Literature of the Occult - the books we read were wonderful and the exams were all questions from class discussions. She's a little corny but even brought in 2 tarot card readers as background knowledge for one of the books. Great professor!
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ENGW103
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Learned way more from my discussion AIs. Going to lecture almost felt useless, but the AIs took attendance. I want to think that part of the reason that I found her boring and uninteresting was because she was in a very large lecture of non English majors. I feel like she'd have something helpful in an English major class.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: W103
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Completely inconsistant and unreliable. Doesn't outline the grading system and doesn't update the gradebook. Try your hardest to take this course with a different prof.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ENG383
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great in class and out of class excercises. Very fun class. Very chill, but demanding. Lots of writing and memorizing, but it is never hard or stressful.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL357
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is a great teacher if you are looking for an easy grade and just want to learn and talk about poetry. She tends to be disorganized and confusing, though.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: W103
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Always show up for the lecture section-quizzes are based on tiny details from the text. Lectures are boring and unorganized and unhelpful. Your AI will have to get you through the class. She's flighty and loves group poetry-she'll probably want to make a recording of you. Has lots of problems with OnCourse and never follows grammar rules in email.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ENG303
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very disorganized! Very difficult to talk to during office hours.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: W303
  • 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:
An amazing poet and very inspiring. I really enjoyed her class and appreciated her guidance. She definitely goes with the flow and is not restricted by curriculum
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: POETRY
  • 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:
can be moody and unpredictable, but, hey, she's a poet. and a darned good one at that. it can't help but rub off unless you are in a coma
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: W10363
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Good Class for writers and poets. You learn a lot aboout writing; it's a good class and there's a decent amount of work. I enjoyed the class a lot; I would definitely take it again.
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