Luke Carson - University of Victoria

Professor: Luke Carson
Department: English
College: University of Victoria
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL429A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This class definitely required my full attention and participation. Dr. Carson is a great lecturer and provides great feedback if you see him in office hours.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: 431A
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Carson is not meant to be a professor. He has HUGE expectations for his students to interpret the poems the way HE DOES. He is the toughest grader that my peers and I have ever had at UVic. He continuously says our work lacks depth without any explanation. Do not take his class!!
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: 431A
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Although Luke Carson is passionate about American Poetry, he has high expectations for his students. He marks very difficult to the point where students feel helpless. He continuously says that the class is lacking more depth without further explanation. This class is difficult to excel in.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: 432A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Carson has a sense of humor, and knows the material. He encourages group discussion, although since he obviously knows this area of English, he makes sure to emphasize the poet's intent behind their poem. However, he doesn't (and I repeat doesn't) shy away from sexually graphic content, and I wish I'd known that.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: 431A
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This class is hard. This poetry is like some foreign language... prof is a cool guy though.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: 431A
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Would not recommend this prof. Poetry studied was very ambiguous and extremely hard to extract meaning from. Must attend lectures or you will not pass the pop quizzes that often times quizzed on random points that were not always directly related to material. A nice man, but I didn't feel that he cared about my viewpoint, only his.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: 431A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Hard marker. I found he did not allow for other interpretations of the material. I worked very hard for the lowest mark of the semester. I am unsure how he grades things. I wouldn't take his class again. You might as well record his lectures and parrot his words word for word.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: 431A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
came here to say some stuff but it's mostly been said. I was really disappointed with Carson.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: 431A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I've never regretted taking a class no matter how well/badly I did, until I took Carson's class. Biggest mistake of my undergrad.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL435
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
In my 2 and a half years of taking English classes, this is by far the worst I have experienced. Shoots down every original idea of a poem you have that you put in your papers. I showed up to all classes and when I didn't simply re state all the things he taught in lectures, bad mark. Such a ridiculous grading system and will never go back. Failure
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ENG435
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Carson knows his stuff, is helpful, and has exceptional insight into the course content. He will not, however, take any old crap handed in on a piece of paper, so if that's what you're used to, I'd go elsewhere. He'll give great feedback and help you with your papers. I would definitely recommend any of his courses.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL201
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
makes the material very engaging
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL201
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Great professor, and a really nice guy. A hard marker, but very willing to help you with drafts if you come by his office hours. Try hard and you'll do well.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Really strong prof, well informed and passionate about the material. Readings and authors were really well selected. Not a difficult course to pass but if you want to do well you really have to work for it. Attendance is really necessary to understanding the material.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL431A
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Carson can be a tough marker, but super fair. Always has a fantastic list of readings! He also lets you bring your coursepack with notes and readings into exams and midterms.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ENG435
  • 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:
One of my favourite professors and such a sweet man. Show up for class (it's not hard as he's pretty hilarious) and attempt to understand the material and you will do well. I have never once seen him shoot down any of his students and is VERY willing to allow anyone to completely change his mind about his perception of literature and poetry.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof. Carson is a decent professor, but his lectures can be confusing and his assignments are frustrating. He is a very harsh grader, and while he leaves thorough comments on papers, many of those can be summed up in "you should have focused on my ideas." I put a lot of work into this class, but left with the lowest grade of my term.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Not an especially compelling teacher. He wasn't very organized in his teaching and it's hard to follow because he spends a lot of time talking about background info rather then actually discussing the works.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL431A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Be prepared to work hard and closely with the texts. Carson is helpful if you bring him drafts and gives opportunities to improve your grade with simple quizzes and rewrites on papers. Idk why yall think he is arrogant; I don't get that vibe at all.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL431A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Do not take a class from Carson, you will regret it. I went on this site and thought everyone posting were just slackers but please trust me, he will lower your GPA. He has impossible standards. I re-did ALL of my essays and no improvement.
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