Ralph Burns - University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Professor: Ralph Burns
Department: English
College: University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL3319
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I took Ralph's Poetry I & Poetry II classes, as well as his Form and Theory Class. He is a great professor! Just don't write lovey-dovey, Hallmarky, rhymey (sic) poems about your girlfriend/boyfriend, etc.; give the characters texture; use the 5 senses; help the reader of your work to see,hear, smell, taste & touch. Ex: write Grand Canyon, not park
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL2222
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He loves literary poetry. He makes it clear if you want to write boring, Hallmark poetry, that this class is not for you. He is helpful and goes out of the way for students who are clearly working. This is a serious class, by a serious poet for serious poetry. If you want to get a MFA take this class, if you don't, don't waste everyone else's time.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL3319
  • 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:
Ralph teaches online and doesn?t tell you what he wants. He unclear in his syllabus and is a trickster that will give you a bad grade based on his emotions. He will give no slack, especially if he is dead wrong. Don't take this professor under any circumstances!
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL900
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great class to take if you are into writing weird freaky poetry, but if you are into simple, clean, wholesome poetry, then you will not do well in this class.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL4399
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
i've taken Intro to Creative Writing, Poetry Writing I & II, and Poetry Form & Theory from "The Burns" and will sorely miss taking a class of his next semester. If you learn nothing from him, it's your fault. His criticism is biting (because it's true) and he has no patience for the lazy. If you half-ass it, he'll call you out. Love him.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL3319
  • 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:
He is not helpful in the slightest. The comments and critiques he did make were repetitious and vague. I heard that he cared about his students, but I found the opposite to be true. Not only did he not care, but he was just plain rude. I have had MUCH better writing instructors at Ualr. He doesn't even compare.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: INTROCW
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
A very open professor. If you have any qualms about the course, TALK TO HIM. He is very helpful and encouraging, a side of him that sometimes gets lost in the limitations of an online course.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ENGLCW
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I learned more about poetry from Ralph (03/04) than any other instructor I've ever had. But now that he's moved out of state, UALR only has one poetry class, and it's exclusively online. I find this surprising, especially coming from someone who believed so deeply in face-to-face learning settings. The ULAR English Dept. is in need of new blood.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL3319
  • 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:
He never even taught anything about poetry, granted this is an online class.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL2336
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I took this class because I really enjoyed the subject, creative writing. However, midway through the semester I withdraw because Professor Burns was not clear about what the assignments were and didnt even give a guideline or idea of what he wanted. Professor also did not actively participate in online discussion.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL3319
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I didn't know much about poetry prior to taking the class. Surprise! I still don't. I didn't feel like he really helped anything. From his comments, he likes a very specific genre. I got good comments when I wrote in that vein. Poor comments otherwise. I've heard he's better in person. Not online.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL2500
  • 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:
This man is a goof and will kill any passion you might have for poetry.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL3319
  • 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:
Dedicated, intelligent, fair-minded. UALR is lucky to have him. BTW, I know the student who wrote the entry before mine -- he never came to class!!!
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: POETRYWRITING
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This (my 4th) writing workshop was an total waste. Ralph's style of teaching is purely rude and lazy. His commitment is not to the develoment of a student's style, but rather a very limited view of contemporary realist poetry, dismissing a lot of student work completely. . Take him if you have to; it's a shame there is not more writing facutly.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: POETRY12
  • 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:
I've learned more from Ralph than anyone else on this planet. What I've learned, well, I still haven't quite figured that one...
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ONLINEPOETRY
  • 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:
Professor Burns is the best teacher I've ever had and really cares about students who do the work and follow course requirements. His enthusiasm toward teaching is contagious, and his reactions to writing is always honest and genuine. If you want to learn, take his course; you won't reget it.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: POETRY
  • 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:
His mercurial temperament is damaging, and I'm really not sure what I learned from him, other than how not to treat people. I actually saw people cry after class (and I can say this, because it wasn't me; he actually liked my work) A bad memory
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ENG3399
  • 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:
He is the best teacher I have ever had.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ENG
  • 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
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