Kevin Binfield - Murray State University

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Kevin Binfield - Murray State University

Professor: Kevin Binfield

Department: Humanities

College: Murray State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: HON251
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Binfield was great! Because of COVID, our class was entirely through Zoom. He assigned reading for HW each night and he talked in class. There weren't many assignments, a few discussion boards are all. The final was a big dialogue paper. The only thing is he doesn't put any grades in until the end of the semester, so you don't know your grade.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: HON251
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. B is a super cool guy. He cares about what he teaches and also makes class really fun. Purely grades on discussions and one paper and is not the best about putting grades in but overall is a good professor. Would recommend taking him for Hon 251.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: HON251
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Binfield is a very kind and genuine man. However, he is not a good professor. Attending his class was often a waste of time, as he would ramble about everything besides our reading for an hour. I did not get much from taking his class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: HON251
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Binfield is a very caring professor. The class is relatively easy if you do the readings, show up to class, and participate in discussions. Attendance is not mandatory but he gives random reading quizzes. He has a tendency to get off-track easily, but the lectures are always very interesting. This is a great Honors seminar.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: HON251
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Binfield is pretty sarcastic so if you don't like that then you probably won't like him. Once I learned how to take him and his teaching style, he has become one of my favorite professors. He is always open to discussion and input, and is always encouraging when you enter discussion. Participation makes class a lot more enjoyable.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: HON212
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Binfield assigns a lot of reading and you will spend most of class discussing it. He does go off on tangents often, but they're interesting/funny to listen to. He cracks jokes a lot too, but they went over most of our heads. He's strict on his no technology policy; he WILL ask you to leave class if he sees a phone or laptop out during lecture.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: HON251
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I had him For Honors Literature and Philosophy 1, LOVED IT, as long as you showed up to class and actively discussed the readings you would pass (we often would have several side conversations that had nothing to do with the reading but ultimately had a point). Very few quizzes, minimal writing assignments. Very fun class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: ENG150
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is very spastic and does not stay on track. You won't learn anything in that class and it's an honors class. It's a waste of your time and money. If you want to talk about a zombie apocalypse or other random things then maybe this is the class for you. If you want to learn how to write papers and get good feedback, don't take this class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: 600
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Loved his classes! I take as many classes with him as I can. He makes everything interesting and nothing is tedious.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: ENG470
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He thinks he knows everything but he has no clue what he is talking about. Plus he is unfair grader. Not a good teacher

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: ENG105
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took him for English 105, in high school I always made A's on my papers, in his class he only took 4 grades, they were all papers, so if you're not good at writing papers DO NOT take this class.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: MCG280
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Took both his Humanities and Gender Studies classes...loved them. He is very personable and likes feedback from the class. Hilarious guy who respects those who attend his class...and they get rewarded for it later...through the final grade.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: ENG470
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:

I had him for Lit Crit and he was terrible. Rambled and didn't teach anything useful to the course. Judgmental of students. He made 1 paper out whole grade and didn't explain it or help students when they asked for it. DONT'T take him unless you absolutely have to!

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: HUM211
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Binfield is completely out of touch with reality. Ended up withdrawing from summer class. Students are paying to take this class, and he ran off to Eurpoe for a week, and failed to tell us this at the beinging of the class. Does not give you feedback on how you are doing in the course, and left all tests/papers to the last week of class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: HUM211
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr. Binfield was awesome, but took a little while to get used to. He's a little scattered-but in an organized way. He's kind of liberal, so if you don't like that I would stay away. I got an A, and thought the tests were easy-but there's only 2 tests, 1 paper and the final, so not much recovery room if you bomb one.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: HUM211
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Not really what I expected out of a HUM teacher. He was very enthusiastic about class and always had interesting topics to discuss. He made you think outside your box; however, he was a little difficult (espcially with his test and final exam). The final exam was worth a HUGE portion of the grade which made it very stressful for students.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: ENG101
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He was very interestin and would talk about whatever came to his mind. he didn't explain papers well and graded them extrememly hard. i wouldn't recomend him at all unless you are planning on doing something with writing.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: ENG101
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I don't like him at all. The whole cell phone policy is ridiculous. So is the whole internet sources thing. He's really picky about every little detail of class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: ENGLISH102
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:

i thought that he was hard on my first two papers which had low grades but i followed all of his suggestion on the last papers and got a great grade. i really learned a lot.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: ENG102
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:

The class was really good and the professor was hard but fair. I wished I had him for 101.

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