David Yerkes - Columbia University

Professor: David Yerkes
Department: English
College: Columbia University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1002
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Yerkes is not everyone's cup o' tea... but he s got a keen intellect and his main purpose is to make you THINK! If you think you can drift, lazily, through his class you would be wrong. The man has been doing this for almost 40 years and knows his stuff! Is he a hard grader? Not particularly, but this is not an "easy A". I enjoy him, YMMV!
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: HISTENGL
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Quit caring quite a while ago, he's got the tenure & has checked out. I had him for Hist. of American Lang. which was an awful course. He basically adopts Pinker's ideas as his own & ridicules the "lesser" Bryson. It would be one thing if Yerkes devoted himself to research (he hasn't--he's been harping on the OED for the last 10 yrs--no book yet).
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL001
  • 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:
AVOID AT ALL COSTS. History of English Language is a complete joke. He didn't even have a syllabus. Nasty & grades erratically.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: HISTENGLANG
  • 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:
worst teacher EVER
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: HISTLANG
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ANGLOSAXON
  • 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:
His class is well and humorously taught. Yerkes has little time for students without interest looking for a gut course, but his knowledge pays off if you pay attention. His Hist. of the Eng. Lang class also made passing the Univ. of Oxford M.Phil qualifying exam in Philology a breeze, by the way.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: FORMINPOETRY
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: HISTLANG
  • 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:
Great prof. Quirky as heck, but a keen intellectual who teaches through ancedotes. Stay focused, relax, and you'll learn a lot.
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