Reviews of professor Dan Novak

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Novak is quite possibly the worst English professor I've ever had. Not only does he "correct" student analysis when it differs from his opinion, he also dictates paper format because he likes epigraphs and believes that no one can switch back and forth between two works and write a decent paper. He lacks creativity and depth. Don't take him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you want to leave a class and feel stupidly confused and unsatisfied, then Dan Novak is your man. The amount of reading material is ridiculous for the amount of time we have to discuss or properly digest it. You blink and BAM, another 40 page pdf to read. nice guy, funny even. But a terrible professor who communicates poorly with the class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Novak is a good person, but he would get off topic sometimes or take longer on a topic, and this make the class behind of his predetermined schedule. Many times he had to correct and fix our readings for each week, and so we ended up being "behind"

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
So. Much. Reading. Like 200+ pages a week. I enjoyed the some of the texts we read, but he assigned way more than we could feasibly process and discuss in class. Also, paper grading is very dependent on whether or not he agrees with you.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Novak was super cool and I enjoyed his class. Attendance isn't mandatory and his lectures are pretty easy to follow. There is a lot of reading but he explains most of it in his lectures. I loved my TA and the discussion sections were interesting. There are two tests and two papers but it really isn't that bad.