Reviews of professor Brian Cook

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
3 papers throughout the semester - 1 is class related, 2 and 3 are longer and your own research-based. He is a harsh grader. Wants to see the best out of your writing. Lectures a lot, but end of semester you get in-class time to work on the handful of projects and papers you are given.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Cook provides clear expectations and is available to answer questions. He expects you to attend every class and contribute to a scholarly discussion. There is also a coding project that is surprisingly easy and interesting. I recommend going to every class and using the Miller Writing Center if needed. Overall I had a good experience.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had a good exp with Dr. Cook! Make sure to understand the prompt, look into your peer review and if you are unsure, just ask him about your assignment. Your grades are all based on essays and self-reflection which is why it's important to know what you're writing about. Overall pretty okay professor, just participate and care about your grade.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Cook is a good professor and actually cares about you learning and doing well. He does expect you to do the readings and show up to class, so if that's not your thing, then you won't do well. This class was very easy if you show up to class and do the assignments the way he tells you to do them.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prompts were always very confusing for essays. Got 100s on every essay, but the tests were insanely hard and only over interpreting and identifying the texts.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Seems super rough on the outside, but in his emails, he's such a nice guy. You can tell he really cares about students. Willing to read your papers before deadline to make sure you get a good grade. Try to participate in lectures-he learns names.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Cook was overall a great teacher. He does require a lot of writing and lots of reflections after each paper- but with that came the opportunity to "grade yourself" in which you told him what grade you think you deserve and why. He will then give you that exact grade if he feels like you deserve it.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Don't take this professor unless you have to. He was really impolite and said things in our class that have no place in a university classroom. It was evident to me that he had no concern for his students. He was an easy grader though so if thats all you care about it then you will be fine but I just did not enjoy his rude personality.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I liked Dr. Cook because he shows a clear appreciation for his students' success and writing. I don't have much to say, but if you try in his class, he'll see that and your grade will be good.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
DO NOT TAKE Dr. Cook unless you just want to be ticked off all semester at the fact that "Your Final Grade cannot be higher than the average grade (weighted) of all exams, regardless of grades on other assignments." Excuse me? Really? Get a different job.