Reviews of professor Matthew Brown

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The only qualm I had with Dr. Brown is that he is impossible to get a hold of. He never replies to emails and doesn't know how to use Canvas properly. Grades don't get put in until the end of the semester, and he also does not give any type of study guide or test review. You're lucky if he tells you what the test will cover.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took Dr. Brown for mythology. Midterm, final, a paper and weekly discussion boards. He gives okay feedback but he takes a bit with grading. There's no textbook but I had to get 2 books that were mandatory readings for the class (for the discussions). He provides the other 2. Overall, an easy class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very late in posting grades, weekly modules, tests, etc. Our final was supposed to be on a Tuesday and he did not post the test until 3pm. He did extend the deadline by one day, but everyone was planning to take it on Tuesday as stated in the syllabus. He also would post the weekly modules late but not extend the deadline for homework.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Discussions boards for pretty much every week. He cares about his students, will respond to emails.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Late on grading. Will respond to emails. Pretty straightforward.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Be prepared to teach yourself Linguistics! Dr. Brown posts YouTube videos in Canvas that he recorded over a year ago and writes discussion boards telling you what to do that week (posted late multiple times), but other than that you will not hear from him. He is very last minute in everything: grading, announcing exams, and responding to questions.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is a nice man who is unrealistic about what can be accomplished in a given period of time. Midterm and Final were both a series of handwritten mini-papers. I don't know if he's intentionally dragging out lectures. Class has been out for 5 days and still no grades. Took him for Linguistics, too. Same problems just more graded assignments.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Matthew Brown is a bad teacher. He has weekly pop quizzes that are short, but require easily forgettable tidbits, and tells the answers after. He often takes multiple months to grade papers. He goes on long rants about Vogler and Campbell's theory that, "all stories are the same", and uses poor logic to prove his point.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Linguistics with Dr. Brown Fall 2020. We had a couple papers but were mostly graded by our tests. He had "practice" quizzes before the tests which would let us know what material to study for the actual test and help us focus on our weak spots. His lectures were great and you could always easily reach him by email! He takes awhile to grade.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Funny lectures and both him and his TA are accessible. Interesting material and a few extra credit opportunities are offered which is great. Most of the information you need to know is on the lecture slides and they're posted on Canvas so it can be hard to go to class since attendance isn't mandatory.