Reviews of professor Maxwell Dickeson

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He respects all the students, and give students opportunities to meet with him outside the class. A lot of reading and writing. If you put efforts on this course, you will at least get a B.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This guy seems to think students have all the time in the world to dedicate to his class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Max is a very good English teacher. His lectures tend to be wordy and long, but he will give you all of the resources necessary to succeed in the class. He gives lots of feedback on written assignments and is clear about his expectations for each assignment. Max obviously cares very much about his students (accessible outside of class, extensions)

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is a nice guy and is always very prepared for lecture but is a very hard marker and his comments on essays are vague and don't make sense.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Max has been one of the best professors I have had at UofA. He is caring and truly wants his students to succeed. This class does have quite a few writing assignments but they are all reasonable and he provides clear rubrics and useful feedback. As long as you stay on top of the reading and pay attention to the rubric you will do well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Awesome prof, gives lots of extensions and support. He'll spend extra time if the class is having a good discussion. He keeps class interesting. His notes are clear and well-written.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Awesome prof, gives lots of extensions and support.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Max is an incredible professor. He is very understanding and all of his assignments are easy and helpful. His feedback is really clear. He is super easy to reach and gets back to you fairly quickly. I really enjoyed his class -- he definitely loves what he does and cares for all of his students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Maxwell is incredible. He explains the content in such an eloquent way and sophisticated way. It's clear that he knows exactly what he's talking about, and genuinely loves English. He's so helpful in office hours, and so nice and caring and funny. Not only a phenomenal prof, but a genuine person.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Max is a great guy, and wants his students to succeed but is a tough grader. If I hadn't taken English 103 I would've been very lost in terms of what his expectations are for essay assignments.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's very attentive and tries to help. Do not be afraid to ask for help, or speak in his class. He's also very chill and the genre that he centers his class around is fun. For example, in class we discussed the genre fantasy fiction.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class was not the easiest but an average English class nonetheless. There was a paper to write every few weeks and were graded quite harshly, yet this class was still relatively easy. It was also very discussion heavy and your participation matters! The final was open book take-home final.