Reviews of professor Phillip Hurst

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Makes you buy four books that you hardly use. You have readings as homework every night and have discussions on it each class. You also have pop quizzes on the readings. The prof is obsessed with travel. He's a nice person but classes are a bit all over the place and he has very strict grading. He's tough but not that tough if I was able to pass.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Hurst is a very talented and good instructor. He gives back constructive feedback and challenges his students so that they can rise up and become better at their writing. Would definitely recommend for a good Writing Instructor!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Hurst is a good instructor, though he may ask the class to share their work out loud on the spot(when no one offers to volunteer), and asks on how to structure and craft an academic writing piece, he wants everyone to be prepared, and advance in their writing skills while continuing on throughout college.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
While there is a lot of reading you can get away with skimming it. Prof. Hurst is a tough grader but if you ask for help and listen to feedback he gives you, you can easily get that A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Felt like he was forcing us all to be woke and find deeper meaning in our (copious amounts of) uninteresting reading, and relate it even deeper to our (copious amounts of) writing. Very strict, almost comes off as power hungry; if you ask a question he'll lead the answer with, "well you need to read the prompt but..."

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Hurst is a nice guy but an awful teacher. I felt like I was back in high school with his strict rules and being treated like a child. His grading was very hard and confusing, I was very disappointed with his class and I had a hard time understand all of his direction and criticism. Dont take his class unless you are ready to read A lot

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He teaches the reading the next day and maybe a pop quiz too. He's simple and clear, he gives a schedule of how the whole term is with the reading and the essays. Hurst assigns 3 evenly spaced essays, and all are simple and he gives clear criteria on what he wants from the writing. He gives really good feedback and gives a few extra credits!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is more of a reading class than a writing class. This was not a class that improves your writing skills. He doesn't give you feedback on how to improve your writing, just the research you do on traveling. I felt like I was back in high school with the strict rules, if he sees a phone or laptop he freaks out. Two words... GOOD LUCK!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hurst lacks any teaching skills. I havent had a worse writing teacher since I was a sophomore in high school. Its clear that he doesnt want to be there and he interacts with his students even though his classes arent that big. His excessive readings for a writing class give him an excuse not to teach any writing techniques. Wouldnt suggest him