Joshua Buursma | PlanetTerp

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Joshua Buursma ENGL393 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/13/2024	Chill professor and reasonable grading. This class feels like mostly busy work, but he will give a good grade if you put it a small but reasonable amount of effort into the assignments
Joshua Buursma ENGL393 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/28/2023	This professor is extremely reasonable. The professor consistently extended deadlines when needed. He wants to give you a good grade. The class is an easy A, but it's a lot of work. There are 2-3 completion based assignments per week, and if you complete them then you will get an A no matter what. There was no final exam or final project, but there were 4 major assignments which required a bit more work. But, the professor makes it very clear what you need to have in major assignments to get 100% on them. None of them took longer than 5-6 hours (and you could probably knock them out in 2-3 if you really needed to). All this being said, I didn't learn much in this class, though it was withing my power to learn something from this class if I put more time into it. Take ENGL393 with Buursma if you don't want to worry about your grade for ENGL393; I absolutely would recommend him.
Joshua Buursma ENGL393 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/24/2023	Generous grader. His feedback helped correct the drafts before turning them in. As long as you put the effort into your assignments, you will get what you want.
Joshua Buursma ENGL393 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/23/2023	Concurring with everyone else here: while the coursework isn't hard or novel, the class is well managed: quick email response time, has good and easily understood feedback, was lenient with extensions, and ultimately made the required work for the course way more manageable. Lots of small but free assignments that are always 100%, and the large assignments are graded very nicely (average of about 92-95% for all major assignments), making this a very easy course.
Joshua Buursma ENGL393 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/02/2023	Very laid-back professor. Buursma is quick to respond to emails and gives concise feedback on assignments. He was super understanding with his students and would give extensions on assignments as needed. Any issues you have will be with the class content and not Buursma. The class is pretty dry and there isn't much new information, I strongly recommend you take it online if possible. Regardless, Buursma is a solid choice, totally recomend.
Joshua Buursma ENGL393 Expecting an A Anonymous 07/20/2023	I agree with the other review saying that a lot of the class seems to be commonalities which can make the content a bit dry at points but it is still a doable A. However, as a professor he is very laid back, he responds quickly to emails, he is very understanding of student's personal issues and will accommodate your needs. Very much recommend
Joshua Buursma ENGL393 Anonymous 06/27/2023	He is a great instructor who is also extremely understanding.
Joshua Buursma ENGL393 Expecting an A Anonymous 06/10/2020	A lot of the class seems to be commonalities you probably have already picked up or learned in the past - not a reflection on him though so much as the course. He is very laid back, somewhat dry of a lecturer but grades very fairly and cares about the well-being of students. He accounts for personal life problems and will accommodate you as necessary. He will also review any piece of writing you send to him if you do so before the due date (and if he has time that is) so there really is no reason you shouldn't get a good grade in this class. For the big group project (proposal) he lets you select whatever RFP you want, so pick something you like to write about and are interested in and it will feel less taxing.
Joshua Buursma ENGL393 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/13/2017	He is a great laid back teacher. The once a week 6:30 to 9:15 PM class was sometimes dry, but not too terrible. There are extra credit opportunities at the end of the semester as well. There is no reason you shouldn't be able to get an A in this class with ~2 hours of work per week.

Joshua Buursma
ENGL393

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/13/2024

Chill professor and reasonable grading. This class feels like mostly busy work, but he will give a good grade if you put it a small but reasonable amount of effort into the assignments

Joshua Buursma
ENGL393

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/28/2023

This professor is extremely reasonable. The professor consistently extended deadlines when needed. He wants to give you a good grade. The class is an easy A, but it's a lot of work. There are 2-3 completion based assignments per week, and if you complete them then you will get an A no matter what. There was no final exam or final project, but there were 4 major assignments which required a bit more work. But, the professor makes it very clear what you need to have in major assignments to get 100% on them. None of them took longer than 5-6 hours (and you could probably knock them out in 2-3 if you really needed to). All this being said, I didn't learn much in this class, though it was withing my power to learn something from this class if I put more time into it. Take ENGL393 with Buursma if you don't want to worry about your grade for ENGL393; I absolutely would recommend him.

Joshua Buursma
ENGL393

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/24/2023

Generous grader. His feedback helped correct the drafts before turning them in. As long as you put the effort into your assignments, you will get what you want.

Joshua Buursma
ENGL393

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/23/2023

Concurring with everyone else here: while the coursework isn't hard or novel, the class is well managed: quick email response time, has good and easily understood feedback, was lenient with extensions, and ultimately made the required work for the course way more manageable. Lots of small but free assignments that are always 100%, and the large assignments are graded very nicely (average of about 92-95% for all major assignments), making this a very easy course.

Joshua Buursma
ENGL393

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/02/2023

Very laid-back professor. Buursma is quick to respond to emails and gives concise feedback on assignments. He was super understanding with his students and would give extensions on assignments as needed. Any issues you have will be with the class content and not Buursma. The class is pretty dry and there isn't much new information, I strongly recommend you take it online if possible. Regardless, Buursma is a solid choice, totally recomend.

Joshua Buursma
ENGL393

Expecting an A
Anonymous
07/20/2023

I agree with the other review saying that a lot of the class seems to be commonalities which can make the content a bit dry at points but it is still a doable A. However, as a professor he is very laid back, he responds quickly to emails, he is very understanding of student's personal issues and will accommodate your needs. Very much recommend

Joshua Buursma
ENGL393

Anonymous
06/27/2023

He is a great instructor who is also extremely understanding.

Joshua Buursma
ENGL393

Expecting an A
Anonymous
06/10/2020

A lot of the class seems to be commonalities you probably have already picked up or learned in the past - not a reflection on him though so much as the course. He is very laid back, somewhat dry of a lecturer but grades very fairly and cares about the well-being of students. He accounts for personal life problems and will accommodate you as necessary. He will also review any piece of writing you send to him if you do so before the due date (and if he has time that is) so there really is no reason you shouldn't get a good grade in this class. For the big group project (proposal) he lets you select whatever RFP you want, so pick something you like to write about and are interested in and it will feel less taxing.

Joshua Buursma
ENGL393

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/13/2017

He is a great laid back teacher. The once a week 6:30 to 9:15 PM class was sometimes dry, but not too terrible. There are extra credit opportunities at the end of the semester as well. There is no reason you shouldn't be able to get an A in this class with ~2 hours of work per week.