James Musgrave

ENGLISH120 · ENGL120 · ENG110 · ENGLISH124 · ENG124 · ENGLISH · ENGL110 · ENG110ONLINE · ENG121 · ENGL124 · ENGLI110 · ENG120 · 66 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 22/100
RMP rating: 2.1/5
Take again: —
Difficulty: 3.7

The decision

Avoid if you can; most students report confusion, heavy pointless writing, and unfair grades.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnclear instructionsForces own bookHarsh essay graderDisorganizedEgo-driven classroom

and constantly changing.
Heavy essay load often tied to his own published stories with .
A large .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even students who earned an A describe grinding through 20-plus unclear essays with frequent C and D marks.

All ; no official online-format reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Content itself is less the , and mock-trial style work that many found arbitrary.

All .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

, so flexibility cannot be confirmed from comments.

All .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

The dominant message is do not take him, with only a small minority defending the rigor.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Students report low grades despite outside help, perfect effort, or prior English success, and call .

Format shift

All .

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Common reports include two-plus essays a and research tied to his own stories.

Format shift

All .

Teaching experience

Awful

24/100

Most describe disorganized , and a self-focused classroom culture.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Grades hinge on frequent essays, responses to his stories, group submissions, and occasional mock trials rather than conventional exams.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person and platform-based English sections are widely described as own book, and harsh paper grades.

Main concern

Unclear, shifting assignment rules and .

What students said

“I would first like to mention that this is the life.”
ENG120

“ , and a horrid teacher.”
ENGL120

“If your looking for an easy A, !! Although I did get an A in his class, I had to work my butt off!!.”
ENG110

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

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Assessment is mostly papers and projects; rare final comments mention definition recitation or mock trials, with .

Essay-heavy assessmentMock trialsMemory definition finalUnclear instructions

Assessment risk

Varies

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and occasional mock trials or definition finals more than standardized proctored exams.

Essay-heavyMock trialsDefinition final

“The mock trials pretty much sum up the entire semester, the from memory.”
ENGLISH124

“ he gave us a week before.”
ENG124

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“I would first like to mention that this is the life.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person , and avoidance. Credibility rating: High.

⚠️ Teaching Quality

24/100

“ , and a horrid teacher.”

🚫 Recommendation

18/100

“ if you do, get out.”

📚 Forced Own Book

20/100

“He makes you buy HIS book he wrote on amazon and then write pointless papers about it & then gives you a bad grade.”

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22/100

“I began taking my essays (which there are over 20) to an outside professional source and would still recieve c's and d's.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

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, and change throughout the week.
He does not explain anything, makes you read a book he wrote.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

I cant remember not being stressed out about having to write 2+ essays a week and getting only Cs on them.
Although I did get an A in his class, I had to work my butt off!!.
Misspelled one word and got a C on the paper.

Theme 3

💔 About Character & Fit

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YOU WILL LOOSE INTEREST RIGHT AWAY. BORING!
Professor is unhelpful and Moodle is user unfriendly.

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews spanning many years show strong consistency on confusion, workload, and low recommendation.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58

4 out of 54

3 out of 59

2 out of 516

1 out of 529

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

No reported values

B range

B+ 1 · B- 1

C range

No reported values

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

No reported values

James Musgrave

Avoid if you can; most students report confusion, heavy pointless writing, and unfair grades.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Varies

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

⚠️ Teaching Quality

🚫 Recommendation

📚 Forced Own Book

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👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

💔 About Character & Fit

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

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