He grades a little tough, but is really, really interesting.

Soljan is intelligent and passionate. I strongly recommend him for literature.

IS there any focus to this class? Interesting but not focused.

Hard to understand what he wants.Very smart guy!Little work, hard lit. readings.

if you dont like to read dont take his class, but easy for SWS i guess

Discuss little Lit, but a lot about life. Very interesting and enjoyable!

Smartest guy I have ever met, I swear, I've never had a better prof

Prof knows his stuff! Lots of background material. Forces you to think!

gReAt gUy aNd tEaChER

Take him for Brit Lit and Shakespeare. Very nice guy. you will learn a lot

Very humorous, knowledgeable and interesting. Great class! Great guy!

Very smart. He knows his stuff. It takes him FOREVER to return papers

Great prof, great insight

Very human, down-to-earth and knowledgeable. Enjoyed the class!

What a nice man. Excellent professor! Ask questions about papers, he'll answer

Wonderful,great lecture voice,smart,funny,fair,HELPFUL,kind,up to date,confident

Awesome professor, one of the smartest professors I've had

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Great Prof, for the record, got every one of my papers back.

funny guy, easy class, not too much work at all!

I really liked him as a prof. knew his stuff. critiques your papers well.

A favorite. hard grader, if you get a paper back, but smart and sincere.

EASY class. didn't learn much. SUPER nice guy!

disorganized, but kind hearted and an easy 'A'

If you didn't learn anything, then you don't recognize genius and are a fool

He is a GENIUS!!! He knows EVERYTHING! It was so fun to come to class because he is SO interesting. Highly recommended! Gives great advise for your papers too--REALLY helpful. Loved him!

great guy. really know his stuff. lots of videos, but fair and kind

Great Great Great, need I say more, English dept needs more teachers like him. Great background, seems to be able to relate current events to Shakespeare.

Awesome Prof. I'd reccommend him to anyone. Also had him for ENG 220 - really enjoyed it. He really cares about students.

Really great Professor, very caring and considerate, he really cares about students, and that results in your being able to care more about the class.

Probably favorite prof ever. Brilliant, goofy, and witty. People complain about him not handing papers back on time, but he doesn't care if you hand your papers in late, so I can more than tolerate that. Lots of dull vidoes, but his talks are awesome.

Nice man. Very fascinating and funny. Sometimes difficult to decipher, but is very laidback and helpful on papers. Lots of movies.

He's a good guy, real funny and lectures are usually pretty interesting, even if they dont have anything to do with the reading. Don't expect to get your papers back tho, it took him half the semester to grade our first paper.

Brilliant guy, takes current issues and makes them relevant to the subject matter. And the videos are great. Perhaps some students need to have a more open mind to how the movies are connected to the subject rather than watch them at face value

Genious! Need I say more?

Read 7 small books for class, but only wrote 4 short papers throughout the term. Late on handing them back and watch a lot of videos. He is a fun instructor, just go class and write the papers, you'll do great! Not demanding at all.

Very smart guy and loves to talk about anything. If you visit him in his office he loves to help students. He butchers your papers, but isn't that hard of a grader

I absolutley love this man! even tho learning about shakespeare isn't my fav thing to do at 10am, i loved going to his class. so insightful, intelligent, very realistic. understands students, no pressure approach. he's a genius

He's freaking brilliant. Shows a lot of vids which will bore you, so be prepared...but when he lectures, he's astonishingly smart. He loves to help students, just ask. If you can handle lots of vids, you can handle him. He IS brilliant.

Dr. Soljan made connections between the literature and recent/current affairs and culture. This will really help me when I teach my own classes! (Be prepared for lots of videos.)

Teaches with no pressure, didn't learn a thing, too many Campbell videos

He is so great! His accent is the best and his lectures actually make you think and question what you're studying. You will not regret taking any of his courses - you'll be challenged but you'll love every minute of it!

Sometimes his movies grow old, but he's an awesome professor who cares about his students. If you do the work and participate in class, an easy A.

I don't know why people dump on this guy so much. If you want a straight up lecture class with tests, go join that. If you want interesting and funny discussions with open-ended paper topics, take Soljan.

this man deserves a smiley face. he is obviously very smart and you can get alot out of his class if you try.

This man is not only brilliant but he is a interesting as well

Professor Soljan is such a sweetie. He tris to make interseting points during lecture, rather than sitting and talking about the book the whole hour. His movies are kind of weird, but he knows his stuff and is very willing to help any one of his students.

Ivo is such a wonderful guy! Sure he may get off track and talk about life lessons rather than the text, but I think its really insightful and the students gain a lot from it. Sure he hands back papers late and comes to class late...but its easy and i look forward to the 9am class. take him!

Great guy, great teacher, brilliantly funny, and far from dull.

Brilliant! Great films and good delivery of material

What a cool proff. Had awesome, real life examples and tried to make class fun. Papers were not so bad. Real nice guy and very funny. Take this class and read the assignments and you will do fine.

Great professor, papers are fun and he knows a ton about Shakespeare. He can be late on returning papers but I have been in two of his classes and got A's on every single one, I would defenitly take him again!

Soljan has a simple format. You write essays and talk in class. Those are your grades. You will probably get one or two essays back (around midterm). He is late for class every day, and all due dates will be endlessly pushed back. He is super nice.

Genious, need I say more. This man knows his stuff, and if you are intelligent enough, you can follow his format.

He is very intelligent but does have a tendency to delay deadlines, as well as show videos.Conversational style of lecture rather than a group work based course.Participation is a MUST.His essay assignments are free from restriction and only seem to prove challenging to those who are poor writers.Reccomended if u like open format&free thought

I enjoyed this class. I thought I would have NO interest in Brit. Lit. but, with the lectures he gave and the videos he showed, I actually sparked an interest. I also liked having the class graded on papers we wrote. Awesome instructor!! Hope to have him again! Thanks for your effort, Dr. Soljan!

Things to know about Ivo: 1 Christian 2 tangents a lot 3 tardy often 4 clone of Regis 5 feels the weather in the front of his head 6 likes Coke better than Pepsi 7 lived most of his life in England 8 likes fried eggs --------------------------------------------Ivo is a great prof. I learned so much in his class and the discussions were interesting

He is the perfect professor for the free-minded student. I highly enjoyed him. No syllabus. No due dates. When he does assign an essay, he is very flexible and can push it back another week if desired. Most of the class is discussion and movies, and he likes to hear others' opinions. I loved his style so much that I signed up for another class!

He always rambels on in Shakespeare class. We spent about a month on Hamlet, but he's very intellegent and expects you to be. You go to class listen to him lecture, take notes, and write 3 papers and that's it. Very nice guy. As everyone else has said though, it'll be months before you get any of the papers you've written back.

Insanely intelligent. I could listen to him talk about literature all day. Class is usually a lecture or movie. Grade = 3 papers w/ very flexible deadlines--whenever you can get them done. Takes attendance but doesn't count it. Likes people who participate. I would recommend him for any ENG course, I've taken him for many.

He is a great prof. So much insight and intelligence- listening to him talk usually wasn't a hard thing. As everyone else has said- only three papers and most of the class is lecture or movies. I enjoyed his class.

Very intelligent, patient, and understading man. Tends to go off on tangents. If you have an open mind and like to think you'll enjoy his classes. Some of the vidoes are, well, boring but you can always take a nap. :o) Oh and he also supplies the titles to your papers.

Loved Ivo's class. He is extremely intelligent and has very interesting things to say. Sometimes he seemed to be going off into space, yet he was able to make it all come full circle. Pretty slow on getting papers back but if you use some humor and don't make the papers too stiff, you'll do fine. Definitely take Ivo for mythology.

I loved his class! He's such a great prof. I would recommend him to anyone. He's very intelligent and funny. His class isn't hard, but if you listen to what he says you learn a lot. Always ask for help and email him with any problems..he's very understandable.

Great prof. Class was pretty easy but the discussions were fun and meaningful. I learned a ton about mythology that I had not known before.

I love him. He's one of my all time favorite prof.'s. He's fascinating and he really cares about what he is teaching. Its nice to have a teacher that actually seems like he enjoys his job.

He is a very nice man with a good sense of humor and a very easy-going style of teaching (i.e., gets there late, doesn't care about due dates). He has interesting things to say, although not a lot of it is related to the texts. If you're expecting a traditional mythology class, you may get annoyed when he rags on President Bush for the 900th time.

He's a nice guy, but can be confusing. Papers never really had a due date. You had to write a letter of why you were absent. Papers were never handed back in a timely fashion. It's exam week, and I still don't have one of my papers back. Good part-our exam is a paper.

i love this man, he is an awesome prof. he's really laid back and he CAN be kinda confusing as to exactly what he wants on papers, but that just kinda leaves it open for you interpret what you want, so its cool. participate and joke around a lot in class and you'll get on his good side. i didnt even turn in my final paper and got an A in the class!

Funny and interesting lectures, really knows his stuff. Would have seen him act. Paper topics are broad, I like that, but if you need specifics he is not the guy for you. He just requires good writing-fair grader.

Lectures a lot and goes on tangents. He's a really nice guy though and cracks a lot of jokes. Unclear about papers but I got A's on them even though I had no clue what to write. Show up to class and look interested and you will do fine. Mythology was fun.

I loved this class!!! One of my favorite profs. His teaching methods are unique so he is difficult to understand @ times because he is usually just doing whatever pops in his head at times but he realizes this and is a fair grader. I learned so much about the topic and about life in general and I think taking anything by him is a MUST!

Fun teacher and he tells you exactly how to write the papers. If you go to class you'll get a good grade.

Very sweet guy. The class was pretty interesting except for the movies. They are extremely boring! (and there is one almost every class) He is pretty fair with grading papers.

Great Professor! TAKE HIS CLASS, you will learn much about Shakespeare and also have fun doing it, while learning about philosophy and life. Not the normal professor, very inspiring and caring about students

easy class. he cared about students and understood that this class was taken for university credit rather than interest in the subject. tells you exactly what he wants in his papers. overall good GenEd to take.

Great prof. He makes mythology bearable, and I had no interest at all in it before this class. Takes a while to grade papers, but tells you what he expects and is willing to help you if you need it. I would highly recommend taking this prof.

He is amazingly easy and always cheerful. We only wrote three papers all year, one was the midterm and another was the final. I would strongly suggest taking him.

He was just an amazing teacher. A lot of fun, very helpful, and very easy too. I did get a bit confused at times, but he cleared it up as long as I asked. Great guy overall and I learned a lot. : )

I looove this prof. I have taken him 3 times now and I'm taking him again next year. He's such a nice guy, and gives you just 3 papers over the semester. People who say you don't learn anything from him are retarded, just because he doesn't give you busy work doesn't mean he doesn't do his job. Amazing prof!

Anyone who dislikes this teacher is a dualistic idiot. He teaches you things that not every college prof will but should. He goes deeper than teachers who rely on rote memorization and takes teaching to a personal, more experience related level. Amazing prof, amazing man.

I dont enjoy Shakespeare but Ivo makes it easy to understand. Read the book, or read them online. Papers are easy...but HE TEARS YOUR PAPER UP. Harsh but good. I'll recommend him.

This class was super super easy. It was kind of hard to make myself go bc i didn't learn a ton, but it's always nice to have one class you can breeze through. Watched a lot of movies. Didn't read any of the stories, yet aced the class.

His opinion is very valuable. He's super helpful. Also, the first time I visited his office, he gave me a writing handbook. He has a good sense of humor, and I chose him as my adviser. If I could take every class with Soljan, I would. There are not enough great things I can say. Great personality and attitude...You NEED to take a class with Ivo!

I learned so much from this professor, and he is a sweetheart to boot.

Great man, horrible professor. Made me rethink my English major. Only reason I went to class was because he took attendance (not that it mattered anyway) and because he doesn't use blackboard so class is the only way to know what you need to do. Took 3 months to get our papers back and provided little feedback. Take someone else if possible.

Great guy, but not a great Prof. He's going to be retiring next year, so these last few ratings reflect the fact that he is obviously on his way out the door. And my rating will be for naught, as the number of students he'll have to teach dwindles...

The greatest professor I have had here. His class is different from all other courses, he might be a little unorganized but I think it's good to be out of the ordinary. We all need a little change. He teaches life lessons. Kind, smart, intelligent. Easy A if you are generally a good student.

He is incredibly interesting. He loves to tell stories and get to know you. As far as the class goes: super easy. He gave us like four papers to write with clear rubrics. He mostly just wants good grammar and such. Definitely recommend him.

I took Professor Soljan for World Lit to fulfill a Gen Ed. Really nice guy and an easy A. Lectures were boring as we read through the book every class. Only a few in class assignments and 3 papers all year. I wrote all 3 the night before and still got A's on them. As far as an SWS, this class was a breeze. I skipped class a few times too.

He may get off topic occasionally in class but very clear on what he expects. Understands students have busy lives and is there for you if you need help and will accommodate to help. I would take him again in a heartbeat

Dr. Soljan is a wonderful professor. Give great feedback on papers, doesn't give tons of homework and he genuinely cares about his students and their well being. You can tell that he has a passion for teaching and the subjects. His lectures as long, but very interesting and he's hilarious! I highly recommend him!

This class was by no means difficult. He gives three absences until grade deductions occur, but you can write a formal letter to have them adjusted baring a good reason. The lectures do drone on, but show up and act like you care and it'll benefit you. He let me turn in my paper two weeks late because I explained my situation and showed him respect

Ivo was wonderful! You can tell he truly loves what he does and has a passion for teaching. His lectures are tangents but they literally always connect, and if you pay attention you could learn a great deal about life. He is so understanding, just go talk with him about it! I bought the text book an never used it, just use google Graded by 2 papers

Super nice guy. That being said, it is SO boring. I learned basically nothing about mythology and dreaded going to class because it was so hard to sit through. Easy A, only 3 papers and no homework. Attendance isn't mandatory. Take if you want an easy way out, do NOT take if you want an engaging class.

The class is very easy, show up & get an A. There are 3 papers throughout the semester and he gives A's on all of them. He can get off track, but he has experienced many things and can add humor to anything. He is always very happy and truly cares about his students. If you want an easy class and you don't care about actually learning, take him.

He rambles, but is very knowledgeable on many, many topics. Paper topics can be confusing, but you can write anything and you'll get an A. Lectures are usually boring. I don't think anyone reads the book, you don't really need it. If you're looking for an easy class with a nice prof, this is it. Don't take this if you're interested in world myth.