4.6
Quality2.0
Difficulty79%
Would Retake99
Reviews79%
Would Retake
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What Students Say
“Easy to get a hold of, great feedback”
ENGL102 - 5.0 rating“He's basically the Rachael Ray of the English Department: informative, fun, and kind of cute”
ENGL117 - 5.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
54%
Textbook Required
42%
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102
5.0
(3)ENGLISH
5.0
(2)HOTT
5.0
(1)ENGL101
5.0
(4)ENG101102
5.0
(6)Difficulty by Course
ENGL402
4.0
ENG
3.0
ENGLISH103
3.0
ENGL103
3.0
INTROFICT
3.0
Reviews (97)
one of the best profs ive had
What a great guy!!!
Hes a good man.
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Bartone is GOOD LOOKING, and a GREAT PROF!
HE IS THE HOTTEST PROF HERE!!! TAKE HIM!@
hard professor, unclear
awesome guy
Great class. Feels it is important to help students improve writing skills while not over burding them with papers. He really helped me to improved my writing style.
The best professor I'll probably ever have. Brilliant writer, brilliant teacher, what a nice guy. I'm a better writer thanks to him.
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The most helpful writing teacher I've ever had. And also the best looking.
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He's a great prof. He really helped me to find my writing style. Good sense of humor too...reallt makes you a better writer overall...if you can, take him!
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I had him for both 101 and 102. I think he is my favorite prof. thus far. He is such an amazing writer, and he will help you to become one as well. Take him, he is awesome! :)
very good class, assignments are limited and he is very fair at grading them
Man alive! This guy is hot hot hot!
Nice man who really knows his stuff. Farley easy except he requires an annotated bibliography unlike any other prof here.
Professor Bartone is the best professor I have ever had at edinboro. He takes the time to help you, and he really wants you to become a good writer. He himself is a wonderful author. Take him if you can, you will love him!
He is very helpful with assignments. Bonus: He is hot!!!
He is awesome. If you do the work it is easy. He is fun and very helpful. He is pretty funny. Easygoing. He likes you excel and does his best to help you. GREAT GUY!
He is a great professor. And he's super hot too!!
keep on teaching
Class act! Jeff if your reading this "Heres a Cold one for ya"
You will learn so much from Jeff. He's a great teacher and the most interesting person I've ever met! Very nurturing and FUN!
Ahhh! Not only is he a great teacher, he's hot too! Nothing like eye-candy to keep a girl focused in the classroom!
Jeffrey is the sexiest professor I have met. If I wouldn't have been engaged I would have jumped in with both feet. He is an excellent professor and you learn alot. He is not arrogant and very helpful. If you are reading this I had you 2 semesters ago.
He is so awesome.The best proff at Edinboro.I loved going to his class.He is freakin sexy as all hell too!
He's a really good teacher and doesnt give out grades for free he wants you to work to your full potential! He's a published author and knows what he's talking about...we once went outside and had class and once wrote about what we saw...Good looking guy2
he is a good teacher
I tranfered from Edinboro 3 years ago but I still remember Jeff!! He was awesome!!!!
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Good Teacher, loves to make you think on your own. Does not make the class hard at all. Not too much corse work, only a couple essays. Easy!
Jeff was very enthusiastic and fair even if you don't like writing. He is open to everyones opinions and doesn't put you down for what you write. I enjoyed the class.
layed back style and very easy-going
Jeff is a very helpful professor. He encourages you to think on your own and lets you write about anything. He is very nice and there aren't a lot of assignments for this class.
He is verry helpful. He does not give you very many assignments.
He is an awesome teacher..very laid back..I mean geeze he lets ya call him Jeff! Whats even better is that he is very outgoing and hott so he always has your attention. i would def. recommend taking him if you can.
Quite possibly the best writing instructor ever.
he's awesome!!
he's obsessed with sasquach (as am i). i encorporated sasquach into every piece i did, and got an A+ for the semester
Great professor! He is so attractive. Had him 3 years ago and still remember him. Awesome! Highly recommended.
Mr. Bartone is a wonderful English professor. He is laid-back, understanding, and makes writing fun. I always look forward to going to his classes. His class definetly helped improve my writing. If there were more professors like him, college would be so much better!!!!
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I made a point to take him for 102 because I enjoyed him so much in 101... of all the English teachers I ever had, Jeff was the only one who got my style of writing! Highly recommended!!!
he enjoys teaching and tries to help
I think he's amazing...he grabs my attention and makes me wanna do my homework. I enjoy having him at 8 in the morning. He makes me look forward to the rest of the day. I recommend him all the way!!!
ONE WORD....AMAZING!!!!!!
Very excellent style of teaching and a very unique approach to developing a relationship with his students. He is a very entertaining and informative teacher, and provides a very intellectually stimulating class that is also enjoyable and productive. I highly recommend him.
Super teacher. Before coming to Edinboro i hated the thought of taking a college level english class. Now that i am here Jeff's class is one of my favorites. He is friendly and is very helpful on essays and homework. Very understanding and will help you with issues even if they have nothing to do with his class.
I hated writting before I took his class. Jeff is more of an artist with his approach to English.
great teacher and is awlays there if you need help.
I would recommend any of his classes to anyone! With Jeff teaching you cannot go wrong. He is the most helpful person I have ever met and goes above and beyond the duty of a professor. I really believe this man would give up his left foot if it would only help you. Take his classes if you can! ^^
Amazing teacher, great approach. He makes you want to come to class. I reccommend the class and Dr. Bartone 100%
very good teacher! So upset he had to leave and we're stuck with the teacher from hell...WE WANT BARTONE BACK!
Bartone is a very nice teacher, that makes you actually want to learn and try. Not a hard grader, as long as you put in effort and get things in on time. Very reasonable expectations. I would take him again!
He is very helpful and really knows what he's talking about...I'm taking him for 102 next sememster. He helped me find my writing style and never shuts you down if you screw up...he's a great guy...definetely take him if you can!!
Bartone is an excellent professor. I would recommend taking him for any class. He cares about his students and is willing to help them. He doesn't normally test you on anything, and his assignments aren't hard. He will expect you to try your best, and if you do, you will get an A easily in his class.
Jeff Bartone is my favorite professor at Edinboro. Such a nice guy and he really cares. He doesn't waste your time, and you really get a lot out of his class. You can tell he likes teaching and that is something that makes me want to go to class. Especially his. Take his classes!
Dr. Bartone has a passion and energy for writing and teaching that makes his class enjoyable. Any "easy" rating for his class is due to the fact that he is clear, helpful, and a great professor who will make you want to learn and to write well. He WILL make you a better writer and you WILL enjoy his energy and his class.
Dr. Bartone is by far the best professor in the English Department. He is fair and understanding to all of your needs. Completely open to let you write about your own topics, and very helpful and a very INVOLVED professor. Take all of his classes
Dr. Bartone is a very good teacher. He insists you call him Jeff, he doesn't like professor or doctor. He let us take our own directions in our essays and didn't waste time in class lecturing about things that aren't interesting or relevant to you. I'd take him again if I had to take another english!
Bartone = AMAZING. I highly recommend his classes for all the reasons above. Excellent.
Dr Bartone is the best professor at Edinboro! He lets you write whatever you want and is extremely helpful!! Take this guy, he will make you a better writer!
Guys, Jeff is awesome, he is a really nice guy and he loves to help people. If i ever had to take another english class i would most def take it with him, easy, nice, and very clear. TAKE HIM IF YOU CAN, his classes fill very quickly
He's basically the Rachael Ray of the English Department: informative, fun, and kind of cute. His classes are a joy to attend and he even makes homework fun (who even knew that was possible?). However, he does tend to digress from the topic at hand and has changed assignments on a whim--but with his looks and his personality, who cares?
There is more to writing than publication. Why this guy fails to realize this, I'm not sure.
I give him an A+! Great Class Prof1
I loved Mr. Bartone's class. I had him for Intro to Fiction, a class I was not looking forward to before meeting the professor. Mr. Bartone is friendly, helpful and interesting. His class was never boring and it was a 3 hr. class on Saturdays! One of the best for sure!!
If you are a good writer, you will enjoy the liberties Bartone gives you in his 103 class. If you have terrible grammar or a boring style, he will crush your grade like a small bug. He likes to hold small assignments hostage, and has a required journal that he supposedly collects but hasn't done once so far. Fair warning: the movie essay is awful.
Great teacher. Allows a lot of freedom on all the essays. You get what you put into it; if you put effort into your writing you'll get a good grade. If you do the bare minimum, I suggest you take another teacher or English 101 instead. The journal is sort of annoying, but he does collect it at the end.
Dr. Bartone is great! You can tell this is a man who loves his work! He's always willing to help and is brutally honest!
Bartone is a gem at Edinboro.He is inspiring and passionate and allows his students plenty of freedom to explore their creativity. He takes the time to respond to your work and appreciates your efforts and style as an individual. I wish there were more professors like him at Edinboro because his class was my most memorable at EUP.
He was the first professor I ever took, and he continues to be my favorite. Writing four essays takes a bit of time, but overall, I learned a lot. He is a very nice guy, and you have the chance to take him, DO IT! You will not regret your decision.
If you take his 103 course over the 101, he expects more of you, but you have a LOT more freedom. Every essay you choose how to write it and as long as you do it well, he doesn't care. His 104 class is the same. Bartone is passionate and fun, even dresses up for Halloween! His feedback is great and you just have to be a better writer after this.
Good Professor. Nice guy if you do your work and pay attention. Easy to talk to when you are having problems in the class.
He's very helpful and will go over your essays before and after you've turned them in to give you a better understanding and to improve as much as possible. We had three essays and a final project, and the final project is tons of fun. The essays are simple: narrative, structured, and a persuasive. Very nice, easy, helpful class!
He gives you a lot of freedom when writing and has reasonable page amounts.
Jeff was amazing to take!
He's a decent person, but I felt that he didn't really want to teach. He assigns readings with no follow up and doesn't seem to enjoy reading student papers. He talks a lot about himself and his novel to the point where it seems egomaniacal. After finishing this class, I feel as though I didn't learn anything I didn't know already.
First class I took at Edinboro. I thoroughly enjoyed it even though I thought I could never like English. Very helpful when you can snag him for a second to read a portion of your paper. Take him if you can!
he is An amazing teacher and i look forward to this class. he is very straightforward and will help you if you ask for assistance. He is a very open teacher and isnt that strict of a grader. plus there is no textbook so that saved me some money!
If you have the opportunity to take a class with Bartone, DO IT! He's such a great professor, not to mention a generally good guy. He'll work with you if you have any concerns, most deadlines are flexible, and he wants the best for his students who take their craft seriously. Plus, he doesn't believe in making students buy textbooks.
An easy A if you turn in every assignment. He's sweet and knows a lot about the writing business. However, he's super unorganized and it gets irritating. His lectures are pointless and repetitive. He gives weekly assignments but doesn't explain how he wants them done. His feedback is "eh" at best. He definitely does the bare minimum each semester.
Dr. Bartone is a phenomenal professor. I had him twice, once for ENGL 102 and now for ENGL 203. Both times he is a very knowledgable and helpful professor. When taking creative writing, he really makes it fun and brings the best writer out of you. Even if you aren't a fan of writing. If I could I would take him every semester. Highly recommend him.
I took this class online. There were papers due by the end of every week. Each paper led up to the final paper, which was really nice. You have to do every assignment, if you miss just one, you will fail, which he lists in his requirements. Easy to get a hold of, great feedback. I thought he was great and would take him again.
Dr. Bartone truly cares about his students success, and inspires one to do better. He's a very funny teacher, and you can tell that he loves his job.
Dr. Bartone lets you get creative with projects and bring your interests into the classroom in exciting ways, and you can split up the big papers and do them in groups. We did "workshops" on resumes, recommendation reports, business plans, and promotional materials - real-world feedback on writing and a little bit of graphic design!
Bartone is a great man. His creative writing class is easy! I'm not one to love an english class but this one is one I would take again. He gives great feedback & your final is worked on all semester, which is a big help. take this class if you get the chance!!
Great Professor! 3 portfolios (fiction,poetry & drama) not due till the end of the semester. Online assignments that help you apply lecture and brainstorm, all beneficial to the final portfolios. He gives good feedback and gives extra credit for those who participate and go above and beyond whats expected. Easy A if you do what he asks!
Dont take him until classes are back in person if you can. Im sure hes better at providing feedback or actual grades in person. Online he is just about the laziest professor Ive ever had. I get that its hard to teach creative writing, but he gives absolutely no feedback at all, and no structure as to what he wants so youre left guessing.
Dr. Bartone is a wonderful professor and I love the amount of freedom he gives you for his Creative Writing class. It's refreshing and he's a good person all around. I highly recommend taking a class with him.
The class consisted of two papers and one or two weekly assignments. He is very easy to get along with. Grading criteria is straightforward and he is a pretty easy grader. There is a ton of flexibility in the assignments. It was pretty much a standard English class.
I took this as a summer class online, so there was stuff due almost every day. Due to my own incompetence, I stopped turning in assignments and didn't finish the final paper. He did take time to check in and remind us when we weren't turning things in on time. He also let us be very personal with the topics we wrote about.
Dr. Bartone doesn't provide any written feedback. We turn in lots of little flash fiction assignments and then never see them again. After 8 weeks into the semester I have not gotten a single comment. Solberg commented on every paper I wrote. If you're looking for feedback and want to improve, do not take this class.
I'm sure that's true when you actually have him for an in-person it's great. If you, at any point want feedback or grades, don't expect them from him. Semester is almost over and not a single thing has been graded, and no assignments have been critiqued or commented on. This is an easy class, just wished it was helpful to my writing knowledge.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
54%
Textbook Required
42%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.75 avg changeRatings by Course
102
5.0
(3)ENGLISH
5.0
(2)HOTT
5.0
(1)ENGL101
5.0
(4)ENG101102
5.0
(6)Difficulty by Course
ENGL402
4.0
ENG
3.0
ENGLISH103
3.0
ENGL103
3.0
INTROFICT
3.0