3.7
Quality3.1
Difficulty83%
Would Retake112
Reviews83%
Would Retake
112
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28
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11
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What Students Say
“so you have to do them verrrrry good”
ENG101 - 3.0 rating“Assignments were confusing and not guided”
ENG101 - 2.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
82%
Textbook Required
73%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
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+0.11 avg changeRatings by Course
101
5.0
(1)ENGETC
5.0
(1)RHETORIC
5.0
(1)ENG
5.0
(2)HONENG
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
HUM212
4.2
ENGLISH201
4.2
ENGETC
4.0
HONENG
4.0
LIT105
4.0
Reviews (112)
really nice and sweet lady... great teacher, she's a "well-rounded" thinker
Very difficult class but she is willing to help you out
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i dont see how anyone who claims to be an a student can get anything other than an a in her classes. she is a wonderful teacher and person. she challenges at a realistic level. she makes me want to be a teacher.
She is by far one of the best prof. I've had. I genuinley liked her as a person
There is not enough comment room to tell you how much I hated her class.
Awesome, wonderful person! Very down to earth, personable and helpful. By far one of the best professors ever!
Professor Belleau is fun, hot, and has a really bizarre but interesting way of looking at things.
Wonderfully helpful creative writing teacher.
A great english teacher. Really enjoys teaching and has fun.
Just horrible. Her explanations are vague and unclear, and the class will put you to sleep. Avoid it at all costs.
Good luck on keeping up with the work load...she is a very tough grader and extremly critical of opinions.Although tough and horribly boring she is a nice person but doesn't show any compassion when grading assignments.Which is all that matters,RIGHT?
Her grading is fairly hard, and the total points possible in the class is too low. Hard to receive an A unless you read everything. She does help if you talk with her.
Quite possibly the coolest person I've ever met.
If you love creative writing, she's AWESOME. If you don't, you might have trouble trying to 'get' her. She's a good person with many ideas and a wry sense of humor.
Not only was she an interesting professor who challenged us to actually think, she really gets to know you as a person, which helps when you need to talk to you. One of my favorite profs ever!
Excellent professor
Beautiful, funny, and easy to talk to about anything. She's very helpful with assignments, none too hard on grading, and definitely not hard on the eyes. Take her class if you can.
awesome
Awesome, a must take instructor. She is very helpful. Finally I learned something in a english class.
She's very fun and energetic. A bit confusing because she gets really caught up. Her creative writing class was fun, and a breeze, the only thing hard was keeping up with all of the writing assignments. Your grade is based on your effort in & out of class
very nice, very helpful, fairly easy, but i felt like i still learned something. and for being a an older lady -- i'd stick.
Mrs. Belleau is a wonderful person and teacher! She's so much fun and although her quizzes can be a bit difficult it's very worth it. I learned a lot from her and look forward to taking Eng 201 with her!
Good professor...nice person...kinda easy...tough grader...doesn't give a lot of points for papers u do, therefore, less room to make errors...an ok class
fun class to sit in, but the reading is rigerous. weekly quizes are annoying
Although there was a lot of reading she explained the meaning of the first set. The weekly quiz was a little rough, but only because she did not explain that days reading before the quiz was given
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She is a very hard teacher if you want to pass please believe me don't take her.Even if you attend tutoring you will not pass the class. She cares but she really does doesn't. If you have her get out while you can.
PROFESSOR Belleau is one of the finest instructors this university has to offer. If you struggle in her class it is because you are too lazy to do the work. She will bend over backwards to help you, and to see that you reach your fullest potential in her class. I wish I could have taken her for ever
This was one of the best teachers I have ever had. She is a little tough but she will catch all of your mistakes that you have always made and show you how to fix them. She realy cares about your writing and will make you a much better writer by the end of the semester.
Professor Belleua is GREAT! She does a wonderful job of making the material relevant to students. Her zany sense of humor holds students' interests. She makes me want to be a teacher!
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I liked when she brought in muffins for the entire class. I liked her as a prof but the reading was awful.
Great teacher; very excited about what she's teaching!! You can tell she really enjoys what she's doing!
Best teacher on USI's campus!
I just love to say Lisa Belleau. She is an absolutely beautiful human being. I love talking with her because she is hilarious! I haven't had her in over a year, yet I still go to her to proofread my papers. She is extremely knowledgable; a wonderful professor. I just love to say Lisa Belleau:)~
She is a great teacher; she makes class fun and interesting. If you are serious about your progress in your writing skills she will be perfect for you. In my opinion, she is one of the best teachers in her department.
I LOVE Leisa Belleau. She is a wonderful teacher who only wishes to see her students succeed and grow from learning. You can not go into this class thinking you are the best - because she will make you better. As long as you are willing to work on your writing skills, and think you have room to improve then she is the teacher for you!
Definitely get to know this professor. She takes a sincere interest in your work!
She is a very good professor and very insightful. I love her!!
I hated this class. she tries to be funny, but she is always unprepared... loses papers... doesn't explain things well. She is an unfair grader, very biased. She plays favorites, so laugh at her stupid jokes and brown nose big time. Even working your butt off won't be enough to get an A. Definitely take another teacher!!
definitely one of my favorite teachers, not only because she was way easy, but her teaching skills are superb also. and she's downright hilarious
She's okay. You don't have tests and write 3 papers. The topics are a little out there. If you get help from her, you'll be okay. She gives out extra credit, and it's mainly just sitting through plays and readings at USI.
Horrible professor who is always unprepared. She doesn't know how to effectively explain assignments, and then she always changes her mind or adds something to it. She's very biased, so sucking up could help. She cancels class a lot (not ahead of time), though. I hated the class.
Ms. Belleau is an absolutely outstanding professor-one of the BEST at USI. She willingly helps students when students truly WANT help. If you want an A-you have to work for it. DON'T do other homework in her class-PAY ATTENTION! What is really great is that she always takes time to mark papers-and if you read her markings-you can LEARN from them!
She is a nice person but a horrible professor. She doesn’t explain assignments at all and she is not helpful. We did nothing all semester until the very end and we did 3 papers all crammed together. We weren’t even done with the 1st one when we started on the 2nd. We missed two weeks of class and she doesn’t tell you when she is going to miss.
puke! she needs to get effin organized! she would confuse the piss out of me, so most of the time i would just daydream. the movies she showed were good, except the gay Haiti one...so i slept through it.
Only had 4 papers to write which was nice, but if you did bad on one u were screwd. Very unorganized and boring. If your a good writer you would do fine with her, but if your looking to improve your writing skills avoid her!
She is a very nice teacher. She isn't always clear with answers but can be helpful. Always has something very interesting to say. I think she is good at remembering papers and isn't a very hard teacher.
She is a very nice teacher. She isn't always clear with answers but can be helpful. Always has something very interesting to say. I think she is good at remembering papers and isn't a very hard teacher.
Absolutley best teacher you will ever have. Ever. Although if you are not prepared, don't like to work hard or activley participate, then you probably won't enjoy her as evidenced in the comments below. Too bad. You're missing out on a great experience.
HORRIBLE!!! DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!! ALL SHE DOES IS VENT ABOUT HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT EVERYTHING....AND IF YOU WORK YOUR BUTT OFF YOU MIGHT GET A D...SHE MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A IDIOT..DONT' DO IT
While she likes to go off on tangents, and I honestly did not like her at all at the beginning of the year, she is the greatest teacher you'll have. She does not tell you how to do all of the assignments, but she does it for a reason (believe me it will be frustrating, but get help if you don't know!). I'm glad I took her class this sem.
Leisa is a great teacher and a lot of fun. At times, the curriculum seemed more like it was a "be a better person" class rather than an English class, but it was very good and I learned a lot. The biggest drawback was that she was intentionally vague when giving assignments, but once you get used to it, it is very freeing. Great class!
she has 7 tests per semster and requires you to create study guides before class discussions. does not discuss anything never taught my class anything
Never lectures, expects student to learn directly from the book... never discusses what will be on the test... wastes time on videos that don't help students learn anything...also ends class early to watch presidential addresses
DO NOT TAKE HER FOR HUM 212. You will regret it. She is ridiculously hard. She doesn't lecture much, and expects you to learn on your own.
She is a good English teacher
DO NOT TAKE FOR HUM 212! She is an awful teacher, expects you to learn everything on your own.
Prof. Belleau is a GREAT professor! She can be frustrating at first because she makes you think instead of letting you write something she wants to hear. She is very helpful and always available outside of class. Def. take her if you want to become a better writer. It won't be easy, but you will benefit.
She's a decent English teacher and grades fairly. I wouldn't worry about taking her again.
Liked reading the stories, but her tests were hard. She asks every question that you don't know. Half of my class(that didn't drop out) got a C. She is a very interesting teacher and has a lot to say.
Leisa exudes awesomeness! She's my hero.
She is kind of crazy. If you ask a question, she MAY answer it, but you also might fall asleep before she gets there. The assignments are not too bad. She gives you a lot of freedom and there is a group project at the end. She is not very clear about what she wants on papers which is good and bad. Overall I was okay with the class.
I love her! She rambles on and on and I find it hilarious and a learning experience. The project at the end is fun. She definitely tries to make you a better writer. She is kind of a hard grader.
The class was extremely easy, but the professor annoyed me to no end. She teaches nothing, but instead has conversations about random subjects such as animal rights and the proper way to coach a soccer team. But, there are very few assignments, and the three papers are graded very fairly. Plus she has only held about 12 classes all semester.
If you are interested in being taught anything I would advise against taking her for Hum 212. She was unprepared, as in she had as little knowledge of the course material as the class did, basic. Bright side, If you are dumb and like a reespirit teaching style- mindless rambling regarding topics not related to the course material, you'll love her
Oh my goodness. I am a big fan of english and writing papers, but Belleau is a HORRIBLE professor. Not only could I not at all comprehend her assignments, her grading was completely unbiased and immensely unfair. Then we have to make a 3rd grad style monopoly project. Horrible class, horrible teacher, and horrible experience.
I just finished her class. It was alright. She was a bit of a harsh grader. She taught us about grammar at first, but then I felt like it was turning into a history class.
She is really nice and funny! she was really helpful and really wants to see people get a good grade! She tries to teach you and get you ready for the next english! I really enjoyed the class!
There were many times we would go to class and only be there for fifteen minutes, or sometimes not have class at all. She is a harsh grader and it is hard to understand what she wants sometimes, but if you ask questions she clarifies it. She is super easy to talk to and hilarious! She is very blunt and will tell you straight up what you need to fix
I LOVED LB!! Yes, she does get off topic and rant about things. She does grade harsh but her personality is superb, shes an awesome teacher if you just get to know her!! :D
I love Leisa Belleau to death! I cannot wait to go to her class every week. Little to no assignments or grades, so whatever papers you do write, just do well on them. She is always up for questions and discussions, and is a bright, funny spirit! Can't wait to take her for ENG 201 also!
LB is WONDERFUL! Most AMAZING professor EVER hands down. For being older she's pretty. She is very understanding. Really wants you to learn to think more than anything. I had a rough couple weeks & didn't do our last 2 papers and still passed because she knew my situation. TAKE HER!! She could motivate the laziest person ever to become president!
Umm.pretty easy. Not that hard, good one for just having to take it for core.
Leisa graded hard on all the papers, but if you work with her and take extra credit opportunities, she will respect you so much more. I ended up getting the grade I wanted because she saw I was trying by doing extra credit. Keep talking to her because she wants to see you excel.
LB is great! I love having her! She makes you think, can grade papers a little rough but I understand why. She is passionate and thats why she rambles and rants a lot but I don't mind.
Teacher is nice and makes you think but she grades the papers super hard. all essays are out of 20 points and the are only five opportunities. so you have to do them verrrrry good. Do not recommend her.
I don't know what everybody is complaining about. As long as you understand basic English and don't sound like a robot when you write a paper, you will get an A.
Assignments were confusing and not guided. Felt as if the things we did in class had no purpose. Would not recommend.
Amazing! She is hilarious. She is a great teacher, you just have to listen and pay attention to what it going on. She grades somewhat hard but it is just because she wants you to be the best you can be.
Belleau is one of the most helpful profs I've ever had. She is always willing to sacrifice her time to help her students out, whether it's school related or not, she cares about her students and wants them to succeed in all areas of life. Not only that, but she is an amazing teacher!
A wonderful teacher. Her passion for her work and students are blatantly clear. I loved her class and was never hesitant about going. She was so supportive to all of my ideas and helped them bloom to enhance my work. I wish I could take the class again. Five stars, no questions asked.
Best professor yet that I've had the oppurtunity to take. She genuinely cares about her students and is very flexible if you are having issues.
She was one of my favorite professors because she's funny, caring, and very helpful. I was never afraid to ask questions no matter how stupid they seemed. She is a tough grader when it comes to papers, but I have an A currently.
Shes a wonderful lady very passionate about what she believes in! After taking her for eng101 i loved her, thinking 201 must be cake but no everything was fine until the final its a group project and a long paper shes not very clear on the instructions and if we make one mistake on the paper we get a zero!!!! not to mention a presentation
L.B. was probably my favorite professor last semester. She could be a bit confusing at times, but she would always ask if everyone understood what she was saying and would clarify if not. Not going to lie, I left her class a couple times with my mind blown. Always willing to stay after class to help any students that had questions. Take her!
LB is GREAT! I love her passion for the novel As I Lay Dying. Although her grading is a bit tough, it is clear about what she expects from you in her class. You definitely receive the grade that you work for in her class. She also offers extra credit for on campus lectures that you attend with a paper submission (back of syllabus). TAKE HER
She is a good person but not very clear as a teacher. If she hadn't cancelled 4 classes in a row I would have passed her class. It isn't hard as long as you read instructions and pay very close attention in class.
LB is a great person and I like her life lessons when she gets off track in class, but that is one of her weaknesses. She gets off track easily and I often did not feel like I was in an English class. It is hard to keep track of what is going on. Tough grader and the criteria for assignments is not clear. Nice women, but I would not take her again.
LB is fantastic. She is tough but that drives you to make something meaningful rather than just what is needed. Really interesting class discussions. She seems like a genuinely cool person who has a passion for she does.
Very sweet and understanding, her Lectures are always interesting and easy grader.
Not very easy to relate to. She said she isn't a bias grader, although she is. She's impossible to please. Her topics are outrageous and don't make any since. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!!!!!!
DO NOT TAKE! I am an A student that works hard for grades and I ended up with the lowest grade ever. LB is polite, but is an extremely tough when it comes to grading. Often times her grading never made sense. She does offer extra credit, but I never knew my grade because the entire semester she never once uploaded grades to BB!! DO NOT RECOMMEND
If you think you can pull a night before paper, you won't pass this class. Period. The woman is great, but grades so tough. Nothing is online, so you're kinda blind. But, there are only 3 papers, no final. I'm one week away from finals and you could go from a F to an A (vise versa) still because only half the points are in?? lol You'll love her tho
Be prepared to write a lot. Like every Thursday theres a new prompt. But only 3 main essays. She really is a fun teacher and you can tell how much she loves what she does. Highly recommend
This class is was simply write a paper, grade it, that is your grade. Seriously, you write a 5-9 page paper she grades it and then puts it in the grade book. No test. This can either be really good or this can be really bad. And GRAMMAR is a huge thing for this professor!
She's a super nice lady but she's very confusing. I would definitely recommend if you are a creative writer and want to expand on your writing skills. I wouldn't recommend for a first English class, just because of the way she teaches.
I LOVED LB! She is such a sweetheart and truly cares about her students. Totally understanding if things come up. As long as you put in the work, you will do fine in the class. And go to her office hours. 10/10 would recommend.
LB is amazing! Very passionate, caring and relate-able to her students. She is a tough grader but is not out to get you. Shes very honest about grading and only wants to help you get better. Very understanding and flexible with assignments. Gives more than enough time to get essays finished and gives great advice! Definitely recommend her.
I never came out of her class without knowing something new. She cared immensely for her students. Her class was challenging, but it pushed me to become better. In my opinion thats what a professor is meant to do. I would highly recommend this professor, and would happily take this course again.
Always gave good feedback on each paper. Gives plenty of advice and time to revise if you need it. She is very caring and will help you become a better writer.
This past semester I have learned so much about writing, grammar, and even about life. I loved that we learned how to write without having an unbearable amount of essays and homework to do. In addition, LB always provided good feedback about every essay. I never came out of the class without knowing something new. I highly recommend her.
LB honestly made me enjoy English. Not only is she amazing at her job, but she is genuinely a wonderful person. If you put the effort into your essays, you will succeed in this class. She only asks for three major essays as well as six lab prompts.
LB is the best professor I've ever had at this school. Period. She is one of the most understanding teacher you will ever have. I faced a lot of unexpected hardships this semester and not only did she understand my shortcomings with class, she would email me and check on me. There are very few professors out there that are as special as her.
LB is the funniest, most down to earth professor! I would take any class if it had her teaching. She truly cares about her students and their success.
She was a great professor. Very understanding. The papers we wrote were interesting and unique. I loved listening to her lectures. They were funny and interesting.
LB is amazing and hilarious! Shes fair on grading and is always there to talk when you need someone or just want to talk.
She's such a wonderful lady and an absolute sweetheart. I HIGHLY recommend her!
She is by far my favorite professor at USI. She helped me through a tough time, and allowed me more time when things went super downhill for me. She's amazing, nice, and funny. 10/10 recommend
One of the best professors I have had at USI. She is very caring and keeps lectures interesting. She only assigned a few papers a semester so it's not overwhelming. She is also very involved with her students and actually cares about how they are doing in her class/school in general. Would definitely take again!
Just some advice, take her in person not over zoom. She is great though and I loved 201 with her.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
82%
Textbook Required
73%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Stable
+0.11 avg changeRatings by Course
101
5.0
(1)ENGETC
5.0
(1)RHETORIC
5.0
(1)ENG
5.0
(2)HONENG
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
HUM212
4.2
ENGLISH201
4.2
ENGETC
4.0
HONENG
4.0
LIT105
4.0