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“At least an hour of homework before every class”
AWR201 - 2.0 rating“He is a nice enough guy”
AWR201 - 2.0 ratingClass Info
Attendance Mandatory
81%
Textbook Required
0%
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Reviews (91)
you need an 100 on every assignment to get an A. clearly he keeps deleting my reviews because he doesnt want anyone to know. beware!
Professor Corrigan is actually a really good teacher. If you are looking to take a writing intensive course and he is an option, I would take it. There are a lot of papers, but they aren't hard at all. You can tell he genuinely cares and loves what he does
Amazing person and professor. A lot of reflections, but not too much homework. The whole semester is working your way to a final research paper. He gives great feedback and wants you to do well. He loves what he does and is so passionate about reading and writing. He will do anything to help his students and acknowledges everyone as they walk in.
Professor Corrigan is very kind and cares about your grade. He does not take points off for missing class as long as you communicate with him. As long as you stay on top of the work it is an easy A and he is always there to help.
Dr Corrigan is a great professor who cares about you and wants you to succeed. He is very helpful, there are a decent amount of assignments but they are not difficult and he is understanding of circumstances if you just talk to him. 11/10 great man and by far favorite professor so far. I would highly recommend taking him.
Corrigan is a super nice teacher and wants you to succeed as a writer. He is always willing to help if you have any questions on your writing and assignment due dates are flexible. My only complaint, is that here are daily homework written assignments. However, there are no quizzes or exams, with the only big assignment being the final paper.
Professor Corrigan is one of the worst professors ive taken here at UT. Extremely tough grader and gives back very vague feedback. Stay away
Corrigan is a nice guy and means well, but I was not a fan of his class. He gave lots of feedback but it was always very vague, which isn't helpful. He claims you can write the research paper on anything you want, but a lot of my peers had to change topics because he didn't like it or thought they couldn't research it. Not my favorite professor.
If you want to be suffocating and drowning in homework every week, take his class. He is super nice and means well, but he is just ridiculous as he gives so much homework and is a super tough grader. It must be "perfect" in HIS eyes in order for you to get an A on anything. He is so frustrating. Would never take this class again!
This professor easily made me despise writing. As someone who enjoyed all writing courses throughout high school, I was thoroughly disappointed with how discouraging he was. Not only did he grade very harshly, but he also gave very contradictory feedback that was not beneficial. He is kind, but that's not enough for me to take his class again.
He is the worst professor I have ever had. Every assignment has to be picture perfect in order to receive an A. He genuinely does not realize how much time and effort students spend on his 10 assignments assigned every week. I cannot stand him. Never take him.
Do not taking Corrigan unless you have a raging passion for writing. He is a good person but does not accept that people just take the class for a requirement. He will not allow you to get by through just completing assignments, he wants you to have genuine takeaways from the assignments and class. At least an hour of homework before every class.
He is a nice enough guy. However, be prepared to have an assignment every night & to receive little to no contradictory feedback from him. His grading system makes it near impossible to receive an A. If you are willing to sacrifice putting tons of time & effort into the class without receiving grades that represent it then feel free to take it.
do not take Dr. Corrigan as an english professor. Nice guy but an absolutely awful teacher. assignments every night worth one point each and then surprises everyone with big assignments to drop their grade at the end of the semester. DO NOT take him.
Dr. Corrigan is a sweet professor but if you want an easy class don't take this. You spend the whole semester on a research project which will make your grade. All the homework assignments are lengthy but only worth 1 point. He barely gives feedback and expects perfect work. He makes you feel like a bad writer and wish I dropped sooner.
He is a caring person but his grading scale is hard, and there is a (mostly short) paper due almost every class
Professor Corrigan is decent professor. There are daily writings every single day. There are 3 long papers, no exams. He always calls on someone to speak out. Doesn't really give helpful feedback.
Dr. Corrigan is passionate about writing, but he struggles to give helpful feedback on assignments. His grading scale is hard to do well on, and he seems to not give half points. He also takes a long time to grade papers, and he did not say why I got points off. He is a caring professor but has high and unclear expectations.
If you want to feel stressed out every time you have his class, take him. I've done more work for this one class than my other 3, and still have the worst grade in his. Feedback does not explain what you did wrong and he expects perfect work. If your work isn't perfect, you most likely won't get any credit. If you happen to have him, good luck...
I honestly don't understand the rest of these reviews. This has been by far the easiest writing class I have ever taken and have quite literally gotten 100% on every assignment. You can even resubmit bad grades to get a new grade! He is always willing to meet with you to discuss your work. I'm convinced the bad reviews are just from bad students.
If you want a teacher who makes you proud of your work I would not recommend taking this course. Professor Corrigan is a nice man who is very passionate about writing but this passion is something that he expects his students to have as well. The grading is borderline barbaric and completely unjust. If you think your a good writer your not.
professor Corrigan is sweet and cares about his students but can be annoying at times when it comes to grading. He will make you think your assignment is good but end up giving you in the 70's. We had no tests or quizzes or books to read but we did have homework due every class which were sometimes long but they were usually easy.
Prof Corrigan is a really kind person who is extremely passionate about writing. There were assignments due every class which wasn't difficult but took a decent amount of time. You spend the whole semester preparing for a final research essay which he grades pretty harshly compared to the rest of the assignments all semester.
Corrigan is such a nice and caring professor. Everyone that says don't take him I genuinely think just didn't do work or didn't ask any questions. If you get a bad grade on something, just talk to him, he will prob let you resubmit. Just show that you care and try. The final research paper is graded harshly, but lets you resubmit no matter what.
Had him fall 2022 for AWR 1001. Professor Corrigan was a great interactive, interesting professor. Pretty straight forward to get an A. Assignments due before every class but they were fairly simple. Only 3, 3-5 page essays due for the class
Dr. Corrigan is a great professor! I'm and introvert and he was encouraging when it came to participation and my work. There were a lot of group activities but luckily, everyone in my class was super nice haha! He was very enthusiastic about his course and I wish I could have him as a professor again.
This professor is so genuine and cares about his students so much. Attendance is definitely not mandatory and he doesn't take points off for late work which is SO nice. Theres a 2 point HW assignment due every class but its for completion. Theres 2, 5 paragraph papers only (10pts) then a final 15pt paper. He does try to get every student to talk.
Overall he is a really nice guy but the homework are very confusing and if you don't complete the homework to is expectation (which is very hard to do) then he will give you a 0.
Dr. Corrigan is by far one of the best professors I have had here at UT. He genuinely cares about his students and wants you to do well in his class. There is an assignment due every class but they dont take too long and really help you with the final essay for each unit. He is a tougher grader but gives great feedback! Lets you resubmit as well!
Dr Corrigan is by far the most difficult professor/teacher I've had in my entire life. Your work needs to be perfectly critiqued to this guys standards or else it's an automatic zero. You'll have homework every class and there's never a dull moment in this class. Take the course with another professor for your own sake.
Dr. Corrigan is an extremely difficult professor. Homework every class and will often give you a zero if it is not done exactly to his liking, which is hard to do, and instructions can be vague. Extremely tough grader. I have never gotten below an A- in a class until his class. Please choose another professor. Peace.
this teacher grades harshly and if you don't do your work perfectly you will automatically fail. he gives a lot of work and grades harsh on every assignment so if you don't write to his particular style it is very hard to pass the class. I had to redo multiple assignments that were perfectly fine bc he did not like my style of writing. he's rude
Look for another option if possible. Gave lots of pointless writing assignments. If your writing is not exactly how he wants it, he knocks points. Almost impossible to get over 85% on the big assignments. Does not give good feedback. Would not take again.
Worst professor I've ever had. Avoid taking this guys class at all costs. He gives zeroes on homework if they're not critiqued to his liking and extremely rude.
I'd rather watch paint dry than sit in Dr. Corrigan's AWR-101 class. Dr. Corrigan also seems to enjoy being as difficult as possible when it comes to grading and when his students are in need of help. Drop his class while you can.
Worst teacher ever, drop ASAP. Grading rubric is unfair as he grades essays on 20 point increments. It'll ruin your grade even if you're smart. I took 10 AP classes in HS and no teacher ever graded as strict and unfair as he did. He's a stuck up professor and seems to enjoy over-scrutinizing kids essays in his free time.
Professor Corrigan's AWR class is a walking L. There's too much homework and he's way to strict on his grading scale.
Incredibly annoying, too much work, unfair grader, always assumes your writing is AI.
Dr. Corrigan will assume absolutely everything you write is AI with no basis for doing so. His grading scale consists of very few points, so even a few deductions will cost your GPA. He is incredibly homework heavy and you will not receive an A if you do not write exactly the way he does. Horrible professor, should be fired, DO NOT TAKE.
I would say Dr. Corrigan really does care about his students, I think he really wants his students to learn as much as possible so that they arent selling themselves short on educating themselves about how to deeply analyze a article or a short film. Great guy, class is a bit boring though. Good Luck
Please do not take Mr. Corrigan. He accused me of using AI and made me do a Zoom meeting with him about it then gave me no points on my work. I couldn't complete my other assignments until this daily writing was approved, so then he gave me 0's for "late work" that HE made late. I am practically failing because of him. He does not teach at all.
This class is EXTREMELY difficult, and you have to teach yourself everything. He expects you to write exactly how he wants but if you write well, he will accuse you of using Ai. There are only 100 total points, and every single point is from homework that he over-assigns. He gets pleasure out of failing his students and will not let you do well.
He is very weird and goes into too much personal life details. The first 2 essays are easy to get a 100 on but the last 2 make no sense and you will not do good. He is not clear and thinks there is a deeper meaning to everything making you think you're crazy for not understanding his lecture. The hw everyday is easy you can easily get a 70 in class
DO NOT TAKE HIM!! he only wants you to write a certain way and thinks there's no other way of writing besides how he does. The first 2 essays are fairly easy and the last 2 he grades HORRIBLY. He does not care about his students and if they fail out. He assigns HW every single class and it's so much busy work. I wouldn't take him at all.
Paul Corrigan is the worst professor I've ever had, hands down. He is so obsessed with AI that he always causes you every time you submit something, making you wonder if this guy even has a real life. He is so self-centered and wants everything exactly how he wants, or it's a big fat 0. If you're thinking about this class, don't take it.
WORST PROF EVER. Literally please run far away and don't take him. He wants everything to be his way or it's wrong. If you don't have his writing style he will fail you. he doesn't care if you want to do redo anything/ try your best to get a good grade. he ultimately doesn't care about his students at all and what grade you end with.
I very much enjoyed having him as a teacher. He made class very enjoyable and fun to come to. He is very lenient and good with extensions. He is very nice.
I am writing this review to save any of you who are thinking about taking this professor. You could be the best writer ever yet he will still find a reason to criticize your work and give you a bad grade on it just because he simply doesn't like the way you said something or just doesn't agree on it. Good luck trying to end with an A in this class.
Very hard grader, if you don't do the assignment perfectly, he gives you a 0. He lets you redo essays but will still give you a bad grade.
If you are a girl, he will look at you all creepy and make you uncomfortable, especially during individual meetings. If you don't believe me, just look at all the OF girls in his Facebook following. Gave everyone I have talked to between a 0-40% on the last essay (worth 15% of your grade) but doesn't explain why. He just wants to feel powerful ig
worst professor of my life. he gives me perv vibes by the way he looks at you (girls). he thinks he is always right and takes advantage of you not knowing what is normal for a college class as a freshman. he needs to be stopped ASAP like immeditate termination. he will purposefully fail you out of joy because he has nothing else to do.
This class is so boring it should come with a warning label. Any positive reviews must be written by Dr. Corrigan himself because, no offense, but not a single student would have ever written anything like that about him. I would feel bad for him bc of these comments but he doesn't feel bad for us when he fails us so i dont care lol.
Yea you can "pick" your essay topic, but he has to approve it and he doesn't usually like your ideas. Also, he has not let me revise a single assignment/essay the entire semester so idk why he makes it seem like you can. he gave a lot of false hope then switched up on everyone for the last 2 projects, that are worth like half the course points.
I received a 40% on the biggest assignment of the course, and when I brought it up to him, he gave no feedback for this grade despite my asking. He refused to have a meeting with me about this and then ghosted me for four days and only answered because I had to meet with the department chair. I, too, got accused of AI a few weeks ago for no reason.
I had an A for like 80% of the semester then on the last 2 essays he gave me a 0 even though I did them completely and turned them in on time and then when I met with him he told me I could revise the essays for credit to where he made me completely redo both of them and then gave me 50s on both.
This was hands down the worst teacher I've ever had in my life. He doesn't communicate and when he does it sounds like a 5 year old when you take something away from them. Always thinks your using chat gpt
Just get the hell outta that class while you can.
If you ever take a class with him, please record, and document everything he does in class. The administration needs to be aware what he does, and how its affecting us.
Ain't no party like a Corrigan party
Please for the love of god do not take this guy. This guy prolly probably has given academic misconduct violations to students, than publishing works. He will assume everything is the worst, and will think you are using ChatGPT. Please get out of that class while you can.
If you are creative, and smart. This is not the professor, you have to do it in his way, and yet he will somehow give bad grades. Do yourself a favor, and don't take any classes with him.
He was not it, he gave horrible feedback, and he would always assume the worst of his students. He also looks at girls in such a bizarre/inappropriate way. Towards the wnd of the sememster, he will litteraly screw your entire grade, which will destroy your GPA, if you care about your GPA. Run, and get out.
Grading system makes zero sense. Assigns work every class.
Do not take this professor, at all I'm unsure why he is still employed here. At the near of the end of semester, he will literally give a bad grade for no reason, and he will screw up your GPA. He also will assume everyone is using ChatGPT.
Really hated this guy. Really wants you to fail, and enjoys doing that it seems.
Do not take him. He does not care about you in life, and wants you to suffer and fail. Also assumes we use ChatGPT for everything...
If you hate your life, you will hate it even more after taking this class. When doing assignments in this class, you will receive either a check mark or a clock. His small steps aren't worth anything; your entire grade relies on your essay. He will not give you a grade all year, you think you are doing well until the last two weeks.
Please for the love of god, do not take this man. He sets you up to fail. Towards near the end of the semester, he will actually screw up your grade. Even if he is the only professor available, just wait in the summer, or next year. He was a pain
This guy wants nothing more than to waste your time and destroy your gpa. Dude's on the wildest power trip. Run while you can.
He is the worst professor
if this guy becomes an admin here, we are cooked. this mf likes to fail students than actually teach and help you improve. Bro also looking at girls wierd.
Dr Corrigan, absolutely likes to make your paper rigged by downright giving bad marks. Do not even take a class from him, even if he the only option left.
This mans only goals are to hate Ai, find ways ruin your grade, and pretend to be caring. He's on a power trip pretending to be a writer. Blames everything on his ADHD. Worst part is I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt til bro screwed me over in the last week of classes. If this man has zero haters, I'm gone. DO NOT TAKE HIM. RUN.
He loves to accuse people of AI, and he loves to blame everything on his ADHD. He needs to be let go from the university. He creeped so many girls out that they dropped the class. I know he reads these so FU Corrigan
Someone really need to check his hard drive, he acts very strange, and he is very uncomfortable.
I try my best to be nice and to give a decent review to all professors, but this one is an absolute no-no. He really wants to find the worst of his students, and really wants your downfall to occur. He believes all your papers were made from AI, at the end of the semester, he really gives bad marks. Really shameful
This class was a mess up this whole semester. You think you are doing good, but at the end out of nowhere you get a bad grade. This man does not make sense, and wastes all of our time. No extra credit, or no redos. Basically he is scamming you, and he is getting paid.
EXTREMELY picky with your essays, if one slight bit doesn't fit his criteria he will knock you for it, passionate about writing, but horrible grader and the grading scale is pass/fail.
Someone needs to check his hard drive, he really is a weird guy that looks at girls in an uncomfortable way.
At first you will do good, but at the end of semester, he gives bad grades. It is not worth it to deal with this professor. Do not take Corrigan
This man loves to fail, and catch students using AI... Way too sensitve, and takes his job too seriously.
At first, you'll do well, but he'll mess up your grade at the semester's end. Don't take him. He takes it too seriously for no reason whatsoever.
Will give you a 0 on an essay just because he doesn't like the way you wrote it. The worst don't take him.
11 five-star reviews. Corrigan himself wrote EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
This guy needs to be fired. He is the worst professor ever. Lots of papers, and if you do badly on one, he'll let you redo it, but give a worse grade. Accuses everyone of AI. You'll be doing good in the class one day, then check your grades the next day, and you have an F for no reason. The absolute worst professor ever. DO NOT TAKE.
I hate this man. He sounds like mouse and squeaks like a 6 year old girl. He gives you bad grades for no reason and chooses favourites. Do not take him if you can avoid it.
HE IS A PEDO. HE NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.
DO NOT TAKE HIM. Took him for AWR101 and its not a hard class but very busy work. Had an A all semester til the last week. He dropped my grade 16 POINTS, too late in the semester I couldn't raise the grade. HE IS AWFUL. the lectures are torture he doesn't give u time to do anything in class and yaps abt stuff that has NOTHING TO DO W THE CLASS.
His grading scale is weird, not actual grades but emojis instead that compute to a grade. theres a paper for each chapter, and the assignments that lead up to the papers are easy. The work isn't hard it's just a lot of busy work. He himself is kind of weird, and has rlly bad ADHD so he's all over the place. Just don't use AI, do your work & ur fine
This man is definitely on the files, girls in our class are uncomfortable by him.
DON'T TAKE HIM! He was the worst professor of Freshman year. He acts like he cares about your grade & WON'T. He gave almost all the kids in my class 0 on our last project that was a week before grades were due. I had a 1-on-1 talk with him about my grade to get it back up and he said it could go back to a B and he said yes then I ended with a C.
Class Info
Attendance Mandatory
81%
Textbook Required
0%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-1.52 avg changeRatings by Course
AWR201
2.7
(22)AWE101
2.2
(23)AWR101
1.2
(45)WRI250
1.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
AWR101
4.6
AWE101
4.0
AWR201
3.5
WRI250
3.0