Interesting class discussions but I would not recommend his class to anyone. The format of the class is odd and he does a poor job of explaining his expectations. He is one of my least favorite teachers at UNi. Thirteen papers; the final is a play.

Do not take at all costs! Very difficult to approach. He has a crazy definition of what a thesis is. Everyone in the class that I have talked to has found that they receive completely random grades ie an A on one paper and 10/40, 0/40 on the next.

Sure, the guy's a genius, but he's impossible to approach. We bought tons of books we never even touched. His questions are unclear, and we spent most of the time in awkward silence waiting for him to answer his own questions in a way we didn't understand anyway. And I have a 3.7gpa, so good luck!

RUDE!

Do Not Take Any Classes From This Guy! Impossible to understand somehow he won awards for outstanding professor cannot fathom how he got away with that, he's rude, and difficult to understand so when you want to ask him a question you feel stupid when his answer isn't helpful or you just plain didn't understand through his accent. Don't take his c

impossible to please. he is very rude and actually told me i'd never graduate college. never take his classes. he will chew you up for any and everything

If you can get into any other capstone, do it! Mvuyekure is a horrible teacher. He does not teach you; he tells you. He doesn't like for students to take notes. He is very intimidating and thinks everyone other than himself is imcompetent. He is hard to understand and he gives zero direction on every assignment. This class is pointless.

He left a message for me on my phone the day before the last class period telling me he was giving me an F on my term paper because he deemed it to be on an ineligible text. Obviously upset, I appealed him to re-grade the paper since it was acceptable according to the syllabus guidelines. He wanted none of it; very unapproachable and unwilling.

Don't take this class. Trust me, just don't do it.

I am a good student and excel in English, yet have had nothing but difficulty with Dr. Mvuyekure. He sets unclear and unrealistic requirements, always sending you to his incredibly vague syllabus, and is not above attacking students for their opinions. Run for the hills and don't ever take his class...you'll thank me later.

Reading is necessary!!!! All we did was talk about books. He thinks he is very intelligent when in reality you never know how he came to any of the conclusions he came to. Hard teacher!

thinks his students should kiss his feet. nobody understands what he expects on his papers except him and when you ask him what he wants he refers you to the vague syllabus that tells you nothing. DONT TAKE HIS CLASS AS A FRESHMAN. youve been warned!!!

HORRIBLE! he was extremely mean to students with disabilities, and he only pays attention to you if you're not white. he only listens to his own opinion, and will give you zeros if you have your own opinion. really easy to get an A though...just repeat everything he ever said and SUCK UP. this class taught me NOTHING and I hated it. lesson learned.

Worst professor I have ever had. I went in to get help and instead we argued (and he never offered any useful information). He was often offensive and gave no real reason to the grades that were "given". Horrible teacher, arrogant, and his attitude in and outside of class made me really question his character as a person.

He was the worst professor I have ever had and will ever have. Several of my classmates and I had to rewrite an entire paper because he didn't give us instructions before we wrote it. He never gives any useful information and the class is an awful worthless class.

AVOID THIS CLASS. He spends the majority of class asking vague questions and then berating students for not being able to answer. He treats students as if they know nothing. He is unclear in his expectations and unfair in his assumptions about students. Please do not waste your valuable time and money by taking his classes.

Avoid this professor if you can. He asks questions that are extremely vague, that none of us know how to answer them, which results in many awkward silences. He would then criticize us for not being able to answer the questions and accuse us of not reading the texts. He is very intelligent, but I felt as if I was in a graduate class.

Worst professor I've ever taken at UNI. Extremely uppity and bitter for no reason. Don't ask questions unless you want a snarky response that doesn't even answer your question.. I was excited for this class and the material, but extremely disappointed by the end of semester when I had learned absolutely nothing!

Avoid taking this professor at all costs. Many people weren't kidding on here when they say he is terrible. His lectures are boring and discussion based. He gets angry when you don't tell him what he wants to hear. He's a tough grader and isn't clear with anything. Do yourself a favor and take anyone else over this professor.

Worst. Professor. Ever. I can't emphasize enough how much I disliked this prof. I was very much looking forward to this class having a background in jazz and all around love of music, but this prof absolutely ruined it. He is super pretentious and stuck up. makes you sit through long silence when no one knows the answer instead of idk teaching?

If you don't agree with his views, you're wrong. He's very unclear and hard to understand at times. Also, he'll ask the class a question and stare at you until you answer and will treat you like you are incompetent.

I have taken two classes with Mvuyekure, and it was only because I had to. He takes long pauses during his lectures, and that combined with his tendency to turn the lights off to show videos and his accent made me almost fall asleep numerous times. He doesn't explain things, and gets condescending if you ask questions. No grading rubrics either.

Received an 8/25 on a paper I thought I did well. His guidelines are not specific whatsoever and you will be guessing on how to do papers until you get them back. It isn't until you get your work back that you understand what you were supposed to do in the first place.

He is an extremely condescending professor making you feel stupid if you can't guess the answer he wants on the first try. His guidelines for papers are non specific having to guess for what he wants. Does not explain how he wants things done in class. If you have questions he will tell you to look at the syllabus even though it hard to understand.

He's vague with his grading criteria, and if you ask him to elaborate he makes it seem like you're stupid for not knowing what he means; he just repeats the phrase and stares at you incredulously like you should understand things already and he shouldn't have to teach you or explain. If you like being frustrated feel free to take a class with him.

Pierre is the most unorganized and unclear professor I've ever had. If you ask questions, he will say it is in the syllabus. The syllabus looks and reads like it was written by a 12 year old. He is an English professor who believe a thesis statement should be a paragraph long. Not enough room to tell you how often class time was wasted and useless.

One of the most awful professors I've ever had. Can be extremely rude, and makes you sound so stupid for asking a reasonable question. Difficult to understand at times, and can't read what he puts on the board. He only acknowledges the ones he has had in previous classes. If an assignment isn't an A+, it's an F. Very unclear about what he wants.

Thinks he knows everything but he doesn't. Has issues. Should see a psychiatrist.

A clear example of why the Capstone program is so broken at UNI. If boring, tangential lectures are your thing, then take this class. If a total lack of guidance combined with specific expectations are your thing, then take this class. This class shouldn't be hard, but it's a struggle to make it through. Pay attention to the reviews on this prof.

PDM is the WORST professor I've ever had in my entire life. I cannot stress enough how rude, disrespectful, unclear, and prideful this man is. He will not answers your questions, he will not help you, and he will not treat you with respect. He is unclear about his papers. You can be a straight A student and get F's on all your papers. DO NOT TAKE!

PDM is such a bad teacher. He can not grade a paper fairly to save his life. He gives no clear feedback and doesn't try to help his students succeed. If you want to get the worst grade you've ever received, then take him. He is hard and unhelpful. His opinion is the only right one. If you can't read his mind, you are wrong! 0/10 recommend him.

Literally, the worst teacher ever. He lectures all of class, but in a way that you won't understand anything. He doesn't explain any of the assignments or what he expects of you (which is a lot). You won't know how to write a paper for him until you fail a few and figure it out yourself. He took off points for my paper being a bit faded in print.

In all four years of college I have never had a professor as awful as he is. The syllabus that he provides is vague in every aspect from grading to expectations. This class is nothing like the course description given and you learn little to nothing. While his stories can be interesting, I would avoid taking this professor at ALL costs.

There is a paper due almost every week. He doesn't give clear feedback on anything. I have had to go to a different professor for clarification on assignments for his class.

Seems like a good guy with good values, but he is a poor educator. He is unclear with his instructions for assignments and projects (and is not afraid to fail you on things you didn't know were expected) and his lectures are scattered, unclear, and obviously unplanned. The readings and other course content is incredible, he is just a bad teacher.

Do not take this class, pick a different one. The content is very interesting and I wanted to learn but the professor just lectures. He is very unclear and overall not a kind man. He has no respect for anything but himself.

He made what could've been an enjoyable experience into a deeply frustrating one. Expectations are only understood by trial and error with the grading being unnecessarily rigorous. It is unclear where his overinflated ego comes from as his instruction leaves much to be desired. No respect is afforded to students. It is a mystery why teaches at all.

From reading all of the reviews so far about this professor, I could not have stated it any better. He was never clear with anything and the comments/feedback on the analytical responses was awful! Very vague and definitely makes it that his view/vision/thoughts are the only way to interpret things or see things after reading material.

The course is discussion-based, yet the professor will look at you like you are ignorant whenever you speak your mind. He expects us to know the content at the level he does with his Ph.D. and when we do not, he is appalled. Also, he gives NO criteria for the essays & grades them harshly based upon his biased opinion with no rubric nor context.

Avoid taking classes with him if you can.

If you are looking to be confused then this is the class for you. Classes are completely student lead with little to nothing learned. No clear grading on papers and no clear guidelines are made at any point in the class. If you do feel like you have something to say keep it to yourself or you will be told how you are wrong in front the whole class

had unclear guildines for his papers. said he wanted one thing and then graded it and said it was wrong and he wanted a different thing. avoid classes with him

Such an awful teacher. He has unclear guidelines about how he wants things. He argued with our class when he thought we were wrong because his opinion was always right no matter what. He expects you to know the course material before he even "teaches" it. I would avoid taking classes with this professor unless you want to be confused and stressed.

He made me do the Irish jig when I would submit late work! What in the world, am I right! I'm just joking, but seriously not that great find someone else.

Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure, though I enjoy him as an individual, is undeniably one of the worst professors at this school. He's constantly off-topic and blames his students on his poor class environment rather than himself. His grading criteria is also very vague, and he will flat out refuse to give advice. Please, if you can help it, don't take him.

By the end of the course I was so nervous to speak in class that I had a stomach ache every time I attended because he made everyone who spoke up feel like an idiot. He also has a very narrow idea of what successful papers look like. I did not feel like I was seen as a person while I was in this course.

Avoid this professor if you can. His guidelines are unclear, and he seems unwilling to provide proper feedback. However, using resources like unstuck study and the free textbook can help you navigate the class better.

Awful. I would never have taken his class if I knew what it was going to be like. He can be nice and funny, but also mean.

He does not teach this class. Instead, he reads his own writing, grades randomly without giving any feedback as to why, doesn't describe the assignments. He thinks that he is the best teacher ever and aims for a "no stress" environment, but he is mean to people who don't share his opinion. Worst, most stressful class I've ever taken.

The worst professor I have had. I cannot detail all the horrible things he has done. Rude to students, changing assignments last minute, horrible announcements, refuses to answer questions, doesn't teach anything, considers himself 'above' his students, and refuses any kind of criticism against him. He should not be allowed to teach. I mean it.

The MulticultLit course itself is not very difficult, however working with Pierre is. He loses focus constantly, provides unclear grading criteria, will not answer questions and instead redirects you to the syllabus which is frequently inaccurate. His policies on attendance are also strange and he makes little effort to connect with students.

Do not take class with him if you do not have to. He was always off topic, and most times talked about his own personal life. He can be mean, but also very nice and funny. For me he was unclear and unrealistic.

One of the worst classes I have ever taken. Pierre makes the class very difficult to get into, with a bit of a heavy accent. He went over the syllabus on the first day and is very reluctant to answer questions about it for the rest of the semester. Possess a stubborn ego. Try to avoid his class if you can; if not, diminish your pride and endure!

The easy B is not worth the time. Often rude, constantly brags about how liked he is by students, unclear policies across the board, difficult to understand, constantly sidetracked or showing off his own unrelated books, assigns subjective thought-provoking readings and makes every interpretation but his wrong, super stressful. Avoid Avoid Avoid