ENGL 3540

Any course taught by Taylor Schey is going to be the highlight of your semester. He cares deeply about the content and goes out of his way to make a flexible syllabus that accommodates students' needs. Each week, we'd be expected to read usually 1-3 poems before class and submit a hand-written journal entry on a topic we found interesting in the readings. While you had the option to submit one every week, you only needed to submit 8 for full credit (or 9 if you wanted a 3% extra credit bump). We had one midterm and a creative project, and Schey purposely timed our project presentations during an intense period of the semester, essentially giving us that week off -- no readings, no assignments. Our final paper was completely open, but Schey encouraged us to pitch non-essay ideas to him so he could gauge whether it'd be feasible in the time frame. He also extended the deadline by two days to give us a little extra breathing room during exams.

If you have the chance to take a class with Taylor Schey, I really wouldn't pass it up. You won't be disappointed.