This class is a waste of time. I'm sure she has a lot of experience and knowledge, but I didn't see the point of coming to class. We would come in, talk about a poem or two, she'd talk a little, students would present, and we would pull explanations out of her asses. She wasn't clear on how we were being graded AT ALL. The syllabus was very vague. There was only ONE essay which is the final (15 pages). Could've easily taken a better Professor

Do NOT take this class. Prof. Mullen does NOT teach. She sits at the front of the classroom while students do presentations. Each student is supposed to sign up for 3 presentations a quarter, so everytime class meets we just sit there and listen to classmates talk out of their asses about some poems for two hours while she adds NOTHING or is RUDE about adding information or correcting anything the student might have gotten wrong.

There is ONE paper for the class, the whole quarter, due finals week. There is a midterm proposal due week 6 for which you get NO instruction other than the brief explanation on the midterm.

She also expects you to write a journal for every poem collection we do but gives you zero instruction on those and then grades you on them.

I can't believe I'm paying to be at this school and being taught by other students. It's RIDICULOUS. Do NOT take Mullen if you actually want to learn something worth your time.