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George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 06/06/2024	Worst teacher at UMD I have ever had work load was more than my STEM classes. Simply not possible to do well in. Final exam is in person oral, and the 6 midterms will take u at least 8 hours to do each due every other week, and you will never get full points on anything.
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/02/2024	Boy, where do I begin? Pressing the enroll button for his class would be as detrimental as pressing the button to launch a nuclear warhead. This course is extremely unorganized. The major assignments are four exams, four map quizzes, one midterm, a group slideshow, movie reviews (can't tell you a specific number because he adds extra ones for fun), and a final exam that's structured like a Socratic seminar. Exams are online with about 5 or 6 short answer questions where you have to fill up 3 quarters to a full page for each question. The map quizzes aren't simply labeling the countries on a map for a specific region. He will say something along the lines of, "study the East and Central regions for tomorrow's map quiz" then ask questions on the tiniest details from his lecture like, "Which country did humans first discover fire in?" Also, he loves assigning last-minute work. He once canceled the next day's class at 11 pm but announced that there was still work to do. What is the work you ask? Writing a 1.5-spaced two-page paper on an hour-long documentary due that next day. It also takes about a month and a half to get your assignments graded. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this class to my worst enemy. I would rather empty all the water out of the ocean with an eye dropper than take his class again. Erase George Kintibas's name from your mind while you can.
George Kintiba AASP200 Anonymous 04/17/2024	Even if I were offered $1,000 to retake this class, I would decline. It's the most poorly organized and frustrating course I've encountered at UMD. Attendance is compulsory, the exams are lengthy, and the course includes four exams, two midterms, an oral final, and four map quizzes on Africa. It often demands as much time as my STEM courses. Dr. Kintiba is unresponsive to emails and fails to provide timely grades—going two months without recording any grades except for attendance. The class lacks clear instructions, leaving everyone confused. The movie assignments are unnecessarily complex and irrelevant to the course material. Additionally, there's a requirement to collaborate with 15 peers on a 30-minute presentation. Dr. Kintiba frequently arrives late. I thoroughly dislike this class and dread attending it daily. If there was a 0 star I would put that.
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/13/2024	easy just do the assignments on time it's not that hard, also i would go to office hours regularly and he is really lenient with everyone, just reach out
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/13/2023	This was the most disorganized and overall worst class I've taken at UMD. He's strict about deducting points for grammar but his slides are filled with grammatical mistakes. His slides are just huge, unhelpful paragraphs too. Never responds to emails. Gives very unreasonable assignments like "summarize this entire book in 3 pages". He's knowledgeable but he sometimes teaches things you can't even find google. Takes attendance very very serious yet he constantly cancels his own classes last minute, and he almost forgot my group needed to do a presentation. At the end of the semester, we filled an entire conference room of students who needed to talk to him about various problems. I don't think he's evil, but his teaching style feels outdated, just constant cold calls that are just memorizing random facts.
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/12/2023	Easily the worst class I've ever taken. Professor is arrogant and won't hesitate to laugh at you when you get a question wrong. He calls on people randomly, you have 6 papers, 4 map quizzes, 6 exams (questions are short essays), and the final is a group oral presentation and you don't get to bring notes. Final is also on the last day. His questions on exams also don't make sense. Oh and the "map" quiz is not an actual map quiz. If you think its just labeling the countries and rivers you are sadly mistaken. Don't make the same mistake I did and take this class. It is so bad.
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/08/2023	Dr. Kintiba is a nice man and generally a good lecturer but he is extremely disorganized. He canceled over 10 classes this semester, many of them late the night before or as early as the hour before class started. He had a lot of personal things going on which may have contributed to this but it was frustrating at times. He always goes over class time, every time, and it is frustrating, especially for someone who has a class right after. He is not respectful of students' time, is unclear about when assignments are due, assignments are worded poorly and are often very confusing, he never provides a rubric, and his feedback is often on grammar and not sustenance. I rarely got a response from his emails and would have to ask him in class or at another time. He is a nice enough man, and is understanding about turning in assignments late, but he is so disorganized and unclear that it detracted from the learning experience.
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/24/2023	By far one of the best professors I've had! He's super nice and he really cares about all of his students. He does map quizzes and assigns a fair amount of reading, but if you pay attention to the main ideas he points out in class, his class isn't hard. His final is in groups, and is pretty easy. Even if you think you're doing bad, you'll still pass with a fairly high grade. Just take good notes in class and you'll be fine.
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/07/2022	Dr.Kintiba is very knowledge, but is not organized at all. He did not follow the syllabus at all this semester, and his quizzes/tests are all over the place. He randomly calls on students in class and expects detailed answers. I some what enjoyed learning about African culture, but he made it very difficult to want to be in class.
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A Anonymous 09/27/2022	He is very knowledgeable, and his class was interesting. However, his assignments/quizzes are all over the place and often pretty unclear in what he is looking for. He also expects people to remember the tiniest details from lectures/videos that are over an hour long. TLDR; If you are interested in the material and learning, he can be a good professor. If you are just looking for an easy Gen-Ed, look elsewhere.
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/09/2021	take this class! he's the nicest professor and very understanding, makes the content we learn so interesting, and it's not very difficult, just pay attention during lectures and you'll be good. would definitely take again.
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/08/2021	I see these negative comments, and I can KIND OF see where they are coming from. Dr. Kintiba is a very knowledgeable professor and with that he makes an accurate and effective class. I do feel as though some things kind of go to his head, but he does not come off as that arrogant professor who is only there for a paycheck and research. Overall, I found his teaching style to be effective. He clearly has a specific lesson plan that he goes by. At the beginning of the semester he spends time reviewing the map of Africa(learn everything about the map. Don't choke, like me, when he calls on you), and then he gets into the actual material. There seemed to be a lack of organization when it came to our assignments, and he straight up ignored a few of our assignments, granted he had family problems going on during the semester. I highly recommend taking his class, but only if you can handle reading and "pop-quizzes".
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A- Aland 12/14/2020	I took AASP200 for the fall term while there is a pandemic going on. Do not even hesitate to take his class y'all!!! He is the sweetest, nicest, caring, and cool professor. It is not hard at all. You. will also truly learn a lot. I do not recommend skipping his class, you might think it is boring, but it's worth it. I would no doubt retake his class, really no words can describe how great of a professor he is.
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/30/2020	Not sure how the reviews are so bad. Kintiba is very knowledgeable and really helps students learn concepts. This was one of my favorite classes freshman year. I also found it easy to get an A. This class was really eye opening and one I wont forget.
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/16/2020	Worst professor ever. Took this because the grades were high on this website but do not be fooled he is the worst teacher ever. So much unnecessary work, he is arrogant and his style of teaching is just calling on random people all class then lecturing. for 10 minutes.
George Kintiba AASP200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/03/2019	Dr. Kintiba is very unorganized and confusing. He would present the material in class very poorly, and expect everyone to remember all of the tiniest details from 30 pages of reading on the quizzes. He deviates from the syllabus often, adding and dropping assignments. He even added a quiz less than 24 hours before we took it. He seems to grade assignments with no rubric as it is almost impossible to get a 100 on anything, including simple summary homeworks. Theres next to no feedback on mistakes, specifically Don't let the grade spread fool you, take another humanities elective.
Ibrahim Kargbo AASP200 Expecting an A- QittyQat 12/17/2012	I personally thought Kargbo was scattered and his lectures were dull. The quizzes and tests were focused on the minute details of the course and it was just too much work for a 3-credit Gen-Ed. I don't think it's worth taking. Sure, it's an easy A if you want to put in hours of work a week studying a dull topic.
Ibrahim Kargbo AASP200 Anonymous 02/03/2010	Just be warned that the class is A LOT of work.....it's easy to get an A, but you work for it!
Ibrahim Kargbo AASP200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/09/2010	i took AASP 200 with him and I got an A+ in his class. He is an awesome teacher. Its very obvious that he knows the material and what he is talking about. Take notes in class cos they are very very helpful cos that's what most of the questions on the quizzes are based on. Very few questions come from the book. Also, the Midterm and Final are basically repetitions of the quizzes. Its not BRAND NEW MATERIAL. He technically pulls out EXACT questions from the quizzes and puts them on the midterm and final. So all u have to do is study your old quizzes and you'd get an A. Voila!!! The class is an easy A only that you get ALOT of work to do. There's a quiz EVERY class and a summary paper due EVERY class. The class meets only once a week so its ok. He is very very very nice, approachable, funny and very tolerable. BEST TEACHER EVER!!!!!
Ibrahim Kargbo AASP200 Expecting an A Terps4lyf 04/22/2009	Dr. Kargo's accent can take a bit time to understand but once you get use to it, he is one of the best professors. He understands what he's teaching, he has a lot of connections, and plenty of experience in the field and travels to Africa regularly. He's an easy grader once you know what he's looking for. Don't slack on your work or it will bite you in the butt.
Ibrahim Kargbo AASP200 Expecting an A+ redzone 10/29/2007	Dr. Kargbo was a very interesting professor with a lot of experience and knowledge about Africa's history. Being that he was born there and had many personal stories was an added bonus. His exams require some studying but when I took the course all you needed to pass was to get 900 out of 1300 points. This was no problem and most people didn't even have to take the final exam.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
06/06/2024

Worst teacher at UMD I have ever had work load was more than my STEM classes. Simply not possible to do well in. Final exam is in person oral, and the 6 midterms will take u at least 8 hours to do each due every other week, and you will never get full points on anything.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/02/2024

Boy, where do I begin? Pressing the enroll button for his class would be as detrimental as pressing the button to launch a nuclear warhead. This course is extremely unorganized. The major assignments are four exams, four map quizzes, one midterm, a group slideshow, movie reviews (can't tell you a specific number because he adds extra ones for fun), and a final exam that's structured like a Socratic seminar. Exams are online with about 5 or 6 short answer questions where you have to fill up 3 quarters to a full page for each question. The map quizzes aren't simply labeling the countries on a map for a specific region. He will say something along the lines of, "study the East and Central regions for tomorrow's map quiz" then ask questions on the tiniest details from his lecture like, "Which country did humans first discover fire in?" Also, he loves assigning last-minute work. He once canceled the next day's class at 11 pm but announced that there was still work to do. What is the work you ask? Writing a 1.5-spaced two-page paper on an hour-long documentary due that next day. It also takes about a month and a half to get your assignments graded. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this class to my worst enemy. I would rather empty all the water out of the ocean with an eye dropper than take his class again. Erase George Kintibas's name from your mind while you can.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Anonymous
04/17/2024

Even if I were offered $1,000 to retake this class, I would decline. It's the most poorly organized and frustrating course I've encountered at UMD. Attendance is compulsory, the exams are lengthy, and the course includes four exams, two midterms, an oral final, and four map quizzes on Africa. It often demands as much time as my STEM courses. Dr. Kintiba is unresponsive to emails and fails to provide timely grades—going two months without recording any grades except for attendance. The class lacks clear instructions, leaving everyone confused. The movie assignments are unnecessarily complex and irrelevant to the course material. Additionally, there's a requirement to collaborate with 15 peers on a 30-minute presentation. Dr. Kintiba frequently arrives late. I thoroughly dislike this class and dread attending it daily. If there was a 0 star I would put that.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
03/13/2024

easy just do the assignments on time it's not that hard, also i would go to office hours regularly and he is really lenient with everyone, just reach out

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/13/2023

This was the most disorganized and overall worst class I've taken at UMD. He's strict about deducting points for grammar but his slides are filled with grammatical mistakes. His slides are just huge, unhelpful paragraphs too. Never responds to emails. Gives very unreasonable assignments like "summarize this entire book in 3 pages". He's knowledgeable but he sometimes teaches things you can't even find google. Takes attendance very very serious yet he constantly cancels his own classes last minute, and he almost forgot my group needed to do a presentation. At the end of the semester, we filled an entire conference room of students who needed to talk to him about various problems. I don't think he's evil, but his teaching style feels outdated, just constant cold calls that are just memorizing random facts.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
12/12/2023

Easily the worst class I've ever taken. Professor is arrogant and won't hesitate to laugh at you when you get a question wrong. He calls on people randomly, you have 6 papers, 4 map quizzes, 6 exams (questions are short essays), and the final is a group oral presentation and you don't get to bring notes. Final is also on the last day. His questions on exams also don't make sense. Oh and the "map" quiz is not an actual map quiz. If you think its just labeling the countries and rivers you are sadly mistaken. Don't make the same mistake I did and take this class. It is so bad.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/08/2023

Dr. Kintiba is a nice man and generally a good lecturer but he is extremely disorganized. He canceled over 10 classes this semester, many of them late the night before or as early as the hour before class started. He had a lot of personal things going on which may have contributed to this but it was frustrating at times. He always goes over class time, every time, and it is frustrating, especially for someone who has a class right after. He is not respectful of students' time, is unclear about when assignments are due, assignments are worded poorly and are often very confusing, he never provides a rubric, and his feedback is often on grammar and not sustenance. I rarely got a response from his emails and would have to ask him in class or at another time. He is a nice enough man, and is understanding about turning in assignments late, but he is so disorganized and unclear that it detracted from the learning experience.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
04/24/2023

By far one of the best professors I've had! He's super nice and he really cares about all of his students. He does map quizzes and assigns a fair amount of reading, but if you pay attention to the main ideas he points out in class, his class isn't hard. His final is in groups, and is pretty easy. Even if you think you're doing bad, you'll still pass with a fairly high grade. Just take good notes in class and you'll be fine.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/07/2022

Dr.Kintiba is very knowledge, but is not organized at all. He did not follow the syllabus at all this semester, and his quizzes/tests are all over the place. He randomly calls on students in class and expects detailed answers. I some what enjoyed learning about African culture, but he made it very difficult to want to be in class.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
09/27/2022

He is very knowledgeable, and his class was interesting. However, his assignments/quizzes are all over the place and often pretty unclear in what he is looking for. He also expects people to remember the tiniest details from lectures/videos that are over an hour long. TLDR; If you are interested in the material and learning, he can be a good professor. If you are just looking for an easy Gen-Ed, look elsewhere.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/09/2021

take this class! he's the nicest professor and very understanding, makes the content we learn so interesting, and it's not very difficult, just pay attention during lectures and you'll be good. would definitely take again.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/08/2021

I see these negative comments, and I can KIND OF see where they are coming from. Dr. Kintiba is a very knowledgeable professor and with that he makes an accurate and effective class. I do feel as though some things kind of go to his head, but he does not come off as that arrogant professor who is only there for a paycheck and research. Overall, I found his teaching style to be effective. He clearly has a specific lesson plan that he goes by. At the beginning of the semester he spends time reviewing the map of Africa(learn everything about the map. Don't choke, like me, when he calls on you), and then he gets into the actual material. There seemed to be a lack of organization when it came to our assignments, and he straight up ignored a few of our assignments, granted he had family problems going on during the semester. I highly recommend taking his class, but only if you can handle reading and "pop-quizzes".

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A-
Aland
12/14/2020

I took AASP200 for the fall term while there is a pandemic going on. Do not even hesitate to take his class y'all!!! He is the sweetest, nicest, caring, and cool professor. It is not hard at all. You. will also truly learn a lot. I do not recommend skipping his class, you might think it is boring, but it's worth it. I would no doubt retake his class, really no words can describe how great of a professor he is.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
11/30/2020

Not sure how the reviews are so bad. Kintiba is very knowledgeable and really helps students learn concepts. This was one of my favorite classes freshman year. I also found it easy to get an A. This class was really eye opening and one I wont forget.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/16/2020

Worst professor ever. Took this because the grades were high on this website but do not be fooled he is the worst teacher ever. So much unnecessary work, he is arrogant and his style of teaching is just calling on random people all class then lecturing. for 10 minutes.

George Kintiba
AASP200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/03/2019

Dr. Kintiba is very unorganized and confusing. He would present the material in class very poorly, and expect everyone to remember all of the tiniest details from 30 pages of reading on the quizzes. He deviates from the syllabus often, adding and dropping assignments. He even added a quiz less than 24 hours before we took it. He seems to grade assignments with no rubric as it is almost impossible to get a 100 on anything, including simple summary homeworks. Theres next to no feedback on mistakes, specifically Don't let the grade spread fool you, take another humanities elective.

Ibrahim Kargbo
AASP200

Expecting an A-
QittyQat
12/17/2012

I personally thought Kargbo was scattered and his lectures were dull. The quizzes and tests were focused on the minute details of the course and it was just too much work for a 3-credit Gen-Ed. I don't think it's worth taking. Sure, it's an easy A if you want to put in hours of work a week studying a dull topic.

Ibrahim Kargbo
AASP200

Anonymous
02/03/2010

Just be warned that the class is A LOT of work.....it's easy to get an A, but you work for it!

Ibrahim Kargbo
AASP200

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
01/09/2010

i took AASP 200 with him and I got an A+ in his class. He is an awesome teacher. Its very obvious that he knows the material and what he is talking about. Take notes in class cos they are very very helpful cos that's what most of the questions on the quizzes are based on. Very few questions come from the book. Also, the Midterm and Final are basically repetitions of the quizzes. Its not BRAND NEW MATERIAL. He technically pulls out EXACT questions from the quizzes and puts them on the midterm and final. So all u have to do is study your old quizzes and you'd get an A. Voila!!! The class is an easy A only that you get ALOT of work to do. There's a quiz EVERY class and a summary paper due EVERY class. The class meets only once a week so its ok. He is very very very nice, approachable, funny and very tolerable. BEST TEACHER EVER!!!!!

Ibrahim Kargbo
AASP200

Expecting an A
Terps4lyf
04/22/2009

Dr. Kargo's accent can take a bit time to understand but once you get use to it, he is one of the best professors. He understands what he's teaching, he has a lot of connections, and plenty of experience in the field and travels to Africa regularly. He's an easy grader once you know what he's looking for. Don't slack on your work or it will bite you in the butt.

Ibrahim Kargbo
AASP200

Expecting an A+
redzone
10/29/2007

Dr. Kargbo was a very interesting professor with a lot of experience and knowledge about Africa's history. Being that he was born there and had many personal stories was an added bonus. His exams require some studying but when I took the course all you needed to pass was to get 900 out of 1300 points. This was no problem and most people didn't even have to take the final exam.

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