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Christina Getrich ANTH264 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/24/2021	Dr. Getrich is an excellent professor. The class material was interesting and relevant, and I actually learned a ton about immigration. She is genuinely excited about the topic and interested in her students' stories. She managed to teach us so much without making her class too difficult or time consuming. One assignment a week, plus the midterm and final, which were both online and open notes.
Christina Getrich ANTH264 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/23/2021	Dr. Getrich has a very relaxed teaching style. For the most part, this class is a combination of lectures, readings, and discussions. There are about 5 pop quizzes, but even if you don't do too well on them, the discussion assignments more than makeup for your grade. The 12 discussion assignments you have to do make up for 48% of your grade. The discussion assignments are pretty easy, you just need to summarize some articles and sometimes give your opinion on them or connect them to whatever you learned in that week the assignment is due. There is one interesting discussion assignment where you interview U.S. immigrants on their experiences coming to and living in the U.S. The class only has two exams: the midterm and the final. The class fulfills the DVUP, SCIS, and DSHS gen-eds, so this pretty much clears out a lot of gen-eds. Like the review before mine said, you should type up your notes or take pictures of the slides since there isn't enough time to write down everything on Dr. Getrich's PowerPoint slides. Dr. Getrich introduces very interesting perspectives on immigration and is very experienced in regard to immigration, immigrant lives, and everyday activism. I really enjoyed this class and would recommend this class to anyone who's willing to give it a try.
Christina Getrich ANTH264 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/03/2021	I really like Dr. Getrich's teaching style. She makes immigration concepts extremely interesting. For the readings, there are sometimes pop quizzes announced - which are announced in advance - so make sure to keep up with those. We usually only have one writing assignment a week for the discussion sections and those are around 250-500 words. The workload really isn't that hard. For the lectures, Dr. Getrich does teach from powerpoints - and there are A LOT of words on each slide. Make sure that you are typing up your notes because it is extremely hard to write notes that fast. For the exams, they really aren't that hard. If you are able to go through your notes and the study guide and remember important overarching concepts and important laws/concepts, you will do great.
Christina Getrich ANTH264 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 03/15/2021	Dr. Getrich is a very smart and experienced teacher regarding immigration and immigrant lives. She chose really great readings and films for this class and explains everything so well that I was more prepared for her midterm and final exam than any other class at UMD. The workload is not too heavy; one discussion post per week and a couple readings to do before lectures. I wish I could take every immigration class with her.
Christina Getrich ANTH264 Expecting an A- Anonymous 03/11/2020	Great teacher, very passionate when teaching. makes class an enjoyable experience