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Rachel Pinker AOSC123 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/11/2024	She is a very sweet lady, but does not lecture well. Homework takes 30 minutes to an hour every week. Midterm exam was very specific information directly from her slides, like remembering specific numbers or graphs. I took this class to fulfill a gen ed requirement, thinking it would be an easy A. Even though I have attended all lectures and do all homeworks, I am expecting a B in the class.
Rachel Pinker AOSC123 Anonymous 05/06/2024	She's a nice lady, but she makes the class more difficult then it has to be. She definitely cares but I would not pick her if I had the option of choosing one of the other professors for this class. If you fail an exam good luck recovering your grade.
Tracey Centorbi AOSC123 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/09/2024	Do not take this professor. Her lectures are mandatory and you are graded based off if you get the clicker question correct. She is the most inflexible professor I have ever had, even with regard to religious observances. My TA was great and also seemed exasperated with her.
Jeffrey Henrikson AOSC123 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/03/2024	This class was incredibly easy, and Professor Henrikson made it like that. If you put in the bare minimum effort you will get an A, anything more and you will get an A+. He wants all of his students to succeed, and there is not a single complaint I have about his class.
Tracey Centorbi AOSC123 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/07/2023	Attendance is mandatory, but the exams were fair. I only took this class as a sustainability credit, and I would recommend it to others as it is pretty easy. Some downsides are that there is a lot of work for Friday Discussions, and the clicker questions are just annoying. Other than that, this class is not bad at all in itself, but only kind of annoying at times.
Jeffrey Henrikson AOSC123 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/26/2023	Best professor ever. He is super passionate about what he teaches and teaches it very well. The final is honestly really fun even if you are not a science person. The class is easy to follow and keep up with. If you struggle with anything he will be super understanding and flexible as long as you communicate with him. Recommend 100%
Samantha Kemper AOSC123 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 02/02/2022	Sami was always open to questions about the course and beyond. Homework and discussions were easily doable as long as you put in the time. It helps if you already know a bit about chemistry and basic physics beforehand, but it is not required. Great professor! If she taught more classes I would take them all!
Jeffrey Henrikson AOSC123 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/22/2021	He is an incredibly understanding professor and genuinely wants to see students succeed. He's passionate about what he teaches which made the course very meaningful. He is accessible outside of class and all his assignments have clear rubrics. One of the best professors at UMD.
Jeffrey Henrikson AOSC123 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/04/2021	Really chill and really likeable guy. Class was easy, only two easy midterms and a final 6-10 page paper, which was not bad. No readings necessary, discussion and lecture were basically optional. You can take this class online no problem, as the modules contain all of the information you need. Quizzes are plentiful and are a small portion of your grade and are extremely easy. Recommend the class for gen ed.
Rachel Pinker AOSC123 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/15/2020	This has been one of my favorite courses at UMD. This lady is like a cute grandma. She makes jokes and laughs at them herself which is so cute to watch. Her lectures can get boring because they are so long, but the topics are interesting and apply to your life. As long as you do your work, you should get an A
Dolly Hall AOSC123 Anonymous 04/30/2020	Don't take. A TON of nonsense work
Rachel Pinker AOSC123 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/08/2020	Homework takes an unnecessary amount of time, exams are very difficult. I'm only taking this class to fulfill my non-lab requirement, and this class has more work than my major accounting classes. Only take if you have absolutely no other options
Rachel Pinker AOSC123 Expecting a B+ jgold8610 12/06/2019	It's pretty clear that her main problem is that she's not very tech-savvy. Unfortunately, since many times require technology these days sometimes it does seem like she's a little scattered. I personally found her slides very helpful when studying for exams so I didn't attend lectures as much since the slides were posted online. There are clickers for participation so remember to show up for the class!
Melissa Kenney AOSC123 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/19/2019	Her expectations for the class were clear and due dates were reasonable. Cares about student success and is willing to work with students having difficulties.
Michael Evans AOSC123 Anonymous 02/04/2013	So signed up for this class cuz it looked like I'd get a better understanding of climate, yet it really seems like he expects you to already know the terminology, and how things work prior to coming to the class... VERY hard if you have zero understanding, probably VERY easy if you know the topic, but this should be a teaching class for an intro course not an affirmation of prior knowledge. Sad cause it looked like it would be good.

Rachel Pinker
AOSC123

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/11/2024

She is a very sweet lady, but does not lecture well. Homework takes 30 minutes to an hour every week. Midterm exam was very specific information directly from her slides, like remembering specific numbers or graphs. I took this class to fulfill a gen ed requirement, thinking it would be an easy A. Even though I have attended all lectures and do all homeworks, I am expecting a B in the class.

Rachel Pinker
AOSC123

Anonymous
05/06/2024

She's a nice lady, but she makes the class more difficult then it has to be. She definitely cares but I would not pick her if I had the option of choosing one of the other professors for this class. If you fail an exam good luck recovering your grade.

Tracey Centorbi
AOSC123

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/09/2024

Do not take this professor. Her lectures are mandatory and you are graded based off if you get the clicker question correct. She is the most inflexible professor I have ever had, even with regard to religious observances. My TA was great and also seemed exasperated with her.

Jeffrey Henrikson
AOSC123

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
01/03/2024

This class was incredibly easy, and Professor Henrikson made it like that. If you put in the bare minimum effort you will get an A, anything more and you will get an A+. He wants all of his students to succeed, and there is not a single complaint I have about his class.

Tracey Centorbi
AOSC123

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/07/2023

Attendance is mandatory, but the exams were fair. I only took this class as a sustainability credit, and I would recommend it to others as it is pretty easy. Some downsides are that there is a lot of work for Friday Discussions, and the clicker questions are just annoying. Other than that, this class is not bad at all in itself, but only kind of annoying at times.

Jeffrey Henrikson
AOSC123

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
01/26/2023

Best professor ever. He is super passionate about what he teaches and teaches it very well. The final is honestly really fun even if you are not a science person. The class is easy to follow and keep up with. If you struggle with anything he will be super understanding and flexible as long as you communicate with him. Recommend 100%

Samantha Kemper
AOSC123

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
02/02/2022

Sami was always open to questions about the course and beyond. Homework and discussions were easily doable as long as you put in the time. It helps if you already know a bit about chemistry and basic physics beforehand, but it is not required. Great professor! If she taught more classes I would take them all!

Jeffrey Henrikson
AOSC123

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/22/2021

He is an incredibly understanding professor and genuinely wants to see students succeed. He's passionate about what he teaches which made the course very meaningful. He is accessible outside of class and all his assignments have clear rubrics. One of the best professors at UMD.

Jeffrey Henrikson
AOSC123

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/04/2021

Really chill and really likeable guy. Class was easy, only two easy midterms and a final 6-10 page paper, which was not bad. No readings necessary, discussion and lecture were basically optional. You can take this class online no problem, as the modules contain all of the information you need. Quizzes are plentiful and are a small portion of your grade and are extremely easy. Recommend the class for gen ed.

Rachel Pinker
AOSC123

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/15/2020

This has been one of my favorite courses at UMD. This lady is like a cute grandma. She makes jokes and laughs at them herself which is so cute to watch. Her lectures can get boring because they are so long, but the topics are interesting and apply to your life. As long as you do your work, you should get an A

Dolly Hall
AOSC123

Anonymous
04/30/2020

Don't take. A TON of nonsense work

Rachel Pinker
AOSC123

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/08/2020

Homework takes an unnecessary amount of time, exams are very difficult. I'm only taking this class to fulfill my non-lab requirement, and this class has more work than my major accounting classes. Only take if you have absolutely no other options

Rachel Pinker
AOSC123

Expecting a B+
jgold8610
12/06/2019

It's pretty clear that her main problem is that she's not very tech-savvy. Unfortunately, since many times require technology these days sometimes it does seem like she's a little scattered. I personally found her slides very helpful when studying for exams so I didn't attend lectures as much since the slides were posted online. There are clickers for participation so remember to show up for the class!

Melissa Kenney
AOSC123

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/19/2019

Her expectations for the class were clear and due dates were reasonable. Cares about student success and is willing to work with students having difficulties.

Michael Evans
AOSC123

Anonymous
02/04/2013

So signed up for this class cuz it looked like I'd get a better understanding of climate, yet it really seems like he expects you to already know the terminology, and how things work prior to coming to the class... VERY hard if you have zero understanding, probably VERY easy if you know the topic, but this should be a teaching class for an intro course not an affirmation of prior knowledge. Sad cause it looked like it would be good.

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