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Devin Entrikin HACS208P Expecting an A Anonymous 06/14/2025	This class is very boring but that may be more the content then then teacher. Entrikin is nice but he is not a great teacher. He goes on tangents, and his slides are not helpful. He also says that you can cite his slides in the weekly papers (only had to do 3), but then he doesn't post the slides until the day the paper is due. He also only really graded the first paper the rest look like they are from ChatGPT. The midterm wasn't too bad but you definitely need to study for it. Overall the class wasn't too bad but he is not clear about what he actually expects from a paper, he also takes forever to grade even though he is just using ChatGPT. There is a simulation that you do in class, that is the only time you will actually be glad you showed up. His participation grades are also super biased, and that's coming from someone who did good on both of them.
Devin Entrikin HACS208P Expecting an A- Anonymous 06/02/2025	This one one of the most boring classes I have ever taken. I'm gonna be honest, I did not pay attention in class at all. However, this class is not one that you need to pay attention for and you can do well regardless. That being said, the professor kept yapping all class about things that weren't even tested. The writing assignments were IMPOSSIBLE to get 100% on (literally no one got full credit on ANY of them). The midterm was ok. I think I studied like 2 hours the day of and basically just did the study guide he posted and got a high B on it (ngl if i got an A on the midterm i would've gotten an A in the class but wtv). The final was a paper that I spent like 8 hours writing but I think it was an ok assignment.
Devin Entrikin HACS208P Expecting an A- Anonymous 06/02/2025	This one one of the most boring classes I have ever taken. I'm gonna be honest, I did not pay attention in class at all. However, this class is not one that you need to pay attention for and you can do well regardless. That being said, the professor kept yapping all class about things that weren't even tested. The writing assignments were IMPOSSIBLE to get 100% on (literally no one got full credit on ANY of them). The midterm was ok. I think I studied like 2 hours the day of and basically just did the study guide he posted and got a high B on it (ngl if i got an A on the midterm i would've gotten an A in the class but wtv). The final was a paper that I spent like 8 hours writing but I think it was an ok assignment.
Devin Entrikin HACS208P Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/21/2025	Devin is a nice person, but this is the most boring class I have ever taken at UMD. He also very obviously picks favorites and grades those favorite students less harshly. The lectures and curriculum are disorganized and each of his slides will have a vague question on it with a bunch of pictures of question marks everywhere and then he will go off on a tangent about the topic without getting to the main point. He also grades very unfairly for the writing assignments. He wants a very specific "policy writing" style and never explains it, but instead, makes us do the assignment, writes comments, and has us decide what policy writing is. But after that, it became very obvious that he was never actually grading any of the essays he was assigning us, but just uploading it to ChatGPT and asking it to rate it out of 10 for the grade and copy pasting the comments onto canvas, so people only got 8 or 9 out of 10 on it. Additionally there was barely any good study material for the midterm.
Devin Entrikin HACS208P Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/16/2025	Very boring dude. I hated coming to class, only took to finish LLP requirements. He grades super picky
Devin Entrikin HACS208P Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/13/2025	He is very kind and clearly wants students to succeed, but the lectures are incredibly dry. It often felt like reading a textbook out loud—except slower. When you get to class, be prepared to fight off sleep. The biggest issue is the grading on writing assignments. He is super picky about being concise but makes the word count so longgggg.
Charles Harry HACS208P Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/19/2024	class was boring imo (not a policy person) but the class is overall easy, the only assignments to be worried about are the midterm and the take home final memo. he curved a little bit and I ended with an A-
Charles Harry HACS208P Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/19/2023	Dr. Harry is a really cool guy and is extremely knowledgeable on the subject. Enough said. Though the content is interesting, the class can be a bit boring as times because he lectures for an hour and 15 almost every single time. There's only a handful of assignments: weekly discussion posts (very easy), a group project (pretty easy, all groups got the same grade of 237.5/250 which is weird), a midterm (which was kinda hard, there's a couple quizlets out there to help you as well as the lecture slides, but the class average was around an 85), a group simulation (very easy), and a memo (quite difficult and graded harshly). Overall, not a bad class. Take it for some gen eds and aces LLP requirements.
Charles Harry HACS208P Expecting an A Anonymous 01/03/2023	The course itself seemed more interesting than it ended up being. Charles Harry lectured for just about every class. The final was a paper while the midterm was an exam, so it's important to pay attention to the first half of the course (or at least study). The class was boring, but manageable and not hard.

Devin Entrikin
HACS208P

Expecting an A
Anonymous
06/14/2025

This class is very boring but that may be more the content then then teacher. Entrikin is nice but he is not a great teacher. He goes on tangents, and his slides are not helpful. He also says that you can cite his slides in the weekly papers (only had to do 3), but then he doesn't post the slides until the day the paper is due. He also only really graded the first paper the rest look like they are from ChatGPT. The midterm wasn't too bad but you definitely need to study for it. Overall the class wasn't too bad but he is not clear about what he actually expects from a paper, he also takes forever to grade even though he is just using ChatGPT. There is a simulation that you do in class, that is the only time you will actually be glad you showed up. His participation grades are also super biased, and that's coming from someone who did good on both of them.

Devin Entrikin
HACS208P

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
06/02/2025

This one one of the most boring classes I have ever taken. I'm gonna be honest, I did not pay attention in class at all. However, this class is not one that you need to pay attention for and you can do well regardless. That being said, the professor kept yapping all class about things that weren't even tested. The writing assignments were IMPOSSIBLE to get 100% on (literally no one got full credit on ANY of them). The midterm was ok. I think I studied like 2 hours the day of and basically just did the study guide he posted and got a high B on it (ngl if i got an A on the midterm i would've gotten an A in the class but wtv). The final was a paper that I spent like 8 hours writing but I think it was an ok assignment.

Devin Entrikin
HACS208P

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
06/02/2025

This one one of the most boring classes I have ever taken. I'm gonna be honest, I did not pay attention in class at all. However, this class is not one that you need to pay attention for and you can do well regardless. That being said, the professor kept yapping all class about things that weren't even tested. The writing assignments were IMPOSSIBLE to get 100% on (literally no one got full credit on ANY of them). The midterm was ok. I think I studied like 2 hours the day of and basically just did the study guide he posted and got a high B on it (ngl if i got an A on the midterm i would've gotten an A in the class but wtv). The final was a paper that I spent like 8 hours writing but I think it was an ok assignment.

Devin Entrikin
HACS208P

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/21/2025

Devin is a nice person, but this is the most boring class I have ever taken at UMD. He also very obviously picks favorites and grades those favorite students less harshly. The lectures and curriculum are disorganized and each of his slides will have a vague question on it with a bunch of pictures of question marks everywhere and then he will go off on a tangent about the topic without getting to the main point. He also grades very unfairly for the writing assignments. He wants a very specific "policy writing" style and never explains it, but instead, makes us do the assignment, writes comments, and has us decide what policy writing is. But after that, it became very obvious that he was never actually grading any of the essays he was assigning us, but just uploading it to ChatGPT and asking it to rate it out of 10 for the grade and copy pasting the comments onto canvas, so people only got 8 or 9 out of 10 on it. Additionally there was barely any good study material for the midterm.

Devin Entrikin
HACS208P

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/16/2025

Very boring dude. I hated coming to class, only took to finish LLP requirements. He grades super picky

Devin Entrikin
HACS208P

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/13/2025

He is very kind and clearly wants students to succeed, but the lectures are incredibly dry. It often felt like reading a textbook out loud—except slower. When you get to class, be prepared to fight off sleep. The biggest issue is the grading on writing assignments. He is super picky about being concise but makes the word count so longgggg.

Charles Harry
HACS208P

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/19/2024

class was boring imo (not a policy person) but the class is overall easy, the only assignments to be worried about are the midterm and the take home final memo. he curved a little bit and I ended with an A-

Charles Harry
HACS208P

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/19/2023

Dr. Harry is a really cool guy and is extremely knowledgeable on the subject. Enough said. Though the content is interesting, the class can be a bit boring as times because he lectures for an hour and 15 almost every single time. There's only a handful of assignments: weekly discussion posts (very easy), a group project (pretty easy, all groups got the same grade of 237.5/250 which is weird), a midterm (which was kinda hard, there's a couple quizlets out there to help you as well as the lecture slides, but the class average was around an 85), a group simulation (very easy), and a memo (quite difficult and graded harshly). Overall, not a bad class. Take it for some gen eds and aces LLP requirements.

Charles Harry
HACS208P

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/03/2023

The course itself seemed more interesting than it ended up being. Charles Harry lectured for just about every class. The final was a paper while the midterm was an exam, so it's important to pay attention to the first half of the course (or at least study). The class was boring, but manageable and not hard.

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