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Patricia Bunnell INST152 Expecting an A- Anonymous 03/24/2024	For a professor teaching an online class about technology, she does not know how to use it. The lectures are more of a talk about what you read and not learning anything. Also, grading is very very unclear. After a majority of the class complained she finally added what she expected to rubrics, but refused to give back points for anything even when she did not ask us to include things. There is a semester-long group project that we are required to work on during class, even if you don't have anything to do you just have to sit there in silence with the zoom call up or you lose an entire percentage off your grade. For a 100-level class, the grading feels more like a 300-level and overall would not recommend it to anyone.
Patricia Bunnell INST152 Expecting a W Anonymous 03/24/2024	She is very disorganized and Elizabeth is really annoying.
Patricia Bunnell INST152 Anonymous 03/21/2024	She’s okay, like others she seems disorganized even though she’s nice surface level wise. I would say she’s not really your friend though once you get to know her and the TAs grade very harshly. Lectures are incredibly dull and not engaging and the class participation through individual/group work is so unnecessary. She does seem very clueless during lectures and there’s frequent interruptions. But the TAs are the people who really bother me. They dock points for everything.
Patricia Bunnell INST152 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 03/20/2024	Literally just goes over the readings during lecture. Participation points for staying in breakout rooms for the project, which is pretty dumb considering the majority of people seem to be doing it individually. Grade depends very heavily on who is doing your grading--some graders are seemingly way more nitpicky than others. On at least one occasion I was docked points for not doing something I was not told to do in the instructions or rubric. I was also docked points based on my grader apparently not exercising basic reading comprehension. No joke, at least one of the comments on my rubric demonstrated that they had either neglected to read the title of the article I referenced or did not know basic geography. Take a different gen ed.
Patricia Bunnell INST152 Expecting a W Anonymous 03/07/2024	It's weird to have a professor teaching us about use of technology but doesn't seem to know how to do anything with technology. Professor Bunnell has a very disorganized class structure, and it seemingly doesn't matter if you attend the lectures since we don't actually learn anything during them. The professor herself didn't really seem to know what she was talking about. The readings seem to cover common sense strategies instead of what we could actually be looking for to "fact check." Also, my TA (Pineo) is really nitpicking grades and will take off points for literally anything.
Patricia Bunnell INST152 Expecting a W Anonymous 02/06/2024	She's a nice professor but she is very unorganized and does not teach. I had to drop her class because I couldn't keep up with her. There weren't a lot of assignments but there were a bunch of readings and she randomly calls on you to answer questions. Very unorganized, I wouldn't recommend taking, find another elective.
Courtney Douglass INST152 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/05/2023	Exams make no sense. Harsh grading. Professional Yapper. Don't do it.
Ursula Gorham-Oscilowski INST152 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/01/2023	Simple and easy
Courtney Douglass INST152 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 10/07/2023	The UMD grade spread for INST152 is 80% of people get an A. When you look at Douglass' spread, it is less than 50. That isn't to say you cannot get an A in this course, but it is not an easy one. There are a lot of stupid assignments you are not going to want to do- Multiple a week that take a lot of time to complete. Her lectures are also excruciatingly boring, and the exams are impossible. The average on the last one was a 56%. Look for an easier A if this is a gen-ed, or work hard in this class.
Ursula Gorham-Oscilowski INST152 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/29/2023	Online lectures. Simple assignments
Ursula Gorham-Oscilowski INST152 Expecting an A akl2025 02/20/2023	Dr. Gorham is very sweet and considerate. She's super passionate about teaching and always ready to help students. Plus, her class content is interesting and up-to-date. Make sure to show up to class to know the topic for the exit tickets. Honestly, this class is a fun experience. It's a chill GenEd class, and the work isn't too tough. Just show up to class, become familiar with Purdue Owl APA citations, and plan out carefully for the final project with your partners, if you want to work with others to divide the workload. It's a nightmare if your group procrastinate.
Ursula Gorham-Oscilowski INST152 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/29/2022	Dr. Gorham is the sweetest teacher, and she is incredibly flexible and helpful. Her content is fun, current, and she uses technology adeptly. The work is not hard; this is a very easy elective or Gen-Ed. Go to class, become best friends with Purdue Owl APA citations, and do not join a group for the final project. The final project is not that hard, but it could become miserable with other members.
Ursula Gorham-Oscilowski INST152 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/13/2022	Professor is very nice and passionate about the topic. Just make sure to show up to the classes when there are exit tickets because you might not be able to do them if you don't know what went on that day. Overall, the class is very easy just make sure to master citing sources in APA format.
Ursula Gorham-Oscilowski INST152 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/01/2022	Very nice, and super understanding professor, and there are some pretty interesting lectures throughout the semester. There is no final, and just a few easy quizzes and written assignments throughout the semester. I did not focus too much on this class and pretty easily got an A. Highly recommend if you need a gen-ed.
Ursula Gorham-Oscilowski INST152 Expecting an A Anonymous 10/12/2022	Prof Gorham is awesome. She is super nice and is a really good lecturer. easy to listen and stay engaged in the class. this was a fun gen ed i highly recommend taking it, i learned a lot of applicable stuff!
Ursula Gorham-Oscilowski INST152 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/23/2021	Great professor, who is very nice and really cares about the course material. There are 2 writing assignments, no final/midterm, and a final project. There are some reading quizzes and in-class assignments but they are very easy to complete and some of your lowest grades get dropped at the end of the semester. Sometimes the course content can be very boring, however, it is all very easy to comprehend. For a gen ed, this is a very manageable and easy course.
Ursula Gorham-Oscilowski INST152 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/22/2021	Great professor she really cares about the course. Manageable gen ed.
Ursula Gorham-Oscilowski INST152 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/14/2021	Fun class, her lectures were great. No complaints.
Ursula Gorham-Oscilowski INST152 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/16/2021	great professor, easy gen ed
Courtney Douglass INST152 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/28/2019	The grades in this class rely on participation and group work. Courtney is a fair and reasonable instructor, so as long as you show up to class and put in the work, this class is an easy A.