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James Hagberg KNES260 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/22/2025	Dr. Hagberg is one of the best professors I have had so far at UMD. He's extremely friendly, knowledgeable, and passionate about cardiovascular health. This class is very research study heavy, so in order to get a good grade, you must familiarize yourself with all the different studies. Lecture is more like a seminar, where you watch the prerecording's prior to lecture, and discuss the findings in class. Luckily, there is only one lecture per week (as well as a discussion). For our class, he waived all but 3 quizzes, meaning as long as you show up, you got the full 10/10. That being said, you won't be able to just wing the exams and expect an A, as you will definitely need to study the material. Also, there are only 2 exams - one midterm and a final, which isn't cumulative. My final verdict on the class is if you simply want a free A to get rid of a gen ed, don't take this course. However, if you are passionate about cardiovascular health and are willing to put in some effort (I watched the lecture videos each week and filled in the lecture slides, as well as studied prior to the midterm and final), I definitely recommend this course and an A is more than possible.
James Hagberg KNES260 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/29/2024	The nicest and most laid back professor you will meet. It's flipped, so you watch a lecture every week, and you meet once a week to discuss and take a quiz. However, if you have a good discussion, he forgoes the quiz which is the case most of the time. The material is simple to digest and very insightful on how you can improve your cardiovascular health and the dire importance of physical activity. There are two exams, and I'll say the first is very easy and the second is very challenging. I suggest you take notes on every lecture you watch, or create some flashcards and you will be completely fine. The writing assigments seem daunting but if you give an honest effort, you will be fine.
James Hagberg KNES260 Expecting an A- Anonymous 03/15/2023	Would not recommend this class at all.
Jennie Phillips KNES260 Expecting a C Anonymous 12/12/2011	Do not take this class. Although this teacher is a good teacher and the class is interesting the work load and amount of work i have had to put into this class just to get a mere C is ridiculous. I took this class as an easy core and was fooled. Although I could have put more work into this class I was told it was and EASY A. All i have to say is false advertising.
James Hagberg KNES260 Expecting an A rstar225 12/18/2010	This class was way too much work and way too hard for a core class. quizzes every week, and you need to study at least an hour for each one. there are two writing assignments and each one takes an extremely long time. tests are hard but theres a big curve. overall it was an ok class, you learn a lot, but be warned that it is a lot of work.
Rosemary Lindle KNES260 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/02/2010	Easy Class. She posts the lectures online, and then you just come to class to review them. There are a few EASY assignments, such as a family health tree, which are mad easy. Midterm was pretty difficult but it was curved 20 points and the final wasn't too bad.

James Hagberg
KNES260

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/22/2025

Dr. Hagberg is one of the best professors I have had so far at UMD. He's extremely friendly, knowledgeable, and passionate about cardiovascular health. This class is very research study heavy, so in order to get a good grade, you must familiarize yourself with all the different studies. Lecture is more like a seminar, where you watch the prerecording's prior to lecture, and discuss the findings in class. Luckily, there is only one lecture per week (as well as a discussion). For our class, he waived all but 3 quizzes, meaning as long as you show up, you got the full 10/10. That being said, you won't be able to just wing the exams and expect an A, as you will definitely need to study the material. Also, there are only 2 exams - one midterm and a final, which isn't cumulative. My final verdict on the class is if you simply want a free A to get rid of a gen ed, don't take this course. However, if you are passionate about cardiovascular health and are willing to put in some effort (I watched the lecture videos each week and filled in the lecture slides, as well as studied prior to the midterm and final), I definitely recommend this course and an A is more than possible.

James Hagberg
KNES260

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/29/2024

The nicest and most laid back professor you will meet. It's flipped, so you watch a lecture every week, and you meet once a week to discuss and take a quiz. However, if you have a good discussion, he forgoes the quiz which is the case most of the time. The material is simple to digest and very insightful on how you can improve your cardiovascular health and the dire importance of physical activity. There are two exams, and I'll say the first is very easy and the second is very challenging. I suggest you take notes on every lecture you watch, or create some flashcards and you will be completely fine. The writing assigments seem daunting but if you give an honest effort, you will be fine.

James Hagberg
KNES260

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
03/15/2023

Would not recommend this class at all.

Jennie Phillips
KNES260

Expecting a C
Anonymous
12/12/2011

Do not take this class. Although this teacher is a good teacher and the class is interesting the work load and amount of work i have had to put into this class just to get a mere C is ridiculous. I took this class as an easy core and was fooled. Although I could have put more work into this class I was told it was and EASY A. All i have to say is false advertising.

James Hagberg
KNES260

Expecting an A
rstar225
12/18/2010

This class was way too much work and way too hard for a core class. quizzes every week, and you need to study at least an hour for each one. there are two writing assignments and each one takes an extremely long time. tests are hard but theres a big curve. overall it was an ok class, you learn a lot, but be warned that it is a lot of work.

Rosemary Lindle
KNES260

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/02/2010

Easy Class. She posts the lectures online, and then you just come to class to review them. There are a few EASY assignments, such as a family health tree, which are mad easy. Midterm was pretty difficult but it was curved 20 points and the final wasn't too bad.

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