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Michael Friedman KNES484 Expecting an A- Anonymous 10/09/2025	THIS CLASS IS SO MUCH WORK. It is an all-online class about movies, and the assignments for this class are absurd. You have to watch a 2 1/2 film each week on top of watching 1-3 "podcasts" that are just online lectures that range anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour each. You also have to read the 2 required readings, which range from 10-30 pages each. After completing all of that, you have to complete a "podcast quiz" which is multiple choice, and the answers are not explicitly stated. After the podcast quiz each week, you have to complete a film journal, which has 3 short answer/essay questions that you MUST include a reference to the podcast and the readings in. After completing that, you copy and paste your answers into 3 different discussion posts, but it does not end there. You must reply to 2 different people on each discussion post, and after people reply to you, you have to respond back to one of the people that responded to you, AND respond to a practically brand new question that Dr. Friedman posts on that discussion. You do all of that for each discussion every single week. He grades so harshly on the film journals that it is not even funny. He has also assigned our first paper to be due during fall break, which does not even make sense. Overall, the class is so time-consuming, and the workload is absurd for an upper-level elective about movies.
Michael Friedman KNES484 Expecting a C Anonymous 11/15/2021	Garbage professor. His expectations of this class are that of a grad level course. his personal opinion overly influence his grading and biases his lectures. If you do not agree with his opinion he will force unrealistic expectations upon your critiques. Absolutely avoid this class. Work load is not difficult however there is no rational conversation with Friedman has he is right an any opinion that challenges him is wrong.