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Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/15/2024	Took her S24. She’s a great lecturer, super sweet. The assignments are consistent but perfectly manageable. And if you have trouble, the TAs have been super helpful (Sebastian and Courtney rule). If you take this class: - Do the readings. A lot of the content you learn is there. - Stay on track with the work, because it’s easy to fall behind - Show up to lecture, she did clicker questions for us and that adds up - Get used to using Microsoft Word, because many assignments require being typed and it’s easier to use Word than Docs for the stuff you’re doing. - If you need anything—literally anything—just talk to her. She’s always willing to help.
Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/15/2023	Disclaimer: I am a very logically thinking CS major minoring in Linguistics. Dr. Antonisse was great. She's been doing this for a while and knows her stuff. Takes everything really slow, class was extremely easy for me and homework served as a nice chill break from other heavy coursework. Exams were super fair, discussions were good, content was interesting and well-paced. Workloads weren't bad, one assignment per week that takes about an hour. Uses clickers in class but most of the time, you get full credit for clicker questions regardless of what you pick; it's just for participation. She was very responsive and helpful for any confusion, encouraged participation in class, had a good personality and pedagogy. I would take her again. She admittedly does have a little trouble handling wrong answers in class, like a lot of "welllllll not exactly" and I see how that could come off as demeaning but I personally didn't take it that way. The TAs were grad students in Linguistics and were really helpful. Now, I will say that this class is not really a "history" class and is somewhere between a humanities class and a math class. Most of the semester is spent on the technical side of linguistics, looking at how sounds and words and sentences are internally structured and forming these systematic rules for language. For me, being used to this type of thinking in CS, it was fine. But I can see how it would be hard for some people who may not be as used to such technical coursework. I will also say that this class probably is a little too much for a GenEd and there are easier GenEds for DSHS. I enjoyed it because I am interested in linguistics, but for someone not interested in linguistics this probably wouldn't be fun.
Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 12/13/2023	Hard class and hard professor. lectures are not engaging. when asking a question she cuts you off before you can finish and she just makes you sound stupid. also if you go into office hours she just isn't much help at all.
Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/06/2023	Dr. Antonisse is great! The course is not an "easy A", you need to stay up to date with the work, but the work is interesting and adds to the course. I never felt like I was doing "busy work". The workload is super manageable!
Tonia Bleam LING200 Expecting a B- Sage 05/22/2022	TL;DR Don't take this class if you want an easy A. Some of the content is interesting and enjoyable, other parts of it are tedious and annoying to solve without the IPA. Overall it isn't the worst if you put in a good amount of effort. Professor Bleam is a good professor, it's the course content which i have a problem with. I expected the content to be solely focused on the theoretical and philosophical side of linguistics. It turns out this class was largely dominated by the International Phonetic alphabet and the scientific and technical side of linguistics. This was annoying because it takes a good amount of extra time to try to understand these concepts in addition to memorizing the IPA, which is something they required us to do. The memorization aspect really was just extra work as we could have grasped the concepts without struggling through the memorization. I went to almost every discussion section and lecture and i still found it so tedious to have to learn how to do the exercises. The topic isn't hard and I basically got the hang of it by the final, but the content/exercises were made unnecessarily hard by the memorization. Doing the out of class readings doesn't explain a whole lot either. You need to go to office hours and do some practice to understand. With this i will say that the homework assignments did help. My discussion section on the other hand was largely a waste of time. If they had provided us with a sheet detailing the IPA on tests, then the class average would have been much higher and in my personal experience I would have understood how to do the practice exercises better and much earlier on in the course.
Tonia Bleam LING200 Expecting an A+ umdterpman 05/18/2021	I took LING200 online with Dr. Bleam - she's a very good professor! This class was not hard (imo) and the workload was relatively low if you paid attention in lecture well. Very interesting course as well, in my opinion.
Michelle Morrison LING200 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/25/2021	Dr. Morrison is an amazing professor. She teachers in a way that is efficient and to the point, while still being detailed and interesting. You should be prepared to work hard in the class to get a good grade (you can't slack off), but she'll never make anything unreasonably hard. She's also super helpful if you need extra help or have any questions. Overall, I'd say that she is a great professor and you'll learn a lot from her.
Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting an A tomorrow 01/12/2021	Dr. Antonisse was a responsive professor and gave thorough lectures and course materials even during the online fall 2020 semester. She was responsive to student concerns, especially from those that were having trouble in the course. If I wasn't graduating, I'd try take her again.
Tonia Bleam LING200 Anonymous 07/21/2015	Professor Bleam is awesome asf! Her teaching methods were so fun and helpful! She gave us alot of practice homework BUT it helped us review for the exams and such. We also had alot of quizzes, but don't freak out because it was pretty easy IF you studied. And PLEASE study for her class. Honestly, her exams and quizzes are set up just like the study guides and practice homeworks etc. ALSO if you are confused just go to her office hours! She is so easy to approach and not scary at all! Also the TA's are great. Anton (and Bleam) helped me out with alot of questions I had about the homework and helped me understand better alot of concepts I did not fully understand. Overall, Bleam is a fun, energetic,and well prepared Professor. She is the best professor I've had so far in my career as university student! :) I highly recommend her!
Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/04/2014	Dr. Antonisse is a pretty good teacher. She covers a LOT of information throughout the semester, so attending class is necessary if you want to do well. There are a decent number of assignments, but it's really difficult to work ahead. She doesn't really post stuff on ELMS when she says she will, and even if she does, a revised assignment will be posted the next day. This class is frustrating if you have a heavy courseload from your other classes
Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting a C terp15 05/21/2014	Dr. Antonisse is a thorough professor. She knows her stuff and mostly expands on what is in the book. She is a bit of a stickler though, so make sure to not miss any assignments. The weekly prep work is sort of annoying. And for the most part you can get full points for them, but only if you have a TA who grades it that way. I had one who took points off for things. A very informative class, just make sure to keep on track with things and meet with the TA if you get lost.
Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/10/2011	The class wasn't bad but Dr. Antonisse isn't a great professor. She accuses students of not doing the homework if they ask a question in class and tends to belittle students with her answers. Though she is helpful when you ask her one on one, she tends assume the entire class is trying to pull something on her and makes resources unavailable except through the TAs office hours.
Tonia Bleam LING200 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/30/2011	Awesome class! Dr. Bleam is a great lecturer-to the point, simple, easy to understand, and very aware of student concerns. If you go to the lectures, at least skim the readings, you should not need to spend much time studying. I got A's on both midterms. Didn't do 1/5 homeworks, which lost me my A. The material is so interesting, nothing I have paid attention to before. Overall, a good CORE.
Tonia Bleam LING200 Expecting an A mreese 04/28/2011	Dr. Bleam is such a sweet professor! She's really funny and down to earth, I go to class just to listen to her talk. The class is really quite easy; Dr. Bleam makes all the notes available on ELMS, the homework and "prep exercises" keep you thinking about the material, and the required reading is minimal. Midterms don't really require studying as long as you can compartmentalize information well. Besides that, the material is genuinely interesting and opens up topics most people never give a thought to. If you're looking for a class to fill up your schedule without eating your time, consider this one.
Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting a B punkmaniac05 11/23/2010	Dr. Antonisse is a fantastic professor and great at relaying the information to students. She does take the course a little too seriously though. There are two simple quizzes, a midterm, and a final. Each week there is a discussion preparation that is basically a 100 if you do it. There are 6 homeworks, 2 of which are basically papers and a bit ridiculous. The other homeworks are just linguistics problems and are very easy. If you do work in this class and pay attention, you will do well. It's a very interesting class, and I am glad I took it.
Tonia Bleam LING200 Expecting an A tacticaLeader 05/22/2010	Dr. Bleam is a great professor who tries to engage her students and is a very nice person. The textbook is actually good and reading it is required for the routine homework (5 this semester). Exams are not tricky at all and very doable if studied well. This is a great core class because it actually teaches something new, interesting, and applicable to everyone. Great class!!
Tonia Bleam LING200 Expecting an A kcorman 04/27/2010	I really liked the professor, she did a great job of explaining things thoroughly and not rushing through things. Very approachable, engaging. The tests aren't too hard as long as you know the concepts, but you do need to at least study.
Tonia Bleam LING200 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/26/2010	She is what inspired me to become a linguistics major! The class is simple: if you go to class, do the assignments and attend discussion, and A is nearly guaranteed. She is always willing to help, she will accommodate your schedule if you cannot make it to office hours, and she is really enthusiastic about what she teaches.
Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting an A eshupe 01/26/2010	Dr. Antonisse is a great professor. She is very straightforward and makes the material very easy to understand. Always personable and helpful. Really interesting class if you are interested in learning more about language.
Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/20/2009	Great professor! She's very helpful and approachable. I plan on taking more linguistics courses with her. Everything in the class in extremely doable, so it's no problem getting an A. LING200 is really good to get a SB core out of the way.
Tonia Bleam LING200 Expecting an A FatJesus 08/19/2009	I took this class as a personal interest and as a CORE. This class is pretty well organized. There are a multitude of TAs available to help with the class and clarify material. The lectures are available in full to download from ELMS (if I remember correctly) and are very helpful to study from. There are several exams, quizzes, and some regular homework, but this isn't a hard class to study for. As long as you pay attention to the info and logically understand the concepts, then you will have no issue getting an A. The material is interesting and pretty logical if you take the time to apply it to the real-world. Makes doing all the work kind of fun. Overall, this is a great CORE to take. No steep learning curve and decently useful info to know (IMHO).
Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/19/2008	Not a bad course, but I'm not sure I would have taken it if it weren't a requirement. It's not too hard, and TAs are always open for office hours, and I recommend using them. Dr. Antonisse is nice enough, but is not really going to cut you any breaks. Could definitely be worse, though.
Tonia Bleam LING200 Anonymous 05/11/2008	Amazing professor. Take good notes and that's pretty much all you'll need to study for the tests. She explains everything really well. Can't wait to have her again!!
Margaret Antonisse LING200 Expecting an A aallen 10/31/2007	She is an excellent professor with great examples and is willing to help one-on-one, even with a lecture of 200 people! She is incredibly helpful, and breaks everything down into easy to understand units. This class is easy but truly stimulating. A good non lab science and, as long as you do the work, an easy A.

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/15/2024

Took her S24. She’s a great lecturer, super sweet. The assignments are consistent but perfectly manageable. And if you have trouble, the TAs have been super helpful (Sebastian and Courtney rule). If you take this class: - Do the readings. A lot of the content you learn is there. - Stay on track with the work, because it’s easy to fall behind - Show up to lecture, she did clicker questions for us and that adds up - Get used to using Microsoft Word, because many assignments require being typed and it’s easier to use Word than Docs for the stuff you’re doing. - If you need anything—literally anything—just talk to her. She’s always willing to help.

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/15/2023

Disclaimer: I am a very logically thinking CS major minoring in Linguistics. Dr. Antonisse was great. She's been doing this for a while and knows her stuff. Takes everything really slow, class was extremely easy for me and homework served as a nice chill break from other heavy coursework. Exams were super fair, discussions were good, content was interesting and well-paced. Workloads weren't bad, one assignment per week that takes about an hour. Uses clickers in class but most of the time, you get full credit for clicker questions regardless of what you pick; it's just for participation. She was very responsive and helpful for any confusion, encouraged participation in class, had a good personality and pedagogy. I would take her again. She admittedly does have a little trouble handling wrong answers in class, like a lot of "welllllll not exactly" and I see how that could come off as demeaning but I personally didn't take it that way. The TAs were grad students in Linguistics and were really helpful. Now, I will say that this class is not really a "history" class and is somewhere between a humanities class and a math class. Most of the semester is spent on the technical side of linguistics, looking at how sounds and words and sentences are internally structured and forming these systematic rules for language. For me, being used to this type of thinking in CS, it was fine. But I can see how it would be hard for some people who may not be as used to such technical coursework. I will also say that this class probably is a little too much for a GenEd and there are easier GenEds for DSHS. I enjoyed it because I am interested in linguistics, but for someone not interested in linguistics this probably wouldn't be fun.

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting a C+
Anonymous
12/13/2023

Hard class and hard professor. lectures are not engaging. when asking a question she cuts you off before you can finish and she just makes you sound stupid. also if you go into office hours she just isn't much help at all.

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/06/2023

Dr. Antonisse is great! The course is not an "easy A", you need to stay up to date with the work, but the work is interesting and adds to the course. I never felt like I was doing "busy work". The workload is super manageable!

Tonia Bleam
LING200

Expecting a B-
Sage
05/22/2022

TL;DR Don't take this class if you want an easy A. Some of the content is interesting and enjoyable, other parts of it are tedious and annoying to solve without the IPA. Overall it isn't the worst if you put in a good amount of effort. Professor Bleam is a good professor, it's the course content which i have a problem with. I expected the content to be solely focused on the theoretical and philosophical side of linguistics. It turns out this class was largely dominated by the International Phonetic alphabet and the scientific and technical side of linguistics. This was annoying because it takes a good amount of extra time to try to understand these concepts in addition to memorizing the IPA, which is something they required us to do. The memorization aspect really was just extra work as we could have grasped the concepts without struggling through the memorization. I went to almost every discussion section and lecture and i still found it so tedious to have to learn how to do the exercises. The topic isn't hard and I basically got the hang of it by the final, but the content/exercises were made unnecessarily hard by the memorization. Doing the out of class readings doesn't explain a whole lot either. You need to go to office hours and do some practice to understand. With this i will say that the homework assignments did help. My discussion section on the other hand was largely a waste of time. If they had provided us with a sheet detailing the IPA on tests, then the class average would have been much higher and in my personal experience I would have understood how to do the practice exercises better and much earlier on in the course.

Tonia Bleam
LING200

Expecting an A+
umdterpman
05/18/2021

I took LING200 online with Dr. Bleam - she's a very good professor! This class was not hard (imo) and the workload was relatively low if you paid attention in lecture well. Very interesting course as well, in my opinion.

Michelle Morrison
LING200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/25/2021

Dr. Morrison is an amazing professor. She teachers in a way that is efficient and to the point, while still being detailed and interesting. You should be prepared to work hard in the class to get a good grade (you can't slack off), but she'll never make anything unreasonably hard. She's also super helpful if you need extra help or have any questions. Overall, I'd say that she is a great professor and you'll learn a lot from her.

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting an A
tomorrow
01/12/2021

Dr. Antonisse was a responsive professor and gave thorough lectures and course materials even during the online fall 2020 semester. She was responsive to student concerns, especially from those that were having trouble in the course. If I wasn't graduating, I'd try take her again.

Tonia Bleam
LING200

Anonymous
07/21/2015

Professor Bleam is awesome asf! Her teaching methods were so fun and helpful! She gave us alot of practice homework BUT it helped us review for the exams and such. We also had alot of quizzes, but don't freak out because it was pretty easy IF you studied. And PLEASE study for her class. Honestly, her exams and quizzes are set up just like the study guides and practice homeworks etc. ALSO if you are confused just go to her office hours! She is so easy to approach and not scary at all! Also the TA's are great. Anton (and Bleam) helped me out with alot of questions I had about the homework and helped me understand better alot of concepts I did not fully understand. Overall, Bleam is a fun, energetic,and well prepared Professor. She is the best professor I've had so far in my career as university student! :) I highly recommend her!

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/04/2014

Dr. Antonisse is a pretty good teacher. She covers a LOT of information throughout the semester, so attending class is necessary if you want to do well. There are a decent number of assignments, but it's really difficult to work ahead. She doesn't really post stuff on ELMS when she says she will, and even if she does, a revised assignment will be posted the next day. This class is frustrating if you have a heavy courseload from your other classes

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting a C
terp15
05/21/2014

Dr. Antonisse is a thorough professor. She knows her stuff and mostly expands on what is in the book. She is a bit of a stickler though, so make sure to not miss any assignments. The weekly prep work is sort of annoying. And for the most part you can get full points for them, but only if you have a TA who grades it that way. I had one who took points off for things. A very informative class, just make sure to keep on track with things and meet with the TA if you get lost.

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
12/10/2011

The class wasn't bad but Dr. Antonisse isn't a great professor. She accuses students of not doing the homework if they ask a question in class and tends to belittle students with her answers. Though she is helpful when you ask her one on one, she tends assume the entire class is trying to pull something on her and makes resources unavailable except through the TAs office hours.

Tonia Bleam
LING200

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/30/2011

Awesome class! Dr. Bleam is a great lecturer-to the point, simple, easy to understand, and very aware of student concerns. If you go to the lectures, at least skim the readings, you should not need to spend much time studying. I got A's on both midterms. Didn't do 1/5 homeworks, which lost me my A. The material is so interesting, nothing I have paid attention to before. Overall, a good CORE.

Tonia Bleam
LING200

Expecting an A
mreese
04/28/2011

Dr. Bleam is such a sweet professor! She's really funny and down to earth, I go to class just to listen to her talk. The class is really quite easy; Dr. Bleam makes all the notes available on ELMS, the homework and "prep exercises" keep you thinking about the material, and the required reading is minimal. Midterms don't really require studying as long as you can compartmentalize information well. Besides that, the material is genuinely interesting and opens up topics most people never give a thought to. If you're looking for a class to fill up your schedule without eating your time, consider this one.

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting a B
punkmaniac05
11/23/2010

Dr. Antonisse is a fantastic professor and great at relaying the information to students. She does take the course a little too seriously though. There are two simple quizzes, a midterm, and a final. Each week there is a discussion preparation that is basically a 100 if you do it. There are 6 homeworks, 2 of which are basically papers and a bit ridiculous. The other homeworks are just linguistics problems and are very easy. If you do work in this class and pay attention, you will do well. It's a very interesting class, and I am glad I took it.

Tonia Bleam
LING200

Expecting an A
tacticaLeader
05/22/2010

Dr. Bleam is a great professor who tries to engage her students and is a very nice person. The textbook is actually good and reading it is required for the routine homework (5 this semester). Exams are not tricky at all and very doable if studied well. This is a great core class because it actually teaches something new, interesting, and applicable to everyone. Great class!!

Tonia Bleam
LING200

Expecting an A
kcorman
04/27/2010

I really liked the professor, she did a great job of explaining things thoroughly and not rushing through things. Very approachable, engaging. The tests aren't too hard as long as you know the concepts, but you do need to at least study.

Tonia Bleam
LING200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/26/2010

She is what inspired me to become a linguistics major! The class is simple: if you go to class, do the assignments and attend discussion, and A is nearly guaranteed. She is always willing to help, she will accommodate your schedule if you cannot make it to office hours, and she is really enthusiastic about what she teaches.

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting an A
eshupe
01/26/2010

Dr. Antonisse is a great professor. She is very straightforward and makes the material very easy to understand. Always personable and helpful. Really interesting class if you are interested in learning more about language.

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/20/2009

Great professor! She's very helpful and approachable. I plan on taking more linguistics courses with her. Everything in the class in extremely doable, so it's no problem getting an A. LING200 is really good to get a SB core out of the way.

Tonia Bleam
LING200

Expecting an A
FatJesus
08/19/2009

I took this class as a personal interest and as a CORE. This class is pretty well organized. There are a multitude of TAs available to help with the class and clarify material. The lectures are available in full to download from ELMS (if I remember correctly) and are very helpful to study from. There are several exams, quizzes, and some regular homework, but this isn't a hard class to study for. As long as you pay attention to the info and logically understand the concepts, then you will have no issue getting an A. The material is interesting and pretty logical if you take the time to apply it to the real-world. Makes doing all the work kind of fun. Overall, this is a great CORE to take. No steep learning curve and decently useful info to know (IMHO).

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
12/19/2008

Not a bad course, but I'm not sure I would have taken it if it weren't a requirement. It's not too hard, and TAs are always open for office hours, and I recommend using them. Dr. Antonisse is nice enough, but is not really going to cut you any breaks. Could definitely be worse, though.

Tonia Bleam
LING200

Anonymous
05/11/2008

Amazing professor. Take good notes and that's pretty much all you'll need to study for the tests. She explains everything really well. Can't wait to have her again!!

Margaret Antonisse
LING200

Expecting an A
aallen
10/31/2007

She is an excellent professor with great examples and is willing to help one-on-one, even with a lecture of 200 people! She is incredibly helpful, and breaks everything down into easy to understand units. This class is easy but truly stimulating. A good non lab science and, as long as you do the work, an easy A.

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