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William Robin MUSC130 Anonymous 04/19/2022	Awful class. Do not take if you're looking for an easy class.
William Robin MUSC130 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/21/2021	Prof Robin is literally the nicest guy on earth. I have no music background and honestly am kind of terrible at music, but he actually helped me develop an appreciation for music stuff I never thought I could find interesting. My one issue is that, as others have said, this class has a weird amount of work for what it is. From the syllabus it seems like barely anything, but then you open the "projects" and find out they're full-blown essays. On the other hand, all the deadlines are flexible and there's a ton of extra credit, so it's very possible to do well as long as you eventually complete the assignments.
William Robin MUSC130 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/16/2021	Dr. Robin is a really nice professor, but this class had a disproportionately large amount of work. Assignments were very writing-intensive, but they weren't graded harshly. Every deadline was very flexible, he would accept anything very late so long as you told him why you needed a longer extension. The material was not difficult, even if you don't have a musical background. Quizzes were open note, though that may have just been because it was online. If you basically just wrote what was in the modules, you'd be fine. Extra credit was plentiful if you needed it, too.
William Robin MUSC130 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/03/2021	Such a bad class. I feel bad for anyone that has to take it. Seems light and easy, but this class is some dog shet
William Robin MUSC130 Expecting a W Anonymous 04/03/2021	horrible. more work than every other class. maybe cuz its online, but getting a A in this class is like attempting to run a mile under 5 minutes, fighting a wasp nest, fighting a bear. everytime i check the new weeks assignment, i just want to break my monitior at how ridiculous the workload is. if this was in person, id blast juice wrld so no one could hear this crap. Id be doing my daily good
William Robin MUSC130 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/11/2018	Dr. Robin is a solid prof. My only qualm would be that he kind of teaches exactly what's in the textbook, but he does make his lectures engaging and insightful. As someone who was taking this class for the music minor program and not as a GenEd, I do wish the material was more in depth, but that's on the syllabus, not Dr. Robin. Would highly recommend.
Patrick Warfield MUSC130 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/26/2011	Warfield is an AMAZING lecturer, he captivates his audience and I loved every minute of lecture. His expectations, however, are way to high, the exams are really difficult, and you have to work your butt off studying. I am a pretty good student, and I had to spend more time studying for this class than any other class I was taking. I would take the class again, however I wouldn't sign up for it if i wasn't up for the work load. Definitely not an easy A
Patrick Warfield MUSC130 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/24/2011	I would not recommend this course with professor Warfield if you want an easy HA. You have to be absolutely in love with music in order to enjoy this class. I wasn't so I was very miserable completing this course. It's not that I was being lazy, I took good notes and spent hours studying for the 3 exams. It's not that professor Warfield is bad at teaching. It's the reform of course and his high expectations that ruin it. Both the professor and the TAs expect students to go above and beyond what was taught in class in order to get As, that's just very unreasonable for non-music major. The TAs grade the papers very harshly. For me, even though I met all the requirements of the essay prompt and had a thesis, an intro, a conclusion, a bibliography and even a CD with it, the TA still gave me a B-. I just don't know what more I can do.
Patrick Warfield MUSC130 Expecting a B terp121 12/18/2011	Dr. Warfield is an incredible professor. He teaches very well and keeps the class engaged. However, his exams are very difficult and long, and it is not possible to finish in only fifty minutes. If you simply answer the question, you get a C, if you provide more information, you get a B, but in order to get an A you have to add information about other concepts that are related to the concept that the question is about and make it an eclectic answer. This class required more work than a lot of courses that I am taking for my major (Biology) and, although I would recommend taking Dr. Warfield for a different class, I would not recommend this class.
Patrick Warfield MUSC130 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/17/2011	Professor Warfield is one of the most entertaining professors at UMD that I have had so far. His teaching style is exciting and engaging. However, the way the class is structured is total BS. His TA's are very strict grades when it comes to 4 major paper assignments. His 3 exams (no final exam) are taken during discussion and is essentially you just spitting out everything you learned from the previous month. The exams are not that difficult as long as you do the listenings a few nights before the exam and really take detailed notes (not posted online) to have a good idea of what the history is. The music you study is somewhat interesting. Start off the semester with the basic structure of music (melody, pitch, etc) and then you get into a more historical perspective and discussing the significance of particular pieces of music in its period of history. Overall, fun lecture to attend but the material could be a drag and the discussion section and all the TA's suck.
Patrick Warfield MUSC130 Anonymous 12/04/2011	Warfield is interesting to listen to in class, because he is very animated and interested in the material. You SHOULD take as many notes as possible. The tests are nearly impossible to get a good grade on. You take them in discussion sessions, so in a 50 minute time period. The tests are always too long to finish properly, especially with the expectations they have. This is a 100 level course that boasts that you do not need a background in music to complete. You can pass, but you won't get an A. To get an A on the tests and papers, you need to regurgitate all of the information he gave you, and more. To get a B, you have to perfectly restate the information he gave you. This is ridiculous for the type of class it is. Since the tests are most of your grade, you can not really make up for it in other areas. I do not recommend taking this course if you have no background in music theory. Even if you do, it is not an easy class.
Patrick Warfield MUSC130 Expecting a W Anonymous 11/28/2011	I only took this class because MUSC130 was supposed to be an easy HA core...before Warfield became the professor, that is. On the first day of lecture he tells the students, "I don't know what you heard about this class, but if you heard about this class being super easy and that is the only reason you are in this class, drop out right now." Warfield asks way too much for the students in this course. This course is not available for music students, so only non-music students can take it. With that said, Warfield expects us to know and memorize excruciating details about music from 1100 all the way to the present. In addition to that, you need to memorize about 50 songs and know the musical forms for everything. The only good thing about this class is that there is no final exam. However, the two mid-terms in this class are really difficult. You have to know 15 songs that are about 3 - 15 minutes long by heart, with the translation (if it's foreign), musical form, artist, composer, and the year it was produced. You need a lot of time to study for this class. Unless music is something you really want to study and are willing to spend a lot of time, do not take this class. Another thing, all the exams are graded by your own TA. The problem is that some TA's grade MUCH easier than other TA's. One of the TA's mark something wrong on the exam for no reason; when you go up and ask her why she marked it wrong, she has no idea and gives you the points back. Make sure you look through the exam when you get it back because the chances are that you will get points back. Getting an A in this class is not impossible at all; it just takes unnecessary amount of time and work to get it for a HA core class.
Paul Covey MUSC130 Expecting an A Anonymous 06/01/2010	I took MUSC130 because I heard it is an easy A. I did get an A, but it was a ton of annoying, tedious work that angered me and all my classmates as we did all of it through out the semester. Lectures were painful and always under-attended. If you need an HA core and can fit this class in, I'd say take it, because it is easy to do well, you just need to do a lot of really simple, but annoying and TIME CONSUMING (!!) work. ugh.
Paul Covey MUSC130 Expecting an A phash567 05/21/2010	This class and professor were both terrible. Would not take it again if you payed me. Should be an easy core class to get an A in. Its not. The way it is taught makes it difficult and much more work than it needs to be. Also Covey is a very boring lecturer and painful to listen to. I never went to lectures and have to credit my A to my TA who was easy to connect with and helped me whenever I needed it.
Paul Covey MUSC130 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/17/2010	Covey does not appear very professional. His behavior is a little strange for a professor and it sometimes makes it hard to take the class seriously. However this is a course that doesn't have to be taken seriously. Grading is very generous and it is not too difficult to get an A. That being said there are a LOT of assignments. You can BS the majority of it and get away with it but it is still an annoying waste of time. You need to go to lecture because attendance is taken but generally you don't have to pay attention too much. If you are looking for an easy HA then this is a fair choice. Final warning though: although it is easy, it is also very boring and Covey assigns more work than he should for a CORE class.
Paul Covey MUSC130 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/06/2010	This guy has got to be the most boring lecturer in the world. He just rambles on and on making it impossible to pay attention even if you are interested in the subject. The best way I could describe him is as a socially inept kid who can’t speak and is teaching a course. Occasionaly he will jump up and down and do something so awkward its funny but thats about it. His class isn’t that hard but he takes attendance so you have to be bored to tears every class.
Paul Covey MUSC130 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/04/2010	Covey is an interesting teacher. Since lectures are kind of pointless, but you still need to go because the attendance grade counts for a lot. There was a lot of busy work for this class, like listening journals and chapter review questions. But they were ALL graded easily!! The tests and quizzes were all multiple choice, and they provided you with a review sheet..so if you study the material on there you're all set. There is a term paper at the end of the semester which wasn't too bad either. Overall this class is pretty good and really easy - definitely take it if you're looking for an easy HA core to take.
Paul Covey MUSC130 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/25/2010	Prof. Covey is unconventional is every sense of the word, but he is still a great professor. His quirkiness makes the class much more interesting. Musc130 is actually a lot of work but if you do it you will get an A. TA's are very helpful.