Reviews for SOCY224

Information Review
Kris Marsh
SOCY224

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/22/2024 		Easiest A in my life. Only assignments is thursday you need to turn in your summary of the episode of the show you watched. 3 to 5 sentences for each episode. Its a tuesday and thurs class but we only meet thursdays. I missed around 4 classes but still got credit when the next week i turned in the paper. TA Joey is so nice! Take this class bc yes its a 8 am but it goes fasttttt.
Dawn Dow
SOCY224

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/12/2024 		This a good class if you're looking for an A. I feel like workload was reasonable and you could definitely get everything done without going to every lecture which was nice. Class consisted of weekly readings + reading quizzes, discussion boards, a midterm, and a final paper. TAs do most of the grading and sometimes I felt it was too harsh for what the class was, but if you put a little effort in, you can maintain a good grade.
Kris Marsh
SOCY224

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/12/2024 		Easiest GenEd you could possibly take. You watch the Boondocks, write a one page summary every week and turn it in in class. She only holds one class a week even though Testudo may say it’s two, but the downside is it’s an 8am and attendance is required since you have to turn in your summaries in person. If you’re ok with this and want the easiest double GenEd possible, this is the class for you.
Kris Marsh
SOCY224

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/07/2024 		yes i know a 8am?? But you only go to the Thursday sessions. Tuesdays we don't meet because she gives us time to watch the episode of the boondocks. Easy A and the TA Joey is awesome!!
Kris Marsh
SOCY224

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
04/22/2024 		Super easy class!! Meets once a week unfortunatley at 8am but i have missed a few and I just turn in the assignment the next week. They are very flexible and she wants you to succeed. Best class you will ever take.
Jeffrey Parsells-johnson
SOCY224

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/25/2024 		Anyone saying that there is "too much work" or "he grades weird" is just lying or lazy. There was not even close to a lot of work in any of the classes I have taken with him and all of the information was comprehensive and interesting. He is funny, kind, caring, and charismatic. The only thing I could criticize is that he needs to loosen up, he is a new professor here so it makes sense for him to be a bit stressed. However, he does seem a bit tense even though he is genuinely an enjoyable professor!
Muna Adem
SOCY224

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/19/2024 		the sweetest professor i could ask for!! she asks for feedback and actually listens to our opinions and actively changes things in the curriculum based on it. exams were basically open note and we had a weekly(ish) op ed post which werent too difficult bc u could find a lot of the info in the readings. there were a lot of readings but i never actually read them all i j skimmed for answers. i loved the in class discussions and the prompts she gave us but the group work felt kinda pointless sometimes. overall i found the class v interesting and loved having her as my professor
Muna Adem
SOCY224

Expecting an A
cm222
01/15/2024 		one of the sweetest women/professors i've ever had, extremely personable and really tried to get to know her students. the content of the course was super interesting and she explained everything very well. the exams weren't too hard at all, and the final was a paper which she gave a lot of lenience with. i loved her and this course so much!
Kris Marsh
SOCY224

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/19/2023 		LOVEEEEEE DR MARSH. TAKE HER IF YOU CAN! CLASS IS THE EASIEST A YOU WILL EVER GET!
Muna Adem
SOCY224

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/14/2023 		Pros: -Incredibly kind and understanding professor, quick to respond to emails -Extremely interesting and enlightening readings/course material -Easy and fairly quick homeworks (basically 10 250-word responses; I never received under a 100%) -Exams are easy and open-note to some extent Cons: -Lecture style was not great. The slides are not especially entertaining, and the in-class activities where people work in randomly-assigned groups consistently ended up being like 2 people out of the group doing all the work. Now, I fault this class being a convenient Double Gen-Ed class for people's lack of interest more than I fault the professor, but there probably could have been a better method to generate engagement than this. -Really did not like the exams. The multiple choice sections felt like they were testing us on technicalities rather than some of the big concepts.
Muna Adem
SOCY224

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/06/2023 		Professor Adem is one of the best professors I've had yet! My class was her first at UMD, so there were a lot of growing pains but I really enjoy her style of teaching. She's energetic and does a great job at getting everyone involved, so if you don't like that then she isn't the best professor for you. She does a great job managing such difficult topics, making sure everyone knows that their opinion is okay to share with the class. This class has an op-ed each week (roughly 200 words) with two exams and a final paper. She is extremely open to making sure due dates and criteria is flexible for everyone and will have open conversation about said deadlines with the whole class to hear our opinions. I took this class for the gen-ed credit, so I didn't purchase to book(s), yet I was still able to achieve an A.
Jeffrey Parsells-johnson
SOCY224

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
08/22/2023 		Nice guy but weird grading
Jeffrey Parsells-johnson
SOCY224

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/02/2023 		great professor, very lenient with deadlines and flexible with classes.
Jeffrey Parsells-johnson
SOCY224

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/20/2023 		Good teaching, very funny. Workload is manageable and easy. Classes are straightforward and interesting. If you come to class, the class will be very easy.
Kris Marsh
SOCY224

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
02/15/2022 		Best professor ever!!!! All we did in this class was watch the Boondocks and talk about it.