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Shirelle Doughty
ISRL372 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/30/2025 |
Not a hard class, but very annoying. Is it really too much to ask for straightforward discussion post questions? And can the discussion post questions not be an essay’s length please? |
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Shirelle Doughty
ISRL372 Anonymous 11/23/2025 |
Do NOT take this class if you're looking for an elective that doesn't take too much time Pros: - It's asynchronous Cons: - 2 discussion posts per week with a bunch of questions, asking for specifics and citations. The attached readings have a LOT of pages in them, it's pretty much a whole novel. Sometimes, you have to read not just one, but multiple, so you can compare them. You're also given multiple 2 hour long films you have to watch because there are questions asking about them. - 3 exams including a cumulative final - final essay that's worth 30% of your grade and you have to select a topic that wasn't covered in class because the professor doesnt want you to "recap a lecture" so now you're forced to find a topic with barely any information or sources at all - class is boring, and professor is strict with grading |
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Shirelle Doughty
ISRL372 Anonymous 11/19/2025 |
Taking this class right now and I advise everyone looking for an easy gen ed to stay away. Let's get some of the positives out of the way: it's online and asynchronous. Now on to the negatives: you will get 2 discussion posts every week and you have to respond to 2 classmates per post. On the outside, this doesn't seem bad until you realize that the discussion posts require you to analyze 30+ page PDFs of books with some being extremely hard to read. Most discussion posts will also have multiple questions each with their own sub questions. And if that's not bad enough, you will also have to analyze MULTIPLE 2+ hour long films. The films are blurry and low quality, boring, and are constantly buffering because they're hosted on UMD's crappy streaming service. In this class, you will have 3 exams (one of them being the cumulative final) and a final essay which is about 10 pages long. It's like the professor couldn't decide to have a final exam or final essay, so she decided to do both which is absolutely ridiculous. The worst part? There's an oral section to the exams as if this is some language course. The semester is almost over and we only have like 4 discussion post grades. For reference, we are currently on our 20TH DISCUSSION POST. I am not exaggerating when I say that this has been the WORST experience I've ever had for a gen ed. Please take something else if you're looking for something that you don't have to invest an exorbitant amount of time into. |
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Shirelle Doughty
ISRL372 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/05/2025 |
If you love to have interesting material to read and write paragraphs about during various parts of your week, this course is for you! If you are looking for an easy gen ed, don't like to read or write too much, stay away from this class at all costs! Overall, interesting material, but as far as a gen ed goes; a lot of work and requires a lot of your time. |
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Shirelle Doughty
ISRL372 Anonymous 11/04/2025 |
Pretty good class, all asynchronous and has 2 assignments a week and 3 "exams" and then a final paper. Workload is okay but professor is not the most communicative, she said we would have exams in person but we haven't, also doesn't really say that we are having exams until the week of. Overall pretty manageable |