Dennis Frezzo

This professor has taught: ENES200, INST154, INST208Z, INST228, INST346, INST362, INST639J

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Dennis Frezzo ENES200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/10/2024	Generous, but not necessarily interested or interesting. Does the best he can given how poorly the course curriculum is structured, which he does not decide.
Dennis Frezzo INST346 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2024	He's clearly very educated and well-equipped to teach this course. He cares about students learning. That being said, this course is def heavy. Expect to work on assignments for many hours a week and the point system can be a little confusing at first. Labs also can feel stressful and rushed. Overall, if you have a stressful course load and have the chance to take someone else then do it. Otherwise, just be prepared to really work in this class.
Dennis Frezzo INST346 Expecting an A- Anonymous 11/02/2024	The most work I have gotten for any of my classes
Dennis Frezzo INST346 Expecting an A Anonymous 09/28/2024	I thought IT was interesting / cool to learn. However, after taking this insanely boring class I could care less about IT. The class sucks, the work is not low effort at all. You are spammed with work every week and forced to buy extra things for the class. The professor is soooooo boring and adds on lame work. Out of all the INST required classes this is the absolute worst one to take.
Dennis Frezzo INST346 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/24/2024	Professor Frezzo is super kind and very knowledgable. Lab attendance is mandatory, and we did pretty fun activities during that time. The workload can be pretty heavy (its not too much but its a solid 3-4 hours of work a week sometimes), but it's all relevant to the course and is helpful. Make sure you pair up with good teammates for lab because I definitely think that makes a difference. This class is a pretty easy A and you'll also learn a lot!
Dennis Frezzo INST154 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/20/2024	He's a very passionate and friendly teacher. Very interested in the content and tries to engage everyone in the class. The class was great with several activities and games played between the semesters, and he often let us go earlier to enjoy the nice weather. The class is quite easy, show up to class (participation, but he drops like a week's worth of class discussion grades) and do the discussions. There are two graded quizzes every week but they're quite easy to get by. 2 major assignments and they both were quite interesting and easy. This class is a cakewalk for any major as long as you put in some effort. I genuinely enjoyed learning in this class and it was something I looked forward to. Professor Frezzo has been one of my favorite profs at UMD, and he made the class a joy. The grading is lenient and half the class gets an A. If you are looking for an easy class to fulfill gen eds, this is it.
Dennis Frezzo INST154 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/15/2024	The class itself was pretty easy, you just had to go sit there, listen to the lecture, and answer questions on elms by discussing with your groupmates or whoever you're sitting with. It's a low-effort class, the main assignments are a case study, a website, and the final paper (2000 words). Dr. Frezzo is pretty easygoing, his classes are fun, and often it feels like a break after all of my tedious classes. It satisfies DSHS and SCIS, and if you do good, it's a great GPA booster. He also has a single-question quiz before each of his classes, which takes maybe a google search or 10 minutes of reading to answer.
Dennis Frezzo INST346 Anonymous 04/03/2024	Dr. Frezzo is super knowledgable and cares about learning. The class has a ton of work but it's all pretty relevant. If you don't care about learning and want an easy A, I would recommend a different professor. But if you're actually interested in learning the material, this professor is for you. Note that he takes attendance for class AND labs. Assignments are graded super fast. My only gripe is that sometimes I feel there isn't enough time for labs or for participation at the end of class.
Dennis Frezzo INST154 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/23/2023	The class was somewhat tedious (there's something due every single class, and attendance is mandatory) but the actual assignments are fairly easy, and the grading is pretty lenient. The class content itself is quite interesting, regardless of your major, and I don't regret taking it at all. He seems like a nice dude too, and he's very passionate about the history of aerospace.
Dennis Frezzo INST346 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/23/2023	Dr. Frezzo genuinely cares about making sure his students pass the class. He's always available through ELMS and has a quick response rate. He does give out a lot of work that can feel tedious at times but he grades rather leniently and much, much, faster than other professors.
Dennis Frezzo Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/19/2023	He is a very passionate teacher. If you do the work, you will defiently end up with an A in the class. He even accepts late work. He puts in the work to make sure people pass his class.
Dennis Frezzo INST154 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/18/2023	He is very passionate and informed on the subject so it is interesting to listen to his lectures. The course is very STEM-heavy so if you're not interested in STEM or Apollo you will probably get pretty bored of the content. There are homework assignments due every class that take a long time but are otherwise pretty easy. Attendance isn't mandatory because you can make up the discussion questions in every class. There are no midterms/finals but a few papers and projects that aren't graded very hard.
Dennis Frezzo INST154 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/18/2023	Frezzo is a really smart professor who you can tell is passionate about what he teaches. There was little work outside of class, just a quiz that had to be completed before each one. There were graded discussions during class but I didn't mind showing up because his lectures were thought out and interesting. Every few weeks we would have a decently large project due which required a good bit of work outside of class but besides these the class was easy. The final paper was definitely the hardest assignment (obviously) and has a large workload but, he provides ample resources and time for you to complete it. I didn't use these resources and procrastinated so the final was pretty hard for me but that was my fault, not his. Overall, this class is really interesting and Frezzo is a teacher who cares about the subject as well as his students. His TAs were also great and were almost always available to help with assignments.
Dennis Frezzo INST346 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/14/2023	Professor Frezzo was overall a great caring professor, he always wants his students to succeed and get good grades, he even gives extra credit. The only thing is he does assign a lot of work weekly which consist of packet tracers, labs, and homework. The class also has a required in person lab and 2 exams. As long as you stay on top of your game in this class and start assignments early you will be good.
Dennis Frezzo INST362 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/25/2023	Passionate dude but the workload is ridiculous. Assignments take way longer than they should. He's really nice tho
Dennis Frezzo INST346 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/21/2023	It's A LOT of work but frezzo is always available if you need help. He's very knowledgeable and passionate about the subject. Just make sure to keep up with the work
Dennis Frezzo INST346 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/17/2023	Professor Frezzo is a very smart guy, which means he's super passionate about the content in this course. He assigns a TON of busy work every week. If there are other sections with some other professors, I recommend taking them instead.
Dennis Frezzo INST346 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/25/2022	He's a chill guy but there seems to be barely any structure to his lectures. His homework questions sometimes make no sense too.
Dennis Frezzo INST346 Anonymous 09/22/2022	Frezzo is passionate and knowledgeable. He's a nice guy. But unfortunately the class is poorly organized and the lectures can be confusing to follow since he sometimes goes on tangents. There aren't slides or anything either so it can be really hard to figure out what's going on, especially since this is the first exposure to this topic for many. I would not recommend taking 346 with him just because of the poor organization alone.
Dennis Frezzo INST154 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/17/2022	Excellent guy and a great professor. I always found his lectures super informative and entertaining. Not only does he know the history of Apollo well, but he also combined it with his own personal experiences as an engineer to give more context to some of the engineering challenges. This was a STEM-heavy class, so a lot of the work and lectures naturally gravitated towards STEM topics. Despite this, I think he did a great job trying to diversify the lectures to focus on the non-STEM aspects of the Apollo program too. He also values student feedback and participation, and he encourages his students to participate in discussions if they have questions or comments. Furthermore, he is very accommodating and approachable, which really helped me when I got sick during the semester. I 110% recommend this class and Dr. Frezzo!
Dennis Frezzo INST154 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/06/2022	I don't think I've ever had a teacher care as much about student learning as Dr. Frezzo. The man spends hours preparing for his lectures and it really pays off. He is approachable, gives constructive feedback, and creates a welcoming environment. He openly welcomes student feedback, and he really knows his stuff. He is an engineer, so he tends focus a lot on the science-heavy parts of the course. Since I'm a STEM major, I appreciated that, but I know some of my liberal arts classmates found the science stuff difficult to understand. That said, you could understand literally zero about the science stuff and still get a perfect grade in this course. All of the projects were great too, except for the one group project which wasn't even his own design. Loved this class and really appreciated Dr. Frezzo.
Dennis Frezzo INST154 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/28/2022	Dr. Frezzo is very knowledgeable and a funny guys. The class isn’t hard and has no exams, only projects and papers. Overall a good class selection but can be boring if you aren’t super interested in Apollo already.