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Zachary Johnson
AMST203 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/03/2025 |
Professor Johnson was a fantastic instructor. Even though the course was online, he made each class interesting and interactive. His assignment guidelines were always clear, and he was very accommodating when it came to deadlines and extensions. It's obvious that he genuinely cares about his students' success and learning experience. I would absolutely recommend Professor Johnson to anyone looking for a great course or professor. |
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Zachary Johnson
AMST203 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/01/2025 |
Please run! This man is never satisfied with anything you bring. Assignments were easy though, but essays and presentations are another ballgame. Not sure if he felt like he had to do his “big one” because it’s online 🤷🏽♀️ |
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Zachary Johnson
AMST203 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/24/2025 |
If you think centering Black and queer perspectives in popular culture is "propaganda" this isn't the class for you. The professor does his best to make class interesting and engaging and you can tell he really believes in the stuff he teaches. He is very intellectual open and generous, but also tells it like it is. There are essays and participation assignments, just like any other humanities class. If you show up, put effort into what you write, and go to him for help when you get stuck, you'll be fine. If your worldview is going to collapse from being exposed to new concepts and thinking about pop culture in a different way, find a class in a different department to take. |
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Zachary Johnson
AMST203 Expecting an A- Anonymous 04/24/2025 |
I thought this class would showcase the history of popular culture in America by reviewing movies, shows, music, and art. Instead, we read two lengthy readings a week and base class off of those instead, which is extremely unengaging. Professor Johnson is nice, but he is very opinionated on certain topics. He told us that he has to grade more harshly due to the time we're in and how humanities classes are changing (due to the political climate). Outside variables should never affect how things are graded. This class often presents material from a liberal perspective. While I personally lean left, I believe the course content should aim to be more balanced and neutral. Lastly, he does not treat this as a gen ed class and the work load is way too much. Again he's a nice guy but he lets outside factors affect the class more than he should. |
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Zachary Johnson
AMST203 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/27/2025 |
To think this class would be an engaging review of movies, films, sports, or anything of the like is a grave error. It is constant left-wing ideology being presented as fact with unengaging material, readings, and essays to go along with it. Only benefit is that it's online but you are required to participate. |
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Zachary Johnson
AMST203 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/23/2024 |
Class is interesting professor is chill. Cancels class a lot, didn’t meet for whole month yet still had to complete assignments so a little confused when having to teach yourself. Terrible with grades never really know your grade for the class. Lots of writing do not recommend taking if you are not into that. Topics are interesting always extra credit options. If you do the reading and try with the writing you should be fine. |
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Zachary Johnson
AMST203 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/23/2024 |
Professor is chill and class is interesting. A lot of writing don’t take if you are not into that. Not good with grades never really know what you have in the class. Cancels class a lot didn’t meet for whole month but still got work so a little confusing when having to do the assignments. If you do the readings and try for the writing you should be fine. |
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Zachary Johnson
AMST203 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/09/2023 |
Really chill professor and this class honestly taught me a lot I wasn't expecting to learn. Everything is done in groups and the work isn't difficult. He has weekly quizzes kahoot style but aren't bad. I think the topics in this class are incredibly important to learn and interesting overall. |
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Zachary Johnson
AMST203 Expecting an A- soymilk 10/11/2021 |
Taking this class as a freshman connection student. We have classes once a week and it's been a month now. So far it's been good. I took this class expecting to learn about cultures and trends in America over time, but what we're actually learning is really different (ideologies and power systems but whatever). There's a LOT of readings and the articles are written in really academic styles. There are also occasional writing assignments (2 so far) and they're kind of confusing but it's manageable. He is really optimistic and lenient about things if you just let him know. There are no worksheet assignments yet and a lot of the scores come from reading annotations. Stay on his good side and you'll have a good year. I'll update again at the end of the semester. |
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Zachary Johnson
AMST203 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/10/2021 |
Nice, funny guy who's really smart and pretty flexible with stuff like due dates and deadlines. Clearly really invested in and enthusiastic about the material. Lots of reading and writing, but not hard to leave with a high grade if you keep up with everything. No in-class exams. |
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Zachary Johnson
AMST203 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/17/2020 |
I signed up for American Pop Culture to examine our culture's influence on the processes of media production and consumption (copied from the syllabus). The class started out in this way but quickly turned into propaganda for the leftist's point of view. The topic of race was politicized and we entered discussions on topics that were unrelated to the course material, such as social media censorship. This class should be called political science or race studies, not pop culture. We could have spent more time learning about music and the arts, thigs that are a part of mass culture compared to focusing on issues that divide us. Thankfully, this class was very easy so I am glad that I can take my A and leave. |