Christopher Malackany

This professor has taught: SOCY100, SOCY105, SOCY227

Sort By:

Information	Review
Christopher Malackany SOCY100 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 02/05/2025	This class was an easy standard level course. The professor is very monotone and quiet, so it is difficult to hear him unless you are sitting directly in front of him. He also is very strict with his late policy. I was sick and had a doctors note, and he only excused me from one assignment thats was submitted late even though I spoke to him in class, as well as emailed him. He has little to no sympathy, so if you are having personal struggles or any reason for not attending class or submitting something on time, good luck. He does do random attendance as well, so going to class is also mandatory.
Christopher Malackany SOCY105 Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/24/2025	He's a nice guy but my goodness he's really boring during lecture. I heard from some of my friends who took this class with other professors that they would try to engage the class or people would have conversations with one another or discussions about topics. I would’ve loved that type of model, but unfortunately Dr. Malackany just drones on for 50 minutes. The only reason most people go to lecture is because he does this thing where although he doesn't take attendance every class period, he has these random in-class exit tickets where you watch a video in class and you need to respond to the video with your thoughts on an index card. He doesn't announce ahead of time when he's going to do this so you just basically have to go to class every time unless you want to risk missing that assignment because you can't really make it up. 50% off any assignment that is submitted after the due date. After 72 hours, you get a zero. Pretty harsh grading. There was a TA who does some of the grading, who I personally think is really nitpicky. I remember I got a 13/15 because I didn't separate a paragraph into smaller chunks but whatever. The writing assignments are graded a little nitpicky. I don't know who it is whether it's the TA or the professor, but I feel like someone has the "I don't give out A's or 100s" type of mentality, which is pretty annoying. Exams are done online. You have until the end of the day before 11:59 pm to complete the exam from when it’s opened. The first exam was relatively easy. The second exam was pretty difficult in my opinion. The final exam is also done online. You have 2 hours to complete it. It’s still 60 questions about, and it’s NOT cumulative. There were only about 4-6 chapters of content on the final exam. The exams have 60-65 questions 75 minutes to complete. All multiple choice. You have weekly quizzes where you have five questions to answer in five minutes. Multiple choice. Writing assignments where you watch a documentary or movie and give your thoughts on it. Discussion questions, where you read from the online textbook, and create a question based on the reading. You do have to follow a rubric but there’s example questions posted on ELMS. No sort of dropping of lowest grade on an assignment or grade curve/bump. Your score is as is.
Christopher Malackany Expecting an A Anonymous 01/13/2025	Deathly boring class for such an interesting topic. Attendance is pretty much mandatory since he can drop a participation assignment that can obliterate your grade if you don't do it. You could get a friend to write your name on participation assignments when you're not there. Lectures are recorded but they're kinda hard to listen to because he stands 5 feet away from his mic and so you just end up hearing people in the classroom moving around. You have occassional writing assignments and quizzes along with exams. He makes you watch some documentaries for writing assignments so just watch until you find a certain topic you can just keep on ranting about for 2 pages. Everything is pretty straightforward and isn't too difficult. You can probably get away with spending 2 hours weekly on this class.
Christopher Malackany SOCY100 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2024	Fall 2024 Good professor. Boring teaching voice but engaging lectures. Unannounced participation assignments (graded on completion) during lecture so make sure to attend. Holds random Zoom lectures whenever he needs to pretty often which was nice. Almost weekly homework (textbook chapter reading + 2 discussion questions graded on completion due before class), 5-question online quizzes based on readings (heavy on vocab and concepts), and occasional writing assignments (6 total). 2 online midterms and final is non-cumulative (basically the third midterm). I ended with the exact final exam grade that I needed to end with an A — my biggest grade tankers were some of the quizzes and the writing assignments as the TA grades them pretty harshly, taking off 2-4 points on each assignment except two. Very approachable and kind, strongly recommend him!!
Christopher Malackany SOCY100 Expecting an A- Anonymous 07/04/2024	Fall 2023. Great professor. There is a little more out of class work than expected for a 100 level class, but it isn't too bad.
Christopher Malackany SOCY100 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/18/2024	The exams are fair, and based on lecture notes and the textbook. There were some questions from videos, but Dr. Malackany makes an effort to make sure we watch them by creating assignments based on them (Writing assignments). I'm not really that into Sociology, so I didn't find the content very interesting, so I wouldn't say that the professor is boring, I think I'm just disinterested, but the course is fair as long as you put effort into submitting assignments on time. Also, Dr. Malackany is very responsive to emails if you miss class, and he posts lecture recordings - I never had to use them but I know some people found them useful.
Christopher Malackany SOCY100 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/11/2024	I second the other recent reviews on here. Professor Malackany is very kind, agreeable, and clearly well educated on the subject. The class structure is straightforward and super organized. At first I didn't know how to feel about having to watch documentary episodes for some of the written assignments, but he chooses very interesting films that ended up teaching me a lot about how sociology is integrated into the world. I enjoyed this class!
Christopher Malackany SOCY100 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/23/2023	I liked this class a lot, Professor Malackany is very kind and passionate about what he teaches. I found his lectures to be interesting. The course load was very manageable, and you can miss most lectures without penalty (although sometimes there are 5-point participation assignments.) Each class he goes through slides that are already posted on Canvas, which only covers some of the content you will be tested on. I didn't realize how important reading each chapter of the textbook was until the first exam, so I would say read/skim each unit as you go through the content in class. Each unit also comes with an online 5-minute 5-question quiz that you have 3 days to complete. All of the exams are 50 MCQ online, including the final exam which is not cumulative. In addition to this, there are multiple writing assignments based on either critical thinking or documentaries assigned to watch outside of class. The TA grades them on content, not completion. Five or six lectures were switched to Zoom, which made it a little harder for me to focus on the content, but I really enjoyed the in-person lectures and did well in the class. I would recommend Malackany's class to anyone who needs a gen-ed or is interested in Sociology.
Christopher Malackany SOCY100 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/07/2023	Dr. Malackany is your standard 100-level social science professor. Class was highly organized with fully online exams, weekly reading quizzes, short writing assignments (based on external readings or documentaries), and short participation assignments. All of the media and real-world examples were pretty outdated but still applied to the concepts. Lecture was always recorded and slides were always uploaded prior to class. His lecture style is pretty boring especially since the connections weren’t current and he didn’t get through a lot of slides in class. Be prepared for an odd textbook. The textbook had a section where the author blamed public school teachers/administration for why American students' performances are suffering and not the fact that schools rely on test scores for funding. The textbook also had a section complaining about how school shootings aren’t that big of a problem and cited data that was cut off in 2014 (right before shooting rates spiked). Overall the class was easy and a great way to get your gen ed, I was just confused as to how an interesting subject like sociology was made so lackluster/boring. If you’re actually interested in sociology I’d take a different professor.
Christopher Malackany SOCY227 Expecting an A naonic 09/18/2023	This class was actually really enjoyable. There's a lot of reading, but it's somewhat interesting. Lectures are not mandatory (except for a few days he dictates on the syllabus) and you can still get an A if you skip a few lectures. Most of the assignments and exams are pretty easy. Overall, I liked this class and feel like I learned a lot of interesting stuff.
Christopher Malackany SOCY100 Expecting an A Anonymous 08/23/2023	Dr. Malackany was super kind and understanding and you can tell he cares a lot about sociology. The course structure is super traditional, and the exams were multiple choice and super easy. However, his lectures could be kind of boring at times. Overall this class was an easy A with a light course load, and I'd recommend it for a gened credit.
Christopher Malackany SOCY100 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/21/2023	The class itself is pretty easy - we are given a good amount of assignments to help boost our grades. But this class was actually so boring and there was no motivation for me to ever go. He does a good job explaining the concepts but is not engaging at all. Overall an easy gen-ed but if you are looking for an interesting sociology class this is not it
Christopher Malackany SOCY100 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/03/2023	For an intro level sociology class, this class sucked. His lecturing was quite boring and he would talk in a monotone voice. Almost impossible to pay attention and stay focused in that class. His lecture material doesn't always coincide with the textbook. There are almost weekly textbook reading quizzes that are short but good grade boosters. Overall, this class was really really boring and I would never take it again.
Christopher Malackany Expecting an A Anonymous 04/19/2023	such a boring lecturer
Christopher Malackany SOCY100 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/02/2023	Malackany definitely tried to explain the content on his slides thoroughly. However, it became tedious listening through zoom for his online class. His quizzes were the most tricky component of his class. The limited time and true/false questions that did not pertain to his slides were definitely challenging. Most terms and definitions were in the textbook but they didn't help much for the test questions. Surprisingly quizlet material helped more. Was a so-so class, had an abundance of information and did not retain much. I would recommend choosing another course for the gen-ed or elective.
Christopher Malackany SOCY100 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/13/2022	Professor Malackany cares a lot about sociology. I took this class online and felt it was very easy. The class assignments are very easy, most of them involved watching a video and answering two questions. One question would be specific and the other would simply be what did you like most. The tests were very straight forward with a mix of multiple choice and true/false. On test days you are given the entire day to start the test so you can pick a time that works best for you to take it. There were also quizzes that were easy. You have 3 days to take a quiz so there is a lot of flexibility, but once you start a quiz you only have 5 minutes to take it. All lecture slides are posted before the lecture. You can miss this class without an issue about making up work or missing information.