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Christoph Mergerson JOUR200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/30/2025	Friendly and insightful professor. Incredible rapport with students — makes the class fun and worthwhile. Many in-class games that offered numerous extra credit opportunities. Mergerson is very clear with expectations in assignments. Biggest assignment was the media participation project, and my recommendation is to get on it early so you won’t have trouble. Definitely recommend Professor Mergerson.
Christoph Mergerson JOUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/23/2024	one of the best professors i've taken at umd. he is clearly passionate about journalism and teaching. super genuine and understanding. offers so many extra credit opportunities and makes class engaging. very manageable workload
Christoph Mergerson JOUR200 Expecting an A+ Ese_Asa 12/12/2024	Mergerson is one of the best professors for JOUR200 here at UMD. You can tell you he loves his job and he makes history very interesting. He's a good grader and gives you comprehensive feedback, and he encourages you to get involved in Merrill College pretty quickly. You should try your best to have him as a professor.
Christoph Mergerson JOUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/04/2024	Nicest and best professor I have ever had. Super understanding and genuine.
Christoph Mergerson JOUR200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/03/2024	Incredible professor who truly understands the role of this course and how he can help journalism majors adjust to Maryland and Merrill. Professor Mergerson is passionate about the history he teaches and how it relates to the industry today. After every class, other students will go up to him to ask questions about all kinds of topics related to being a student journalist, the course, and navigating Merrill. I have never once seen him cut off one of my classmates or fail to answer their questions as best he can. He cares about students and ensures the assignments/lectures are beneficial. If you're taking JOUR200, make sure your schedule has his section in it.
Christoph Mergerson JOUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/12/2024	Professor Mergerson is super friendly, nice, and keeps all of us Merrill students at such a high expectation. He gives so many extra credit opportunities that force you to get involved and be “students of the game”. He works hard to give you meaningful connections with significant journalists that visit and tries to get some as guest speakers in class (for example we had Jay Kernis). He grades a little harsh but that’s because he tries to make sure you are the best journalist you can be and everything is accurate before the harder classes. Overall, I really recommend him and make a meaningful connection with him!
Christoph Mergerson JOUR200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/08/2024	I'm surprised that this professor doesn't have more reviews because he's absolutely awesome, and everyone in my J200 class loves him. He's a bit corny at times but he's very conversational in his lessons and really tries to keep you engaged. He also tries quite hard to foster connections with each of his students, so try to speak up in this class because he will take notice and will help you so much throughout your time at Merrill--ex: he offered to write me a letter of recommendation this morning without me even asking. Because he's such an engaging professor, he makes his lessons quite interesting, every once in a while he'll host trivia days where you can win extra credit points. He offers extra credit throughout the course as well. In terms of assignments, it's pretty light and he will provide extremely helpful feedback. We had a couple of quizzes, a midterm essay, a final 1000-word research paper, and a media participation project (which involves getting published by an on-campus news org)---all of which he gave plenty of time to do. I absolutely recommend taking this class as Mergerson is a great connection to have at Merrill!!
Christoph Mergerson JOUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/12/2023	Great professor! Professor Mergerson is great with assisting students and making sure that they understand the content prior to large papers being due. He's also very accommodating with extensions so long as you're not always on him about one. Awesome class!

Christoph Mergerson
JOUR200

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
01/30/2025

Friendly and insightful professor. Incredible rapport with students — makes the class fun and worthwhile. Many in-class games that offered numerous extra credit opportunities. Mergerson is very clear with expectations in assignments. Biggest assignment was the media participation project, and my recommendation is to get on it early so you won’t have trouble. Definitely recommend Professor Mergerson.

Christoph Mergerson
JOUR200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/23/2024

one of the best professors i've taken at umd. he is clearly passionate about journalism and teaching. super genuine and understanding. offers so many extra credit opportunities and makes class engaging. very manageable workload

Christoph Mergerson
JOUR200

Expecting an A+
Ese_Asa
12/12/2024

Mergerson is one of the best professors for JOUR200 here at UMD. You can tell you he loves his job and he makes history very interesting. He's a good grader and gives you comprehensive feedback, and he encourages you to get involved in Merrill College pretty quickly. You should try your best to have him as a professor.

Christoph Mergerson
JOUR200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/04/2024

Nicest and best professor I have ever had. Super understanding and genuine.

Christoph Mergerson
JOUR200

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/03/2024

Incredible professor who truly understands the role of this course and how he can help journalism majors adjust to Maryland and Merrill. Professor Mergerson is passionate about the history he teaches and how it relates to the industry today. After every class, other students will go up to him to ask questions about all kinds of topics related to being a student journalist, the course, and navigating Merrill. I have never once seen him cut off one of my classmates or fail to answer their questions as best he can. He cares about students and ensures the assignments/lectures are beneficial. If you're taking JOUR200, make sure your schedule has his section in it.

Christoph Mergerson
JOUR200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
11/12/2024

Professor Mergerson is super friendly, nice, and keeps all of us Merrill students at such a high expectation. He gives so many extra credit opportunities that force you to get involved and be “students of the game”. He works hard to give you meaningful connections with significant journalists that visit and tries to get some as guest speakers in class (for example we had Jay Kernis). He grades a little harsh but that’s because he tries to make sure you are the best journalist you can be and everything is accurate before the harder classes. Overall, I really recommend him and make a meaningful connection with him!

Christoph Mergerson
JOUR200

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/08/2024

I'm surprised that this professor doesn't have more reviews because he's absolutely awesome, and everyone in my J200 class loves him. He's a bit corny at times but he's very conversational in his lessons and really tries to keep you engaged. He also tries quite hard to foster connections with each of his students, so try to speak up in this class because he will take notice and will help you so much throughout your time at Merrill--ex: he offered to write me a letter of recommendation this morning without me even asking. Because he's such an engaging professor, he makes his lessons quite interesting, every once in a while he'll host trivia days where you can win extra credit points. He offers extra credit throughout the course as well. In terms of assignments, it's pretty light and he will provide extremely helpful feedback. We had a couple of quizzes, a midterm essay, a final 1000-word research paper, and a media participation project (which involves getting published by an on-campus news org)---all of which he gave plenty of time to do. I absolutely recommend taking this class as Mergerson is a great connection to have at Merrill!!

Christoph Mergerson
JOUR200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/12/2023

Great professor! Professor Mergerson is great with assisting students and making sure that they understand the content prior to large papers being due. He's also very accommodating with extensions so long as you're not always on him about one. Awesome class!