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Roan Parrish
ENES200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/30/2026 |
I had Roan for ENES 200 over the winter semester as an online class. Due to the condensed timeframe, our class did not do some of the assignments and activities that are typically given during ENES 200, such as roleplaying. Regarding what we did cover, while the course content is not always the most engaging, Roan was able to make certain topics more interesting and relatable through the case study activities. Unlike some other reviewers, I feel I did learn something beneficial from this class with Roan. We also did not do too many strange or awkward activities like many other people say they did during ENES 200. The only activity that came close to being strange was how we had to share our religious values with a group of 5 people during the first discussion section. However, you could freely answer the question whichever way you chose. Roan did not seem like an overly strict professor and was friendly to the students. You did not need to have your camera on during the lectures, and since the lectures were almost 2 hours, you were given a break halfway through. Roan was willing to answer your questions about assignments and also talked with students about the topic they chose for their ethical case study project on multiple occasions after class. In the discussion sections, you were required to have your camera on. Attendance was required for both the lectures and the discussions. The main assignments were the components of the ethical case study project. Many people say that Roan's class has strict grading. I believe I put in a reasonable effort into each component of my project and tried to make it insightful. The TA had little to no negative feedback on my work and never suggested it was insufficient. If you do the same when working on your project, then you should have no issues as well. Roan did leave some feedback on the final revision of my paper, but it was about minor issues that I agree should have fixed. I do not anticipate this will negatively affect my grade. ** Many people say the requirements for assignments are very vague, and that is true. However, if you ask questions about the requirements of an assignment after class as I did, then you will not have any problems delivering what is expected. Do note that, for the winter class, the due dates for each component of the ethical case study project are due almost back-to-back. I only give 4 stars because it has been a full week since the class ended, and my final calculated grade, the one I contracted for, has not been released. Also, from the things Roan mentioned during our lectures, it seems that if you take the class with Roan during the fall or spring semester, you will still have to do more of the strange activities like role playing, handling breast pumps, and journaling. She doesn't seem like the kind of person to make you buy a specific type of pen like some other professors, and I assume the other positives I have mentioned would also apply. I highly recommend taking this class during the winter rather than the semester if you are concerned that it will take time away from your other classes. |
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Roan Parrish
ENES200 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/01/2026 |
She's a nice lady. She doesn't control the curriculum, so the rest of this review doesn't reflect her, but the class instead: ENES200 WAS AWFUL. I'm a bio major, and idk why the hell I took this class as a gen-ed. DO NOT TAKE IT IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO! Outside my biochem class, physics 2, cell bio, and this class, I spent around 50% of my time on silly assignments for ENES200. Previous reviews state Parrish grades on whether she likes you or not, I didn't think that was the case as my UTF graded almost everything. Sucks that Parrish takes attendance in her class because otherwise I'd skip every one of them. TERRIBLE CLASS!!! Awful class. I hope UMD changes up the curriculum because I hated every minute of it. My UTF was amazing though and she was very nice. |
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Roan Parrish
ENES200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/21/2025 |
I did not like her whatsoever. She thinks this class is the most important class we have ever had to take (even though we are all forced to be there), and I honestly don’t remember what I learned in this course. She calls people out mid-lecture if she sees them on any electronic device, and the discussions are annoying. The class is an easy A, but the rubrics are all unclear, and the class is so much busy work that, with so many other classes needing more of my attention, I couldn’t my other classes the time they demanded. I literally dreaded everyday I came into class or discussion. It was a big waste of time and I am so glad it is over with. |
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Roan Parrish
ENES200 Expecting an A Anonymous 10/12/2025 |
Most tedious class I ever took, needs to spend X2 time on this class than the average 3 credits class |
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Roan Parrish
ENES240 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/13/2024 |
Parrish is a strict grader and her GTA is even more absurdly strict. Receive way too much work in this class that is nearly impossibe to get a good grade on because she rarely gives out a concrete rubric. Her and her GTA just grade based on how they are feeling. |
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Roan Parrish
ENES240 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/11/2024 |
Strange class, lectures and assignments were pretty interesting but grading was really weird. No clear rubric and asking for help from the TA or her left you more confused than when you started and feedback was rarely given without you directly asking for it. It definitely felt like grading was based on vibes, but strangely became way more lienient the second half of the smester. Also, a lot of the work is group projects with the same group all year which can extremely be frustrating if you have a bad group. On the plus side she lets out class early almost every day and is a very nice person and fun to talk to. |
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Roan Parrish
ENES240 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/06/2024 |
Absurd grading practices. No concrete rubric. Based off of feels |
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Roan Parrish
ENES240 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/13/2024 |
do not have any class with this professor. she can be rude and unreasonable. her grading is purely based on whether or not she likes you. |
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Roan Parrish
ENES240 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/24/2023 |
Good professor. Interesting but not required lectures, and not much work outside 3 big maps (group projects) that can be mostly done in class. Lenient with grading and timings and super nice. |
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Roan Parrish
ENES240 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/22/2023 |
Honestly this class was more work than I thought it was going to be. I dropped another I-Series class just to take this one and I do not think I made the right choice. There are just so many little tedious assignments that you have to do and it gets a bit frustrating. But I will say Roan is a nice professor and really does give good feedback. In the beginning, I feel as if she was pretty lenient with grades but as the class progressed she got a bit stricter. My advice is take her for 240 if you’re in the STEP minor, but do not take this class just for the I-Series credit like I did. |
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Roan Parrish
ENES240 Anonymous 12/21/2023 |
Cool teacher that doesn't give too much work for a class that fulfills 2 gen ed requirements. Lectures are interesting but not required, and apart from weekly readings (that she encourages you only skim through), the only significant work in the class are 3 maps that can be done mostly in class. Would recommend |
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Roan Parrish
ENES240 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/20/2023 |
Fair with gradings, gives ~30 min of homework a week. The big projects of the class, the maps, take a significant amount of time to complete (but can be done mostly in class), and they are the only stressful part of this course. Lectures were interesting but not required, and she really tried to make the class fun. |
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Roan Parrish
ENES240 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/29/2023 |
Roan is nothing if not the ideal professor for this class. She is clearly knowledgeable about the subject, both confident and passionate to speak on the variety of topics that the course covers. While the class does assign a lot of work, it is by no means unmanageable. Pretty sure the class needs to assign this much work to be deserving of 3 credits and fulfilling both IS and SP geneds, certainly not the fault of Roan. She even encouraged us to skim the readings to get the main point rather than read their entirety. She always tries to engage with students, and has engaging lectures that are even fun at times. She is fair with grading, always gives feedback, and reads our journal entries in full to give personal responses to what we have to say. |
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Roan Parrish
ENES240 Expecting a B- Anonymous 11/16/2023 |
There is more work in this one class than in the majority of my other classes. It is ridiculous |