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Deni Ruggeri
LARC160 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/07/2024 |
He is very passionate about this material! His lectures are very engaging, and he frequently has guest lectures that are very interesting. As it's only his second semester teaching this course, it has been a little bit rocky, however he and his TAs have made the assignments very approachable. He has very long readings, but honestly you don't have to read the entire things before you get the gist of the articles. As long as you put effort into the 6 assignments and show up to discussion, this class is an easy A! |
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Deni Ruggeri
LARC160 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/07/2024 |
Very knowledgable and passionate about the course. He is revamping this course from previous semesters, where it was all just lectures and exams, and now it is all project-based (no exams). Some of the readings are ridiculously long for only a 1 point summary, but you can get most of the info from abstracts. There are a lot of guest lectures but they are actually all very interesting. Ruggeri is new to UMD and is kind of creating the course as he goes, so he is very open to feedback. Would recommend him, and LARC160 for a gen-ed. |
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Deni Ruggeri
LARC160 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/17/2024 |
Very knowledgeable in course material, although the assignments were somewhat unclear and disorganized. This course was new this semester so some changing due dates and unclear expectations were to be expected. Due to this, the course was relatively simple but served its purpose well. I expect this course will be more difficult the next time it is offered. Lectures were usually engaging when a guest was invited to speak, which happened about 5 or 6 times. Lectures are not mandatory, though discussions are. Grading appeared to be based on whether good effort was put into the assignments. Would recommend taking this professor in the future. |
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Deni Ruggeri
LARC160 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/14/2024 |
First time teaching this so class was disorganized. Deni genuinely cared about the material and class and was a great guy. Grading was lenient too. |
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Deni Ruggeri
LARC160 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/13/2023 |
The course was pretty disorganized since this was his first year teaching it. Deadlines were constantly switching, assignment requirements would change, and even the TAs would give different due dates at times. I do think that it was mostly because it was his first time teaching it, and can't say if it will be the same next semester. However, grading was SO EASY. They just wanted to see if you even tried on the assignment. Deni is funny and nice and willing to help if you reach out to him. Overall easy A and would recommend for an easy GenEd. We were also told in the beginning of the semester that lectures were mandatory, but no one ever actually took attendance. Attendance at the discussion was required. |
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Deni Ruggeri
LARC151 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/20/2023 |
Pretty easy, can skip most lectures, weekly discussion assignments are easy, group project work with the same group for the whole semester which sucks, easy grader. However, most assignments are unclear and even the TAs don't know what he wants you to do. Learned nothing so it's a waste of time tbh but its easy for credits. |
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Deni Ruggeri
LARC151 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/06/2022 |
easy a, interesting guest lecturer's, weekly discussion assignments and a lot of group project work, but not a tough grader and not a hard class. |