Super easy class. You actually will learn a lot if you pay attention, and Prof Loncke is pretty humorous as well. There are participation clicker points for almost every class and weekly discussion posts. Don't forget to keep up with all the small assignments! They add up pretty quickly in the end and can definitely make or break your grade. While this class might not require as much effort or "thinking" as some of your other classes, make sure to keep up and be responsible in handling your group responsibilities as well (your grade relies partly on your group mates' peer evaluation!). He's also very understanding if you accidentally open a timed assignment or missed the deadline due to a personal issue, and he will help you resolve it if you talk to him before class or email him. He's also very good at remembering faces so stay on his good side! Participate in class if he gives you the chance or he'll roast you lol. He's a great professor and he deserves all the respect. Easy A class for sure. Pro tip: pay attention in the beginning of class when he reminds you of upcoming assignments and make sure to do them beforehand. I can't say this enough; KEEP UP WITH ASSIGNMENTS!! otherwise this class will be super fun and a breeze
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This class was very informative, interesting and fair. Prof. Loncke wants everyone to succeed and he makes clicker questions and grading easy.
The professor is an awesome guy, and his grading system makes it very possible to get good grades from just going to class and doing the homework
Easy and chill class, learn interesting aspects about linguistics and psychology. Exams are easy as long as you read over power point slides. Clicker questions are about 20~30% of your grade and they are very easy and you still get a half credit if you get it wrong. Very lenient grading. Two presentations, which are not that bad, though you have to write a paper based on your presentations. You need to take a few quiz based on documentaries an movies that he assigns. He has accents but not that hard to understand. Easy A, as you can see on the grade distribution graph.
Not too hard. There are a lot of assignments, but they aren't graded harshly, nor are they too difficult. Make sure you are aware of everything that is due because it can be easy to forget something since there are a lot of little things. I would write them all out in an agenda or something at the beginning of the year. The tests aren't terrible. You only have one midterm and one final. You decided which group to join based on a subject that interests you, and you and your group basically work on that subject the entire year. There are a few individual assignments and 3 movies and 8-question quizzes on them. Pretty easy for the level of this class. No papers, just occasional wikipedia edits.