Reviews of professor Joshua Sperling

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is wonderful and intelligent. Always has interesting things to say and knows a lot about what he's teaching. makes it personal, which is a nice change of pace. also kinda cute

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Sperling is a very smart man, but he is not a good teacher. His "lesson plans" involve meandering topics of varying relevance to film. More than halfway through the semester, we have not received a single piece of graded work.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took CINE 112 in my final semester and found it one of the best classes I had. Josh was a great facilitator-- provoking us with thoughtful questions and creating an inviting space for participation. Class discussions were very engaged because the films were relevant to what we studied/cared about outside of class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Josh doesnt deliver lecture in a super systematic way, so dont expect him to 100% follow the syllabus. He would develop topics seemingly unrelated to film but later you would realize the relevance and notice the importance of what he talked about. He is also really caring. He doesnt like giving grades but go on and ask he gives great feedback

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Sperling is very charming and understanding of students' needs. I found this class to be engaging, although you have to get through a lot of old black and white movies until you get to the fun modern stuff. Discussions were very interesting. The homework each week was to watch a movie and write an informal response, and there were two papers.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Josh is clearly very passionate and informed. He really cares about students and what they have to say. Though it was a while till the first grade was handed out, he is very accessible outside class for information on grades and anything else!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Sperling is great! Lesson plans are super loose and discussion based, which really puts a lot of power into the hands of the students on what they want to talk about. He hears everyone out, and chooses really interesting films. also is super great to talk to outside of class, very personable and funny.