Reviews of professor Darrell Kefentse

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He was very lecture-heavy and assigned strange group projects with strange criteria. His discussion days were hard to follow and never worked out the way he thought they would. He has no grace for missed assignments or tests. His tests are online on Proctorio.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hes a cool guy that talks about a lot of interesting information.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's nice but also not at the same time. I've had worse professors and I've had better. I put a lot of effort into my essays and even bought grammerly specifically for this course to make sure my essays were perfect but they still missed the mark for him each time.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I enjoyed Dr. Kefentse! Class is definitely mandatory. You have to read the book for the quizzes (or look on quizlet ;) ), but the exam is entirely over notes, so take good notes! Very straight-forward questions. I was worried going into his class because I heard he was difficult, but it wasn't at all. Go to office hours! He will help you out!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Insanely boring class and he seems to not care about students. No phones No computers No food. He will pause the entire class if he sees any of these things. He says to email him with questions and the only response you will get if he even responds is a demeaning response saying its in the syllabus. DONT TAKE THIS CLASS.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He gives unnecessary work

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Kefentse is one of the worst professors at UTK. He is very partial to students who share the same beliefs as him. If you get on his bad side, he will personally humiliate you in any way possible. Gives zero feedback for points deducted. For a class involving skin color, it seemed to me that he did not like people of a certain skin color....

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
As someone who is very successful in the class, do not take Kefentse. This class would be so much easier if it was not for his teaching. Very unfair, very callous, very outdated. Kefentse understands the subject, but is reluctant to help, will not let you see what you missed on exams, will not show you your grade, unfair tests. Find another prof.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Lots of teaching yourself with his online lectures and textbook. The first half is students discussing a section from a chapter in the book and the last half is a debate. It's pretty easy as long as you are prepared and know the material. I put in minimal effort and passed.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
As a person this professor is nice, but he is very un-flexible. If you can't keep up with the notes in class, he refuses to post his slide shows online, let you take a picture, or email them to you. Also, lots of content on the quizzes and tests are literally things he said one time and they weren't even on a slide, so you most likely wouldn't know