Reviews of professor Denise McKenna

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I ended up having to drop this class about halfway due to unforeseen circumstances. She is passionate and has potential. However, the class itself wasnt very engaging. The readings were heavy and didnt have much to do with what we really needed to know. Discussions couldve been facilitated more effectively as well and there wasnt much interaction.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Mckenna's class is super easy, just go and take notes, if you do that you'll get an A. There's weekly quizzes online, but there's unlimited attempts. There's only one essay and it's easy. Do the work, you'll get an A. If you take the class with a friend, it'll be fun.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Really easy class and if you are willing to engage and interact more it can be pretty fun. Otherwise it can be pretty boring so how much you enjoy it is honestly on you.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She's a very sweet teacher would highly recommend if you're taking cinema.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The course was incredibly educational and lecture heavy (taking notes was my saving grace) The tests were easy and the answers were almost identical to the once-a-week practice quizzes . Watched one movie a week (from a range of genres and decades)and then analyzed it in class. Overall I enjoyed the course and I think Prof McKenna did a great job!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class is kind of dated. Most of the movies are boring and the textbook is not great. Had small writing assignments about the film every week. I wish there had been more film analysis about the films and less focus on really specific camera techniques and cinema history. Also wish we had watched some better movies. Not awful though. An easy A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. McKenna is highly knowledgeable, sometimes assigning challenging weekly reading material or sometimes posting deep homework questions for discussion. Her grading is not hard and she praised students' discussions. She has a very interesting woman perspective of cinema that was absent in ancient cinema departments.