Reviews of professor Tom McEnaney

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I personally enjoyed most of his lectures. He is smart and had interesting perspectives. As for the class, it wasn't the best. There were very few people willing to speak in class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I loved this class. The assignments were clear, the lectures were organized, and you can tell that Professor McEnaney really cares about his students. The GSIs also ran their discussions very well, which helped me further understand the material. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
In order to pass the class, you must ensure that you do all the readings or else you wont understand what Professor McEnaney is saying during lecture. If you take very detailed notes (or any notes at all) during lecture then you will definitely pass the final exam. Hes very justified on his grading and there were not too many assignments

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. McEnaney is a great professor! Clearly very knowledgeable in his field, and is passionate in lecture. Likes to hear what the students have to say about the readings and topics relating to them. Was pretty accessible outside of class. The grade in course itself is almost entirely dependent on your GSI though.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This course is somewhere between a sociolinguistics class, a sonic studies class, and a literature class. Some of the material was enjoyable, some not so much. There's a lot of sonic jargon that is difficult to understand, so studying for the cumulative final was painful, though prof provided a helpful review session. Overall this class was meh.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Some material was really interesting, but a lot of it was boring.. Readings were only important for the discussion sections. There was two papers, and audio assignment, and an in-class final, and overall it was pretty easy.