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Cultural Studies

Townsend Montilla

ENG236 · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
33/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
22.22%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

Avoid this class unless you are ready for a reading- and writing-heavy course with and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHeavy ReadingSo Many PapersSlow GradingTough GraderMixed Teaching
  • Reviews consistently describe a heavy load of readings, essays, videos, and discussion posts.
  • Students report , and weak communication, especially online.
  • Some in-person students respect his passion and caring, but the workload and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Several students earned A grades, but the amount of , and delayed feedback makes the A costly.

Online evidence shows the heaviest grade risk and communication issues, while and heavy weekly work.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

The course is intellectually and logistically demanding because students must manage , and repeated essays.

Both formats show heavy content, with online reviews emphasizing constant coursework and , and analysis.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

Reviews do not clearly prove a .

Neither online .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Low recommendation comes , and poor communication despite some praise for passion.

Online reviews are more clearly negative, while but still warn about workload and .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Students repeatedly call him a tough grader and can be high.

Format shift

Online reviews show the strongest grading-risk complaints, while and long waits.

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Workload is repeatedly described as excessive, with , and peer responses.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize never-ending discussion work and essays, while , and long weekly discussions.

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

Some students see passion and caring, but , and unclear delivery are frequent.

Format shift

Online teaching experience is mostly negative, while because some students praise his passion.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

18/100

Assessment , and text analysis rather than exams.

Format shift

Both formats point to assignment-heavy grading, with online reviews especially focused on essays and discussions.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and caring but complaints about preparation, low speaking volume, heavy work, and .

Main concern

The class can feel heavier than necessary even when students like his subject passion.

What students said

“Passionate about what he teaches; .”
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“Multiple readings, hours of videos/movies, multiple discussions some with .”
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Remote format

Online

5 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are mostly negative, citing constant , and poor communication.

Main concern

Online students may face heavy asynchronous work and slow or .

What students said

“You can't ever be done with the .”
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“ . Takes him awhile to upload grades.”
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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews do not clearly prove an exam format, proctoring requirement, webcam rule, Lockdown .

Assessment risk

Varies

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and grading delays but do not clearly prove any exam policy.

Online

Online reviews discuss essays, discussion posts, readings, and grading but do .

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“You can't ever be done with the .”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and format differences; credibility rating: Medium.

📚 Workload Pressure

12/100

“You can't ever be done with the .”

⚖️

28/100

“ . Takes him awhile to upload grades.”

🎯 Teaching Quality

38/100

“Passionate about what he teaches; .”

Theme 1

📚 About Workload

  • For a 6 week course I wrote about 6 essays 5 pages required for each.
  • Multiple readings, hours of videos/movies, multiple discussions some with .
  • Discussion posts where you have to rely ;

Theme 2

⚖️

  • Terrible! until the last week and forgot to grade two of my essays which is why I got a d and refused to respond to my emails about it.
  • He takes so .
  • .

Theme 3

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Passionate about what he teaches; .
  • Rarely on time, rarely prepared, speaks so low you can barely understand him
  • He's a great teacher; you can tell he loves teaching.

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

76/100

Evidence confidence

Nine recent reviews give useful format-specific evidence, but opinions are mixed and several reviews lack full grade or recommendation data.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
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1 out of 53

Course coverage

ENG2369 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 4

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1