Dennis Tenen

Discussion posts, one or two random short writing assignments, passage ID final (I think the other final/midterms were cancelled).

Just show up and inhale oxygen for 110 minutes twice a week and you're good. Actually I'm not sure that's even necessary... Just make sure your name is on his roster and claim your A

I do not think there is a CC class with less work than CC with Dennis. There were basically no writing assignments because he "does not believe in grading writing and doesn't know how to." Instead, there were weekly discussion posts on Canvas that were such a mess because I don't think he really had the discussion feature figured out well yet. He would ramble for the entire class and didn't quite produce an environment that was conducive of productive conversation among students, so I think there was a general lack of engagement and enthusiasm from everyone. The pace was so slow that some classes we would only cover a few pages and we skipped a few books. You also get virtually no feedback on any of your work (because you hardly do any) - so I don't think he really knows his students well. If you want an easy A and do not want to put in a lot of effort, this is the class for you. But if you want to feel intellectually stimulated and actually take away something from CC, I would go with a different professor.

If you don't try -- automatic A If you actually do try -- automatic A+ If you are in this class, consider yourself blessed.

Typical CC workload, but make sure you actually read all the books or you're screwed

One piazza post(graded for completion) a week 25% Midterm 25% - all passage IDs, answer 17 of 19 Final 25% - all passage IDs- answer 27 of 30 Participation 25% You are allowed to miss class, but must complete an additional Piazza post for every class you miss. Since he doesn't keep track of attendance very strictly, you can post an approximate number of additional Piazza posts to make up your participation points.

DenTen, as he is colloquially known, is quite the character. One of the main features of this class is that there are no essays, no graded assignments outside of the midterm and final, and attendance is not mandatory. This makes the class a very interesting mix of people who never show up and never participate, and people who always show up and always participate. This makes the class frequently half-empty, but the discussion can sometimes be interesting. The only assignment for this course is a weekly Piazza post, or a comment/response to a classmate's Piazza post. If you miss class, you have to complete an additional Piazza post. These posts were graded for completion, and could really include any ideas you had about the text. DenTen does this to encourage us to actually read the texts. He also significantly cut the amount of reading for the semester and substituted with texts that he enjoyed from the CC reader. This made the workload very manageable, and this becomes a fairly simple class as long as you complete most of the readings. Overall, most of the class received an A-range grade, as long as they completed the mandatory assignments and did fairly well on the midterm/final(mid -80's range). Would recommend.