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Material wasn't too complex if you did the readings and paid attention in class. Discussions were well structured. Though, as others have said, the lectures did really drag on. Made them a bit easier to follow, though. Overall, an interesting and not too challenging class by a passionate and fun professor","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1398622","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:10:20.781999+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NzcwMTE0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1398622","instructor_name":"Rebecca Shields","course_label":"LINGUIS101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2021-05-12 01:20:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"Ugh don't take this class there are much easier gen eds to take, and this is not one of them. The material is frankly annoying to learn, and she is not very accomindating on her grading and not everything you need to know is even covered in lecture. There is way too much information. Dont take this class. Its not worth it.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1398622","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:10:20.781999+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5OTk1MzI3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1398622","instructor_name":"Rebecca Shields","course_label":"LINGUIS101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2018-05-05 13:31:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"Becky is really nice and really helpful if you are willing to get help from her. This class is super boring just because of the content but Becky tries her best to make it better. Watch out - the final is worth 40% of your grade","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1398622","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:10:20.781999+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3Njg1NzUy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1398622","instructor_name":"Rebecca Shields","course_label":"LINGUIS101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2017-01-06 17:02:31 +0000 UTC","comment":"Loved this class. Material is easy to understand and exams are fine if you go to lecture, do the discussion worksheets, and take the online quizzes. Becky pretty much gives you all the material for success, its just up to you to put in the work. Also, you can skip discussion and still receive full credit by filling out a worksheet each week.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1398622","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:10:20.781999+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1MTgxNDY0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1398622","instructor_name":"Rebecca Shields","course_label":"LINGUIS101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2015-09-10 01:18:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof. Shields is a great instructor and very organized. She lays everything out for you, and you know exactly what to expect on exams. There is one weekly online quiz and a weekly assignment that you get credit for if you show up to discussion. Very good class, although some topics are a bit boring, but overall gives a good overview of Linguistics!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1398622","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:10:20.781999+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0OTQ3Nzk4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1398622","instructor_name":"Rebecca Shields","course_label":"LINGUIS101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2015-06-08 17:32:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Shields is very enthusiastic about her topic, and if you're into languages, you'll enjoy her class, because she is usually very thorough.  She also posts all lecture slides online, a massive help for studying.  Still, for those who aren't good with languages, the class can be a bit tough.  I'd only recommend it if you enjoy languages.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1398622","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNjc0NTg5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2026-03-06 21:10:10 +0000 UTC","comment":"Ryan organizes his class very well, so that even when the material is tough it doesn't feel overwhelming. Lectures are fun and engaging, and you should go even though it's not part of your grade, because the readings do not cover lecture material. Exams are very straightforward and there are no trick questions. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjgzNTc1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2025-05-14 20:05:20 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Henke's class was interesting and accessible, and he introduced me to a lot of interesting concepts. His lectures are informative and easy to understand, and the discussions are great practice for the exams. This class should be fairly easy, even if you're not a language major, and doesn't require much work outside of class.\n","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjE5NTMw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2025-05-09 00:18:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"what a nice and respectable guy. only thing about him is the speed he goes over lecture slides is intense, but the uploaded videos of the lecture sure help. 10/10","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMTg3OTUy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2025-05-07 01:57:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"As a STEM major taking this for a humanities credit, I didn't expect to enjoy it—but Dr. Henke made it engaging. His lectures were interesting, well-paced, and he welcomed questions. If he didn't know something, he'd humbly admit it. Dr. Henke is a great professor and I highly recommend him for any class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwOTQxMzA5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2025-04-15 03:11:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Recorded all lectures, so I would watch those to prep for discussion where TAs make sure to go over important things. Do practice problems for the tests and help your group in discussion and the tests should go well too. Super clear explanations and examples for linguistic concepts. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNjU5MTA5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2025-02-11 01:27:00 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very engaging and well-made lectures, you can tell Ryan is passionate about his work. He communicates all the topics in a very clear easy to understand way. Exams were very easy and representative of what was covered in lecture and in the readings.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3OTE3NTQ5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2023-05-13 22:17:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"Great guy and a great professor! I really enjoyed his lectures and course content. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3ODU1NDM3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2023-05-08 13:49:40 +0000 UTC","comment":"I love professor Henke.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3NTQ4Nzcz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2023-03-28 13:11:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Henke is great at teaching! He had a massive 300+ person lecture and managed to keep most of us interested. He clearly cares a lot about linguistics and his students. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3Mzk3NzEw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2023-02-01 03:50:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor was super friendly and made lectures interesting. Your grade consisted of a few exams, homework practice and worksheets done during discussion each week with a group. Going to discussion definitely helped clarify information that may have been confusing. Overall, a very fun and interesting class. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MzYzNTM4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2023-01-21 19:36:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Henke is a great lecturer and is dedicated to making sure the class understands what's going on. You have to work with a small group every week on a worksheet in discussion. Take the worksheets seriously because they really helped me be ready for the exams.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjQ4MjY0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2022-12-27 03:56:57 +0000 UTC","comment":"Linguis 101 is very easy humanities credit and Ryan is a great professor to take it with","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjE4Njc3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2022-12-21 22:47:25 +0000 UTC","comment":"Great Guy","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjEwNjIx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2022-12-21 03:51:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Records and posts lectures. Discussions have worksheets worked on in groups. I liked the class, thought it was pretty easy. Explains concepts relatively well, and TAs were happy to help. Pretty good choice for a requisite.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MTc1NzQy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2022-12-18 03:18:28 +0000 UTC","comment":"Ryan himself is a good lecturer, but the class is boring. Discussion sections are helpful, they are really the only way that I figured out the concepts. Be prepared to memorize, and know that the class is mainly based on problem-solving.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MTMyMzAz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2022-12-15 05:06:42 +0000 UTC","comment":"He is funny and engaging and made a hard subject easy. My favorite thing is one time he said \"If you guys don't want to be here, don't come I record the lectures and post them.\" that made me laugh. Great class and prof to take if you need humanities credit","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MDEwNjUy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2022-12-07 19:18:08 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very easy class if you attend or watch the lectures, which were always recorded. Moved pretty quickly but I think the topics were covered very well so it was easy to understand. Overall, very engaging and easy class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2Mjc0MjU5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2022-05-07 19:50:32 +0000 UTC","comment":"Overall, I have liked the course a lot and he keeps the lectures pretty interesting. The coursework isn't too hard and the exams weren't too bad either if you studied a bit of the exam prep work as well.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2MjIwNDQ3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2022-05-03 00:16:20 +0000 UTC","comment":"Super easy class, lectures move a little quick but are super clear. Lectures were recorded and discussion attendance was based off of if you did the worksheet, not actual attendance. Very little homework and little reading. Even though it was easy I still found the material engaging, definitely recommend if you need some humanities credits ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:08:41.965626+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2MTc3MzAw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2790649","instructor_name":"Ryan Henke","course_label":"Linguis101","course_id":"LINGUIS 101","course_uid":"course_97c2ccf8d6ed1c7d34040f07","review_date":"2022-04-28 02:47:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"Ryan (you call him Ryan, not professor Henke) is a really good dude and you can tell he is passionate about what he teaches. Lectures are not entirely necessary to go as they are all recorded and posted to canvas. Discussions are required but you just do 1 group project per week that is usually finished within the time. Easy class. Good dude.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2790649","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0}]