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He is very passionate about what he's teaching and was an awesome professor! Lecture isn't mandatory, but he does give credit randomly for going, and sometimes gives us info on the upcoming midterms or tests ahead of time so I would go to them.Rate My Professors ↗
Easy A without much effort at all, just do the weekly homework (30 mins max) and you'll be fine. Even though the material is easy, he still lectures very enthusiastically and really cares about the subject. Exams are easy since he basically gives the essay questions before the test, and they have very lax grading criteria.Rate My Professors ↗
Senchyne was super nice. Only homework was weekly annotations worth 10 points, which took about 30 minutes. Two in-class essays, which were super easy. He gives the article a week before, and the prompt is based on lecture. He has two random exit tickets for the lecture. If you score 185 points, you don't even have to take the take-home final.Rate My Professors ↗
Jonathan was funny and very real. He doesn't assign homework besides the weekly annotation. The essay exams are straightforward, and you don't really need to come to class to do well since he gives the resources beforehand. There's also extra credit to boost your grade. A great way to get my humanities credit.Rate My Professors ↗
The course is very easy to learn, Jonathan is a great professor and is very clear on what he's talking about during the lecture. The exams are not that bad it is just 50 minutes of writing an essay from an article he provided a week before. A lot of extra credit is given.Rate My Professors ↗
Perfect class! Attendance isn't mandatory + plenty of extra credit. Content was easy. Professor Senchyne is fantastic. Besides the 2 in-class essays (very easy), everything is open-note, including the weekly online quizzes and the online take-home final exam. Idk what more you could ask for in a class!Rate My Professors ↗
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A first-year seminar exploring the dimensions and value of a liberal arts education while introducing university resources and fostering community.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2023–Fall 2025LIS 601 introduces information studies, covering the language, literature, and professional contexts of information agencies and dissemination.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Jonathan Senchyne focuses on library history and current debates, guiding discussions that some find engaging while others note he allows tangents. Reviewers praise his practical assignments, career relevance, and student care, though they consistently mention a heavy reading load.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025LIS 990 provides dissertation credits for research and thesis work.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
LIS 999 is an independent reading and research course where students conduct concentrated work on a self-selected subject and submit a final product.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).
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Spring 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sample| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | INTER-LS 130 | Crc First-year Seminar: Foundations of a Liberal Arts Education |
| Fall 2026 | LIS 601 | Information: Perspectives and Contexts |
| Fall 2026 | LIS 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | LIS 999 | Independent Reading and Research |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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