Was super super boring but attendance was required so basically half the class showed up in the last 10 minutes for the code which he got pissy about but whatever. Class was a super easy A, but he stopped posting the slides after a while (probably to punish those who showed up late) which was kind of snake-y of him.

Among the worst lecturers around. Slides are poorly organized and he reads directly from them. He meanders through the subject w/o any points. Although the course is called "Jazz in the 20th Century" he spends roughly a month in the 19th century and never gets past the mid-1940's. No mention of Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, etc. A waste of time.

This class was a walk in the park, but Dr. E certainly didn't make it any more enjoyable. He routinely showed up to class right when it was supposed to start and cut into the first 10 or so minutes of lecture time setting up the lecture slides which were on his phone. He was clearly passionate about jazz and the exams were easy.

Easy class. Outside of this course though he is a bad person and doesn't stick up for his students

Learned about as much in the semester as I could have from listening to a podcast. Weekly assignment basically graded on participation, midterm and final easy As if you read the slides. Final essay chill. Discussion section useless. Show up for mandatory attendance and this is an easy A ethnic studies class.

Dr. Endres is a very talented musician with a lot of passion, but this class exploded in popularity and became a joke because of uninterested students just wanting their ethnic studies credit. There are weekly readings and a final essay, but the grading is generous, and the two tests are pulled directly from the lecture slides, which are on Canvas.

The lectures were only really worth coming to for the attendance which is part of your grade. The lectures were almost entirely Dr. Endres reading the projected slides, and the TAs made the class interesting. It wasn't hard, the weekly reading and responses took some time but everything was graded very leniently, especially the final essay.

It isn't the most fun class but it's easy. One paper per week that's easy to write. A final paper thats alright. Idk about other TA's but mine was chill. Attendance is manditory so that's a bummer :(. The hardest part was the lectures being at 8:50 am. Overall I reccomend taking it.

If you're looking for a class that's just okay, this is the class for you. This Prof. Endres makes jazz kind of boring. It can be fun if you choose to write on something you like for the final paper. Discussions are helpful for midterm and final especially.

Prof. Endres sometimes just reads off the slides, but the class is super easy, and it's nice getting to listen to jazz, especially coming from someone who isn't an instrument player. Again, it is a SUPER easy class; TAs basically feed you a 100. Kind of a lot of reading, tho. Just go to class and study the slides before the exams and you'll be fine

Prof. Endres is pretty average as far as professors go. His lectures were sometimes engaging and sometimes not depending on the day. He plays examples of jazz music throughout the lecture which is pretty fun. The readings are long and pretty boring but graded on completion. The class overall is okay.

Great class and great professor. I didn't have to study at all for the midterm and don't plan on it for the final. The weekly reading responses are not too bad as they are only about 200-300 words and are cancelled some weeks. Pay attention in the discussion section and you will be fine.

Well-structured class, midterm is easy and the practice we do in discussion is enough to prepare you for it, given you work a little bit on your own too. The weekly readings are a bit long, but the writing is graded well and can be completed even if you miss the due date. 3 write-ups of performances are required, but they're pretty easy.

Ignore any prior bad reviews (which were all posted the same day and CLEARLY from the same person. Any questions given on the mid-term and final

The new finals gave me a STROKE. Homework and the final essay are so easy and graded very lightly, BUT THE FINALS WILL SEND YOU BACK IN TIME. Each question in the final exam disrupted my neurological signaling. Now, every time I hear jazz, my body violently shakes from the traumatic experience I had in the finals. BTW got a 5 on every history AP.

OK DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS. Please listen to me. Final exams were added from the year 2023, so all the post your saw posted before that is irrelevant. The finals have questions that require you know more than the professors. The lectures only teach conceptual topics while that final exam were all a detailed insanity. Finals made my grade from A to B

Ignore all post before 2023 (Finals were added) DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS UNLESS YOU HAVE A CRAZY DYING PASSION FOR JAZZ. Horrible lectures that are disorganized, and the new finals are ALL TRIVIAL QUESTION. He give questions that were not covered in class. Please trust me on this one. Its saying something if someone got an A but is still complaining.

Endres is very passionate and knowledgeable about music, specifically jazz. This class was more about jazz history than music genres, but still enjoyable; he also plays music from the ensemble/genre we're learning about to break up the long lec. Main assignments were weekly page-long reflections about a reading which were graded generously