Absolutely loved this professor! The class was "graded" by the work you completed and you had an A, B, and C option. The tests were open book and he made sure you were plenty prepared for the type of questions to expect on them. All the assignments were really interesting and I learned a lot about Shakespeare in this class!

Fascinating class! Professor Kearney is a very passionate and knowledgeable lecturer. The class is extremely transparent on grading practices which I appreciated. I would recommend this class to anyone.

He was an amazing professor! Very accesible outside of class and super understanding about things that come up if you need an extension. He has a hierarchy sort of grading system where he tells you exactly how many assignments you need to do to get an A, B, or C. Assignments can be done very quickly (usually a 500 word write up). Love this class!

He's awesome. Makes very clear what assignments will be given throughout the course. All are very simple but still manage to help reflect on what was learned. He's so passionate about the material and every lecture is engaging. Online open-note midterm and final. Attendance not mandatory. Highly recommend. He's one of the best in the department.

Very caring and passionate professor that cares about his students. Overall, very manageable and easy course load if you stay on top of assignments. Also, some fun movies to watch for writing assignments. Definitely recommend.

I loved this guy. He was very passionate about what he taught. Two essays, two quizzes, and a few mini assignments.

This guy is such a sweetheart, it's very clear he's passionate about the content and wants everyone to do their best. The biggest components of the grade are two papers, which aren't hard if you do the readings and pay attention to lectures. Very easy GE lit class, definitely take this!

I'm an English Major so I may be biased but he was a fun and entertaining professor. He put videos that relate to the plays being discussed and is very clear on his agenda at the beginning of class. He's super open to talking and grade is based off of midterm and final paper which are just literary analysis. Just ask your TA questions & you're good

lectures were easy to follow. had to read a play outside class every two weeks. there were a couple of writing assignments, two papers, and two quizzes/tests that lectures prepare you for.

Professor Kearney is an absolute sweetheart and his love for Shakespeare shows every time he talks! His smile will light up your world, seriously. This class was the absolute best way to be introduced to UCSB, and I know for certain my classmates can say the same!

I took him in person and class was a dreadful bore. He just liked performing the Shakespeare monologues and we did no kind of literary analysis, minus the extremely basic thematic elements, which were redundant in section. Don't recommend.

This class is fast-paced, you read 4 plays in 8 weeks and have 2 big tough papers & two important (but kinda easy) quizzes. The asynchronous lectures were hard to follow; they went on for too long and I barely took any notes over the course of a 30 minute video. If you read the plays carefully and participate in section you'll be fine.