KENNEDY R A

Robert (Bob) Kennedy

159 reviews
Caring Respected Clear grading criteria Lecture heavy Hilarious Amazing lectures Accessible outside class Get ready to read Lots of homework Skip class? You won't pass. Inspirational Tough grader Graded by few things Group projects EXTRA CREDIT Would take again Gives good feedback Test heavy Participation matters Online Savvy Tests? Not many So many papers
Past quarters
LING 70
210 / 210 Full
Language In Society
Robert (Bob) Kennedy 4.1
T R
09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
64.8% A
LING 116
60 / 60 Full
The Structure of Language and Sports
Robert (Bob) Kennedy 4.1
T R
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
45.4% A
LING 191
3 / 0 Full
Internship in Linguistics
Robert (Bob) Kennedy 4.1
99.3% A
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LING15 . Kennedy R A 5 Months Ago

Great & funny guy, good area C GE since you're not really doing math. Class can be VERY tiresome because the topic isn't all that interesting. Exams are short and not heavily weighted. Bombed my exams and still got a B. Short weekly online quizzes you can redo until you get full points. Can be confusing at times but would recommend. He loves memes!

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LING20 . Kennedy R A 5 Months Ago

Kennedy is a nice guy, this is a fine class. Boring if you don't care about ling as a subject, but easy homework. His exams are no longer online though, which means u have to pay attention. Relatively easy, but ur TA can skew that the other way if ur unlucky. Nice Area C requirement, but nothing extraordinary. He's funny n pretty sassy too.

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LING20 . Kennedy R A 6 Months Ago

his final is cumulative, which sucks. the material isn't super difficult just takes a while to grasp an understanding of. he doesn't post lectures unless you directly email him for them, so you do have to attend those. overall, the course isn't super difficult but you have to pay attention in class.

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LING70 . Kennedy R A 8 Months Ago

Prof Kennedy is an awesome guy! His lectures are really interesting and he has a great sense of humor. SUPER understanding and really does care about his students. Tests are reasonable if you attend the lectures. Most of the test content comes from lectures. Eli review assignment is easy points if you do all parts. 100% would recommend this class.

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LING20 . Kennedy R A 10 Months Ago

Professor Kenndy is a great professor. He genuinely cares for his students and the material being shared. I took this for a prep for major course and will be taking another one of his courses (Ling 70) this winter. His class is straightforward, and the TAs are all great. I think his grading is fair, and that his lectures were truly interesting.

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LING15 . Kennedy R A 10 Months Ago

Slideshow with no pictures guide lectures. Material is generally dry for someone with basic background knowledge in linguistics, with occasional jokes. Concepts are well explained with examples used to parse out distinctions. Weekly checkpoints have an unlimited number of attempts and usually detailed feedback.

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LING70 . Kennedy R A 10 Months Ago

Kennedy is very caring about students and passionate about what he's teaching! The class was very easy (albeit a bit boring), slides/skimming the readings are enough for exams. Section attendance is mandatory though IIRC.

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LING20 . Kennedy R A 11 Months Ago

Super funny. The words that he uses to describe the topics can be a bit confusing but if you read the textbook beforehand its alright. His mask and mich combo might put you to sleep tho. Very interesting class as well

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LING20 . Kennedy R A 11 Months Ago

Kennedy is one of the funniest professor's I've had at ucsb so far. You're graded on participation, quizzes/assignments online that you can retake until you get 100%, and 1 midterm and 1 final. You do need to actually understand terms and the material in order to do well, but his class wasn't too bad and it's not difficult to do well.

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LING20 . Kennedy R A 11 Months Ago

Two quizzes a week, unlimited attempts. Super easy class. One midterm and one final both very short. You do have to show up to the lectures because he doesn't post them online. I never touched the textbook and still passed so... he's that professor that tries to be funny too.

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LING20 . Kennedy R A 11 Months Ago

Prof Kennedy is great! His lectures are accessible online but he alters them, so it's worth going in person. Mostly graded on weekly reading quizzes/assignments that you get unlimited tries for. Midterm and final were only worth 15% each. Highly recommend this class if you need a GE/extra units!

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LING20 . Kennedy R A 11 Months Ago

I took 3 classes with him and he's amazing! Really passionate and understanding and makes linguistics easy to understand. Midterm and exam are online and open book/open web. Lectures are in-person but if you can't make it he can send you a recording of the lecture. Overall an awesome and caring prof that wants his students to succeed :)

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