The material in the class is a bit complex, but Professor Jones does a good job at breaking things down in an engaging way. The class is mostly based on weekly discussion posts and response papers, which were more work than the average Comm class but not unreasonable by any means. Reading is necessary for this class in order to complete the response papers, but they're all posted for free on BruinLearn. Professor Jones was also incredibly responsive to students' questions. Overall I would recommend taking this class with him.

Dr. Jones was the reason I survived this class! He was thoughtful and there for his students. Couldn't recommend taking him more!

This is my first upper div for COMM 100 and I absolutely loved it! Mainly due to the professor as he was so sarcastic and truly engaging to learn from. The summer course followed similar guidelines as the previous reviews except there was no 4 page review paper. Instead it went like weekly discussions posts and responses, weekly essay prompts, and a final paper. Very manageable - if you do not receive an A from this prof/course, I would be surprised. Although a couple of the reviews for this course say that the science behind the theories are difficult to understand but I found it relatively simple - perhaps it is Prof Jones who makes it this way, but don't be afraid of this course. Personally, it was one of my favorite under the COMM department! A lot of the material is can be applicable to real life which should assist in your understanding.

All in all, great prof, great course.

My review of this class has nothing to do with the professor, but with the material. It wasn't what I expected. And, he used really great methods making us actually use the theories and come up with our own hypotheses and ways to test the theories, and much of it was a bit abstract and hard to apply to a real life situation. He gave a lot of great examples in the lecture. His lectures were very organized and great slides. This was a summer course, so the lectures were 2 hours and 5 minutes twice a week, and he used 2 hours and 5 minutes and didn't stop a minute early, and took no breaks. So, that was tough as the material was deep and complex and it was tough to still be soaking anything in during the second half. So, I spent a lot of time going back and having to spend even more time re-listening to lectures so that I understood the material. But, he is a great instructor, it's just the material was hard for me to understand.

Professor Jones has been very open to feedback, criticism, answering questions, etc. with students the entire quarter. A huge issue with this class was that the TAs had different expectations and ideas with the professor himself. Sometimes, the topics that the professor suggested may not be accepted by the TA (who does the grading). My TA had expected us to have graduate level writing *ridiculous* and only left feedback for the first paper (had to go to office hours for feedback which didn't work for me who is in another time zone).

I took Professor Jones’ Communication Science course in Winter 2021 when it was online. The course grade consisted of 9 weekly discussion boards, 5 response papers, and 2 reflection papers. Toward the end of the class, he decided to make some of these assignments optional to accommodate for the difficult circumstances, which many students appreciated. His lecturers were asynchronous, and Professor Jones did an excellent job in explaining and breaking down each topic. The content of the course was very interesting, and as a first-year transfer student and Communication Major who is interested in research, I highly recommend taking this class in winter if you are interested in research or gaining a broad overview of communication studies. My favorite topics were the philosophy of science and models of communication while the most difficult for me was social networks. My TA, Kelsey Kim, was extraordinary, cheerful, and very clear with what we needed to write for our papers. Discussion sections with her were really helpful in guiding us on how we should write our papers, and she was a very fair grader. I was very fortunate to have her because the TA can very much make or break your experience in this class. Overall, this was a solid class with Professor Jones, Kelsey, and the topics we learned about.

Really enjoyed this class, but it is a bit tough. Our midterm was pretty difficult, BUT prof offered a midterm makeup and moved the final to take home. He's very understanding and helpful, and made lectures more engaging!

Professor Jones was really understanding this quarter & made himself available at all times for questions. Grades were made up of weekly discussion posts/replies, weekly response papers, and the final. The final was take-home and we had ~2 days to finish it (but it did not take the whole time). Grading was very fair and the expectations/rubrics for assignments were made very clear. Professor Jones gave the option of recorded lectures or attending in person. Discussion section is optional (not mandatory or part of the grade) but it was very helpful. I had Theo as my TA and he was the best!!

Here is my advice, as someone who struggled with this class. This class is HARD, the reviews from the past are based on the exams that were take home and open note. Due to chat-GPT, that is no longer an option. The biggest issue is that students think this class will be easy, but it is not. Professor Jones is a good professor, however I think his cool demeanor causes students underestimate the difficulty, which is not his fault but something to be aware of. You WILL have to memorize, take extensive notes, READ the assigned readings and annotate them for review. I did well in the class because I tanked the midterm the first time I took this class, but this second time I started studying from the jump. The first exam was difficult and time was limited, most did not finish on time. Professor Jones does offer office hours, I recommend attending them as much as possible and asking as many questions as you have since the material is rather difficult. He is a good professor, the material is just tricky and the exams are very hard. The difficulty may also be attributed to the fact that this is not a traditional humanities/communication type class, it is extremely technical at points borrowing from economics, anthropology, traditional scientific methods, machine behavior (AI), computing theories, and more. If you study from the beginning and do not procrastinate you will do well. I made flashcards and transcribed every single lecture, as well as re-read the readings before the exam (and drove the professor crazy with questions to ensure comprehension, and he answered them all). If there are concepts you do not understand, ask for examples and clarification, the professor wants everyone to understand the material. The scope of study is very interesting (once you understand it) and the lectures are funny/engaging. Good luck, hope this helps!

First off, he goes by Professor GABE! By far my favorite class thus far but it was also the most difficult. I would definitely recommend for comm majors to take this with Professor Gabe; Professor is engaging, helpful and has a lot of extra office hours to help students understand the material. Gabe is also very welcoming and easy to talk to; he doesn’t make students feel discouraged or anything at all, he wants us all to succeed!!! YES THIS CLASS IS DIFFICULT AND IF YOU DONT TAKE NOTES YOU WILL HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THE EXAMS. I FAILED HIS FIRST EXAM, got an A on the redemption and a B on the final and ended with a B which I’m okay with because this class was very draining but nonetheless I loved it and would take it again with GABE. Communication Science is a tough class but if you try to engage, a lot of the stuff is very informative and interesting especially when he gets to the topic of AI and machine learning, those sections were my favorite! This class honestly opened up an area of interest I didn’t know I had, so if you’re a low key science geek like myself and are a comm major, I definitely recommend taking this class with Professor Gabe. I’m already registered for his summer class cause he’s the best .