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Michael Suman

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Fall 2020 - To be brief, I would not recommend taking this class unless you are 100% CERTAIN that you want to major in Comm. I lost interest in doing so (for reasons unrelated to this class) around the second half of the quarter and felt like I was wasting so much time and energy to do well since I couldn't drop or P/NP. Anyway, the first half of the class was on interpersonal communication and I found the content pretty interesting. I was excited for the second half (on mass communication) but it was DREADFUL, like so boring that I stopped listening to the lectures and, instead, skimmed the lecture transcript for information related to the key points in the lecture guides. The essay was kinda fun since you are encouraged to exclusively use your experience and observations. I wrote about the "politics" of kissing in American culture, completed it in a day's time, and did fairly well on it. If you really resonate with an essay topic and dedicate a couple of days to it you shouldn't have that hard of a time writing it. The midterm and final were straightforward and open note, so if you take decent notes and study a bit you will probably be fine. The midterm consisted of ~29 short response questions (~50% related to lecture content, ~50% related to assigned articles) and two long response questions (one on lecture content, the other on Tannen book), where the final consisted of ~26 short response questions (mostly related to lecture/assigned articles with a few on Price book) and three long response questions (two on lecture content, the other on Jones book). I didn't really prepare for either of the exams except for making all my notes and the readings easily accessible (AKA Ctrl-F-able). So if you're taking this online, digitize EVERYTHING. This will definitely help you pass if you're struggling to find the motivation to study hard during these difficult times.
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