NEVER TAKE THIS CLASS FOR A GE! there's only 3 grades. Midterm, Final, and and essay. If you fail on any one of them, you already failing the class. So don't take this class at all costs unless it's your major.

To preface, comm 10 is designed to be a survey class that exposes you to the basics of interpersonal and mass communication. Though I expected a course whose content matched the introductory level name it bears, comm 10 was anything but that. There was an unreasonable amount of work assigned to the students including but not limited to 3 100+ page books, 200+ pages of combined extra pdf readings that were not covered in lecture nor discussion, and we were not given sufficient time or space to review the sheer amount of content that was crammed into the 10-week quarter.

For this class, your grade is based on three items: the midterm, the final, and a 7 page experiential analysis paper which is due week 7 (this paper isn't all that bad & the prompts are actually fun). How well you perform on these exams depends entirely upon how detailed your notes are on all the readings and lectures. While Professor Suman does supply us with a lecture outline, it is basically just a running list of the many concepts he wants us to needlessly memorize rather than actually learn and apply to real life. Overall, I would not take a class with this professor again. It was extremely stressful.

I personally love Suman, and I've taken three classes with him. This one is the easiest one. The readings are less intense, and the classes cover much less material than the others (because you watch TV during half of them). If you can tolerate his difficulty, I would recommend COMM 145.

This class is very interesting. I payed attention every lecture, read the books cover to cover, as well as the readings. I actually learned a lot. HOWEVER. This class makes you hate learning because there is so much memorization. No slides, no recordings, you have to know everything he says. Plus, he grades harshly. So pros and cons for sure.

To start, do not take this class unless you are taking it as a prerequisite. There is no sugarcoating it: this class is difficult and it took me weeks of studying and concentration to get a B+. GO TO THE LECTURES!! It can be difficult to pay full attention because it is usually a two-hour class, notes are to be taken in a notebook only, and phones are not tolerated whatsoever. I recommend investing in a fidget toy so you don't fall asleep :). Make a friend or at least grab someone's number to get the notes because the lectures are not recorded and he does not use slides. As long as you work hard and plan ahead, a B or an A is 100% possible. Plan to take this class alongside easier classes so you have time to study!

This is the toughest GE I have ever taken, and I don't feel like I learned much. Attendance is not taken in lecture nor discussion, but lectures are not recorded. Lecture outlines and Quizlet materials help if absent. The pace of the lecture is slow, and electronic devices are not allowed. There is a ten minute break in the middle of lectures. The professor says that there are no "magic words to memorize," but all tests are 100% free response. The entire grade is made up of 3 assignments: the midterm, one essay, and the final. Midterm grades were made available late in the quarter, and the professor gives the TAs as much time as they needed to release essay grades. I did not know if I passed the class until spring break was halfway over. There are no opportunities for extra credit.

Only take this class if you have the time and energy to fully to apply yourself to the material, and you are willing to endure the rules and conditions listed above.

This class was pretty hard but if you’re a comm major you don’t have a choice. My advice is to talk to your TA as much as possible because their grading system if very weird because they can only give a certain amount of grades out on each test. So the more they know you/ give you corrections, the better you can improve. I got into comm w a B in this class so don’t be too afraid .

Oh god run away from this class if you can. Seriously you should only be taking this if you plan on being a Communication major DO NOT take it for the social analysis credit... It's a GPA killer. The format of this class is so unreasonable and practically sets up students for failure. No homework but many long readings every week. One paper of 5-7 pages about 1 of 4 provided topics, not based on course content at all, this paper was honestly my saving grace. Two exams, midterm and final, for each we are allowed either 10 pages of double sided notes or 20 pages of single sided notes, only from section content (how??? you may ask, lecture content and section content are actually different and they check in the first 30 minutes of the exam). For lecture content, you just have to memorize it all for the exam but the final is not cumulative. Professor Suman can be funny at times but his lecturing style is overall pretty boring and he doesn't post PowerPoints so you have to go to every single lecture (if you miss one just pray it's not on the exam). No electronics allowed in class so all notes have to be handwritten. I'm honestly hoping for a B.

I took this class blindly during my first quarter at UCLA as it was one of the few classes with seats left. Although Suman is a great lecturer, he is one of the hardest graders I've ever encountered. You need to answer the exam questions exactly how he verbalises it during lecture otherwise you'll get points knocked off aka write every single thing he says exactly how he says it. The class consisted of a midterm, final, and project. We had to read a 300 page reader as well as 2 books that we were tested on. It's a lot of reading and it's all common sense, but you HAVE to read everything in order to word it exactly how he wants on the exams. The final project was also SO time consuming (create a survey with 100+ participants and write an 8+ page paper on it, which involved difficult math to find averages that he does NOT clearly explain). I had to ask my friend who is well versed in Excel in order to do it. Overall, I'd say avoid this class.

This class is very interesting. I payed attention every lecture, read the books cover to cover, as well as the readings. I actually learned a lot. HOWEVER. This class makes you hate learning because there is so much memorization. No slides, no recordings, you have to know everything he says. Plus, he grades harshly. So pros and cons for sure.