Michael W Suman
Department of Communication
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3.2
Overall Rating
Based on 321 Users
Easiness 2.2 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.6 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 2.5 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 3.3 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Quarter: Fall 2016
Grade: C+
June 22, 2016

This is NOT an easy GE. The material is extremely interesting but the midterm and final are kind of difficult. You have to memorize a large number of lists in order to do well. If memorization is your thing, then this is the class for you! The discussions are often empty unless a test is coming up because attendance is not mandatory. The only three grades you get are the midterm, final and one paper. The class was graded on a curve so that also helps a little bit.
Prof.Suman is very clear however it's SO important you pay attention during every minute of every class because the lectures aren't podcasted and there are no powerpoints or anything.

Despite not receiving a good grade, I would definitely take this class again just because it was so interesting!

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Quarter: Spring 2016
Grade: B
June 22, 2016

Suman is a very friendly and intelligent professor. His lectures are interesting the first few times, but you quickly realize how formulaic and scripted they are. It makes it difficult to pay close attention-and you MUST. Lectures are not podcasted and required careful note-taking because you must memorize the material nearly verbatim in order to get an A.
Yes, the class if difficult. It's not because of the workload, it's because of what you are expected to know. To put it simply, you must memorize pretty much every list and term Prof. Suman mentions in lecture and also memorize all of his online articles and outside readings. The precision and breath of knowledge required for the midterm and final is overwhelming. It requires a good amount of dedication and effort to get a B or a C. But, it requires extraordinary interest in the subject and dedication, not to mention, possibly a photographic memory, to get an A.
If you want an easy GE, it's probably not the best idea to take this class. I'd only recommend taking it if you are:
A: interested in Comm. Studies
B: able to handle a difficult course

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Quarter: Spring 2016
Grade: N/A
June 18, 2016

selling all three required readings for COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES 10 for $55
Losing the News
You Just Don't Understand
Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Media and Society
Excellent condition
If interested call **********

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Quarter: Spring 2016
Grade: N/A
June 3, 2016

This class takes a decent amount of time and energy outside of class as there are multiple articles and books to read. I was a bit frustrated with how Suman instructed the TAs to grade our midterms because he is SUPER picky with answers. Both the final and midterm are short answer and essay questions so if you didn't know the exact phrase/wording that he wanted you did not receive all of the points.

There is a lot of material that is covered in this class and you must attend lecture to get any of it (or use someone's old notes, Suman literally repeats his lectures word by word every year. Suman does not use any kind of technology/powerpoints/podcasts, he literally stands in front of the class, twice a week for 2 hours, and talks. If you do not listen/pay attention/write fast (no laptops or cell phones in lecture so you better write FAST) you will fall behind.

Overall, I thought Professor Suman was a wonderful, highly intelligent person but I wish he had been more fair with grading and had given us more room for minuscule errors.

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Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: A-
May 31, 2016

okay everyone thinks this class is hard, but it's just a lot of material. suman's lectures are boring as fuck and you have to go to every single one if you want to succeed, but as long as you take good notes and study them, you should be fine.

the one thing in this class that tripped me up was the paper, because there's literally no guidelines & my ta graded it super hard. admittedly, i didn't know anything about my topic and i wrote the whole 7-8 pages in like 3 hours the day before it was due. i got like a c on the paper but i still got an a- in the class. the grading scale/curve is super easy and he wants people to succeed. just do your best to stay awake in class and you should be fine!

also, buy & read losing the news and the gender book, but taking sides is like $40 and you don't use it that often, see if you can use someone else's because it's pretty useless to buy (but you still need to do the reading from it).

don't slack off on the online readings and take advantage of the fact that you can bring in notes to the tests!

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Quarter: Fall 2014
Grade: A-
May 16, 2016

I enjoy taking classes with Professor Suman! He does a great job with this course. Keep in mind that this is a weeder course for Comm Studies students, so its rough but you have to pull through it! Don't take the class if you're not a comm student (or potential comm student).

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Quarter: Fall 2015
Grade: B+
Feb. 16, 2016

The material is interesting enough, if a little basic, but the lectures are all talking. We were in a stuffy classroom with no windows, and it was hard to stay awake. You have to go to class if you don't have the notes already, there are no slides or anything. He gives you what you need to succeed though. If you study, you'll do fine.

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Quarter: Summer 2015
Grade: B
Jan. 29, 2016

This is the only class he does a decent job of teaching. It is a ton of info and the tests will cover all of it. Summer is easier and has less required reading/topics. If you are a transfer student, this class will be a lot of review. If you are Fresh/Soph, this class will be a lot of work but it is required.

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Quarter: N/A
Grade: N/A
Jan. 12, 2016

I took comm 10 and definitely LOVED this class. In fact, I decided to major in Communication study after this class.

COMM 10 is difficult indeed. But if you really go to lectures and take notes(by taking notes I mean you probably need to keeping writing all the time, and there's no slides you can refer to so make sure you ask Suman everything you are not clear about), and really spend time on readings and take notes when you do the reading, you will be good. The paper was not difficult, I thought I didn't do well on that but it turned that I got an A- for my paper. Overall I got an A.

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Quarter: N/A
Grade: N/A
Dec. 13, 2015

Communication Studies 10
-selling "You Just Don't Understand" by Deborah Tannen and "Losing the News" by Alex S. Jones which are mandatory for the class.

If interested, email me at *************

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Quarter: Fall 2016
Grade: C+
June 22, 2016

This is NOT an easy GE. The material is extremely interesting but the midterm and final are kind of difficult. You have to memorize a large number of lists in order to do well. If memorization is your thing, then this is the class for you! The discussions are often empty unless a test is coming up because attendance is not mandatory. The only three grades you get are the midterm, final and one paper. The class was graded on a curve so that also helps a little bit.
Prof.Suman is very clear however it's SO important you pay attention during every minute of every class because the lectures aren't podcasted and there are no powerpoints or anything.

Despite not receiving a good grade, I would definitely take this class again just because it was so interesting!

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Quarter: Spring 2016
Grade: B
June 22, 2016

Suman is a very friendly and intelligent professor. His lectures are interesting the first few times, but you quickly realize how formulaic and scripted they are. It makes it difficult to pay close attention-and you MUST. Lectures are not podcasted and required careful note-taking because you must memorize the material nearly verbatim in order to get an A.
Yes, the class if difficult. It's not because of the workload, it's because of what you are expected to know. To put it simply, you must memorize pretty much every list and term Prof. Suman mentions in lecture and also memorize all of his online articles and outside readings. The precision and breath of knowledge required for the midterm and final is overwhelming. It requires a good amount of dedication and effort to get a B or a C. But, it requires extraordinary interest in the subject and dedication, not to mention, possibly a photographic memory, to get an A.
If you want an easy GE, it's probably not the best idea to take this class. I'd only recommend taking it if you are:
A: interested in Comm. Studies
B: able to handle a difficult course

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Quarter: Spring 2016
Grade: N/A
June 18, 2016

selling all three required readings for COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES 10 for $55
Losing the News
You Just Don't Understand
Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Media and Society
Excellent condition
If interested call **********

Helpful?

0 0 Please log in to provide feedback.
Quarter: Spring 2016
Grade: N/A
June 3, 2016

This class takes a decent amount of time and energy outside of class as there are multiple articles and books to read. I was a bit frustrated with how Suman instructed the TAs to grade our midterms because he is SUPER picky with answers. Both the final and midterm are short answer and essay questions so if you didn't know the exact phrase/wording that he wanted you did not receive all of the points.

There is a lot of material that is covered in this class and you must attend lecture to get any of it (or use someone's old notes, Suman literally repeats his lectures word by word every year. Suman does not use any kind of technology/powerpoints/podcasts, he literally stands in front of the class, twice a week for 2 hours, and talks. If you do not listen/pay attention/write fast (no laptops or cell phones in lecture so you better write FAST) you will fall behind.

Overall, I thought Professor Suman was a wonderful, highly intelligent person but I wish he had been more fair with grading and had given us more room for minuscule errors.

Helpful?

0 0 Please log in to provide feedback.
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: A-
May 31, 2016

okay everyone thinks this class is hard, but it's just a lot of material. suman's lectures are boring as fuck and you have to go to every single one if you want to succeed, but as long as you take good notes and study them, you should be fine.

the one thing in this class that tripped me up was the paper, because there's literally no guidelines & my ta graded it super hard. admittedly, i didn't know anything about my topic and i wrote the whole 7-8 pages in like 3 hours the day before it was due. i got like a c on the paper but i still got an a- in the class. the grading scale/curve is super easy and he wants people to succeed. just do your best to stay awake in class and you should be fine!

also, buy & read losing the news and the gender book, but taking sides is like $40 and you don't use it that often, see if you can use someone else's because it's pretty useless to buy (but you still need to do the reading from it).

don't slack off on the online readings and take advantage of the fact that you can bring in notes to the tests!

Helpful?

0 0 Please log in to provide feedback.
Quarter: Fall 2014
Grade: A-
May 16, 2016

I enjoy taking classes with Professor Suman! He does a great job with this course. Keep in mind that this is a weeder course for Comm Studies students, so its rough but you have to pull through it! Don't take the class if you're not a comm student (or potential comm student).

Helpful?

0 0 Please log in to provide feedback.
Quarter: Fall 2015
Grade: B+
Feb. 16, 2016

The material is interesting enough, if a little basic, but the lectures are all talking. We were in a stuffy classroom with no windows, and it was hard to stay awake. You have to go to class if you don't have the notes already, there are no slides or anything. He gives you what you need to succeed though. If you study, you'll do fine.

Helpful?

0 0 Please log in to provide feedback.
Quarter: Summer 2015
Grade: B
Jan. 29, 2016

This is the only class he does a decent job of teaching. It is a ton of info and the tests will cover all of it. Summer is easier and has less required reading/topics. If you are a transfer student, this class will be a lot of review. If you are Fresh/Soph, this class will be a lot of work but it is required.

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0 0 Please log in to provide feedback.
Quarter: N/A
Grade: N/A
Jan. 12, 2016

I took comm 10 and definitely LOVED this class. In fact, I decided to major in Communication study after this class.

COMM 10 is difficult indeed. But if you really go to lectures and take notes(by taking notes I mean you probably need to keeping writing all the time, and there's no slides you can refer to so make sure you ask Suman everything you are not clear about), and really spend time on readings and take notes when you do the reading, you will be good. The paper was not difficult, I thought I didn't do well on that but it turned that I got an A- for my paper. Overall I got an A.

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Quarter: N/A
Grade: N/A
Dec. 13, 2015

Communication Studies 10
-selling "You Just Don't Understand" by Deborah Tannen and "Losing the News" by Alex S. Jones which are mandatory for the class.

If interested, email me at *************

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18 of 30
3.2
Overall Rating
Based on 321 Users
Easiness 2.2 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.6 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 2.5 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 3.3 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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