Michael W Suman
Department of Communication
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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: C+
Jan. 5, 2022

I took this class asynchronous and I didn't learn much from his way of teaching. Professor Suman uploaded podcasts and a lecture guide to teach the material which is difficult for visual learners such as myself. Additionally, the grading for this class is ridiculous. Your entire grade is based on a midterm, essay, and a final. The midterm and final included multiple short answer responses and essays in a short amount of time that practically nobody was able to finish the entire exam. I do not recommend this class for anyone looking to fulfill a GE requirement.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: B+
Dec. 27, 2021

After reading the reviews, I was scared of this class. But, this was one of the most organized courses I have had. He made his own material to go along with the lectures which had more detail, and the lectures were grouped by subject and very organized. There were also readings of articles or chapters to go along with each subject. Studying for the midterm and final were easy as he highlighted the parts of his notes that we needed to know. And, his lectures emphasized the areas. For the midterm, there was a study guide and the short answer section came straight from the study guide - very straight forward, no trick questions. And, we had a good idea of what the two essays were on. For the final, there were also short answer questions and 3 essays. We had a good idea of what at least 2 of the essays were going to be on. Then, there was the paper. He curves the paper grades and midterm grades, so if you listen to the lectures, read the readings, you can do really well.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: C+
Dec. 22, 2021

I never interacted with Suman himself since he just released podcast-style lectures, but the TA Justin Breck was an absolute nightmare. He lives off marking you down for the tiniest things. Took it because I thought it would be interesting, but in the end it killed my GPA.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A-
Dec. 21, 2021

DO NOT take this class unless you plan on majoring in communications. If you're looking for a social analysis GE or one of the nursing GE options look elsewhere because this class is way too hard. I was lucky enough to take it while it was still online which made the notes aspect easier, but if you take it in-person your notes will be hand-written and you will struggle tremendously. There is an insane volume of lectures, lecture-style readings, and multiple book readings to consume prior to the midterm and the final. The only grades are the midterm (which is extremely hard and has a very very short time limit), the paper (which is graded very subjectively and with no explanation), and the final (just as hard as the midterm but with more writing). Discussion section is optional but you need to go to give yourself a fighting chance at doing well. Professor Suman and his army of TAs do their best to gaslight you and act as if the class is intuitive/not ridiculously hard, but it is so avoid avoid avoid!!

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: B+
Dec. 17, 2021

do not take this class unless you are 100% certain you want to be a comm major. this class was so painful. your whole grade is based on the midterm (45 points), the paper (40 points) and the final (50 points). i took this class online asynchronous so all the lectures were prerecorded which was nice but it was SO easy to get behind because the lectures were so boring. the lectures are only audio and there are no slides (only vague lecture guides) so it is really hard to pay attention. i also had my midterm and final online and they were open note which is the only reason i passed the class. the material wasn't hard like at all it was just for the exams they basically give you no time. for the midterm we got 1 hr and 50 minutes to do 29 short answers and 2 essay questions (i started the second essay with 5 minutes left). the final was a bit better because you got 3 hours but there were 26 short answers and 3 essay questions. for the exams just make sure that you can command F your notes cause that saves so much time. also get slides from the ta discussions so you don't have to read the two books (but if you do want to read them you can download them for free on zlibrary). the paper is easy cause all your evidence comes from personal anecdotes and I wrote the whole thing in 3 hours. you also have to participate in 4 sona studies which sucks cause for most of the quarter there just aren't any studies available but usually by the end of the quarter there are 4 available. if you don't do the sona studies you get an incomplete but they don't add any to your grade if you do them all which is really annoying. overall the professor and the ta i had were really bad at communicating and weren't helpful at all which was incredibly ironic for a communications class :/

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A-
Dec. 11, 2021

If you take this class asynchronously, I think it is for sure manageable. Everything in the exams is given to you in the material. However, if you are not a good test taker don't take this class because the whole grade consists of the midterm, final, and one essay. The readings can be very boring and kind of long but I think the lectures (in podcast format for the online class) are very manageable because he gives you lecture guides so you know exactly what you have to take notes on. If you take this in person I could imagine you would have to memorize a lot because the tests would not be open note for you. Overall, if you are interested in communications, this is a good overall basic intro class. If you are not interested, don't take this as a GE it is too much content that will bore you.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: B
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Nov. 24, 2021

Almost absolutely certain I would be graduating summa cum laude in two weeks if not for Professor Suman - a point I think he actually takes pride in, that is, being a needlessly rough grader. This was my first class after transferring from LAVC (where I graduated summa cum laude) and as many have mentioned, the content is DENSE. Lectures were nearly two hours long in the form of a podcast with zero visual content to keep you even moderately engaged. Midterm and final were far too short for the amount of "short answer" questions (over 20) and essays (2 for midterm, 3 for final). Despite actually listening to every grating lecture, taking thorough notes, being a strong writer by trade, and giving a more than adequate effort, I somehow ended up with a B. I've only gotten one other B in my entire college career (a difficult math summer course at LAVC - not my forte) and wasn't sure what to do with myself. Upon taking a second class of his - Comm 145, a sitcom class - ended up with an A MINUS. WHO GIVES A MINUS? As if the goal is specifically to mess with student GPAs. Rude...

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Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A-
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Oct. 14, 2021

I took this class as a prerequisite for the communication major. I found the content to be incredibly interesting, however due to covid, the Professor would upload audio recordings which would be around an hour long with no visuals- only a document with some key words and concepts. This made it quite difficult to follow along and stay focused on the significant amount of content that we covered. Nonetheless, it was all very interesting. The midterm and final exams covered a lot of content and required a lot of essay writing in a short amount of time. The final essay was not too bad and a lot of it was covered in discussion where we planned things out with our TAs. My TA was Joshua Hardman- he was excellent! He helped a lot in discussion when preparing for exams as well as our essay. All in all, I would recommend not to take this class as a GE due to its complexness. For prospective com majors, just ensure that you study a lot and do not procrastinate on reading or lectures!

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: B+
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Oct. 10, 2021

I took it this class online and it was not a fun experience. For one thing, the professor doesn't even make video lectures. Everything is taught through podcasts, which really doesn't help if you're a visual learner. The podcasts just ended up being such a drag that it was hard to force myself to get through the content. In addition, your grade is only composed of three things; two exams and a paper. The exams themselves are also extremely difficult. Definitely would not recommend this class as a GE.

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Quarter: Summer 2021
Grade: C+
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Aug. 26, 2021

I enjoyed this class even though I didn't do the best. The content itself is really interesting. The grading is picky as hell which sucks and the time limit on the tests are tough, very tough. Three essays and 20+ questions in two hours was extremely difficult for me even though I knew the information well. I didn't read Losing the news and found that just listening to the TA's discussions on the book were all I needed. Having a general outline in mind of You Just Don't Understand and Losing the News seemed to help a little. At the end of the day though he takes the most seemingly useless portions of the readings and makes them questions for the test.

To save money you can use Hoopla to get a free audiobook version of You Just Don't Understand or the pdf is online here:
http://www.frankjones.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tannen.pdf

As for losing the news, there's a free audiobook here: https://www.audiobookcup.com/losing-the-news-the-future-of-the-news-that-feeds-democracy-audiobook/ !!
and a pdf online here: https://dlib.scu.ac.ir/bitstream/Hannan/302670/2/9780195181234.pdf hope this helps someone.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: C+
Jan. 5, 2022

I took this class asynchronous and I didn't learn much from his way of teaching. Professor Suman uploaded podcasts and a lecture guide to teach the material which is difficult for visual learners such as myself. Additionally, the grading for this class is ridiculous. Your entire grade is based on a midterm, essay, and a final. The midterm and final included multiple short answer responses and essays in a short amount of time that practically nobody was able to finish the entire exam. I do not recommend this class for anyone looking to fulfill a GE requirement.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: B+
Dec. 27, 2021

After reading the reviews, I was scared of this class. But, this was one of the most organized courses I have had. He made his own material to go along with the lectures which had more detail, and the lectures were grouped by subject and very organized. There were also readings of articles or chapters to go along with each subject. Studying for the midterm and final were easy as he highlighted the parts of his notes that we needed to know. And, his lectures emphasized the areas. For the midterm, there was a study guide and the short answer section came straight from the study guide - very straight forward, no trick questions. And, we had a good idea of what the two essays were on. For the final, there were also short answer questions and 3 essays. We had a good idea of what at least 2 of the essays were going to be on. Then, there was the paper. He curves the paper grades and midterm grades, so if you listen to the lectures, read the readings, you can do really well.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: C+
Dec. 22, 2021

I never interacted with Suman himself since he just released podcast-style lectures, but the TA Justin Breck was an absolute nightmare. He lives off marking you down for the tiniest things. Took it because I thought it would be interesting, but in the end it killed my GPA.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A-
Dec. 21, 2021

DO NOT take this class unless you plan on majoring in communications. If you're looking for a social analysis GE or one of the nursing GE options look elsewhere because this class is way too hard. I was lucky enough to take it while it was still online which made the notes aspect easier, but if you take it in-person your notes will be hand-written and you will struggle tremendously. There is an insane volume of lectures, lecture-style readings, and multiple book readings to consume prior to the midterm and the final. The only grades are the midterm (which is extremely hard and has a very very short time limit), the paper (which is graded very subjectively and with no explanation), and the final (just as hard as the midterm but with more writing). Discussion section is optional but you need to go to give yourself a fighting chance at doing well. Professor Suman and his army of TAs do their best to gaslight you and act as if the class is intuitive/not ridiculously hard, but it is so avoid avoid avoid!!

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: B+
Dec. 17, 2021

do not take this class unless you are 100% certain you want to be a comm major. this class was so painful. your whole grade is based on the midterm (45 points), the paper (40 points) and the final (50 points). i took this class online asynchronous so all the lectures were prerecorded which was nice but it was SO easy to get behind because the lectures were so boring. the lectures are only audio and there are no slides (only vague lecture guides) so it is really hard to pay attention. i also had my midterm and final online and they were open note which is the only reason i passed the class. the material wasn't hard like at all it was just for the exams they basically give you no time. for the midterm we got 1 hr and 50 minutes to do 29 short answers and 2 essay questions (i started the second essay with 5 minutes left). the final was a bit better because you got 3 hours but there were 26 short answers and 3 essay questions. for the exams just make sure that you can command F your notes cause that saves so much time. also get slides from the ta discussions so you don't have to read the two books (but if you do want to read them you can download them for free on zlibrary). the paper is easy cause all your evidence comes from personal anecdotes and I wrote the whole thing in 3 hours. you also have to participate in 4 sona studies which sucks cause for most of the quarter there just aren't any studies available but usually by the end of the quarter there are 4 available. if you don't do the sona studies you get an incomplete but they don't add any to your grade if you do them all which is really annoying. overall the professor and the ta i had were really bad at communicating and weren't helpful at all which was incredibly ironic for a communications class :/

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A-
Dec. 11, 2021

If you take this class asynchronously, I think it is for sure manageable. Everything in the exams is given to you in the material. However, if you are not a good test taker don't take this class because the whole grade consists of the midterm, final, and one essay. The readings can be very boring and kind of long but I think the lectures (in podcast format for the online class) are very manageable because he gives you lecture guides so you know exactly what you have to take notes on. If you take this in person I could imagine you would have to memorize a lot because the tests would not be open note for you. Overall, if you are interested in communications, this is a good overall basic intro class. If you are not interested, don't take this as a GE it is too much content that will bore you.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: B
Nov. 24, 2021

Almost absolutely certain I would be graduating summa cum laude in two weeks if not for Professor Suman - a point I think he actually takes pride in, that is, being a needlessly rough grader. This was my first class after transferring from LAVC (where I graduated summa cum laude) and as many have mentioned, the content is DENSE. Lectures were nearly two hours long in the form of a podcast with zero visual content to keep you even moderately engaged. Midterm and final were far too short for the amount of "short answer" questions (over 20) and essays (2 for midterm, 3 for final). Despite actually listening to every grating lecture, taking thorough notes, being a strong writer by trade, and giving a more than adequate effort, I somehow ended up with a B. I've only gotten one other B in my entire college career (a difficult math summer course at LAVC - not my forte) and wasn't sure what to do with myself. Upon taking a second class of his - Comm 145, a sitcom class - ended up with an A MINUS. WHO GIVES A MINUS? As if the goal is specifically to mess with student GPAs. Rude...

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Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A-
Oct. 14, 2021

I took this class as a prerequisite for the communication major. I found the content to be incredibly interesting, however due to covid, the Professor would upload audio recordings which would be around an hour long with no visuals- only a document with some key words and concepts. This made it quite difficult to follow along and stay focused on the significant amount of content that we covered. Nonetheless, it was all very interesting. The midterm and final exams covered a lot of content and required a lot of essay writing in a short amount of time. The final essay was not too bad and a lot of it was covered in discussion where we planned things out with our TAs. My TA was Joshua Hardman- he was excellent! He helped a lot in discussion when preparing for exams as well as our essay. All in all, I would recommend not to take this class as a GE due to its complexness. For prospective com majors, just ensure that you study a lot and do not procrastinate on reading or lectures!

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: B+
Oct. 10, 2021

I took it this class online and it was not a fun experience. For one thing, the professor doesn't even make video lectures. Everything is taught through podcasts, which really doesn't help if you're a visual learner. The podcasts just ended up being such a drag that it was hard to force myself to get through the content. In addition, your grade is only composed of three things; two exams and a paper. The exams themselves are also extremely difficult. Definitely would not recommend this class as a GE.

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Quarter: Summer 2021
Grade: C+
Aug. 26, 2021

I enjoyed this class even though I didn't do the best. The content itself is really interesting. The grading is picky as hell which sucks and the time limit on the tests are tough, very tough. Three essays and 20+ questions in two hours was extremely difficult for me even though I knew the information well. I didn't read Losing the news and found that just listening to the TA's discussions on the book were all I needed. Having a general outline in mind of You Just Don't Understand and Losing the News seemed to help a little. At the end of the day though he takes the most seemingly useless portions of the readings and makes them questions for the test.

To save money you can use Hoopla to get a free audiobook version of You Just Don't Understand or the pdf is online here:
http://www.frankjones.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tannen.pdf

As for losing the news, there's a free audiobook here: https://www.audiobookcup.com/losing-the-news-the-future-of-the-news-that-feeds-democracy-audiobook/ !!
and a pdf online here: https://dlib.scu.ac.ir/bitstream/Hannan/302670/2/9780195181234.pdf hope this helps someone.

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