Unorganized Professor who is a grad student. He closed the class right after it began and we had to start an investigation to open to course. He is very unclear about what he wants and does not grade assignments very quickly so the feedback took almost a month to receive and then I would get 2 bad grades instead of one. Avoid this professor

This teacher is not enjoyable to listen to at all. He doesn't seem like he is interested in teaching com 408 at all and doesn't explain things well he just repeats what he has already said. To anyone that doesn't like math i would not advise taking this course from Adam Smith

VERY unclear in what he wants. Can't be 10 seconds late. An ELECTIVE taught poorly, and graded harshly. Grades like it's an AP medical course for brain surgeons. Writing seems to be more important than the ability to SPEAK in PUBLIC SPEAKING. I am a great speaker, and I'm a straight A student. Second class in college I've gotten less than an A in.

He was a horrible instructor. His exams and quizzes were hardly in the book. The course materials that he provides are not even found in his exams. Stay clear of this professor, he does not care if you fail or not.

Tests are very difficult. Papers require a lot of work and attention to detail but if you do everything in the grading rubric you can get a good grade. If you email him a question you will most likely get an answer that does not help at all. TA grades papers and lecture videos are a different teacher soo "what do you do here?" comes to mind.

I would recommend trying to avoid this guy if you can. This is because he makes what should be an easy subject about as hard as it possibly could be. Test are often centered around choose the most correct answer logic as apposed to it is either right or its wrong. Communication should be an easy class because we do it everyday. Howver, not here lol

This class is offered by several other professors, I would recommend taking it from one of them. Smith's assignments are decent but the quizzes and tests have very little to do with the readings or lectures. This class was harder than it should be, you can pass with a B but the exams will kill you.

His tests had nothing to do with the course material, lots of trick questions. He is VERY strict and has everything very detailed on his syllabus, which he is quick to snap about if you didn't memorize all of it. Honestly a rude professor, lets his ta's do everything and uses other professor's lectures. Not even sure what he does.

Read the reviews. I so wish I had before taking his class. Slow grader, very tough on how he grades the papers, and the tests are rough. Over 1/3 of the final is the stats but only 1 weeks lectures cover this material. Modules only open up one at a time so your pace is restricted and you will have NO flexibility and he packs certain weeks. AVOID!!

His exams are VERY hard and they count towards almost half your grade. If you fail an exam expect to fail the course. Grades papers harder than any other professor I've ever had. Not worth the money or student loans to take this guy. AVOID IF YOU CAN!!!! Caused more anxiety than actual learning.

Did not honor his own syllabus, which stated points possible were 500, on final day of class and after surveys were turned in, he notified us that points possible was actually 515.? who does that? That's 15 additional points we didn't know we had to work for! if I had known, I would have done the extra credit of 5 pts for a paper offered.

I took this class for my major. This was my last class for my major and I failed the class. I went into the final with 86% and my final grade was 66%. He is a tough grader and isn't fair at all. Even if you do half the work he will give you zero credit. I. The final paper is worth half your grade. I will be retaking the class with someone else.

Incredibly difficult with no help from the instructor himself. Grades down on the smallest things like a coma, or subjective opinions. I am genuinely trying to hold back my anger. I have never been in a class so difficult with absolutely no support from the instructor.

By far the worst class and worst professor I have ever interacted with. He actually told me to seek out the disability office for accommodations when I asked for help since I was struggling with the class. I have never struggled with a class as much as this one. I passed it with a 70% by the grace of god himself. AVOID AT ALL COST.

Grades over most meticulous things. Uses another professor's lectures for the course who is upbeat/motivating, but I felt discouraged after completing every assignment. 2nd time I have taken him and relieved I never have to again. I was 2 points away from an A in the class. 4 pts off my final for being too long. Was having health issues all summer.

This is my 2nd time taking the class. The 1st time I failed by 1%. He couldn't even give me the 1% to pass. The 2nd time I took this class I passed with a B. He SUCKS at feedback!!! There are NOOO exams/quizzes for this classes anymore. Fall 2021 was the last semester to have exams/quizzes. Make sure to do your papers well and you should pass!!

I am on my final semester and will probably be dropping out due to this class. I took this class online and had so much trouble reading and listening to this information. I messaged this professor once for help and he responded very late and was very unhelpful. He makes it clear that there are no second chances in this class. If you mess up drop it

Tbh, Adam is the worst professor I have EVER had and this is my 3rd time taking him but I hate him. He failed me by 1% for COM 308 and I had to retake it and now this class with him, it sucks. He sucks at compromise or working with you and is pretty rude. He almost makes me want to quit college and this is my last semester! DON'T TAKE HIS CLASSES!!

Tbh, Adam is the worst professor I have EVER had and this is my 3rd time taking him but I hate him. He failed me by 1% and I had to retake it. He grades unfairly and is rude and not helpful. He sucks at compromise or working with you and is pretty rude. He almost makes me want to quit college and this is my last semester! DON'T TAKE HIS CLASSES!

Professor Smith showed very little interest in teaching this class. The lectures are copied from another professor. His prompts are extremely vague and his grading is needlessly strtict (and takes (1-2 weeks to grade any assignment). He threatened to fail any student who helped another student with an assignment or anyone who used a tutor for help.

Professor smith is overly aggressive and rude to students for no reason. He enjoys threatening to fail students at every opportunity. He discourages teamwork and explains that helping other students is cheating. He rarely responds to questions directed at him and takes weeks before grading anything. Do not take this professor if you can avoid it.

Grab a bottle of something before reading the syllabus, because you will need it. No outside videos, absolutely no help beyond himself is allowed. Some students created an emotional support group where we compared grades, kept track of due dates and asked questions. We were all in trouble and reminded that we are not allowed to collaborate at all.

The course itself is quite easy to learn if you put in the effort, but the prof makes it 100 times worse. Not only is he unclear in terms of grading but giving feedback, he is also unnecessarily rude and unhelpful. I've never seen a prof that really enjoys threatening and terrorizing his students so much. It seems like he just wants you to fail.

If you have the chance to take Com308 with anyone else, do yourself a favor. It is disappointing that money was spent to take a class facilitated by a professor like him. Be prepared to teach yourself. He does the bare minimum, is not clear on what hes looking for, and could care less about his students success. Not a good experience.

This professor does not care about his students. I can say that because a class should be taught to teach your students not punish them for ridiculous details. Your students are already having so many other workloads and life and work, etc. As a "professor", your job should be to teach not power trip. Go do sales or something.

This class has little to no 'COMM' application outside of the rare article analysis boards. Very bad with feedback, just leaves comments such as 'good job' and you'll never get a 10/10 or a 30/30. Exams have the most out of left field questions. Final project's prompt is impossible to understand with confidence. Take any other upper division class.

0/10 absolutely do not recommend! This professor was so unapproachable, so specific and just downright nasty! He even tried to penalize the class for studying with each other which is absurd! No one in the entire class passed with more than a 76% and he sent us a degrading email like we were children. Take at your own risk, you have been warned.

This professor will ask you to do work he never taught. I found myself looking to Google a lot and teaching myself to be able to complete my assignments. He does not reply to emails, and the work is unclear since the instructions for assignments contradict the rubric.

Genuinely the worst professor I have ever had. Took away credit from small assignments without reason. Expect to get 90% at most on small assignments like discussion boards without getting any justification. I am typically an A student with a couple Bs on my transcript. He took away credit several times without a

Feedback is awful. Most feedback is from the TA. The test questions are impossible to follow unless you know each topic, vocab word, theory etc... inside and out. All tests are timed 37 min. for 25 questions. So if you have to try to look at your notes be ready to not have enough time to finish the test. You also have to use lockdown browser.

STAY AWAY! The instructions for his classes are the worst. His feedback is awful, and since you can not understand a single thing he is saying in his videos (because he mumbles and can not speak clearly) this class is extra difficult. I wish ASU would stop using this professor.