Assignments often weren't graded for over a month and were graded on "uniqueness" on the idea presented, with little feedback. We were often penalized on having an opinion that someone else held, which is often in a class of 130 students. Lectures were interesting and enjoyable, but assignments are less than fair in the way they are graded.

Professor Urich was the worst professor I have had at OSU. The class is set up to be easy. There are lecture videos and then a writing assignment each week. The problem is the TA's grade very harsh. Professor Urich has horrible people skills for a person who teaches about people skills. Definite taker if you ask me.

His TAs have admitted that they grade only by word count. It should say something that half of his colleagues openly say that they don't like him. Why would they have him teaching interpersonal skills if he can't use them himself? All of his lectures are just debates, which somehow teach you "people skills." Lazily made class.

He is far left even though it shouldn't matter. He states that he is single in almost every class period (Like why?). He makes fun of Christianity by creating his own religion and skewing the Bible. Again why are you bringing politics and religion into a classroom? Not sure why he's teaching personal skills when he's had 4 divorces.

Urich is horrendous. Every video the prof posts are almost 5 years old and rambles about his life. Gives bad grades on assignments with zero feedback. The whole course is opinion based and he gives poor grades on writing assignments. Many students have tried to contact him for feedback and received rude messages regarding their writing abilities.

this is a philosophy course with English on the side but stuck in the business school. 10 papers worth at least 60 points - and you can't have an opinion that goes against Urich or you will get a bad grade. the only parts that had to do with interpersonal communications were two videos in unit 5 that he did not record. do not take him

I had to write far more papers for this class than any of my level 4000 English classes. Agree with what he says and you'll do well. He makes fun of Christians and people who didn't go to college, so be prepared for that. You won't learn anything important in this class, so prepare to be bored.

Urich is very full of himself and overly confident in how groundbreaking his lectures actually are. Be prepared for many writing assignments full of subjective questions, where you cannot disagree with him without getting points off. If you have any semblance of self-awareness this class will be very redundant and boring. Please avoid this class!

This class absolutely made me want to question my sanity. First off Urich is incredibly cynical and would preach about how he wanted us to open our minds but yet it seems like he did not care what other students had to say. I have never seen someone speak with such ignorance over many topics and continue to preach how his mindset was superior.

Assignments were crazy hard - 10 written assignments, and 6 quizzes over two books. Lectures were engaging, but nothing I hadn't heard before. Makes bold statements that obviously show he's from New York, and I don't think he respects the culture of Oklahoma, and he's not fond of Southerners.

you will receive random grades on your writing assignments with no feedback or reasoning for it. there are TEN papers throughout the semester, each one more vague than the next. you also have to read 2 books and take quizzes over the most bizarre and unimportant questions. they're every other week and cover over 100 pages each. he thinks he is god

He says in his writing rubric that you have to have a completely original paper and it has to be different and more thought out than the other 600 students in the class. It is completely unfair to the students because not everyone has original experiences. He doesn't even grade anything he just yells, complains, and throws bean bags.

Prepare to do lots of busywork that makes up most of your grade, that Professor Urich claims will help you in the Game of Life (it won't). Your 7 (extremely lengthy and difficult) papers will make up the majority of your grade, and the TAs grade them by how much they like them, not by a rubric, and offer no feedback at all. Urich has a God Complex.

Extremely arrogant. He thinks his course is groundbreaking, it's not. You can learn more from touching grass and thinking for 30 minutes. His papers are so long because they are so repetitive, he asks the same question 10 different ways and expects 10 different answers. Grading is all over and don't expect feedback. 0 stars, did not enjoy, at all.

He challenges you to keep your "garage door open" while also being the arrogant professor I've had. He grades nothing and your grade is completely in the hands of the TA's. I suggest going to the Writing center the first couple assignments to survive his class. Fair warning, he will tell you about his own religion and his bias on Christianity.

Since this class is required, be prepared for frustration. Grading is left to TAs who give little feedback and seem inconsistent. The professor claims to encourage open-minded discussion but pushes his own views. Expect long, repetitive papers with no clear grading standard. Use the Writing Center to improve your chances of a decent grade.

Inconsistent grading, incredibly vague writing rubric.

Be prepared for this professor to hop on his high horse and be there the entire semester. You are forced to either agree with his propaganda or fail because you didn't suck up to him in the 1 of 8 essays you'll write throughout the semester. And don't even bother asking TAs for writing feedback they just nickel and dime your paper.

He's simply always right and you're simply always wrong.

Enroll at your own risk....

Essays (which are your main grade) are in question-response format, so there is not much choice and freedom to be creative. If you are not creative, you lose points with vague feedback of "needing to think deeper". For the first essay of the semester, not one student, of a very large class, made above an 80%, as the TA's are the essay graders.

His entire class is based on arguing about his PERSONAL opinions. I go to class to learn not to hear someone man-splain their opinion about spiderman, weed, alcohol, religion, and political views. I understand what he was trying to do but everything he said ended up coming across extremely arrogant, out of touch, and narcissistic.