3.4
Quality2.9
Difficulty24%
Would Retake98
Reviews24%
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What Students Say
“If you can avoid taking her you'd have avoided wasting money and time”
COMM100 - 1.0 rating“She's a nice person but a very disorganized teacher”
COM100 - 3.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
96%
Textbook Required
72%
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COM
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(1)SPEECHCOM
5.0
(1)SPEECH111
5.0
(2)SPEEC101
5.0
(1)SPE103
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BASICCOMMUNICA
5.0
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5.0
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Reviews (98)
Doesn't follow her syllabus when it comes to grading. Your homeworks are equal to your test grades. Relatively easy... if she likes you.
Prof. Melvin is very helpfull, encourages the students to do well on her class. goes directly to the point... william
She goes over the "psychology of speaking" for three weeks, then assigns the first speech as one nights homework! She's always irate, and persuing a PhD. in Communications, whos does that? It's a BS degree, and i dont me
Prof. Melvin is great. Makes you do homework and decides not to collect it sometimes but who cares. She's always available to explain things in further detail if you don't understand something. Very student oriented. Fun class too.
Pain in the ass sometimes.Rushes through lessons so she can get out early.Very opinionated and if u don't agree w/ her, watch out. 3 speeches assigned w/ only about a week to prepare each one.
she is a good prof. and i really enjoy her class. she is extremely opinenated & you'r not allowed to disagree! but other than that, her class is easy as long as you take notes for tests and follow her instructions for speeches.
Extremely beautiful, altruistic and inspiring.Clear,Motivated me to change my life.All professors should bve like her.
Great teacher, really cares about her students. Yeah there's work, but she makes it interesting and you don't mind doing it. I'd recommend her!
She is very understanding and caring. If you need help you can go to her and she will help you. You will be assigned 3 speechs, but you know about these when she gives you the outline. Make sure you go to the class before a test or an exam.
She is kinda neurotic at times. Attendance is super important. Lots of preaching & sometimes rushes thru chapters cuz she wasted class time on preaching. Watch, 3 speeches w/ one week of preparation. Overall easy & just memorize all u can 4 tests.
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I had her class during the fall semester and it was great. She's really in touch with the students. I highly recommend taking her class. Beautiful person inside and out. She gets my vote for a tamale.
she is Great!!! i'm taking her class this summer !
she's easy, if u do exactly what she wants you to do, that including the way you think. Don't ever disagree with her because you will never win even if you are right. Kinda menstrual sometimes, if you are a guy is like dealing with the crazy g/f
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This class is awesome. Make sure you go to class you'll get an A
Do NOT take a class with this professor, she's LAZY, rushes through material, and VERY VERY preachy. You need the book that she tells YOU to read but doesn't teach the chapters herself.I think she should be teaching law 'cause the woman can argue and win.
Kinda hot, an easy teacher who is very fair on grading and really understanding. But, she does have that kinda crazy girl friend side that someone mentioned already. Other than that easy A or B if you're lazy.
Great Professor!!!
Omg! I had Professor Melvin twice. She is a great teacher. And she really helps you out if you need it. Thanks so much Melvin. I would have never of pasted your class if it wasn't for your teaching!
Oh My God!All of you guys are judging her wrong.She is one the worst profesors ever.She makes you uncomfortable in class and she forgets what she says.She also loses the tests that student(s) have taken.Never ever take her class.I'm really surprised that she's still teaching at BCC. Nevertakeher
I took her twice and she was AWESOME! Anyone that says she isn't is just DUMB! Of course she wins arguments. I've seen morons in the class try to test her knowledge, she's WAY too smart for them. Instead of knocking her, get a LIFE!!! She's the best professor at BERGEN!!!!
She is very condesending and argumentative. Although she appears to be smart, she is dumb as a post. She skips on most of the chapter and she is lazy and moody. She hates men and blames them because she is unhappy for still being single, duh! the woman has a vile personality.
ANYONE WHO TAKES HER CLASS AND DOESN'T PASS SHOULD NOT BE ATTENDING COLLEGE!! Prof. Melvin is a very helpful teacher and makes sure that her students understand the material she is teaching. Definitely take this class if you really want to learn and get an easy A!
LOVE HER!! the people that called her dumb or lazy are just upset probally because they failed her class because they are DUMB AND LAZY! My cousin told me to take her because she told me she was great and now im telling my other friends and cousins to TAKE HER!!
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shes hot!
the class is definately one of the easiest and most chill classes i have ever taken.....she doesnt care about much and lets you out early a lot....shes pretty hott and definately has flirted with me.... she could be ****y, if she doesnt like you....but shes cool
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If you can't pay attention in her class, you're either dead or deaf. Very clear and engaging. She will tell you exactly what to study before a test. If you do poorly on her tests, you just were not paying attention or did not study. Kind of weird and moody at times, but if you did your work and did not screw around, you did ok.
Prof. Melvin is a great professor. She tells you from day one what the class entails. Prof Melvin gives good notes, easy tests.
She's a really good professor and does her best to make sure you understand the material presented in class. There's no way you can fail the class unless you slack and just don't listen. Definately recommend her.
Don't ever take this professor, this subject is supposed to be easy , but she is making it really hard .And believe me no matter how hard you study for this subject , you will never have a good grade with her.
Students believe me that she has an evil spirit and 2 faces. The first day of the calss she sits with the students to listen what they say about her, but they have no idea that she is the proffesor and then who ever said anything bad about her she will fail this person.She makes really hard tests so students can fail this class.sShe is bt.
AWESOME professor ! shes SUPER easy. copy her notes & your guaranteed an A. speeches can be a hassle but once you get them done, its a breeze. i highly recommend her... can spaz out here or there, but overall great professor.
She should NEVER TEACH----SHE IS HORRIBLE and does not know what she is doing......RUN!!!!!!!
Simply the best. Great communicator. she lifted my confidence. I know how to make a presentation now and I don't fear speaking. She's also hotter than most students, some immature girls are very jealous, that's life. Wanr ro learn speech? Yale Professor Melvin..
She should go back to where she came from- she is the WORST and she should not teach school...how dis SHE ever get through college? She is stupid and insensitive and does not know what she is doing. she likes to B.S.////Do Not Choose to take her class..Get out when you can!
Found her to be very interesting, dedicated to her job; helpful in a tough subject.
she is fine, you can get B. work hard though,she has an attitude,she also says she is the best out of everyone in the college!!!
She COULD be a good professor if she'd stop wasting most of her class time yapping about HERSELF. She has a "superior" attitude. Sometimes likes to try to humiliate her students.
Great techer. Had her for a couple of months and I learned a lot. She tells you EVERYTHING about the test, Just learn the notes.
Great professor! Learned a lot. She made everything so clear and told my class exactly what we were getting ourselves into. great class...do your work and presentations on time and you wont have any problems..tests are fairly easy..
Overall good professor.....had a little attitude at times but the class is easy...just do the speeches and u'll be fine....tests are pretty easy too....directly from the notes
always contradicting herdelf, not a hard class everything is from your notes but this lady will grade u on how shes feeling that day not ur work.
I had a really great time in her class. She knows what she is talking about. Don't slack off and blame it on her. Her class was challenging, but take the notes, read the material and you will do well and have fun. She's a great teacher to speak with after class, too. If there was a level 2 course for speech comm. and she taught it I would be the fi
She has been mad cool with us! whenever someone talks to her she always makes time. loved her class!
Do not take her. She is really mean. She does not know what she is teaching. It depends on her mood if she wants to teach or not. It also depends on her mood if she wants to give u good grades or not. I had really bad experiences wiht her. I did my speech which was perfect; but she was mad she was like it;s wrong.
i just took her this simester and she actually helped me out alot.. she made me do my speech over but helped me to make a better one.. she did get upset sometimes over nothing but after she talks for a little she tries to get u to understand.. AND NO SHE DOESN'T JUST SAY IT'S WRONG.. u have to have ur mind open and she is willing to help..
this teacher is a wacko. she does not prepare a student enough for all the crazy things she looks for ina speech. before u take this class look at prof. Salierno
she sucks.. she is soooo wierd all she does is talk about her inner child and boasts about how we are in college and we have to do "college work".. she says this just because u come in late by 5 minutes.. she is sooo wacked out!! don't take her!! Stay away!!
cool ass hell but she is very moody me and her but heads and it was in class she was cursing at me and everything, very controlling her test were hard speeches were easy.
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Prof Melvin is a good teacher who cares about her students. Make sure you get to class on time and read the assigned text. Take her if you are serious about learning. Don't take her if you are a goof off.
mad cool. class is interesting. not too hard, but you have to work. need to be in class, but was one of my favorite classes so it was good
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Actual class is rediculously easy -- but if you don't like being constantly talked down to, don't take her. VERY rude, but does want you to succeed. Hypocritcal at times, thinks she knows everything -- but if you follow the syllabus you'll be fine. If you can memorize, you'll get an A.
Good professor and from what I've heard and seen, mad cool! Do the small amount of work, study 3 pages of notes for each test and you'll do ok
She is hot....she is funny...she give lil work and no text book
The best teacher ever!! No homework, only two speech and tests are so easy!!!
she is great and not bad looking at all, makes class fun and easy to understand, if you really want to learn, take her class, just ready over your notes and prepare for the speeches, you will be alright
Not a bad teacher at all. She is a good professor however the biggest problem I have with her is that she is not always the friendliest person and her grading tends to be unfair at times. Overall if you are taking speech, get this lady, she will help you out.
Professor Melvin is a terrific teacher. She has a way of captivating her audience and reeling them in. Although the thought of public was not one that I liked to entertained, she reassured everyone that it would be fine. Everyone's speeches went well. She is fair with the grading. I would write more but the limit is 350. Take her you won't be sorry
One of the best classes I took! I went into this class thinking I was going to hate it but Melvin made the class fun and interesting! Too bad she isn't teaching at Bergen any longer, since she landed another job. Bergen will miss her and if you didn't have her yet, good luck finding a better speech professor!
Good looking and fun to listen to. More B.S.ing about nothing then working. haha..Shes done at Bergen moving on to bigger dreams.haha.peace melvin
Easy A.. studying for her tests are really easy. make sure u do your speech right or she will interrupt you and tell you what you did wrong. i didnt get anything lower than a 95 in her test.She's really cool just dont get on her bad side. Attendance is a must and try not be late.. She was very easy.. TAKE HER!!!
Sweet personality, interesting & funny; very enjoyable class with her BUT...will talk a little too much about her personal life; come presentation time can be a little rude w/ respect to calling you out in the middle of your presentation; stress is high at that point AND Prof. Melvin please refrain from sarcastic faces during presentations.
Nice lady with a jersey accent.
She is extremely nice, helpful and sweet She is understanding and caring however people this is college expect to work she gives a fair amount of work.
Her test are extremely easy and she gives extra credit. I got a 105 on the first test and 95 or higher on the rest. It is almost impossible to fail the test. She is always offering extra credit, only thing is you must work hard on your speeches!
Professor M is straight forward. Take notes and review all your notes. She is on point with everything. "Hands down!" Her class is very interesting. I totally recommend her class. She's a great professor!
She is very fun and alive during her classes. She is one professor who is straight to the point with her tests and quizzes. She starts grading speeches automatically at a 95 and deducts from there because there is always room for improvement. She is a very helpful professor, and she expects the best from all her students.
I recommend taking her class if you like professors that are energetic and like to get students involved with their lectures. Show up to class, take notes and follow her outlines for your speech and there is no way that you should fail. Just as any other class you get out what you put into it.
Talks about personal life A LOT but at least she ends class early most of the time. However, she loads on work material last minute to make up for all of the time she didn't teach us anything. Oh, and expect to learn more about religion than communication. She's a nice person but a very disorganized teacher.
She talks about her personal life way too much. She can start a class with 40 minutes of just her relationship or family problems. She tries to insert religion, which doesn't belong in a communication class. Her tests aren't easy as well, no partial credit at all, so if you don't know it to the point, have fun. Don't skip class twice or you fail.
Ridiculously tough grader. Extremely hard tests that have materials she doesn't cover thoroughly. Talks more than she teaches. Tries to tell you about things that have nothing to do with the course. Can be rude to her students and is not clear in instructions. Take someone else if you can.
She seems to come off as an easy going professor but avoid at all costs. You WILL NOT get an A. She even says that in the beginning. She is very bias on most of the topics you will be speaking about. She also is a hardcore feminist (guys watch out). She talks about her personal life more than teaching the subject. Avoid taking her at all cost
She won't teach you the required material to pass her exams - and then puts on an entire brigade when the class fails. She lets people walk all over her and doesnt provide classroom structure etiquette . If you can avoid taking her you'd have avoided wasting money and time. Even for a 101 class - she's a joke as a professor.
She is a great! As long as you show up and do the work, you will get an "A". She teaches you the required material for the test and class and also teaches things you can use in your life and can add to your resume. She gives a 95 on presentation as the highest, but the tests round out the grade, so you can possible get a 100 in the class.
You wont pass anyway. She seems like good at the first time but when you see first test, you understand that you will not pass this class. She gives you few words definations but on exam she just want you to write book long definitions. And she likes to yell people.
This class was easy and if you can't pass drop out of college. Some interesting stuff and was clear with lectures, was funny too. didn't use the text so don't buy one! 2 tests a final all were easy! Speeches were work but who likes speeches? Good class, had to take. Lots students liked her so I took her and didn't mind and recommend.
Very stressful class, I started with a class of about 30 people, people dropped out of class each week, by the end of the semester we were only 7 people. I went to this class expecting to learn to learn better speaking, in the end all I learned was how to create better slideshows, which has been a valuable learning, but learned nothing speech wise.
The professor gave our class so much anxiety because she would nit pick everything . Attention to detail is how I would describe her course. I felt so much anxiety having this class and its just a COM100 class.
Keep your dignity at the door. We first started off with around 25 kids and we are ending with 7. Claims shes helping you but is disrespectful and rude. She does not think before she speaks. You think youll do great but theres absolutely no hope. Your work will never be enough no matter the case
A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.
I took her class in Fall 2020. I barely learned anything about presentation skills but instead, she would become frustrated over how the slides looked. She would nitpick and take-off points over minor slide details such as the size of the bullet points.
Take any teacher but this one for communication. She is insulting and picky. I try to ask questions about the material and she is unhelpful almost intentionally. During student speeches, she talks mid-speech and calls you out in front of the whole class. I took this spring semester 2023 whatever you do don't take this teacher please
im about to drop this class right after i finish writing. i can't take it anymore. like other people said on here, she is SO NIT-PICKY and puts a lot of pressure and i feel like by dropping this class, it will save me from receiving an F on my transcripit. do not take this professor.
Not a fair teacher.. approves in private and dis approves in public. Likes to embarres her students. Does not know how to teach ..
Unreasonable nitpicky makes up her own formats grades by very few projects and harshly grades
where to even begin Well first of all she would INSULT students work in public! things as "oh you are not ready" "you dont know what you are doing" LIKE IN FRONT OF THE CLASS, she had no sense of privacy!!! NONE. so when it came to slides she would be soo but soo picky! and would take points off, if you had a slight errors. DONT TAKE HER!!
I recently completed a course with Professor Denise Melvin at Bergen Community College, and I wanted to share my experience. Professor Melvin is a bit of a joker and often incorporates humor into her teaching. Whether it's through playful banter or light-hearted games, she knows how to keep the atmosphere lively and enjoyable.
If you want to suffer and lose all hope, sign up for her class . She is the worst. Rude, condescending, and she acts like she's superior to everyone. She has no mercy for her students it's as if she enjoys watching us struggle. Her class is a nightmare where every assignment feels like a test of endurance. I wouldn't recommend her to my worst enemy
She was not nice at all. She had some problems while communicating with her students. I was so surprise how'd she become a com teacher
When I read her comments, I didn't think it was true about how bad a teacher she is. I wished I had dropped her class sooner. extremely rude to all students she picks when she wants to be nice. I learned nothing in her class about communication. I took an online class, and I learned more there than in her class. All she does is talk about her life
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
96%
Textbook Required
72%
Grade Predictor
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B
Grade Distribution
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COM
5.0
(1)SPEECHCOM
5.0
(1)SPEECH111
5.0
(2)SPEEC101
5.0
(1)SPE103
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
BASICCOMMUNICA
5.0
COM111
5.0
COMM101
4.0
SPEEC100
4.0
COM100
3.7