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To all non JRN majors avoid. To JRN majors very tough class. He is very demanding and is just tough. Just like many proffessors grading system doesn't make much sense. Instead of being a good teacher criticizes to much. If you don't write his way then your way is wrong. Gives way too much work. To JRN majors bear with him and non majors stay away.

Horrible! The worst teacher i've ever had. Huge ****head. Stay away!!!

the most unhelpful professor i have ever come in contact with

Gives a ton of homework (we had 3 quizzes on the first day) but not too hard, all open book stuff. Wrote his own textbook for the class, which the school won't buy back, and it's completely useless. Will not allow anyone notecards during presentations. He rambles a lot without ever actually getting to a point. Don't waste your time! Gave me a C+ when I aced the midterm, final and never got below a 90 on a quiz!

Honestly the worst professor I have ever had. I took his class online. He does not value anyones opinion. His assignments are not clear, and he is extremely rude. I would avoid him at all costs. There is a quiz almost everyday, along with oral presentations, midterm and a final.

This guy is the rudest teacher I have ever had in my three years of college. He overrides his own rubrics to give you a lower grade. DO NOT take this class

Professor Harris is one of the worst professors I've had. Very rude and mean. His opinion seems to be the only one that matters. Failed all my papers that were largely opinion based, mean to students who asked for help, made mean comments on papers if you didn't write to his standards, definitely shouldn't be teaching

Do not take his class. He overrides his rubric, grades way to hard! and doesn't care if anyone fails. His class average was a C and he was proud of that. For a 200 level class the expectations are way to high. I got all A's this semester and then an F in this class, which I did the most work that tells you something. Don't waste your time.

Professor Harris was honestly one of the worst teachers I have ever had. He overrides his rubrics and grades based on his opinion. If you don't agree with him then, your grade will reflect it. A lot of work to do for this class, and while it's not the hardest, it is very time consuming and annoying! Would never take a class with him again.

I am always a fantastic writer, passed every english class I have ever taken with great grades. But prof. Harris is great at ripping apart every single piece of your assignments. For an online class, his coursework is extremely heavy and his feedback is pompous and unhelpful. I do not recommend his classes to anyone.

You will only do well in this class if you have the exact same opinions as him. He is completely biased and teaches like he is above you. Incredibly rude comments to students when it comes to grading.

Professor Harris must have something wrong with him. He reprimands students in front of the class for missing class, even if they are out sick, have an ill family member etc. I took him for JRN 135 and he would often override his rubric to give his students zeroes. He does allow students to fix mistakes made on his projects, but it's not even worth

Took the online course . Professor is very rude and self-important. He overloads on online quizzes that take directly from textbook that he wrote and forces students to buy. Uses scare tactics for humor and offers no leniency. Grades are weighted with no second chances. If you are a working student or mentally ill student, do not take this course.

Frank Harris seems to dislike you heavily if you support anything Donald Trump has to say, and most of his assignments are based around Donald Trump. He is very biased and very rude, do not talk to him if you have a problem.. just go to the head of the department. And trust me, you'll need to. Worst professor at SCSU by far.

HORRIBLE PROFESSOR ! Does not care about his students what so ever. The material is very interesting and did learn a few things but did not enjoy having him as a professor. I took his online course and completely hated it.

took his online class, and we had stuff due on the weekend. This class you still needed to show your face, there is a lot of times where you need to record yourself speaking as a grade. There were a lot of video assignments. The quizzes were easy but you need to get the book. We had a quiz final/midterm and a paper for each as well.

Would not recommend this professor for anyone who isnt a journalism major . Took him for an online class and his workload and criteria was absurd . Very hard to pass unless you have a genuine interest in journalism .

SCSU needs to get rid of this man. Terrible teacher. Super disrespectful. AVOID HIM AT ALL COSTS.

Doesn't care about his students. If you don't follow his rubric EXACTLY how it's written. Goodbye to your grade.

Didn't like jokes, was pretty mean and doesn't respond well to emails. He is super strict and you have to do webcam videos for the online course. It's as weird as it sounds.

He makes quizzes super easy then grades writing assignments as if you were an editor at the Washington Post. Not a kind talker & makes personal comments about himself on your graded papers. Super inconsistent with grading and you must check in online everyday or else youre guaranteed to miss something. Really dissatisfied with this course.

Very condescending. I took him for multiple classes and always had the same results. He is well respected, but he forgets that we are students too and we are not full time journalists which he expects us to be

I started his class not even a week ago but was up to date on my work. He decided to give me a zero on two video assignments I completed simply because the video was vertical instead of horizontal. I ask him exactly why and he responds that I should check my grades even though I have multiple times and am a working student. I dont recommend at all

I'm dropping this guy class before it even starts. Already I do not understand how the university employs a guy who has had bad reviews since 2004! For an African-American man who preaches about tolerance and race, isn't very tolerable of ideas that aren't exactly his. Avoid at all costs. I'm returning his stupid books too. Uni won't buy them back!

He was constantly saying something realizing it didnt work and then try to figure it out before trying to explain it again. He talked down to students with questions and gave me zero on a project I posted on the class website on time because I forgot to put the link to the (public) website on blackboard. When I asked to give him the link he saidno

Worst professor at SCSU. I had this guy back in 2010 and he was the biggest racist ever. This was at the time prior to what is occurring in today's news. I did all my work and the final grade was heavily relied on the final presentation. I walked out mid-way bc he interrupted me on purpose while I was presenting. Guy is a scum bag stay away.

Don't take this class or this professor! Very hard grader and he doesn't explain when you have questions. Doesn't give good feedback on assignments, he critiques the way you look and speak on video presentations and takes a bunch of points off. He was always rude in the way he gave "feedback", and never had anything nice or encouraging to say.

I needed one credit to complete my degree so I selected this 100-level course to accommodate that ONE CREDIT. Unfortunately, I immediately realized that this was a mistake. He assigned 6 quizzes and 3 speeches in one week. His guidelines for grading are odd and extremely rigid. (For speeches, if someone has a tattoo, they are required to cover it!)

I highly recommend avoiding this Professor. He is a very strict grader. Even when you read the rubrics and try to follow them to a tee, he will find a way to tear apart your work. I can't tell you how many times I went back and made sure I did the assignments exactly how he asked and still received poor grades.

it was online class, all assignments were on top of each other, also lot of presentations and lot of requirement of preparation for each presentation which take lot of time. after two month of the semester all assignment were done and final grade were up. over all very bad class and professor

Don't waste your time with this unreasonable professor, he takes himself too seriously. Obviously, being a good student is important, but he makes it unnecessarily hard to pass. It should be writing intensive, not writing impossible.

Former student in 2018, just wanted to advise you guys to never take his class. Harsh grader, rude and deceptive. Very mean spirited as well.

May god have mercy on your soul because he will not.

Took as elective, one of worst decisions ever, terrible professor unprofessional and makes the class as hard as possible. Thinks he's the best journalist ever when he has videos as examples looking like it was filmed 50 years ago.

VERY critical. I got points taken off because my bed was in my background (I live on campus). He makes this class hard to enjoy and I'm not one to complain or even give up but I would never take this class again. If you lack confidence don't take this class because when you feel like you did your best, it will never be good enough for him.

Makes a lot of mistakes, then brags about how he is the best. Nothing is good enough unless he makes it. Takes off up to 20 points for things he doesn't like, such as you moving too much in your chair.

Teaches a tech fluency class but barely knows how to operate a computer, uses examples of videos that look like they were made in the 1980's, harshest grader I've seen, will take points off for answers the person you interview gives and other things out of your control. Had to take him twice for my major, avoid at all costs.

I have taken tech classes before but none of them have compared to this class. The professor is impossible to work with and none of the quality work I put into the class was ever good enough for him. He will take off points for errors that were never stated in his rubrics. Not to mention his blackboard is unorganized and confusing.

This professor never grades consistently. He likes to act like his grading is crystal clear, however, it is not. He makes you do videos and group responses the day after. The due dates are very random and never consistent either. He thinks he is a good grader/professor but he truly is not. I wished I listened to the Rate My Professor ratings.