Horrible professor that doesnt know how to teach. Has other professors teach for him. You have 6 papers, he is really picky about the cites you use, he doesnt know how to explain his papers but if you do well on the final paper thats about grading yourself then you will pass.

AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL. Ok 1st of all- he takes WAY too long to hand stuff back to students. We waited 2 months to get a paper back that didn't have any corrections on the material- just the format. He doesn't prepare you for exams and he missed more classes then I did!

ABSOLUTELY THE WORST TEACHER I'VE TAKEN SO FAR IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDIA ARTS AT MSU. I usually never write comments on teachers but I had to comment on him. Most boring professor ever. He likes hearing himself talk , and doesn't care at all about his students. Takes forever to give back anything and unwilling to help you. NEVER AGAIN.

COMPLETELY HORRIBLE PROFESSOR! POINTLESS LECTURES THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT IS ON THE TEST. SHOULD NOT BE TEACHING BECAUSE HE CLEARLY DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO! BEWARE OF THIS PROFESSOR!

Haines has to be one of the worst communications professors I have ever taken. His syllabus is all over the place and makes almost no sense. His lectures are basically pointless and they just contain pictures. Two tests, a final and a 10 page paper and that's it. Would stay clear of him and definitely would not take again!!

This guy is one of the worst professors I had. He barely teaches the class, just loves hearing himself talk and comes off as a conceded tool. He expects everyone to understand what he's saying. The class is centered around a 10 page paper which he gives you no help for, or a clear outline on how to write the paper. I'd avoid him at all costs.

Haines is a terrible professor and definitely that worst that I have dealt with in the Communication department!! The syllabus is 14 pages of random words that make no sense and his lectures consist of pictures and no helpful info. 10 page paper with absolutely no guidelines or clarity. Says he's there to help but he does make any sense at all!!

Professor Haines claims to be very accessible outside of class, but he has office hours that he won't show up to, even if you make an appointment. He forces his political opinion down your throat and loves to hear himself talk. Oh, he also loves to insult our class and call us all stupid because at least half of us have never used APA format before

If you do not like reading a whole textbook during a semester it is best to avoid him. The classes are lecture heavy and some of them have nothing to do with what is on the exam. If you have an open mind, you will succeed in the class. The 10 page paper for this class he gives you absolutely no help. He is a nice person but not a great professor.

He doesn't inform his students at all. About anything. We had a 10 page paper but when more than half of us were done with it he THEN decided to tell us that in needed to be APA format so we all needed redo it a week before it was due. He's not clear whats on tests, quizzes or even what to put into the paper. You're all on your own in this class.

Haines is a decent enough guy, but he doesn't give enough info for what the exams are on, and gives to guidelines whatsoever for 10 page paper. If you are good at keeping an open mind and basing a 10 page paper on very little, you'll manage. He's pretentious and conceited during his lectures, and loves his own opinion. Hated listening to him.

NOTE TO CMDA 210 STUDENTS: DO NOT TAKE HIM! BUT IF YOU DO, BEWARE OF POP QUIZZES! READ THE TEXTBOOK AND UNDERSTAND THE LECTURE OR YOU WILL FAIL. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WRITE THE 10 PAGE PAPER ON YOUR OWN AS HE WILL NOT HELP YOU. LECTURES ARE VERY BORING AND MANY PEOPLE USUALLY FALL ASLEEP. I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT TAKING THIS PROFESSOR.

Biggest waste of a class. I barely learn anything from the lectures. Just do yourself a favor and don't take him. I'd rather stick kitchen utensils in wall outlets then take this professor again

This guy talks about gender and sexuality inappropriately, he doesn't show up to his own office hours, he gives a 10 page paper with no help, doesn't review for tests or give study guides, insanely boring, gives a couple pop quizzes, doesn't put grades on canvas, lies about due dates and when he'll give us our work back

The guy has good intentions but is a terrible professor. Sometimes the topics were interesting, but none of the lectures helped me pass the class. Had to teach myself material every time there was a test. There's a 10 page paper that had no prompt, and when I went for help I left feeling confused. Tests are hard & a lot of questions were irrelevant

Worked my butt off for this class and still did horrible. Went for help, talked to him multiple times, and still was struggling. There are three extremely difficult tests, and a 10 page paper in which there are no written guidelines and barely any help. I would avoid taking him, he's nice and loves what he teaches but isn't good at it.

Do yourself a favor, and steer clear of this professor. He loves teaching the subject, but he's not good at it. The lectured never have anything to do with what's on the test, and he gives no guidance for the ten page paper. Oh, he also called our entire class stupid for not knowing APA format, despite the fact that most of us hadn't used it prior.

Professor Haines obviously loves his craft and is knowledgeable about it, but passion doesn't get you much when you have no idea how to teach it. His tests have nothing to do with the lectures, his lectures barely state facts besides "This term is important to the study of communications" (yeah, Harry, but what does it mean?). Avoid him at all cost

For such an interesting course, Harry Haines made this class absolutely dreadful for me, as well as my classmates. He was extremely lecture heavy, not very open to discussion, and just loved to hear himself talk. Furthermore, as ironic as it is, the more he spoke, the less I understood! I seriously have no idea what this man was trying to teach. :(

He's unclear about what he wants and has his syllabus is just pages of nonsense half of which doesn't even come up in the semester. I wouldn't take him again. I guess one good thing is he does have office hours but even those are confusing.

Loves to hear himself talk, doesnt know how to teach the subject and is not understanding. Do not take this class if you have the option not to.

I had him for CMDA 210 and the experience was average. He talked an awful lot about things that had nothing to do with what was on the exam so make sure you know every detail of his lecture as those are usually the test questions. You have to figure out how to write the paper in APA format on your own as he won't help you. He's a nice guy though.

Teacher is not strict on attendance, but if you don't show up you are going to fail the exams and quizzes. Your semester will be filled with 1-3 homework grades and the rest will depend on quizzes your 3 exams and a 10 page paper. The workload was way too heavy for a pre requisite and the teacher was honestly really creepy. DO NOT TAKE IF OPTIONAL!

Like many of the reviews say, Haines just likes to hear himself talk. The course is essentially him talking about his favorite cop shows and telling us to refer to the vague syllabus for our due dates of the 3-4 graded assignments he gives. He barely uses technology/is super old school so if you're looking to learn something, FIND ANYONE ELSE.

Professor Haines is very unprofessional. We had a class of nearly 100 students, he got very angry with our class and removed all of the PowerPoint slides for us to study. He made our final in person when it was supposed to be online the whole time when the whole semester all of our tests were open notes. He also does not stay on topic when teaching

Professor Haines is not professional, he holds a grudge over our class for an issue that we, the students, corrected. You will not learn anything in the class either, half of us had to learn the material on our own. This class seemed interesting in the beginning, but i was mistaken almost instantly. he changed the course of the class to spite us.

He was Terrible. He was a great teacher but then became very petty at our class for something so small. He did not help us review for the exams and are probably going to make his future exams in person when they were online before. His class is very boring.

I have never had a professor that was this bad at their job. For starters, I was already bothered by him at first with his CONSTANT inappropriate innuendos. It gets to a point where enough is enough. That's not what we were there to learn about. He held a grudge over us and didn't even fully review for the final.

Made every test take home until the final, which was no notes, no cheat sheet, nothing. The study guide also had barely any correlation to the final exam. Also barely gave homework, which sounds good, but when it comes to the final if you dont do well it damages your grade.

I get (to an extent) sexual theories/topics are part of the class but he always found a way to make it weird. Extremely unprofessional as well, letting the actions of ~3-4 students negatively affect a class of 100 is inexcusable. Witnessed a classmate head to the front of the room in the middle of class and call him out on his BS. Respect.

Prof. Haines is a communications professor who doesn't know how to communicate with his students. It's a big lecture hall, and yet he refuses to use a microphone so people can hear him. He is very late with grades, and gives almost no feedback. His attempts at humor almost always come off as condescending. Skip this guy.

Don't do it. The class: two 5-page film reviews, mid-term, and final. Got 100% on review 1 (1hr late), 86% on mid-term, and 92% on the final. Professor refuses to use a mic in a big lecture hall, making his dull presentations worse. Never answers emails. Gave me a 0% for my 2nd review submitted 4hrs late. Had to text him to get him to grade it.

Professor Haines is a decent guy, but a terrible professor. Every lecture he mentions Taylor Swift, intercourse, Vietnam, or New York City at least once (often multiple of these, multiple times). The assignments (2 essays, 2 exams, 1 group project) are not very difficult, but are insanely unclear! Does not give feedback, just grades.

If you have a choice to skip this course and not take it I would honestly advise it. This course is lecture heavy and very few things are actually given to grade, which sounds good on the surface but is bad when it comes to actually trying to pass. Hes a late grader so if you dont see your assignment graded yet I would reccomend emailing him.

Harry class gets really boring cuz all he does is yap about and goes on about things off topic witch sucks cuz he just waste all your time. Gives time consuming assignments witch are unclear, have no direct instructions, and mentions once and never revisits (WARNING: Uses AI Detectors via Turnitin)

Professor Haines was a nice guy but very dull, and his assigned work was difficult. We had 2 major papers that were 6-10 pages long. Besides that, we had another project and the midterm and final, so there is not much to grade, which can really impact things. His midterm was hard, but my final for his class was canceled, so I can't attest to that.

Worst professor I've had so far in college. There are only a few assignments to be graded so one bad score can break your grade. Chat GPT Assignment has 0 instructions on what to actually do so its better to ask the TA, who does most of the work anyway. He grades participation but never took time to know anyone's name. Sex examples. Don't take him.

Dr. Haines is a decent guy. Awful professor. He'll put a random fact he glossed over in September as a question on the final. Class didn't introduce us to communication and media at all, how do you teach this class in 2023 and not even mention prevalence of social media? He started in the 1300s and didn't even make it to post y2k modern television!

Super weird guy. Showed us this film about a guy having religious visions that a former president would save America (???) and got mad when we all found it absurd and hilarious. He angrily threw us out of his classroom, vowing that he'd never show another in-class video. Just so bizarre. Based on what I witnessed his TAs carry his classes entirely.

This class was terrible. The professor was disorganized and inappropriate. Made uncomfortable sex comments, and often sexualized women. Very unprofessional, and the content was irrelevant. He posted an article on porn and spoke about orgasms one class. It was disturbing, especially for freshmen, and the university should reconsider his position.

Learned absolutely nothing, he taught us more abt his sexual fantasies than communications a waste of both my time and money. His exams are extremely hard, you can study every piece of information and none of it will be on the exam. i'm throwing a party on the final day of his class bc I no longer have to see or deal with him. DO NOT RECOMMEND

This professor was the worst professor I have ever had. He only seems to use sexual examples making it uncomfortable for some students in class. The Midterm questions are worded to confuse you. He has not canceled a single class all semester.