Good teacher! class is a little scary at first and seems hard, but gets easier over the semester. Tests are easy, paper is very hard but overall a pretty good class!

Prof. Anderson is an amazing teacher I cannot understand why people would say such bad things about him. He is always wiling to discuss concepts you do not understand and pushes you to be a better Comm major. You will learn and appreciate about rhetorical crit and gender theory is you take his class. Wonderful person.

Prof Anderson is an incredibly insightful person. I had him for both Comm 439 (got an A) and Comm 301 (Looking like a B). He is a little on the difficult side but if you are a comm major he really pushes you to THINK! He has ways of making you think outside of the box...I like that. His personality is hilarious!

He took over from Katie Gibson mid way through the semester in a large lecture class. His powerpoints/lectures are very boring but he is not the horrible Prof many have described him to be. He is very helpful, knowledgeable, makes you think, posted a good study guide for the final and is generally just a nice guy.

Oh man this guy knows this material! He gave me tips on how to write the hard CRITICISM paper! Overall the class was difficult but fun at the same time. I would have him again for Comm 301, but I'm graduating by then end of the Fall 2010. Take him for Comm 301 while you can!

Intelligent, friendly and always willing to help. His expectations are clear and he will prepare you to become a rhetorical critic. Teaches you how to think in critical critically and examine the world with a new terministic screen. Would take him again for another class. One of the best professors CSULB has to offer.

Good Professor. Very clear. go to class and do your speeches, study a little for finals. Easy A or B

One of the most intelligent and insightful teachers at csulb. Not the easiest class but he is willing to help you every step of the way.Go to class and participate and you will get a good grade.

Absolutely loved taking Anderson's class. My eyes are open to a million new things I learned in his Gender Comm class. I am taking another class with him next semester also. Very insightful on Gender, willing to help with anything.

He was awesome. He is extremely helpful. You have to work for your grade, he has a quiz pretty often but as long as you pay attention in class and do the readings you you will get an A. Don't slack off on the paper and do as many revisions as you can!

Professor Anderson was awesome! Allows two absences, except on speech days. Textbook is not really used in class, but is needed to study for quizzes and tests. 3 exams, few quizzes, 5 speeches, and he gives extra credit!!! Is always there to help so it is up to you whether or not you take advantage of it. Great class!

I really loved Joe. He is so nice and intelligent! He genuinely cares about what the students take away from his class and the material was interesting. Has a few writing assignments that you need to attend class for but they're pretty easy. Tests are HARD! Read read read! Get a communal study guide going and you should be fine. Go to lecture.

Professor Anderson will make you work for your grade. He truly cares about the students. He is very passionate about what he teaches. There are four test that are the biggest factor in your grade. If you have any questions he will answer them. Hes a fair grade. I would recommend taking Comm 300 with Anderson.

I dont why people give Professor Anderson bad ratings. Anderson is a good professor. You do have to put in the work to get a good grade in his class. Anderson cares about his students. In Comm 301 he gives you the whole semester to work on your paper. Anderson is very passionate about what he teaches.

Professor Anderson helped me really understand the study of rhetoric. You will have to work for your grade in this class. Anderson post power points notes online which is very helpful. In comm 301 the tricky part of the class is the 10-15 page paper. Anderson gave me really good feedback on my paper. I earned a B in the class.

Do the work, and follow his instructions (for the speeches, create your personal outline from his). You will receive your A. He is all about structure.

Dr. Anderson is the best professor for Comm 301. Make sure you stay on top of your 10-15 page paper that is due during finals week. Their is a a final and mid term, paper proposal, Paper presentation,reading quizzes for both group presentations and the class readings. The workload is reasonable. Also cares about his students success.

Professor Anderson is one of the best professor I have had at CSULB. This man really helped me understand rhetoric theory. Dr. Anderson knows his stuff. You will have to a paper for his class which is due at the end of the semester. Anderson wants you to pass. Make sure you get feedback from him on your paper.

I don't know why he has bad reviews. He is amazing. 4 speech (easy if you make an outline), 3 exams (common sense), and group presentation and final. Reasonable with his workload. I WAS SCARED of public speaking but i slowly got over it taking this class. It helped me grow. Honestly, take this class. He's very nice and helps you if you need it.

Pretty straightforward class. 3 individual speeches, and 1 group presentation. Follow the sample outlines he posts and you'll do just fine. Attendance is required every speech day, even if you are not speaking. The exams are not that difficult, a lot of the information is covered through lectures so the textbook isn't really needed. Good luck!

Four major speeches, but one is a group project. Three exams, you will pass as long as you study the textbook and the lecture notes, which he posts online. He lectures well and is pretty friendly. He's a great choice.

Prof Anderson is great. 4 major speeches, 1 group project, and 3 exams. If you want to get an A, go to his office hours to practice your speech. He gives you great feedback on what you need to do before you present in class. His exams aren't difficult if you read the textbook and the powerpoints he posted on BeachBoard. Great choice to have.

Class is canceled a lot, take that how you want it. Textbook he assigns can be found as a pdf online. There is a lot of work, but that is expected for any 301 class, it's not just him loading you with course work. Group project. He is very smart, and if you have the chance for some convo with him, you'll see that.

Read all presentation papers he posts to bb, he will quiz each one for 5 points, even the group you're in. 13-15 pg. Research artifact critique due at end.

Anderson is a great professor and COMM 130 itself is a pretty easy class. You have three exams and 5 major speeches but he gives you plenty of time to prepare for them. The way his class is structured is great, you will never be in his class for more than 45 minutes (unless its an exam day) and he is accessible outside of class too.

Joe was an okay professor for comm 130. Not hard but not easy either. The class consists of 5 speeches(the last one is a little difficult but manageable), and a final group presentation. Only 2 exams which are online and open notes. He doesn't really lecture that much and you really don't need the book. Really nice dude and gives feedback and help.

I was wary taking this class with a teacher who wasn't an "easy A" because of my fear of public speaking.. But Anderson is the most understanding professor I've had thus far. I didn't have a close student-teacher relationship with him, nor does he probably know my name but he will still be one of my favorite professors.

Good Prof

Can honestly say Professor Anderson was a good choice for COMM130. Gave clear directions and good feed back on speeches. Technically not an easy A, but if you put in the effort youll get it. Would recommend

Professor Anderson was such a great Professor, you actually learn in his class he is always willing you help you with your speeches. His office hours are so helpful, and he is always willing you you give you feedback. If you have trouble with anything he is great at explaining what he wants for his assignments. Attendance is important for speeches.

Anderson is by far my favorite professor this semester. He is so clear on what he wants on assignments and is more than willing to help you if you need it! He genuinely cares about his students and it is very evident. I always feel bad when people don't show their camera in his class (zoom) because you can tell he really wants to talk to us :)

The class consisted of 5 speeches and 12 quizzes. Some speeches were harder than others, but overall, this class will be fairly easy if you manage your time well. If you need help, the prof. will definitely help you during office hours.

He is one of the best professors I've taken so far in terms of email responsiveness, clarity in direction and grading, conciseness, kindness, and teaching. This will be the easiest 3 units of your life if you just do the work as instructed. He is very straightforward and wants you to do well. I cannot comprehend how anyone else rated him below a 5.

Mostly graded on 4 speeches and several quizzes. Only a few classes were mandatory to attend and he was very flexible and helpful throughout the process of making the speeches. The last two make up about half of the grade though, so it's pretty stressful, but expected in a com class ig. Super sweet prof, I'd definitely take him again!

Awesome!! Not a hard grader and understands online is scary for public speaking. Reach out and go to office hours for help. Attendance is only required for half-semester, then it's scheduled by groups. I and my sister took him and liked him. He has quizzes that are 5 pts. each but not hard. Mid and final are open notes. Would definitely take him ag

love love love. Took prof Anderson as a freshman and he was one of my favorites so far. He was so understanding that people are shy. It was online so he didn't expect us to memorize the speeches but it was overall such an amazing class. The speeches were so easy. The easiest class I've had. If you take this class, TAKE HIM!!!!

If you do the speeches and quizzes the class is pretty easy and self-explanatory.

Prof. Anderson is nice and shares great information and shares different perspectives to a topic you share. He didn't share lots of written feedback and he understands that people range with public speaking. No need to memorize the speech cause he lets you read off your script. If there was a textbook, never used it so no need for it in my opinion

His class is very easy if you do good on your speeches, and even then his grading is in a way so you can still lose some points and do good as he has very very easy quizzes and speech analysis which are online that allow you to make up the missing points. He is very engaging and gives helpful feedback and what needs work and what went well.

Tough grader honestly but class is not difficult. He is clear and straightforward.

He's a great professor. As long as he sees you're trying, he'll be willing to compromise. He is a tough grader if I'm being honest, as he will mark points off your presentation if you turn the page on your notebook and it's too loud, but take that tip as a grain of salt. He is an awesome professor and as long as you try your best, you'll do well.

He is very chill about grading. He goes more based on effort rather than expecting you to have great public speaking skills. It's 4 groups and attendance is based on which group you are in. It was surprisingly not a bad class, and as someone with social anxiety, I would take it again.

not a very hard class. after the first few weeks you only have to show up once a week. super understanding and well spoken, doesnt grade crazy hard and cares about current issues. super nice super cool teacher

Love this professor! He makes his expectations clear from the beginning, and after the first month, attendance isn't mandatory. There is one speech every couple of weeks (six in total!), one short open-note quiz every week, and some speech analyses sprinkled throughout (five total!). Although he is a tough grader, his feedback is very thorough.