Bruce Lewenstein - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Professor: Bruce Lewenstein

Department: Communication

College: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: STS3020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

A really great professor who genuinely cares about his students. He is very understanding and grades on your progress (not natural talent for writing). The writing labs were interesting and a great way to show participation. I am a shy student but would work hard during the lab and add to discussion boards and got credit for participation.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COMM1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Really easy and helpful, but definitely an extremely dry lecture. Boring, but gets the job done.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COMM1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's a very nice professor, lively and into what he teaches. The information is pretty self explanatory or common sense stuff. He's very responsive to student feedback and makes adjustments accordingly, like improving his tests or notes. Didn't really need to read the book, lectures cover most of the info. Makes it easy/wants you to do well

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COMM1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Awesome.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COMM2850
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Prof. Lewenstein is one of the nicest people around. As already mentioned, the material is somewhat dry and "duh" but he makes it interesting and makes you think about the various aspects of science communication. Wrote about 6 or 7 2pg papers throughout the course, in addition to 2 midterm papers and a final essay. Def an easy class worth taking.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COMM1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Prof. Lewenstein is an interesting, modest, and brilliant man. Quirky and funny at times, an always humble, he brings a sense of pragmatism and the real world to complex minutia about Communication Theory and Practice. There are few professors out there who are more well-rounded, or who are truly interested in successfully conveying the ideas here.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COMM285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great class, great professor! The material in itself isn't that interesting but he puts a nice spin on it and his lectures are quite entertaining. Incredibly helpful and enthusiastic. Always there to talk and advise on papers. Workload is minimal, but he expects a lot of thought. Utilize his rough-draft edits, they'll bring you up a letter.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COMM285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No prelims, just essays, which are graded strangely, mostly looked at by the grad TA. It's annoying, as you never know who to go to understand the essay prompts and what they are looking for. He decides what he expects while reading the "best essays." Understand the theories by reading and ANALYZE in the essays! Very available for help, though.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COMM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This class is supposed to be an overview of all COMM classes. However, although interesting, you really need to pay attention at 9am to get anything out of it. Readings help make things more relevant, but what happens in lecture is more important for the prelims = straight forward short answers. Very friendly, and approachable.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COMM245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Nice guy but boring material. Grades harshly on essays but final grades are boosted. Attendance is not taken, which was awesome.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COMM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The class was not helpful at all. Although I may be a little biased because it was a 9 in the morning class, but the lectures were useless and the examples were stupid. You may think you did well, but I have no idea how the grades are made. If you got between a 90-94, you recieved a B+ [94-97(A-),97-100(A), 100+ (A+)].Dont take if you dont have to.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COMM285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

It makes me so angry that my parents' tuition dollars pay for classes like this. The class is worthless. You could teach everything that we "learned" throughout the semester in 45 minutes, but Lewenstein obviously spent much longer. The grading is very arbitrary. The readings have nothing to do with the course. He rambles. Don't take this class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COMM352
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Interesting class when you're actually doing the writing. It's a different style than most writing. The assignments began to pile on towards the end, after just dripping in at the beginning. He grades the assignments very harshly and then gives you a good grade at the end (sneaky...).

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HCOM352
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

10+ yrs. after taking this class, I still refer to his notes; a great prof w/equally great connections.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COMM285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Comm in the Life Sciences is a nice, low energy yet interesting class. A lot of the time lectures consist of Prof Lewenstein telling a bunch of stories. Plus he has the connections to Bill Nye who is coming to talk!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COMM285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Communication in Life Sciences is a BS course, the topics seem obvious and the assignments are very few and easy. Lewenstein does a great job in making the class interesting, and he's very generous with grades. Take the class if you can.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COMM352
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Prof. Lewenstien is one of the most interested and involved professors I have come across. Will be willing to help and be involved in your work..fosters interest in the subject.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COMM285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: COMM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COMM352
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor Lewenstein is a great teacher. He likes to give hands-on work and uses real life experience and case studies to illustrate his points. His classes are enjoyable and entertaining.