David Tafler - Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

Professor: David Tafler

Department: Communication

College: Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COM201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I bring in a paper. He tells me its all wrong and proceeds to rewrite several parts for me... ok. I bring it in next week and he tells me its wrong again (very little syllabus given btw) and starts rewriting it again. Only, he rewrites what he wrote before, while pretending that I wrote it. Basically, his own work was unsatisfactory for him.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COM251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Changes his grading standards on the whim. Incredibly cryptic and doesn't know how to pace the class reasonably.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COM201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

For a guy in the communications department he sure is terrible at communicating.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COM201
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Love this guy, he is so so nice and so so so so helpful!! He is also a great looking guy

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COM286
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is not clear in what he wants for projects and doesn't give good feedback. I received 2 examples of places where my project needed to be fixed so I assumed I was doing really well and would receive an A but I got a B+ and still have no idea why.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COM201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very unclear in what he wants and sometimes lectures a lot.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COM251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Never take a class with Tafler! Just no! He is EXTREMELY unclear and inconsistent! And quite a perfectionist for an intro class! Even though he's a prof in my major, I'm never taking a class with him again! If you MUST take him because he's the only prof teaching a class you want (which was my situation) just beware!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COM251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Tafler is actually a really good teacher. He's always willing to help students after class and even on weekends and he grades tough so that students do the best they can. His scrutiny of projects and assignments has prepared me well for my job in the real world. recommended.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: FYS127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

For our FYS in which we were supposed to learn how to write, we have worked on a grand total of one paper the whole semester. Overall the course was unorganized, unclear, and lacking in relevant content.To his credit, though, Dr. Tafler is good at giving individualized attention and makes himself very available outside of class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: FYS127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

It's nearing the end of the semester and we have yet to recieve one grade in this "writing-intensive" course. He is very ambiguous and teaches us what he wants, not what a first-year seminar should be. He spent a whole class talking about himself and another whole class teaching us about "computer literacy". Avoid at all costs.

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

the first grades i gotback were the day before the last class. i honestly think the idea this guy has a phd is a joke. like a really funny joke. dont take any class with him

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COM251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

More helpful outside the classroom and while he teaches the material well enough for me to learn and be interested it's his assignments and expectations that are ridiculously muddled and hard to accommodate/understand. Just humor him if you truly love the course content but if you don't it will be a struggle.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ALLALL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Definitely makes assignments harder than what they should be. Grading not based on criteria, completely subjective.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: COM1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

has no idea what he's teaching for hypermedia....doesn't ever specify what he wants... because he is tenured and the head of the department, he doesn't give a****. not a quality or worthwhile class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Like the rest of the communications dept, thinks they are g-d's gift to Muhlenberg. If only they knew how much they suck. Tafler is too friendly with females and makes his work harder than it should be

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COMM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

he's a good prof, a hard grader, and is a little too friendly with some students

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COM231
• 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:

Awesome teacher--but uncomfortable to be around if your a woman so be aware

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COM251
• 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:

No Comments

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ALL
• 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:

AWESOME!!! take his classes, he will make you think like never before, but he will expect you to struggle with the material. if you mess up, you always get the opportunity to redo.