Michael Stohl - University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Professor: Michael Stohl
Department: Communication
College: University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: COMM130
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Final essay and exam are in the same week (practically). Very difficult to know how your writing can improve when you don't receive feedback in time. Additionally, a detailed rubric labeling point system for essay should be given to students. Clear feedback and a more detailed grading criteria is needed for me to take another class of his.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: COMM137
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This class was an interesting class and Professor Stohl has a lot knowlege when it comes to global communication/ politics, but I have never written so much in so little time. Huge paper (15 pages) due week before the final, then a take home final consisting of two 4 page papers. It was just too much so don't take if your not an essay person.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: COMM130
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Stohl is clearly knowledgeable but makes an interesting topic seem dry. I was excited for this class because it combines material from both of my majors, but I don't feel like I learned anything. He gives little to no feedback on assignments and the paper and final are within a week of each other, so you have no way of knowing your grade.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: COMM130
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
This class was very boring... the readings were much more interesting than the lecture. Worst grade I've ever gotten, plus assigned 6,500 words of papers in the last two weeks of class. Definitely don't recommend
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: COMM130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I thought this class was going to be so much more than it actually was. Prof. Stohl is a nice man, but I didn't learn anything in his class. He also is a really harsh grader, which would be fine if he actually provided feedback and reports on how your doing. Super unorganized class and impossible to get an A, take something else.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: COMM130
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Great professor. Extremely intelligent and if you come to class you will definitely learn a lot. These are the communication classes you should be taking at UCSB if you want to learn real-world stuff!
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: 153153
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Just terrible. Way, way, way, removed from the current generation.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: COMM137
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I tried my best to avoid a Stohl class, but it was inevitable. Lecture is dull like Stohl's personality; 1.5hrs of extreme boredom. Material won't click if you're uninterested in politics, which is roughly the majority of students. He reads off Powerpoints and has a sign-in sheet. 3 essays are assigned (midterm, final, additional essay). Rely on TA
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: COMM137
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
People are scared of this class because of the 15 page research paper, but Stohl is an extremely intelligent and interesting professor. I learned a lot from this class and really enjoyed his lectures. He is funny and really knows his stuff. Not an easy class by any means, but a great class. Take him! Don't be scared!
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: COMM130
  • 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:
No Comments
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: COOMM130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I took his political communication class. the class was intersting but he was not very clear on his lectures as to what was important to know and what he was just going off on. He is a nice man outside of class but I always felt i was imposing on him when asking a question.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: 130137
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
As a Comm major, I found these classes to be ones in which I actually learned something useful. The classes are a hybrid between communication and modern politics- very interesting. However, if you don't like to write, these are probably not classes for you- they each have a 15-page paper. If you want to learn, take this class. Slackers, don't.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: COCMM122B
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I took this class over summer and I like the subject matter, but it was so boring. The material is really based on examples, and not hard theories. I didn't think the professor was difficult, I thought that sitting through 3 hours of lecture was difficul
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: POLITICALCOMM
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Boring. BOttom Line. You won't learn anything besides Entman's triangle. oh and the concept of gatekeepr. Easy B/A but so boring and worthless. uninspiring.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: COMM130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS OR PROFESSOR, very hard grader, is so boring you will want to slap yourself, often pointless and off topic, unfair
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: 130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He will tell you there is no such thing as a stupid question, and then go on to make you feel like a moron when you ask it. He is very smart, but lacks as a teacher. He seems to be purposefully vague about the 16 PAGE PAPER you will have to write. AVOID.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: COMM130
  • 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:
No Comments
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: COMM130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
More interested in stumping the student than teaching him anything... very snide
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