Elizabeth Harris - San Jose State University

Professor: Elizabeth Harris

Department: TBD

College: San Jose State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you need to take COMM for a GE, DO NOT take this professor. COMM Is supposed to be an easy class but she makes it 10x harder than it is supposed to be. Her instructions for speeches and outlines are extremely vague and she isn't helpful at all. She only relies on peer mentors to help you. She may be goofy and funny but that takes a dark turn.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

For the most part, Harris' class is super easy if u put in the work and effort. Her teaching itself tho, is terrible. For a comms teacher, she's not good at explaining assignments/giving directions and some of her jokes are kinda obnoxious. But fortunately, this being an easy class and all, assignments are pretty straightforward most of the time.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Grades fairly on speeches. Weekly HW and quizzes were easy (usually graded on completion). However, I dislike how she delivers instructions. Gives poor feedback. Everything is so vague. Replies fast to questions but don't mean they helped. I relied on her TA to get my questions answered. I got an A but it was just so annoying to get thru.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I don't understand how a professor can be in communications when they can't properly communicate with students. She gives vague and short responses when you have questions, and does not have a clear grading criteria when it comes to her speeches. I never knew what I had to work on because she does not provide relevant feedback.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is dismissive in emails, does not communicate to students. She is rude and disrespectful in email responses. A lot of insignificant busy work. Other teachers are better to take. Deducts points with no explanation on assignments. She is vague. Don't bother emailing her for help she wont explain to you. Expect a 2-3 word response. Avoid her.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The class consists of 4 speeches, weekly hw assignments, and weekly quizzes. The hw takes 20 mins and the quizzes are 10 T/F questions that should be easy if you do the textbook reading. As for the speeches, the grading criteria is vague and feedback is lackluster but the grading is fair overall. She is nice and responds to emails quickly.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not the best professor when it comes to grading and teaching. She is a strict grader and makes you do extra work for your grade. My actual English papers are easier than her short writing assignments, which says a lot about her grading. She wants us to be specific in our writing, but she isn't specific herself.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is vague on assignments and presentation criteria and does not clearly explain the expectations that she wants from our presentations. She is a strict grader and deducts points off of little things here and there. This course is not difficult, but I think the professor makes it harder than it is.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She started off seeming kinda rude but grew on everyone throughout the year. She is huge on respect so if you respect her she will respect you. Before we went online, she gave great feedback on certain things. Dont fall behind on her homework and quizzes. I barley ever read the textbook and got an A so I thought it was pretty easy.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COMM40
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Personally, I thought this class was unnecessarily difficult for a GE, and regretted not taking a regular speech class the entire semester. Signing up for this class is signing up for lots of work and research that you could've saved yourself with a different comm class. Prof is ok, gives extremely vague instructions and offers little to no help

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She comes across as very rude but when it comes to speeches shes fairly understanding and nice about it. Isn't too tough of a grader, has some really easy homework assignments.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Uses the same rubric for each speech, but never specifies what she expects. When she did lecture once, her notes were disorganized. Ask her a question and she will be sarcastic or direct you to her TA. If she doesnt agree with your speech, she will show it. Her so-called jokes are often rude and she seems to not understand when to stop talking.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

We did 4 speeches, a PSA, online quizzes, homework, and an online reflection essay final. Gives vague speech assignment directions and then takes off points for the smallest things. Gives full credit on everything else as long as you turn it in. You only need to skim the reading to do well on quizzes (can usually find the answers online).

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

While Harris is loud and talkative, she is far from the energetic ball of fluff people talk about. Her TA is weird and unhelpful, and her descriptions of assignments are vague/general that makes it difficult to understand. Docks off points for minor details, and overall not a fun teacher to be around. Kept counting the minutes to end class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Useless class.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COMM10
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Harris is a ball of energy and makes class interesting. I was deathly afraid of public speaking until I took her class. She is clear in her grading and gives you many opportunities to correct work if needed. Take her class!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COMM040
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Excellent professor! Took her back in 2017 and was very helpful if you didnt understand something.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I had this class once a week there are 4 speeches and 1 group PSA the final is online and is a reflection. Almost ever week there is a homework assignment along with a quiz from a chapter in the book but they were very easy.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: COMM040
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She seems tough at first, and is very honest. She's witty and sarcastic, and her class honestly isn't hard. Debates and speeches can be done the night before without too much trouble. Just go to class and have something to say when called on! Highly reccomend

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COMM20
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a very nice person, but grading criteria for speeches can be unclear. I personally found myself working for 10+ hours on speeches and getting undesired grades. Don't skip class, she will notice. 4 speeches in class total + online homework and a 30-second long recording are the assignments.