COMM 1800

Kemp is that type of professor who likes to crack odd jokes and tell irrelevant stories and because you're in a room full of Pre-comm kids, naturally they all laugh. If you think this is a weed out course then I'm not how you got into UVA because this was the most high-school like course I have taken while in my time here. Half your assignment are simply completion grades and the exams are simply testing your memorization skills of vocab. Study from the weekly quizzes you have to do and the vocab and there's no reason why this shouldn't be a GPA boosting class.

Kemp's the man; great guy with good intentions. With that said, this class is pretty boring - not going to lie. I attended (almost) all the lectures, but I'm not sure that really helped my grade at all, besides the guest lectures. My best advice would be to read the textbook, a chapter a week if you can and take detailed notes while reading (key words, concepts, etc). This is what the tests are going to be on, and basically what the majority of the grade is weighed on.

For the problem sets, it would be a good idea to see your TAs about it before submission just so they don't dock off random points. Generally, it's a simple class with a light workload. Just put in some effort and you should be fine.

Only take this class if you absolutely have to. Kemp is the worst teacher ever and extremely boring. I literally never went to class and still did well in it. His class is extremely useless- the test questions come directly from the HW problems (they're literally word-for-word). Don't take it if you don't need to

Professor Kemp has good intentions - however, with that being said, he is a very dry lecturer. His lectures are the exact same as the book (he wrote the book), so many students stop going to class after the first week. There is a decent amount of busywork: weekly assignments include discussion posts and "problem sets" - generally a 3-4 page paper about Disney. Kemp is a character, and since almost everyone takes this class it's almost worth taking just to understand Bob Kemp jokes.

Kemp is entertaining for some, not so much for others. Lectures are pretty optional, tests are completely vocab based and out of the book. He does have "takeaways" that are on the tests which can only be obtained by going to lecture but you can definitely do very well in this class without going to a single lecture. I personally went to most of them but they consist mostly of Kemp talking about his life and somehow weaving in business terms.

Lectures are pretty much pointless, much better to read textbook instead of class. Guest lectures are important.

This class is a good intro to business class but its pretty boring. Attendance is not required or necessary. Just read the book. The discussions and problem sets are tedious and uninteresting.

Easy class. Hard to get an A, but an easy A-/B+ for sure.

This is by far the worst class I have ever taken. I love business, but I've barely learned anything in this class. I've learned more in just one econ lecture than I have learned throughout the entire Comm 1800 class. Lectures are useless, and the book throws so much information at you, without elaboration, that none of it seems relevant or is well explained. You have to do a ton of tedious busywork (written homework assignments and discussion posts). This class has just been a pain in the ass and a huge waste of time.

Also, this class isn't as easy of an A as rumored to be. You have to put a lot of work into memorizing a ton and put up with a ton of bs just to pull a decent grade.

Class is very basic and introductory. I recommend going to the classes just to sort of listen and hear a good story every now and again. I did other homework and perked up for the current events/takeaways. Keep up with all the discussion posts (3.8% of grade), do well on the two midterms (20% each), and don't skimp on the problem sets.