COMM 1800

Great professor. Really funny

Atchinson is pretty boring but he tries to be funny and make the class interesting. Just read the book, take good notes on vocab words and memorize and you'll be fine

Easy class. Have to take it for comm school.

Simple class as long as you keep up with the readings in the book. Takes attendance so show up for class.

Just memorize bold terms, easy A

Everything on the tests are straight from the book. Make sure you go to class and do the readings

Requires reading, especially prior to the exams, because the exams focus on specific definitions. Not too hard of a class, but because it can be commonsense based at times some students might underestimate tests and get a grade slightly lower then they anticipate. Study a little bit before tests and you'll wind up with an A/A- or B+. There really is no excuse to get anything less than a B+ in this class.

Very easy class, Atchison is a good professor, enthusiastic and sometimes funny.

This class was easy, but THE WORST class I have taken at UVa. Atchison is terribly boring and going to class is useless.

Atchison is great, and particularly a good speaker.

The only reason to attend class is to get marked for attendance. Exams are pretty straightforward and pretty easy. Just read the text, look at the Wall Street Journal questions, and if you are still worried, take the practice tests from the book's website as there's normally a few questions copied and pasted from there to the exam.

Useless class. Only take if you want to go to the Comm school. Exams asked stupid minor detail like "Which Guy is in Forbes Top CEOs" or something along that line. sheesh.

The actual content of the course is interesting, but lectures can be boring. Atchison is a very nice guy but can go on tangents and doesn't seem too interested in the content. The online resources are very helpful if you look into them. Make sure to take the online practice tests before tests.

The class isn't all that interesting nor is it all that hard, but if you are looking to go to the Comm school it is a must. Just do the readings before the test and sign up for the online supplement and if you dont get higher than a b+ you shouldnt be in the Comm school anyway

This class was not at all hard, and although Mr. Atchison can sometimes run off on tangents, he's generally a pretty decent lecturer.

Dull class. Atchison is a nice guy, an his lectures are OK. It looks like he combines the powerpoints that come from the textbook Publisher with his own slides. Not the most stimulating class, but necessary as a prereq for COMM school. Test material comes straight from the book, minus Wall Street Journal assignments.

Class is VERY easy if you read the book right before the test and study the bolded words. Atchinson's lectures are kind of interesting because he goes off on tangents alot. The only problem is he takes attendance now, so you pretty much have to go to lecture. Problem sets are easy

Pretty boring and dry lecturer.

Professor Atchison is a sweet old man. He tells funny stories. Plus the curriculum is really easy.. The only downside is that attendance is required. But I would definitely recommend this class with Prof. Atchison!

Relatively easy class outlines basic business principles. Tests aren't too hard as long as you read. Atchison is a good guy and tries to make the class interesting. Every class is a powerpoint presentation and lecture which sounds bad but Atchison manages to do pretty well with it.

Very good class. While you may not think attendence is necessary, they take attendance and you can learn some things by going to class.

Great and easy class.

This class follows the textbook pretty closely. He's not going to trick you on the tests.

Pretty easy class. The test questions were direct quotes from the text book. You don't really need to attend the classes, just read the text before the test.

tests are not that difficult but are straight from the book and there are some that are a bit tricky unless you've really covered the book. if you know that, you're good to go. the lectures are pointless, and though he's a nice professor, lectures are pretty lackluster.

There is almost zero need to go to class. The tests are all based on the book.

Typical easy, introductory class. If you actually study and read the chapters the tests aren't that bad

Fairly pointless, but if you're pre-COMM, it is a necessary evil. Starting in Fall '07, the class had a new book and no longer had a lab. As of now, all the questions on the test are straight from the book and have nothing to do with lecture. Read the book closely, especially boxes like Global Effects and whatnot, and you'll do fine.

To put it simply, Atchison is probably the most boring, unenthusiastic professor I have ever had. I stopped going to class and just read the book. He basically reads off of slides that are taken from the book's publisher package. It worked out fine for me, and I didn't waste my time.

This class lacks coherent structure or any form of organization. The material may be useful, and in some cases, interesting, but with the disjointed presentation of lectures and the near-illegibility of the textbook, it is impossible to tell. Do not take this class unless you absolutely have to in order to get into Comm School.

Don't take unless you want to go to comm school. not complex it just requires a lot of memorization of principles and reading

This class is completely pointless. I've been told that it isnothing like COMM school, it's just a weed out class. The lectures are incredibely dull and the class is completely disjointed because you go through 4 professors. I will say Lindgren who taught the marketing unit was excellent, a very enjoyable unit. The problem with the class was that much of it was reading and slides during lecture, while the tests were mathematical application of the material, which we had very little practice with. The Disussion is supposed to be where you get your practice in for this, but the discussion is pointless because the professors and the TA's do not do a good job communicating with one another, and the points from the disucssion section are so easy to get you learn nothing from the work you do do.

studying and UNDERSTANDING the material is what makes the difference from doing well and average in this class.

This class is a pre-req, and it's not fully engaging but it gives a good idea if Commerce is right for you.

Fun class. Introduces many of the concentrations in the Comm School.

if you're pre-comm, you have to take the class so there's no avoiding it and its professors. it definitely sucks, there's a lot of reading, pop quizzes about the wall street journal, and pointless excel/access assignments in lab. the tests aren't terrible, just memorize the book

Some parts were really fun, but most of it was boring. The curve was nice though.

Atchison is funny in a different way than most other professors. Overall, he's okay but the content of the course is too packed and could be laid out better.

Somewhat boring at times, but overall worthwhile class to take. It's good to know the overall concepts of business.

Good introductory Commerce course. Even if you aren't precomm, this is a great class to get an understanding of the business world.

Not as hard as people make it to seem.

The class touches upon a bunch of different things that the Comm School as to offer but doesnt really do a great job in doing so.

Boring, but don't let it discourage you

You'll work hard and have to study a lot of information, but the course has great useful information and techniques.

The class was ok. Some people didn't like it because it is kind of broad (covers accounting, marketing, information technology, management, etc). Good class to take to see if Commerce interests you. Also very helpful if you're going into accounting (Comm 201 & 202), since more emphasis is on that than anything else.

Cant really avoid this class but its sorta hard. Grades are curved a lot though.

I thought Professor Atchison's lectures were intersting and easy to follow. He always used real examples like: Starbucks, Walmart, and multiple airlines. The financial accounting part of the class was a little dry, but Atchison has many guest lectures for the second half of the course, which keeps things interesting.

The best part of this class was the lab with Jimmy Commons. I totally recommend signing up for him as your TA if you have to take this class.

Nice teachers who care about their students. The only real negative thing about this class is that the lectures are boring and sometimes that lectures aren't useful.

He is definatly a morning person - he does not talk about too much relavant information in class so hard to know what is going on. It is A LOT of information squished into a short class - tests are really hard/or at least used ot be.

Petit teaches the course about as much as Atchison does, and he's a good Southern gentleman, nice guy. Comm 180 is too broad and vague to get a real idea of how things work, but it covers the basics okay.

this class is fairly easy and interesting. there are a lot of guest lecturers so it's not always atchison.

This is a relatively good introduction to different topics in business, but a bit too broad to get much out of any one topic. Still, Atchison is a good guy and cares about his students (and helps you out tremendously with grades).