COMM 2020

I felt like this class was easier than financial, however, this was probably because I had gotten used to the level of work and difficulty of the Professor's questions. What was different though was there were some chapters that I had to spend hours upon hours on and others that I finished all the work for in literally a day. In terms of exams, I did okay on the first two, really well on the third, and pretty bad on the final. I ended with a B which was kind of disappointing since I got an A- in financial but this was just the results of me losing motivation due to getting into comm I guess. Just try to spread out the work throughout the week or you'll hate yourself when Sunday night comes.

Withdrew from this class as soon as I was declined from the commerce school. If you get into the commerce school, I hope your GPA is doing ok :)

Only take this course if you need to (COMM pre-requisite). Otherwise, you will regret it. I've never been so stressed. I felt that this course is based on surviving every week. The format is very similar to COMM2010 but COMM2020 was harder because Professor Martin made it harder after the cheating scandal that happened in the Fall 2021. He started to proctor almost everyone and that is basically taking an extremely hard exam with a TA looking at you as if you were guilty. The only thing I would recommend anyone taking this course is only take it if you need it.

This class was not as difficult as I had expected. The content itself and the questions can be confusing at times I will admit. However, the tests are open notes, so I found it very successful to have previous practice/homework questions open as a reference while I took the test. Once you are familiar with what types of questions you can get on the test, it becomes a lot easier. Also, you are allowed to check your graded homework assignments with other students (given you have completed it yourself already), so that helps in making sure you get those points. So I would highly recommend for the tests to spend your time going over the practice questions, homework questions, and practice tests. Also, I found the readings to be pretty useless. I just skim read every chapter and I still did well in all the tests because the questions he asks are pretty different from the majority of content in the textbook.

I think the difficultly of this course is blown out of proportion; however, I can definitely see why people are angry about the way Roger Martin teaches this course (as in he barely teaches). Other than weekly review sessions and frequent emails (and office hours if you into that), there is little connection with the professor. That being said, my man is just chillin to be honest. He gets paid to do very little teaching and it kind of sucks for the students; but if I was a professor of his age, then I too would much rather teach this way. So I do not hate him for choosing to make this a virtual and "learn it yourself"-type of course, I like many other students just wish the system could be different.

I wouldn't say I recommend this course, but if you have to take it as a comm prerequisite, then you might as well go in with a good attitude about the class and trust that you will do fine :)

#tCFspring2021

There's no getting around it: this class is hard. I thought it was harder than COMM 2010.
Specific pieces of advice:
- budget extra time to study the differential analysis chapter
- the midterm involving flexible budgeting and stuff is (to me) the easiest material in the course. Getting 100% on that exam is pretty doable, so try to aim for those easy points.
- My system was to try and finish the weekly deliverables by around Thursday, and then spend the weekend revising, because that's how it got drilled into my head. Obviously not practical for everyone, so find your system, and then chunk down your work, because cramming REALLY doesn't work (trust me)
- For your own sanity, put an upper limit to how much time you spend on this class daily. It's really easy to get stuck for hours and hours.

It is really strange that this class features so little of Roger Martin as an actual instructor, and nearly every review (rightly) complains about this. The exams are, as everyone has said, wild cards, and that can be absolutely infuriating.
BUT If you're someone who has to take this class and you're reading these reviews and scaring yourself, my piece of unsolicited advice would be to just focus on what you can control - like the practice problems, homework, and studying as best you can. Definitely the most maddening class I've taken so far, but it doesn't last forever. Good luck!

earning 200k without teaching but PROCTORING. hmmmm a moderator seems to describe him better. long story short, you waste money by buying the required ebook on connect and learn nothing from him. Even the practice and homework problems are practically useless for the midterms. Really wonder what the deal is for him.

Roger is the best professor I've ever had!! Some of my friends recommended the class to me and said it was going to be one of the most fun classes I'll ever take at UVA. The exams were really easy as long as you study an hour a week. It's a low stress class and I would highly recommend taking it for a GPA boost!

this course ruined my gpa. I worked so hard and my test performance was horrible (especially the final). the exams are extremely tricky and it does feel like you're teaching yourself the content. if you're gonna take this course, DO IT IN THE SPRING!! after you've already applied to comm

It's not as bad as people make it out to be. Stay on track for readings, practice problems, and homeworks, and you'll be fine. Perhaps a tad easier than COMM 2010. Didn't talk to the professor all year so don't know how to rate him.
#tCF2020

Similar to 2020 in structure and weekly work. So make sure as in 2010 be on top of things and try to get work done earlier in the week. Midterms felt tougher than 2010 but were open note in Spring 2020 because Corona. Final exam was definitely tough even with notes but I ended up with a B+, so I cannot complain. Content is a little more based on conceptual stuff and a little more 'step-by-step' in doing exam problems but honestly I liked it that way. As in 2010, you will learn a lot if you work hard and it is possible to do well if you focus on understanding the types of exam problems he asks (take the practice exams!!) and work through his "Foundational 15" problems for each chapter.