COMM 2020

Basically the same exact format of comm 2010 (weekly HW/reading/etc) so the guidelines are ofc very clear and structured. I heard so many rumors that comm 2020 was easier than comm 2010, so I was heading in feeling a little relieved. But omg, that was wrong. IMO, comm 2020 material was a lot harder than comm 2010 and in many ways, very different.

I do NOT recommend this course. Of all the courses I have taken at UVa, I regret this one the most. Professor Martin is a nice guy, but that doesn't excuse the fact that he puts information on the exams that comes out of nowhere. I studied for the final every day for two weeks and I still did horribly. I even felt like I understood all of the concepts because I went through all of the practice problems, homework problems, and practice exams and still failed the exam. I don't think the exams are there to test you, they are there to trick you, which is not how you learn. You don't even get to review the final exam, which doesn't teach you your mistakes or give you a chance to ask questions. This class was one of the reasons I decided not to go to Comm school because I felt like it was absolutely pointless with what I want to do in the future. I hated this class and I hated the structure. If you don't have to take this course then DO NOT.

This class is self taught from a textbook - why am i paying 60k a year to try to teach myself accounting and get destroyed by a 50% weighted final exam at the end of the semester. There were questions with topics from LAST SEMESTER of accounting on the final exam. Why the FUCK do we have to be tested on material that we haven't practiced before in a SELF TAUGHT CLASS. Make the tests easier or give us more prep material. Im so sick of knowing the material so well (its not hard material) and still getting Cs on exams

Okay. Yes, this class can be frustrating - there is a lot of work, and the exams are not layups. That being said, the amount of vitriol that is being directed at this class and Roger Martin in particular is unfair. Do not listen to comments complaining about this class ruining your life or about the instructor being a bad person. If you are planning on taking this class, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY. To do well requires an enormous amount of self-discipline. You MUST do the all the work by yourself. You MUST not only read the textbook but take specific notes relating to specific problems and concepts. You MUST understand the material and not just be able to complete the homework, as the exams are more difficult; they test a knowledge of the material, not just an ability to memorize how to do problems. You MUST study a lot before the exams, particularly the final. The class demands a lot from its students, but is not unreasonable given the fact that we are all at UVA for a reason.

Fair but challenging class. Evidently, UVA students (especially McIntire hardos) are soft and think they are all special snowflakes.

Whoever this is is completely wrong, a B- in managerial? You serious? Realistically, you're probably going to get dropped...

To the prick who said if you didn't get an A in this course you're not McIntire material. Well guess what you fucker. I got into McIntire with flying colors and will probably end with a B- or B in this class. This class is not an accurate representation of McIntire and nor are you to be a judge of who is McIntire material or not. The final exam was much longer than the previous ones, 9 -12 extra problems vs our midterms but we had the same time frame. That is inherently unfair. Roger's materials do not prepare you whatsoever for the exam. 1- you learn so much stuff by yourself 2- the stuff on the exam is often questions or concepts we barely learned about or have seen.

As a collective accounting community, we must enter the quantum realm in order to stop Roger from snapping his fingers and evaporating half of our grades. In the long run, Professor Martin is "inevitable". May the odds be ever in your favor.

If you didn't get an A in this course, you are honestly just not McIntire material. I did the work and it paid off. I look forward to having Roger as a mentor for the rest of my time here at UVA.

Okay, okay, for all of you reading these reviews and filling your trousers, here is the deal. The content is difficult, the online textbook is annoying, and the classic roger martin red BOLD text emails are not the most comforting...but honestly as long as you ACTUALLY spread the work out like a physical class would throughout the week, and work independently, you should be fine. I struggled in financial because I relied on my friends every Sunday (right before the due date) and never thoroughly learned the content. In managerial though, I spread the reading and assignments out and always submitted the HW without help and finished with an A without the curve. Obviously I missed more points on the HW, but that .0062 whatever loss on my final grade was well worth the lessons I would learn from making these mistakes. The tests are a little heinous, honestly i'd say there is a ~5 point loss on each exam that you really just can't control from the hard questions, but if you understand the content well, these points will not make a significant difference on your grade. Godspeed my friends.