COMM 2020

I think this course is well designed to a certain degree but not for UVA. We pay tens of thousands in tuition, we should not be teaching ourselves an entire semester of material and then failing overly tricky exams. Professor Martin says he isn't trying to trick us, but then why do extremely well prepared students who can do all of the practice, homework, and review problems get rocked on the exams? It is very disheartening and unfair, I do not recommend this class unless you have to take it because it will ruin your GPA and make you sad and feel dumb. I don't want to say anything negative about Professor Martin because he receives enough hate but seriously, c'mon man??? I may stand corrected because the financial curve was very fair and generous, but at the current moment I have never done so poorly in a course, especially one I put so much time into.

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Not to be dramatic, but this course literally ruined my life :/

I have no doubt that Professor Martin really does try his best to create a good course, but his problem lies in putting effort into the wrong areas. The material is tough and it damn well should be, but he should take into account that not everyone has time to visit him in his office/participate in Zoom sessions/find TAs for help, and the very fact that this course is online renders him instantly unapproachable. Online courses require self-directed learning, absolutely, but when your methods aren't working, it's time to change some things, like giving this course an optional lecture section for students to attend should they wish to have an in-class experience, or giving examples of complex problems that require multiple approaches so we're not completely blindsided on exams. His exams are also poorly worded at times and are an absolute pain to dissect. Overall, the material is not difficult but the way his questions are structured make this class more painful than it needs to be.

EDIT: I love how the really scathing reviews about final marks and how easy the class is were removed. Commerce kids are really mean and snobby for no reason sometimes. I ended with a decent grade in the class and I really believe that 2010/2020 depend on how well you interpret Roger's questions. If you're in tune with what he wants, you'll do excellently. If not...scrape what points you can on the exams. You'll be fine.

Too good, Roger. Too good.

Roger my man, what's the deal

I learned a lot in this class and would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in accounting or business in general. Many of these reviews attack the professor or the online format of the course, which is unfair. If you put in the work, like taking notes on each chapter and actually making an effort to understand underlying concepts rather than just memorizing how to do practice problems and homework problems, you will find that studying for and taking exams is more manageable. I found the online format to be beneficial too, as I had more freedom to do the work when I could and go back and review things that I needed to. Obviously, this class isn't for everyone, but I enjoyed it.

I don't usually write reviews for classes, and I didn't after financial last semester, but this has honestly been absurd. I truly don't understand how so many people can complete all the weekly readings and homework, study using the practice problems the professor himself provided as preparation for the test, and still get absolutely railed. I don't wanna wreck Roger because I feel like he gets absolutely roasted in these reviews and I worry about his mental state if he reads these, but I really am near the point of not caring anymore. Long story short this class is beyond wack, and if you do take it, make sure you have some friends to keep you sane because you're gonna feel like you're losing your mind. Awful experience all around, but would've been 10 times worse without homies. If you're taking for precomm, rip, good luck. If you're taking for fun(??), you'll prob regret it tbh.

I'm amazed at how poorly conducted this class was. VERY challenging exams due to a vast majority of the points being fill in the blank, meaning if your calculations are just ever so slightly off you will receive 0 points and many problems are linked together as well—not to mention the test content is seemingly random compared to our reading, practices/hw/ sets which will take you at LEAST around 10 hours a week. To be fair, the curve hasn't been calculated in so I may stand to be corrected as the financial accounting curve was generous and fair so this hopefully may be the case as well. Otherwise, this has really been a rough experience that I wouldn't wish upon my worst adversaries. Good luck anyway as this is required for comm and it doesn't seem like they will be switching the format or instructor anytime soon—though I hopefully stand to be corrected about all this with a course change + generous curve!

This was a challenging but very rewarding and fruitful class in regards to my academic progress and learning. I wish I could take it again and would definitely recommend it to a friend no matter what their major. I didn't think COMM 2010 could be topped as my favorite class at UVA but somehow managerial has done it! :)