Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
This prof is amazing, and he's really famous. He's the founders of public broadcasting and knows everything about media history and journalism practice. I'm really glad I took this course.Rate My Professors ↗
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JACK MITCHELL
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Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
JMitch is the man. Seriously one of the coolest dudes on campus. Show up to class and remember key ideas like John Dewey's market place of ideas and the class is a breeze. The readings are very interesting, but only very important on days that you present them.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
JMitch is an adorable old man who doesn't really have a filter. His lectures are kind of long and boring but he's so fun to listen to. He gets off track A LOT. The assignments don't really have guidelines and he's a tough grader ("I don't really give A's") but you will not regret taking this class.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
This class is super boring and everything is graded by the T.A. If you get Jamie Fisher and she doesn't like you watch out because she'll take it out on your grades for the rest of the semester. Take this class in the spring with the other Prof. I heard it's much better.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
I think this class should be curved because everything that's graded in this class is graded by your TA. Since not all TA's grade the exact same, the class should be curved to even out the grading diferences.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
95% of the time the lectures are fun and interesting. A few boring ones are thrown into the mix. The essay exams can be easy or hard depending on which question is chosen. HE likes to pull questions for readings, readings that you didn't discuss in class.....Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with JACK MITCHELL
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