John banas
School: | University of Maryland |
Department: | Communication |
Location: | College Park, MD |
Overall Rating
rated by 14 students
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School: | University of Maryland |
Department: | Communication |
Location: | College Park, MD |
Helpfulness | |
Clarity | |
Easiness |
Mailing Address:
Uloop Inc.
306 S. Washington Ave
Suite 400
Royal Oak, MI 48067
Telephone Support:
312.854.7605
Email Support:
greg@uloop.com
Cons: Arrogant and pompous.
Not too difficult of a class, Dr. Banus is a great speaker. He definitely knows what he is talking about. You don't have to have the textbook but I recommend it to complete the study guides and review for the exams. The exams are mostly based on concepts.
Cons: Tests unrealistically difficult
If you're taking Comm 1113, there is no excuse not to take it from Banas. His lectures are my favorite hour of class every week by far. If you have a good TA (mine is Sara Staub) you're in the clear, just make sure to study your book for the tests.
Cons: the discussion is very dry and you do a lot work for every class period. the speech/presentation is worth a lot of your grade so make sure you do well on it and it is pretty difficult.
Cons: Depending on who your discussion teacher is, it can either be boring or dull.
Cons: big ego
Cons: Has too many trick questions on exams.
Really a great teacher.
Topics are practical and interesting. Much of the workload isn't too hard.
Cons: Exams can be kind of a load. Lectures are important and he's pretty good at basically not letting you know test questions given at lectures if you didn't go to them. Period.
Discussion projects can be a nuisance if you don't have a good TA or group and sometimes you don't get the best explanations.
A friend told me there was no need to go to the lectures. They're useless and you don't need them on the test. I went to a few anyway because they were entertaining. But because I missed those few, it got hard to be motivated to attend others. I missed out, a lot.
Don't ditch lectures. There's important test stuff. Lots of it. And unless you have an extreme excuse, you won't be taught what you missed.
He knows what he is talking about
Cons: No cell phones
Sometimes technical difficulties causing delays with class time
Very good overall, he knows what he is talking about.
He understands the students perspective. He is very young and very sure.