AI Rate Professor

Journalism

Bruce Kauffman

COMM100 · COMM104 · JOUR101 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.3/5
Take again
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Difficulty
1.4

The decision

unless you only need an easy seat-filler credit and do not care about learning.

Best fit · Easy A HunterBoring lecturesDisorganizedEasy grade wasteRepetitive contentLearn nothing
  • Students call the class a waste of time with almost no learning about mass media or journalism.
  • Lectures are boring, repetitive, and .
  • Grades are easy (many As or Bs) but and textbook-based without guidance.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

86/100

Students report easy As or near-universal Bs with very low difficulty, even while calling the class useless.

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Is the course easy?

Introductory

92/100

Content is extremely slow, repetitive, and intellectually light according to every review.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

Reviews never clearly state attendance rules, only that class feels like optional study hall.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Every review urges others not to take him, calling the class boring, disorganized, and a waste of time.

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Course guide

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Grading

Generous

82/100

Easy As and nearly everyone getting a B are reported, despite terrible teaching reviews.

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Workload

Light

85/100

Students treat the class as free study time with little meaningful work.

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Teaching experience

Awful

15/100

Consistently described as , and ineffective.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

and book questions he does not cover in class.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

weeks, and leave students using class as study hall for other courses.

Main concern

You get an easy grade but learn almost nothing and .

What students said

“I basically used his class as a study hall for my other classes. Overall a waste of time, didn't learn a thing about mass media.”
COMM100
“This teacher is the ! He went snail speed and I learned nothing.”
COMM104
“If you just want a grade then this is the perfect teacher. He gave almost everyone in my class a "B." But don't plan on learning on anything.”
JOUR101

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Tests feel random, pulling from the book and .

Random testsBook questions not coveredLecture-based items

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and random lecture points.

Random testsBook questions not covered
“ book (which he does not go over) and some are from his random lecturing.”
COMM100

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“I got an A and I wouldn't reccomend him to anyone. Overall a waste of time, didn't learn a thing about mass media.”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person reviews (2006-2010), highlighting poor teaching, easy grades, and zero learning value. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

15/100

“This teacher is the ! He went snail speed and I learned nothing.”

👎 Recommendation Rate

12/100

“DO NOT take Bruce Kauffman. Not only is his class boring and grueling to be in, but he constantly repeats things”

🟢 Easy Grades

86/100

“If you just want a grade then this is the perfect teacher. He gave almost everyone in my class a "B."”

📚 Workload Lightness

85/100

“I basically used his class as a study hall for my other classes.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • horribly dissorganized
  • lectures on the same topics for the entire semester
  • Boring beyond belief.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • I got an A and I wouldn't reccomend him to anyone.
  • He gave almost everyone in my class a "B."
  • book (which he does not go over)

Theme 3

⚠️ About Learning Outcome

  • didn't learn a thing about mass media.
  • I learned nothing.
  • don't plan on learning on anything.

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

48/100

Evidence confidence

Five uniformly negative reviews from 2006-2010 are consistent in tone but few and dated.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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1 out of 53

Course coverage

COMM1003 reviews
COMM1041 review
JOUR1011 review

Reported outcomes

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