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Communication Sciences

Jacqueline Augustine

CMST106 · 17 lifetime ratings

AI rating
64/100
RMP rating
3.9/5
Take again
66.67%
Difficulty
2.5

The decision

Take her if and strict citation/AI rules; if you want a chill A.

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough on citationsAI-check strictHeavy readingDiscussion-heavy CMSTMixed generosity
  • Many students earn As if they follow rubrics, cite carefully, and
  • Recent frustration centers on AI detection, citation nitpicking, and packed short-term sections
  • Older and some current , and an easy grader when work is done on time

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

68/100

Grades skew high when discussions and papers are complete, but citation and .

Online often labeled easy A; and toughness more.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

Content is interpersonal communication with TED talks and discussions, but .

Both formats call material straightforward; .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

52/100

and not mandatory; online participation still hinges on weekly discussion posts.

In-person more often mandatory; online participation shows up as discussion deadlines.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

62/100

; praise for clarity and ease clashes with tough-grader and AI-check complaints.

Online recommendation tone is warmer overall; in-person sample is smaller and more polarized.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Some call her an easy or , but tough-grader and citation/AI deductions appear repeatedly.

Format shift

Leniency is more common in older online reviews; recent reviews lean stricter on citations and AI.

Workload

Moderate

52/100

, and a few tests; short terms feel packed.

Format shift

Online short and dual weekly discussions.

Teaching experience

Average

66/100

and kindness and AI-tool frustration.

Format shift

In-person has both strongest affection and strongest AI/contesting complaints.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

32/100

Discussions and papers dominate; tests exist but many say participation work drives the A.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize discussion boards and short essays over pure exams.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

In-person opinions split between loving her humor and and overloaded summer difficulty.

Main concern

AI tools marking student writing and limited responsiveness when grades are contested.

What students said

“I love Miss Jackie! She's strict but lenient when the situation calls for it.”
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“You need to dumb your responses down in order to not get marked for AI by her AI tools.”
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“I felt it was quite annoying for it only being a communications class.”
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Remote format

Online

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

- and ; many call it an easy A if on time, while others flag citation/AI strictness and late-work inconsistency.

Main concern

Strict in-text citations, AI checks, and instructions.

What students said

“If you're willing to do the work, it is an easy A.”
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“be aware she's into citations and in text citations and if you do it wrong.”
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“She is a and loves what she does!”
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Exam style

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A handful of fairly easy multiple-choice tests appear, but grade risk comes more from citation and .

Multiple-choice testsFew examsDiscussion-heavy gradeCitation strictness

Assessment risk

Standard

62/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and essays but do not clearly document proctoring software; AI-check grading is the sharper risk.

EssaysExams mentionedAI writing checks
“We had 2 discussion boards per week, 3 exams, and about 3 essays.”
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“You need to dumb your responses down in order to not get marked for AI by her AI tools.”
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Online

Online reviews mention a few multiple-choice tests that are easy if and paper focus; .

3 multiple-choice testsDiscussion boardsPapers
“ and fairly easy if you read.”
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“There is usually just a and sometimes a quiz.”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you're willing to do the work, it is an easy A.”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 reviews (11 online, 5 in person), weighing easy-A claims against citation and AI-check friction. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

66/100

“One of the so far.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

62/100

“ .”

📎 Citation & AI Risk

42/100

“be aware she's into citations and in text citations and if you do it wrong.”

📚 Reading Load

52/100

“They did require a very large amount of .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • her
  • She's strict but lenient when the situation calls for it

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Overall easy just tedtalks and your own opinion
  • if you do your work on time then you'll pass
  • She's an

Theme 3

⚠️

  • She does not follow her own instructions for

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

17

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

Sixteen reviews with mixed eras and clear format split give moderate confidence; notes.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 53
3 out of 52
2 out of 51
1 out of 52

Course coverage

CMST10616 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

16 reported outcomes

A range

13

A+ 4 · A 9

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1