Michael Porter - University of Missouri - Columbia

Professor: Michael Porter
Department: Communication
College: University of Missouri - Columbia
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very knowledgeable, but a notable amount of the content is outdated. Course content doesn't keep up with the rate of change in the communications industry. Tests are intentionally tricky, which takes the focus off of learning the content. Lectures cover content that is mostly different from content in textbook, which is online by requirement.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He has been, by far my favorite teacher in my major. I'm a communications major, and he really sparked my interest in mass communications and the media today.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
very entertaining, very helpful, have to work for an A but a great teacher
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He clearly enjoys teaching and lecturing. Even without the mic, his style makes you want to pay attention, as he is very in-your-face and does his best to make the somewhat boring course material more fun and entertaining than it has any right to be. Definitely recommend taking his class if you don't mind actually having to study for the exams.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's very entertaining during lecture and has a lot of enthusiasm for the subject, which helps a lot. Definitely not an easy A but do the study guides before the test and be prepared for similar (but differently worded) questions. I would definitely recommend this class if you're needing a 2000 level humanity.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Clearly enjoys teaching and interacting with students. Very energetic and informative lectures. Definitely not a class I'd recommend skipping. All the other positive reviews are right on. If you have to take a Comm lecture, this is the professor to have.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
One of my favorite professors!!! So interesting and fun! Exams are exactly like study guides.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Big personality, funny, keeps class interesting. Test questions are sometimes unclear, but not enough to upset me. You have to study and do the reading, but after that the tests aren't too difficult. Lab projects are easy.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's sassy... very fun and easy to listen to!
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Porter has a vivacious personality. His lectures are not always interesting but he tries. DO THE STUDY GUIDES and attend lecture and lab (participation). The class has only about 600 pts so EVERY point counts. It's not by any means an easy A class. You must listen and study to do well. I enjoy the class a lot and the challenge is refreshing.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Porter truely loves teaching Comm. This class is so easy and the tests come directly from the notes. He even gives out at outline to fill the notes into as well as study guides. I would recommend this class to anyone is any major.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I think pretty much everyone loves Dr. P. His lectures are incredibly thought-provoking, and his personality is amazing. As for his tests, they come from the lectures, so pay special attention to what Dr. P says, rather than just your notes or the textbook. He's not afraid to ask a lot of his students, so you better be up for the challenge!
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Porter is an entertaining guy and has interesting lectures but his tests suck. They are never over what he says they will be over and are very hard to study for. His slight case of ADD seems to show up on through his tests
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's very nice and well-intentioned and makes an effort to talk with students before each lecture. But I studied the text and my notes religiously and still never got above a B on the exams. The class is only out of 600 points so there is VERY little room for error. sometimes his lectures are arbitrary and completely worthless and lab is boring..
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I enjoyed his personality, which is a given- even when you see him you want to laugh. However, I felt that his test were taken out of the blue- I left each one thinking I did much better than I had. I studied a ton, but something was just odd about the testing and my grade!
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: COMM3000
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I enjoyed his personality, which is a given- even when you see him you want to laugh. However, I felt that his test were taken out of the blue- I left each one thinking I did much better than I had. I studied a ton, but some was just odd about the testing and my grade!
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Professor Porter is very good at what he does. You can tell that he cares about the material that he is teaching and enjoys his job. However, I have a feeling that Prof. Porter is not very student oriented. he seemed to have gotten to know very few kids in the class and I felt he could have a had a more personal touch to his class
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Such a neat guy, kind of dumb about modern technology, but really really helpful. Basically genius, makes you look at media in a whole new way!
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: COMM2100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Porter is freaking awesome! He was always able to help, and as long as you go to the lab and to class to get the points, the tests are fairly easy if you pay attention! He is halarious and makes class fun EVERY day.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: MEDIACOMM
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
awesome guy
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