C LIT 179B
WEBER R
Rene Weber
3.4
50 reviews
WEBER E
Elisabeth Weber
4.1
17 reviews

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3.75
CLIT36 . Weber E 4 Years Ago

If you're taking her for online, just don't. I'm sure shes a good prof in person but she has seriously failed to adapt to online teaching. Def the worst online experience I've had so far. Awful communicator with super confusing deadlines and instructions. Syllabus was just wrong. Peer reviews mandatory every week. Ungodly amount of reading. 2/10

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COMM133 . Weber R 5 Years Ago

He is very thoughtful and gives good lectures. There was a 2 pages paper, 1 midterm, 1 final and participation points. Not difficult overall. Don't just read the slides. Take notes!

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COMM133 . Weber R 5 Years Ago

I love Dr. Weber! He's great at making lecture fun and engaging. He's super knowledgeable and cares about his students. His slides were very informational and covered a lot of information on the test. His exams can be a bit tricky but if you study the slides & skim the textbook, you should get an A.

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COMM154 . Weber R 5 Years Ago

Rene was an intelligent guy, but he had really high expectations for a summer class. be ready to listen to him repeat the same lecture, waste 30 minutes doing the roll call, and then throwing all of the extra work that you couldn't get to in class because he wouldn't stop rambling on irrelevant stories.

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COMM87 . Weber R 5 Years Ago

Weber is a really passionate teacher and cares a lot about the success of his students. Sometimes the lectures were a little too hypothetical and got confusing, but as long as you study on your own and do all of the practice book problems ,the class in manageable.

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COMM87 . Weber R 5 Years Ago

Weber is a great professor who's really passionate about what he teaches. I liked going to his lectures even though stats is pretty boring, but I looked forward to class. The tests were pretty difficult but if you study and go over the book problems you'll be fine. I did a lot better than expected and the TA (Alex Aune) was really helpful.

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COMM154 . Weber R 5 Years Ago

He's a good prof, very passionate about the subject, and cares about his students. He posts his lectures online, so it is easily accessible. The grade is made up of two exams and two debates and there's extra credit if you do sona. Even if you do bad on an exam, you can still get a pretty decent grade overall as the class is point based!

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COMM154 . Weber R 6 Years Ago

He will test you the specific numbers and years which definitely are meaningless. Lectures are boring. I don't like him.

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COMM133 . Weber R 6 Years Ago

Dr. Weber is very knowledgable and respected in the Neuroscience field. I only went to the first 3 lecturers and got an A- on the midterm. 90% of the questions come from PP he puts in Gauchospace. The paper is fairly easy as well.

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COMM133 . Weber R 7 Years Ago

I took 2 summer comm classes with Dr. Weber, and he was overall a meh to mediocre professor. He goes off on tangents A LOT, and I expected to get more lecture on the MATERIAL, not his OPINIONS. He is not very good at answering student questions and comes off as condescending and judgmental. 1 MT, 1 Final, all based on lecture slides.

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COMM133 . Weber R 7 Years Ago

Professor Weber has been one of my favorite professor in the Comm department! He is good at connecting with students and his lectures make him seem like a normal guy, despite all his knowledge - seriously, he has a Ph.D. & M.D. His summer class was great and not too hard, he gave quite a bit of points for just coming to class. Highly recommend

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CLIT36 . Weber E 7 Years Ago

She's actually the greatest. I really loved her class, she made it super interesting and helped the readings make a lot of sense. Go to class and she'll basically tell you everything you need to know about the readings. Reading isn't necessary but it helps, I suggest SparkNotes if you hate reading. She's easy to talk to and really helpful. Easy A.

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COMM87 . Weber R 7 Years Ago

This class was hard to understand at times because of his accent but after a while you could clearly understand him. There was one midterm and one final with some multiple choice (true or false) and some written problems. The class is also curved so it only benefits some people and hurts others.

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COMM87 . Weber R 7 Years Ago

Weber is a great guy. He is very helpful when you might be lost or confused. However, I realized I relied mainly on section to learn the material. The TAs were phenomenal and extremely helpful. Math isn't my strong suit so this was a pretty difficult course for me.

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COMM133154 . Weber R 8 Years Ago

Took both of his 3 week summer courses session G, and this guy is a real G, he's cooler then you'll ever be. Super qualified and intelligent, super nice guy as well. Really enthusiastic about his material and a trailblazer in his field. GO TO CLASS AND GET PARTICIPATION CREDIT. Final and midterm aren't too bad.

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COMM154 . Weber R 8 Years Ago

Very long-winded, it's hard to stay focused in his class. He's a knowledgeable and nice teacher, but it was just really hard for me to pay attention to his lengthy lectures. He goes off on tangents a lot too. His slides are similarly lengthy, small paragraphs instead of bullet points. I like him as a person and scholar... but as a lecturer, ehh

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COMM200 . Weber R 8 Years Ago

I absolutely LOVE Weber! He loves teaching and its evident by the way he's in the classroom. Always there to help and VERY understanding. Come to class and do the readings GOLDEN. Seriously love this guy and will miss having him after i graduate.

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CLIT36 . Weber E 9 Years Ago

The subject of the class interested me and professor weber did not fail to deliver! She was engaging, wanted students to participate (although you didnt have to), interesting, talked about relevant and current topics, and if you listen during class you know exactly what to put in your paper thats 35% of the grade! Finals are exhausting but doable

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COMM133 . Weber R 10 Years Ago

Weber is my favorite professor at UCSB! He is super nice and helpful. Took his summer session class and he made it bearable and fun. Tests are based on slides which are not that hard. Take his class if you're a comm major!

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COMM87 . Weber R 11 Years Ago

Pretty easy class and his curve helps a lot. Material does get harder after the midterm but still not bad and I'm terrible at math. Final is easier than the midterm only because of the time. Got an A- with not much effort.

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COMM87 . Weber R 11 Years Ago

He was such a sweet guy and he made statistics easy for me and I am not a math person. He lets you use the textbook and notes on the tests which is awesome. If you have to take a stats class, take this instead of PSTAT. Not a comm major but it was still relevant.

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COMM87 . Weber R 11 Years Ago

this class is wayyy easier than I thought, that doesn't mean you shouldn't study though. Weber is a nice professor who cares a lot about his students well-being. And his interaction with students is also interesting.

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COMM133 . Weber R 12 Years Ago

I just finished his class over summer. Didn't open the book once and used the slides for the study guides. Came out with a b+. definitely suggest taking this course if you want an easy a.

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COMM87 . Weber R 13 Years Ago

The material gets hard as hell after the midterm and his lectures become hard to follow from there on. However he's a super nice guy and there are no surprises whatsoever on his tests. You must do the HW and utilize Weber or your TA for all the help possible if you're not good at math and need to pass this class (Precomm majors - this means you!)

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