AFIFI W A

Walid Afifi

45 reviews
Caring Amazing lectures Inspirational Tough grader Get ready to read Respected Lecture heavy Accessible outside class Clear grading criteria Hilarious Test heavy Participation matters Skip class? You won't pass. Group projects Gives good feedback So many papers Graded by few things
Past quarters
COMM 89
155 / 155 Full
Theories of Communication
Walid Afifi 3.8
M W
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
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INT W 1 Afifi W A Fall 2023 Total: 323
COMM 160UC Afifi W A Summer 2023 Total: 16
INT 94LS Afifi W A Summer 2023 Total: 21
INT 94WB Afifi W A Spring 2023 Total: 20
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COMM107 . Afifi W A 6 Months Ago

Amazing professor!! He cares so much about his students and is interesting in lecture. Take his class

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COMM89 . Afifi W A 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

Professor Afifi is incredibly knowledgable and a great lecturer. My first comm course and I loved it. The course is made up of 4 exams and 2 papers as well as a small portion for section attendance and SONA. follow the detailed instructions for the papers. To succeed study Afifi's slides, briefly read the readings, and actively listen in class.

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COMM89 . Afifi W A 2 Years Ago

I really liked Prof Afifi as he has strong social consciousness and constantly ties what we learn to societal context. He is also a good lecturer and caring and understanding for students. Exams could be pretty hard and tricky, though, you'll only be able to get them correct if you understand concepts and their correlations thoroughly. Great TAs.

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COMM89 . Afifi W A 2 Years Ago

Professor Afifi lectures are super interesting and easy to follow. This class was required for pre-comm and I actually ended up enjoying it because of him. He is super accessible outside of class and responsive on email. If you keep up with the reading and take notes in lectures you'll do great!

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COMM89 . Afifi W A 2 Years Ago

He is a respected researcher. However, also a tough grader. The paper was graded so low. Lecture is easy to understand but was not well-organized. And his method for knowing whether you read or not is through some insignificant points (unrelated to theories). He cares about students but this class is very difficult in-person.

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COMM89 . Afifi W A 2 Years Ago

This prof is great! He genuinely cares about students and will try his best to accomodate people with tests and assignments. He understands that the time we are living in sucks and affects people strongly. He is clear about his expectations and makes lectures interesting and easy to understand.

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COMM111 . Afifi W A 2 Years Ago

Professor Afifi lowered everyone grades because of a mistake he made, and blamed it on the students after the quarter ended. Tests are based on his rambling in lecture, not slides, slides are plain, I did better on exam reading the nonrequired textbook instead of going to lecture. Doesn't really live up to his frame in the department.

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COMM111 . Afifi W A 2 Years Ago

Lowered everyone's exam grade by 10p after the semester ENDED because of an error he overlooked on his system,send long email to ALL students BLAMING us for not telling him .Unprofessional, focus too much on his own research instead.

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COMM107 . Afifi W A 2 Years Ago

If you mention that you're a first generation student he'll give you a better grade. Not kidding.

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COMM89 . Afifi W A 3 Years Ago

Despite being a respected researcher and professor on campus, Afifi's course was nothing but inaccessible and meaningless to me. His 2 lectures per week put me to sleep and he constantly fell into tangents. That, along with the fact that he relied too much on his TAs to do his job made his online class a tremendous waste of my time and money.

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COMM89 . Afifi W A 3 Years Ago

Professor Afifi is hands down one of the best professors I have had. He relates lectures with topics that are relevant in today's world and he is EXTREMELY caring towards his students. If you are lucky enough to take him, you will learn a lot and his lectures are very interesting and relatable.

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COMM89 . Afifi W A 3 Years Ago

Overall Professor Afifi is a good professor. However he can at times be a little abstract. He also sometimes rambles or goes off topic, causing him to fall behind. He definitely cares about his student and is very understanding. Also a massive difficulty spike in last exam really trashed a lot of peoples grades.

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