This was my first time taking an online class at UCSB, and I loved it. Professor Dunbar provided insightful lectures and textbooks covering many aspects of interpersonal communication. There's a final paper worth and two weekly discussion posts with a quiz included. It's an easy class as long as you do the work! I 100% recommend taking the class.

She studies power and is a great example of someone who abuses her power, ironically. 12/10 would not recommend unless doing a case study. She made sure her husband took jobs of actual qualified lecturers as an obvious example of her use of nepotism. Socially awkward. Classroom decorum even worse.

Easiest comm class and most interesting material. Less than an hour weekly lecture videos and 2 weekly discussion posts. There is a paper at the end but you choose from lots of topics and it's pretty interesting. This is my 8th upper div comm class and this is by far the easiest one. 100% recommend to anyone in the major to take this class!

Dunbar is clearly super knowledgeable about her subjects which is super cool to learn from. She uses a menu grading system which is confusing but nice once you get a hang of it. you basically choose what assignments you want to do.

Taken online. weekly discussion posts and quizzes (easy). final paper (super easy). My type of class.

Great prof, easy class (took it online), just doing weekly quizzes which are open book, readings were straight forward and you can skim

Professor Dunbar is a really fair professor in the comm department. I thought her lectures were concise and made the class content easy to follow.

I enjoyed taking this class during S22! The online format was amazing. Grading was out of 200 points, with 10 quizzes at 10pts each, 2 discussion posts at 3pts each (every week), and a final paper at 40pts. Quizzes were open-book and had an hour time limit. The 3-5 page paper was straightforward. I would recommend this class & professor!

An online class shared with all UC campus. The content of deception detection is very intriguing, and Dunbar is really an expert in the field. The pre-recorded lectures are brief and informative. Weekly quiz is simple as long as you watch the lecture. The 3 pages paper is also fairly graded.

Norah is a good lecturer and she is available for office hours if needed but she is not a very empathetic person. Also, she does not do any lecture about the book which I really don't understand why. The online course is very organized but I would not take the class if you want a motivational and inspirational course.

I really LOVED this class. Very straightforward. Only Dr. Dunbar could make an online course just as fulfilling -if not more fulfilling- than an in-person class and I usually hate online classes. I also took Deception with her and both classes were amazing. She keeps lectures short and doesn't simply restate what we read in the textbook. Take it!!

The best comm professor ever taken! Highly recommended!