She is my favorite professor in the university.

She was very interesting and engaging. Organized the entire class on gauchospace and it was easy to see each assignment for the week. midterm and final were hard, it was multiple choice but lots of trick questions and all about applying the concepts. Paper 1 was graded light, but paper 2 was harder and graded even harder. requires lots of effort.

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COMM1 with Professor Dullin has been my favorite class at UCSB so far! She cares about her students and really wants them to excel! There are two papers for the class which aren't graded as harshly as everyone says. The midterm and finals are multiple choice and should be fairly easy as long as you do the reading! Really interesting and fun class!

Professor Mullin is very knowledgable, kind, and accommodating. She posts prerecorded lectures on GauchoSpace as backup material; they are very informative and efficient at keeping students up to speed with lecture. Brittany Wheeler was a great TA and graded fairly. In my experience, reading the textbook was not essential to securing a good grade.

Very passionate and caring professor but midterm/final are super hard and make up more than half of your grade. They were online but had multiple right answers but one was slightly more correct. I felt defeated after the tests because I had a really good understanding of coursework but they were so tricky. Lots of group work to work towards paper!

I LOVE DOLLY. She is one of my fav profs. Lectures were super engaging even though they were long. I def recommend reading for this class, helps a LOT with the exams. Jacova was a great TA! Paper prompts were interesting. Overall loved this class but if you are looking for an easy GE I would say take something else. Exams were a bit hard/trick q's

If you don't need this class for your major there are much easier GEs. Dolly is a great professor and is very passionate/engaging. However, there are two 6 page papers that are graded harshly by the TAs, and a midterm & final. The tests were very specific and if they weren't online I would not have done very well. The sections were a waste of time.

Professor Mullin was amazing but you better pray you don't get Hollie as your TA.

Tests are impossible and make up most of your grade. They are very ambiguous and revolve around scenarios rather than textbook material. There are usually two right answers but one of the answers are more correct.

Dolly is amazing. She is one of the best teachers I have ever had. The class is comprised of two 6 page papers with a mid term and final. The class is not easy but if you stay on top of your work you should be ok. I did not read the textbook once and did just fine. She is an amazing teacher and is very supportive and flexible.

Mullin is the absolute sweetest and I'm so lucky I got the chance to take Comm 1 with her! She made me certain that I'll fall in love with the Communication major. For those considering taking this class, be prepared to read! A lot of people claim you can get by without the textbook but in my case, it was instrumental in securing a high grade!

I took Mullin’s Comm 88 class and it was absolutely terrible. I dropped her class before even submitting the paper. She over complicated concepts. Retaking this class with Matni was the best decision I’ve ever made. If you have her as a proff, I wish you luck.

I LOVE PROF DOLLY! so entertaining and lectures were easy to follow along. however TA's graded extremely hard, papers are graded against each other as opposed to a rubric. Definitely keep up on readings and have textbook handy because tests were hard, but prof dolly made everything super clear and easy to understand, shes the cutest.

I love Dolly Mullin, as she is very engaging. Everyone says her tests are really hard, but if you read the textbook and use it during the online test, they are very easy to get A's if you have watched lectures and skimmed reading. The essay's are scary and overwhelming, this is probably the most difficult part of the class. Donnie is best TA.

Mullin was great, had fun lectures, and attendance wasn't mandatory. I can't say that her TAs are easy graders at all... they really make you work for it. Tbh it felt like your success in her class was based on the TA rather than the prof. The final and midterm are take-home exams, and require a decent amount of studying. The papers are hard.

She explains everything clearly with examples, but since COMM can be pretty self-explanatory it can get boring. Tests are fairly easy if you study, but papers are graded harshly by TA's with vague feedback. You don't need to read the whole textbook, just the end of chapter summaries - save your time! A solid GE overall.

She was probably one of my favorite professors so far. Shes so funny and knows the material and communicates it well. We had weekly reading and it was very manageable and easy to get through. I totally recommend !

My problem with this class had little to to with the professor and more to do with the TAs. There are two six page papers to be written and the TAs grade insanely harsh. They are super nit picky and basically expect you to be an expert without really giving much guidance in terms of expectations. I would not recommend this class for an easy A GE.

Not great, but not horrible. Overall a very mediocre professor, but was nice.

Dolly is the sweetest professor I have had at UCSB so far. Please go to her office hours and talk to her, she genuinely cares about her student's learning and understanding the material. COMM1 is not too difficult for being 5 units, just utilize the textbook and the lecture for your papers.

Horrible!!! She had 2 research papers that were graded harshly (6 pgs). You couldn't go to your ta for editing cuz it would "impact your understanding of the material". Final and midterm (50 mc qs) were really tricky for no reason. You must basically memorize the textbook that she wanted you to buy (probably cuz she wrote it). Honestly horrible.

This class was exhausting. Your grade consists of the midterm (84 pts), final (140 pts), research paper (80 pts), and filler work for your section class. You should start the study & paper as early as possible bc it's quite long. I didn't attend lectures after week 3 but went to every section. It's doable if you have the motivation & a good group.

She was a very engaging lecturer. Two paper assignments, roughly six pages each, a 50 question midterm and final. TA's graded papers very harshly and you need to read the textbook to know info for the tests. Not necessarily an easy A and requires effort but can be a fun class if you put in the effort.