Reviews of professor Brent McConnell

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Comm 1040 with Brent has been the most enjoyable part of an otherwise miserable online semester. The workload is enough to learn from, but never overwhelming. Brent is kind, accommodating with schedules, and makes the class collaborative. He also encourages fun/obscure speech topics which keeps class interesting.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He would not really pay attention to what you present and give you unreasonably low score. you present everything he required in the speech but his feedback is 'I didn't hear.' He would not respond if you ask for clarity on your grade.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
- don't email him. he'll never respond - unclear grading criteria. don't question his grading, he won't change it or explain it - inconvenient and impractical in-class activities. there was a time I had to wait 40 min in a breakout room by myself just to speak to him about my speech topic. what a waste of time - nothing he does makes sense to me

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He gives little to no feedback and then gets angry if you ask him to clarify why you received a grade you did. Throughout the semester, I tried to meet with him for Office Hours to improve my work, and he was always condescending and acted as if asking him for feedback was greatly offensive. Pretty immature and unproductive for a GW professor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Would definitely take again. Be prepared to do some public speaking. Attendance doesn't matter. Just get your work done.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is a public speaking class and you will only succeed if stoic businessman style speaking is what you're looking for. If you are unconventionally engaging or energized, you will be docked points for the smallest things and they add up. He is easily offended if you want to change your grade. He is very proud of himself and will tell you. Often.