Reviews of professor Ian Davis

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Davis is an incredible instructor who cares about his students. His enthusiasm is inspiring. He is clearly very knowledgable. Very clear instructions. This is the best class I have taken at Berkeley.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Davis is a great professor! Super nice, engaging lectures, understanding and flexible. He's clearly very smart and knowledgable about the field. He really values when students actively participate and engage in lecture, especially in the smaller classes he teaches. He's the best out of all the media studies professors at Berkeley.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This was clearly his first time teaching this course. He's very nice but cancelled class often and gave very little explanations on assignments and then didn't offer any extra credit to make up for his shortcomings. Avoid if possible...

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Davis is extremely knowledgeable and cares about what he teaches. This is the best class I have taken at Berkeley

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Davis is a great lecturer and I've gotten As in two of his classes that I've taken. His lectures are interesting and his quirky personality makes them more enjoyable. In my experience, I think grades depend on your GSI, but participation matters regardless in discussion sections.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
One of the easiest classes because the lectures are super straightforward and the exams are basically the same from lecture, and the mini quizzes are like extra points basically and not hard at all. You only do ONE essay the whole semester, it's long but not the worst and it helps to have things split up and discussion sections are chill.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Davis is one of my favorites in the media department! He's very considerate of his students and responds quickly to emails. Make sure to stay on top of readings though (especially in 112) because they are useful for the exams. Some of the assignments were announced late, but if you check the syllabus, everything is there.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
there's so much work and readings involved with this class but it does pay off later on the semester. for example, we have a final paper and throughout the semester, there are assignments that are increments to that paper, which was v helpful. some readings can be dense and lecture slightly helps but w friends, this class can be more bearable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Davis is such a good professor! I have him for 170 and 112, and his grading for both is super generous. For 170, there are no tests, so everything is based on essays, but you have plenty of time for all of them. In 112, you have tests and essays, but both are pretty manageable. He also requires a group project, but it is graded leniently