Reviews of professor Robert Layne, II

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was really skeptical of taking a public speaking class and had a lot of bias against it. Dr. Layne proved me wrong even through my bias. He is a great teacher. I learned to be organized and confident. I also learned to relax and be myself. I would recommend for sure. Pay attention in class and participate.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
What a great professor. I am so glad I took this course with Dr. Layne. The class became a team and he ran the course as if he was a project manager for our group project. While we had readings, there was no book to buy. He made them all available online. Great class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His pedagogy is the best among MTSU professors, but his lack of communication, which is ironic as a comm professor, is inadequate. He has a difficult time with responding to emails, gives feedback and grades assignments at the last minute, and changes the sylabus at the last minute. However, he does offer extra credit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I was really worried when I found out I had to take a speech class but Dr. Layne is a great professor and helps get us prepared for our speeches. The test are really hard so just make sure you study and actually read the text book.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I was really nervous taking Communication Theory. I have heard about other classes not learning much or hating the teacher. That was not the case for Dr. Layne. He makes theory fun! We watched a clip of Hitch to talk about one theory and you could tell how excited he was. It was amazing. He also answers questions by email fast. He's a great guy!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Okay guy, very laid back. Dislike the outline format for speeches, and he's very strict about that being followed. Lot of deadlines, little time. Not too tough on grading as long as you put in the work. The class is a stupid requirement, but he does an okay job of teaching it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
His tests are hard. Just apply yourself. He really wants you to learn, but there's no extra credit. Do the readings!!! Take notes during the readings and know that there are almost always quizzes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He knows what he's talking about. I really liked his examples and thought that some of the readings were interesting. Tests were hard and there were a lot of quizzes, but he lets you use any notes. Not a bad class. I wish it wasn't an intro class at a 3000 level.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Layne is a tough grader. His exams are difficult, but as the semester went on they became easier. I didn't read as much as I should have, which lowered my grade a bit. He does give lots of feedback. There's a group project that I didn't understand for the longest time, but once I asked then everything clicked. I would take him again.