Reviews of professor Ian Davis

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Davis is a fantastic lecturer who brings knowledge, passion, and nuance to media studies. The class was assignment-heavy and slightly stressful at times, but I feel as though I learned a great deal and found the class to be extremely enjoyable. It helped that Davis is super accommodating and caring. In the end, it's 100% worth the effort!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Davis is a genuine, chill, easygoing instructor. MS 114 was gentle, straight to the point, and very informative. He's more than happy to support anyone in office hours and the pacing of his class is well-balanced. There wasn't a time I didn't feel like I was lost nor did I ever feel like I was just a student lost in the crowd. He's great!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is such an awful class. end of story. There are weekly quizzes and his material is all copied and pasted from previous years, he does not even hide it. His lectures often do correlate with the reading. He barely goes over the assigned essays and the reader was particular harsh. -10/10 class. Attendance is taken through iclicker

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
While Professor Davis' lectures are mandatory they are pretty interesting and worth going to. He presents a clear lecture and straightforward material. The only thing that is graded is quizzes and papers, but the group work is just for completion. Overall, the structure of the class makes it enjoyable to take.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The reader is really harsh and mean. But the Professor is really NICE! He would go out of his way to help you get a better grade in this class, and he is passionate about his techings. I really enjoyed the class discussion he formualted.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Extremely disorganized and seemed to not know how to run the class. He seems to be a nice guy but I wouldn't trust it. Unfortunately his classes are hard to avoid since he's one of the main media studies professors.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took MS170 and MS112 at the same time. The lecture is clear, and I really like how he gives us the essay parts by parts in MS11. He is very flexible with a lot of stuff, and if you go to his office hours, you can see that he is really trying to help you. I agree that MS170 has a harsh reader, but it's not the professor's fault. Overall I reccomma

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His classes can be all over the place - feels a bit like a bad stand up routine where he makes weird jokes that he seems to think are relatable or offer unique insights into Cal. When I took his class it was mostly memorization - of articles, writers, and mundane details of studies. Super reductionist explanations of studies, ex:Milgram experiment

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I went into his classes (I'm taking 170 and 112) super excited. However, while he's nice enough in lectures, he is HORRIBLY disorganized. He gave three days in advance to know about the midterm and see the study guide. Same with essays for this class. Don't take him if you like knowing in advance when things are due.