COMM 2010

Since the class is all online and asynchronous you have to be on top of the readings and homework independently. If you finish the reading in advance and go to office hours most days to ask questions you will do okay. Most of the TAs are really helpful. You still have to treat this class as an actual class so you need to look at spending 3-4 hours on the reading as "lecture time." The class covers a lot of material.

Very straightforward class. All exams/assignments are open-book and open-note, so just have each chapter of the textbook open while taking exams and you'll do fine. If you plan your weeks well, getting through all the content is manageable - I did lectures (reading the textbook and answering some basic questions) on Fridays and the homework (accounting problems like filling out balance sheets) on Saturdays or Sundays. All due dates are laid out in the syllabus. As straightforward as the class is, I'll definitely say there's a degree of stress on exams because missing one question drops your grade quite a bit, and this can be due to something as simple as writing "$124,356" instead of "$123,456". Then again, accounting needs to be exact, so I appreciate that this class is no different. I personally never interacted with the professor, but she seems to care about her students and wants us to do well.

The class is very straightforward. Prof. Mitchell sets expectations clear from the start and the due dates are very consistent and the same for assignments almost every week. It took me about a week or two to fully get the hang of what was due when, and from there it was easy to not miss any assignments. Prof. Mitchell is very kind and you can tell she genuinely cares about you and wants to make sure you do well, she has office hours, weekly review sessions, exam review sessions, and announces that she pretty available and open to meeting when you may need it. I only met her once in person but she was very kind. That being said, the exams do happen to be a bit different from the classwork and quizzes you'll be doing during the week. This may make it harder to study because a homework question may ask you to complete a full journal, while the exam will ask you to find one specific number or journal entry that you kind of have to deduct how to do from previous knowledge. It was helpful that the midterms were not cumulative. It was easy to still get my grade back up despite not doing well on the first midterms, as the last one and the final exam I got a good grade on and ended with a B+. Overall this is a prerequisite course but it's not difficult to do well in, you just have to really make sure you don't fall behind. #tCFF24

Mitchell is very accessible, cares about her students succeeding, and is very knowledgeable. However, accounting is brutal - you have to put in the work and GO TO OFFICE HOURS IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT. Too hard to try to teach yourself. Use the TAs & Mitchell. Tons of homework and it's a huge time suck but you just gotta grind through.

Please don't take this unless you're a Comm kid lol. Accounting's essential to know for the business world, but this class is a GRIND.

A lot of what makes the course hard is the fact that it's entirely online and asynchronous. You really have to hold yourself accountable for keeping up with the material (which is a LOT each week and moves fast). The concepts build heavily on themselves so it's important that you start strong. The exams were pretty tricky because there was no partial credit which I found to be frustrating. It does teach you a lot of solid, fundamental accounting concepts but overall, I found it hard to stay focused since there was no set meeting time and minimal face to face interaction with others. #tCFS25