This class was very fun and I enjoyed attending. Attendance is mandatory and counts towards your grade. The class is comprised of giving 3 speeches and a final at the end. The final is multiple choice with some short answer and is just based on presentations Prof Mclean gives in class and then posts online, so studying for it was easy. Overall, I think that this class really improved my public speaking skills, and I also learned a lot from listening to other speeches. I recommend if you are looking for a fun class to balance out more serious ones. Super easy A as long as you show up. Grading on the speeches is not too harsh and the Professor is understanding.

if you want to learn the structure of the industry. workload is okay.

Awesome Professor! The work is super manageable, even if you leave it to the last minute. For a six-week course, I never felt overwhelmed with the modules as each week you work on a creative project associated with your make believe brand. Professor Mclean provides you with everything you need to succeed and get an A such as recorded lectures, slides, and student examples from the past for the week's project. Trust me, take this class. I was not a communications major and took this as an elective for HBS and do not regret taking this class for summer.

Really easy fun class. The professor is super sweet and gives lots of feedback which is super helpful. There was about 6 speeches that are all about 5-6 minutes and one final exam that was straightforward.

I loved this class, and I loved this professor. There were definitely times at the beginning of the quarter where it was a a lot of work, but thats just because I took it during C-Sesh Instead of a normal quarter. Totally doable class, and very interesting content. The class is paced out by the professor, so if you are looking for a class that you can do at your own pace, as fast or as slow throughout the quarter, this is not the one since there are about 3-4 assignments due at the end of the week every single week.

This class was literally the bane of my existence. I didn't use to mind public speaking UNTIL I took this class...now I hate it. We had to submit outlines of our speech before we performed them, and her comments were so subjective. She nitpicked the smallest details that she didn't like in our outlines then gave us awful scores.

The class itself was chill and the content was easy. The final exam was straightforward and she just repeated the same questions that were on the study guide.

Comms 1 is a great class otherwise, but please just take it with another professor if you can.