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Professor Ratings & Grade Distribution Data for John Banas

John Banas
Professor (2007 – 2012)
Oklahoma (OU)
COMMUNICATION
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4.5600****+
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Rated by 25 students
2.90
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across 4 classes
Spring 2012 Schedule
COMM 1113 - Principles of Communication
Add to schedule T 9:00am-9:50am,
R 8:00am-10:00am
Add to schedule T 1:30pm-3:30pm,
W 12:30pm-1:20pm
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
4****
Dr. Banas is a really good professor, really knowledgeable about Communication and a very energetic teacher. The only bad thing about Comm 1113 is that about 1/3 to 1/2 of the questions on the exams are from lecture, so if you don't go the only way you can get it right is to guess. He posts his PowerPoints online, but they only outline the topics, and he takes his exam questions from the more in-depth lecturing. Other than that, awesome prof and an easy class if you actually go and take notes.
Professor rated by: FINANCE Student on January 4, 2010
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
4****
Pros: Banas himself is a fast-paced, awesome, interesting professor who uses great expertise to teach great communication.

Topics are practical and interesting. Much of the workload isn't too hard.
Cons: Exams can be kind of a load. Lectures are important and he's pretty good at basically not letting you know test questions given at lectures if you didn't go to them. Period.

Discussion projects can be a nuisance if you don't have a good TA or group and sometimes you don't get the best explanations.
A friend told me there was no need to go to the lectures. They're useless and you don't need them on the test. I went to a few anyway because they were entertaining. But because I missed those few, it got hard to be motivated to attend others. I missed out, a lot.

Don't ditch lectures. There's important test stuff. Lots of it. And unless you have an extreme excuse, you won't be taught what you missed.
Professor rated by: JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION Student on December 8, 2010
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
4****
Pros: Dr Banas is HYSTERICAL. there is no need to ever miss a lecture because he is so entertaining. 2% extra credit is offered. the tests are half lecture half book stuff and pretty easy/common sense
Cons: the discussion is very dry and you do a lot work for every class period. the speech/presentation is worth a lot of your grade so make sure you do well on it and it is pretty difficult.
Professor rated by: ENERGY MANAGEMENT Student on April 19, 2011
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
5*****
Pros: Entertaining lecturer
Cons: Tests unrealistically difficult
If you're taking Comm 1113, there is no excuse not to take it from Banas. His lectures are my favorite hour of class every week by far. If you have a good TA (mine is Sara Staub) you're in the clear, just make sure to study your book for the tests.
Professor rated by: ACCOUNTING Student on April 25, 2011
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
4****
Pros: Funny and insightful.
Cons: Arrogant and pompous.
Not too difficult of a class, Dr. Banus is a great speaker. He definitely knows what he is talking about. You don't have to have the textbook but I recommend it to complete the study guides and review for the exams. The exams are mostly based on concepts.
Professor rated by: COMMUNICATION Student on November 23, 2011
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
4****
Pros: Very enthusiastic

He knows what he is talking about
Cons: No cell phones

Sometimes technical difficulties causing delays with class time
Very good overall, he knows what he is talking about.

He understands the students perspective. He is very young and very sure.
Professor rated by: ZOOLOGY Student on December 5, 2010
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
5*****
Pros: Easy class, and can learn some basic ideas towards communication and John Banas can make it entertaining for the lecture portion
Cons: Depending on who your discussion teacher is, it can either be boring or dull.
Professor rated by: COMMUNICATION Student on April 10, 2011
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
4****
Pros: Banas is funny during lectures.
Cons: Has too many trick questions on exams.
Professor rated by: HEALTH AND EXERCISE SCIENCES Student on December 17, 2010
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
5*****
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Really a great teacher.
Professor rated by: MANAGEMENT Student on December 12, 2010
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
4****
Pros: good teacher
Cons: big ego
Professor rated by: MARKETING Student on December 22, 2010
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
5*****
Great Lecturer
Professor rated by: FINANCE Student on November 25, 2009
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
5*****
Professor rated by: ENGINEERING Student on April 12, 2012
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
5*****
Professor rated by: HEALTH AND EXERCISE SCIENCES Student on February 20, 2012
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
5*****
Professor rated by: ZOOLOGY Student on January 1, 2012
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
5*****
Professor rated by: ENERGY MANAGEMENT Student on January 11, 2011
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
5*****
Professor rated by: ACCOUNTING Student on December 8, 2010
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
4****
Professor rated by: FINANCE Student on May 6, 2010
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
5*****
Professor rated by: SCIENCE EDUCATION Student on April 18, 2010
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
4****
Professor rated by: BASIC PROFESSIONAL SEQUENCE & GENERAL COURSES Student on April 16, 2010
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COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
4****
Professor rated by: HUMAN RELATIONS Student on January 26, 2010
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