Rita Rosenthal
Nov 18, 2025 · Historical comment
Super sweet and cares about her students. She's a pretty easy/fair grader, and we would get let out of class early all the time. Highly recommend
COMM1030 · Communication
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Required course for all Communication majors This course is an introduction to the theory, composition, delivery, and criticism of speeches. Attention is devoted to the four key elements of the speech situation: message, speaker, audience, and occasion. Emphasis in the course is also given to different modes of speaking and a variety of speech types, such as persuasive, ceremonial, and expository addresses. This is a performance course.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.4 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.1 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.3 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.4 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Associate Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
4.3 / 5
4.1 / 5
Part Time Faculty, Communication Department
4.2 / 5
4.2 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
4.2 / 5
4.1 / 5
Part Time Faculty, Summer School
4.7 / 5
4.6 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
4.2 / 5
4.1 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
3.5 / 5
3.7 / 5
Assistant Director, Creative Communication Laborat, Communication Department
5.0 / 5
5.0 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
4.5 / 5
4.3 / 5
Student perspective
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Nov 18, 2025 · Historical comment
Super sweet and cares about her students. She's a pretty easy/fair grader, and we would get let out of class early all the time. Highly recommend
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
6 sectionsFall 2024
6 sectionsSpring 2024
6 sectionsFall 2023
6 sectionsSummer 2023
2 sectionsSpring 2023
6 sectionsFall 2022
6 sectionsSummer 2022
2 sectionsSpring 2022
7 sectionsFall 2021
6 sectionsSummer 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2021
7 sections