Teaching Ability | Availability | Helpfulness | Workload* |  | | |  | | Opinion: 2315 - I took Fundamentals of International Politics as a summer session with Dr. Campbell. He uses videos from COVID-era, so some of the current events tie-ins are a little aged, but mostly still relevant. The class structure and Canvas page is straightforward and clear. His expectations for students are similarly clearly laid out. Packback is a completion grade, as far as I can tell, as long as you hit the minimum score on the Packback auto grading... So don't stress about it. There is a decent amount of reading from the two textbooks but don't get too caught up in it because he will cover what you really need to know in the lectures. Take notes and you'll be fine on the multiple-choice midterm and final. Straightforward, fun, but just challenging enough to be interesting and help you learn a lot. Great class overall! - Grade In Class:A | | Date Listed: 2026-08-18 |
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Teaching Ability | Availability | Helpfulness | Workload* | | | | | | Opinion: BUS 3315 - I took Business Comms over the summer (it's now BUS 2315), so there may have been some different assignments and whatnot. However, for the most part, I think it was the same as the semester class. Important to mention right of the bat that Dr. Iluzada is a super nice person, like definitely gives off motherly vibes. In terms of the class itself, the breakdown is as you'd expect: 20% of the final grade are the random homework assignments (things like McGraw Hill questions, a few video quiz questions, etc), 15% is for discussion board postings (usually where you drop your rough draft for writing assignments and peer review others), 30% is for final drafts (things like your polished, post peer-reviewed cover letter or email to deliver good/bad news), 20% is for presentations (there's only 3, the first is just to introduce yourself, the second is an elevator pitch, and the third is the final project), and the last 15% is for the COIL project (kinda annoying but could've been worse). A lot of the day-to-day assignments are just sorta busy work, especially the McGraw Hill questions (some of them are long too). When it comes to the rough drafts and final submissions for all the writing assignments, it's not really that bad. The rough drafts and peer reviews are freebie grades, just based on submission (you get randomly put into a group for that particular assignment, post your rough draft, and then peer review everyone else's rough draft in that group). When you submit your final draft, Dr. Illuzada will grade that herself based on the rubric and give you feedback/comments. She can be a pretty tough grader on these, especially for your writing style and how well you communicated things. All final drafts are also auto dumped into Turnitin when you submit it in Canvas. The COIL portion wasn't actually too bad, but it was sorta chaotic. We were partnered randomly into groups composed of both Baylor people and students from South Africa. We did a few discussion posts with them, and then created a one page infographic. Not too difficult, but can be a pain if people in your group don't communicate or participate. All the presentations were done via McGraw Hill, and you'd record something, submit it, and then peer review two other people's submissions. The final project required you to interview a professional, and then make a PowerPoint presentation and record yourself presenting on what you learned from the interview. In terms of AI usage, there are some assignments where she allows you to use it to augment your own work, and some where she doesn't allow you to use it at all. All in all, it's a pretty cut and dry class. It's kinda a pain at times (probably a bit more if you're taking it over the semester), but you should walk through it just fine (especially since they dropped it down from a 3000 level class to a 2000 level class). There are definitely some bad B Comms professors out there, but I'd recommend Dr. Illuzada since she's pretty down to earth and won't try to screw you over. Just show up, do the work, and be done with it. - Grade In Class:A | | Date Listed: 2026-08-17 |
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Teaching Ability | Availability | Helpfulness | Workload* | | | | | | Opinion: 1310 - Genuinely the sweetest and most knowledgeable prof. I've had the pleasure of having at Baylor. He wrote the scriptures textbook, so he has a large wealth of knowledge to pull from, but his tests are exactly like the slides, and he tells you what is important and what is extra during class. He did fun review sessions before the tests in which he essentially went question by question, telling us the format and what to study for the exam. From talking with other friends, he has THE easiest 1310 course and it's not really even close. A little bit of readings before class, but you can get by with just skimming it the night before. TAKE HIM!!! - Grade In Class:A | | Date Listed: 2026-08-16 |
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