COMM 296 Reflection
Apr 7th, 2013 by kevmason
Wow, this term went by so quickly! I honestly had a wonderful experience with this class and thoroughly enjoyed the course! Tamar makes the class engaging and enjoyable. I was consistently excited to come to class. This was definitely one of the best Commerce courses I have taken thus far!
Alright, let’s talk assignments:
Overall I thought the projects were a great way to apply what we were learning in class towards a bigger aspect of marketing. Personally, I found the reports to be the most effective. Our team was able to work well as a group to develop all the information we needed, and organized the report in a way that presented our vision in a clear manner. But the video project was another story. We had so much information, we found that we were cutting out all the important details that could have been added to enhance our report – our company had a lot of issues we found were crucial to its current situation. Not only that, but every minute of video was filled with hours of editing, script, and preparation in order to make it happen. So not only did we want to include more information, but we found we were overwhelmed by the amount of work that was necessary in order to complete the project.
In retrospect, the video was an engaging way for us to integrate our content and creative skills, and was rewarding after the fact. The next time I’m presented with a video project, I will be sure to start all of this preparation extremely early with the team so we can be more effective with our time management.
Overall, COMM 296 was a fantastic experience for me. As sad as I am to say that I will not be doing a marketing specialization (I’m enrolled as a Business and Computer Science student, BUCS) this course has helped me flourish my creative side, and encouraged me to continue educating myself on such a fascinating topic! It was above and beyond anything I could have expected, and I truly believe that Tamar was a major attribute/influence on the success of this course! If there is one course I would recommend to someone interested in business, this would be the course to take!
Congrats again Tamar on your promotion to a full-time instructor, and I wish you all the best!