Celeste Wells
Dec 17, 2025 · Historical comment
One of, if not the, best teachers I've ever had. LOVE HER
COMM1010 · Communication
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Required course for all Communication majors. This is an introductory course that is designed to examine the classical periods of rhetoric, as well as the Enlightenment and modern periods. The course focuses on pivotal concepts in rhetoric and their application to contemporary discourse. This is a foundation course in the field of communication. It introduces students to perennial issues and concerns in rhetoric and looks at communication as a way of knowing about self and society.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.5 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.4 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.6 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.2 / 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.
Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
4.8 / 5
4.5 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
4.2 / 5
4.0 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Communication Department
4.3 / 5
3.9 / 5
Student perspective
Recovered and new anonymous comments are shown as written and may reflect different course formats.
Dec 17, 2025 · Historical comment
One of, if not the, best teachers I've ever had. LOVE HER
Dec 16, 2025 · Historical comment
Great class and excellent prof. Exams are almost your entire grade, so you definitely have to study.
Dec 11, 2025 · Historical comment
very easy to understand and lectures are engaging, but trick questions on exams and is difficult
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
2 sectionsFall 2024
2 sectionsSpring 2024
2 sectionsFall 2023
2 sectionsSpring 2023
2 sectionsFall 2022
2 sectionsSpring 2022
2 sectionsFall 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2021
2 sectionsFall 2020
2 sectionsSpring 2020
2 sections