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Graham Cullen JOUR370 Anonymous 03/24/2025	he literally will spend two hours lecturing about photos, makes you get critiqued every week in class, not very accommodating, classes are super long and not super skills oriented. try avoiding his class if you can
Timothy Jacobsen JOUR370 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/26/2024	Jacobsen is an absolute sweetheart. I went in nervous because I had no experience with photography and ended up doing really well in the class. Many people here have complained about Jacobsen's tough grading, but he provides great feedback during in-class critiquing sessions. He will answer any questions you have about using a camera. This semester, most of my class hadn't used one, and he spent a few classes explaining different tools to use on the cameras. Overall, he is a really cool guy. He will show you some of his super impressive work and share stories about his career.
Timothy Jacobsen JOUR370 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/22/2024	I really liked professor Jacobsen this semester! He is def a tough grader, but I found his feedback useful, and if you put in effort on every assignment you should still end with an A. Assignments were just a photo project every week, so nothing was a surprise. I also found the assignments really fun, personally. You get a TON of time to work on the final project and portfolio, so just make sure to work on it throughout the semester. I do think he could have done a better job teaching those who don't know how to use a DSLR or editing software, but he does go over it in class as well. If you're willing to put in the work, and have an eye for photography, I would definitely recommend this class!
Timothy Jacobsen JOUR370 Anonymous 05/14/2024	Nice guy but way too harsh of a grader. Really didn't learn much and the grading feels very subjective
Timothy Jacobsen JOUR370 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/16/2023	Chill, nice guy. Way to harsh of a grader tho and does not really teach you how to use a camera. Also does not give clear expectations on what he is looking for and the grading feels very subjective.
Timothy Jacobsen JOUR370 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/15/2022	Nice guy but pretty harsh grader for a subjective sort of class like JOUR370.
Timothy Jacobsen JOUR370 Anonymous 05/03/2021	Prof. Jacobsen is a hard grader. It seems like he expects us to know how to shoot photos perfectly before we enter the class and grades us based off it. His grading method is not very transparent but you do learn a lot through his comments on ELMS. He's a very nice guy but drones on and on in class about irrelevant things.

Graham Cullen
JOUR370

Anonymous
03/24/2025

he literally will spend two hours lecturing about photos, makes you get critiqued every week in class, not very accommodating, classes are super long and not super skills oriented. try avoiding his class if you can

Timothy Jacobsen
JOUR370

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/26/2024

Jacobsen is an absolute sweetheart. I went in nervous because I had no experience with photography and ended up doing really well in the class. Many people here have complained about Jacobsen's tough grading, but he provides great feedback during in-class critiquing sessions. He will answer any questions you have about using a camera. This semester, most of my class hadn't used one, and he spent a few classes explaining different tools to use on the cameras. Overall, he is a really cool guy. He will show you some of his super impressive work and share stories about his career.

Timothy Jacobsen
JOUR370

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/22/2024

I really liked professor Jacobsen this semester! He is def a tough grader, but I found his feedback useful, and if you put in effort on every assignment you should still end with an A. Assignments were just a photo project every week, so nothing was a surprise. I also found the assignments really fun, personally. You get a TON of time to work on the final project and portfolio, so just make sure to work on it throughout the semester. I do think he could have done a better job teaching those who don't know how to use a DSLR or editing software, but he does go over it in class as well. If you're willing to put in the work, and have an eye for photography, I would definitely recommend this class!

Timothy Jacobsen
JOUR370

Anonymous
05/14/2024

Nice guy but way too harsh of a grader. Really didn't learn much and the grading feels very subjective

Timothy Jacobsen
JOUR370

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/16/2023

Chill, nice guy. Way to harsh of a grader tho and does not really teach you how to use a camera. Also does not give clear expectations on what he is looking for and the grading feels very subjective.

Timothy Jacobsen
JOUR370

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/15/2022

Nice guy but pretty harsh grader for a subjective sort of class like JOUR370.

Timothy Jacobsen
JOUR370

Anonymous
05/03/2021

Prof. Jacobsen is a hard grader. It seems like he expects us to know how to shoot photos perfectly before we enter the class and grades us based off it. His grading method is not very transparent but you do learn a lot through his comments on ELMS. He's a very nice guy but drones on and on in class about irrelevant things.

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