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ANDREA COMISKEY

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Raw average: 4.80/5 from 10 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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COMMA100 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
she really gets to know every student and always makes herself available for questions and meetings. i found comm a boring but i did improve my writing a lot with andrea's help. she is great!
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COMA100 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Andrea is an absolutely awesome professor. She really goes the extra mile to get to know her students personally. I feel completely comfortable talking to her and emailing her whenever I need anything. 11/10 would take any class with her again.
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COMMARTS100 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
She truly enjoys what she does and it shows in her teaching. She's always ready to give feedback and talk about what was good/bad, and if it is bad she words it in a very nice way! She really cares about her students and it's refreshing. Definitely one of my favorite classes to go to!
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COMARTS 357
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
One of the best classes and teachers I've had at UW. Rigorous, interesting, fair, relevant. The lectures are so clear and well organized and not just spoon fed. Her feedback was always detailed and helpful. Wish more classes were run like this one.
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CA357 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
As a Junior Communication Arts major, I don't think this course is well developed enough. Most of the course material lack a sense of connection through classes to classes. If you study on your own enough (because she only gives tiny bit of information and you have to study on your own for all the textbooks and films), getting an A is not hard.
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CA357 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
If she's not the nicest TAlecturer you have ever met, there is a very good chance you are doing it wrong. She's so nice it's almost unreal. You can really tell she is truly enthusiastic about the subject she teaches, not just delivering lectures because she is assigned to. Honestly, best comm arts class I've ever taken and I learned so much.
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Classes with ANDREA COMISKEY

COMARTS 100

Introduction to Speech Composition

3 credits

Introduction to Speech Composition teaches audience-centered public speaking and writing to build confidence and research skills.

No offering record · Spring 2016

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Andrea ComiskeyKenneth Lythgoe+11 more

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Fall 2011–Spring 2016

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2016COMARTS 100Introduction to Speech Composition
Fall 2015COMARTS 100Introduction to Speech Composition
Spring 2015COMARTS 357History of the Animated Film
Spring 2014COMARTS 100Introduction to Speech Composition
Fall 2013COMARTS 100Introduction to Speech Composition
Spring 2012COMARTS 350Introduction to Film
Fall 2011COMARTS 100Introduction to Speech Composition
Fall 2010COMARTS 100Introduction to Speech Composition
Spring 2010COMARTS 100Introduction to Speech Composition
Spring 2008COMARTS 100Introduction to Speech Composition
Fall 2007COMARTS 100Introduction to Speech Composition

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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