Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor Johnson was great! A lot of readings, but they are talked about in the lectures and referenced later on. Not a super strict grader and seemed to care about the subject.Rate My Professors ↗
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Derek Johnson
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Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
TAKE THE DISNEY CLASS!! I ended up learning so much, and it even prompted outside-class discussions with friends about race/class/capitalism related to Disney. In-lecture assignments, midterm and final are only grades, but you get all the potential exam questions in advance. Well-structured class with lots of reading, but SO fun and interesting!Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
fair and overall good guy with interesting lecturesRate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
My favorite professor in college. Took it for mandatory course & and workload is super stressful (if u read & watch things) throughout, took me around 8~9 hours per week in average and finished a 100 page of notes lol. Definitely recommend it him if you're interested the TV industry and culture in the U.S..Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
DJ is the best lecturer that I have ever met. His lectures are logical and definitely worth to follow even if I hear a lot of complains about it. Take the lecture serious if you really want to learn something from the media & communication field.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
Lecture slides are confusing not uploaded Write down a lot of the definitions in your notes because you will need to reference these definitions in your final paper. For the final paper pick a streaming service that mainly only has TV shows to write the paper correctly. Johnson did not even give mcburney accommodations to a student.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Derek Johnson
COMARTS 110 explores how AI gains meaning through stories, examining media narratives that shape technology and human perception.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
COMARTS 681
Senior Honors Thesis
3 creditsCOMARTS 681 is a senior Honors thesis course focused on research and writing preparation under faculty direction.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
COMARTS 990
Research and Thesis
1–9 creditsCOMARTS 990 is a research and thesis course focusing on independent research and writing under instructor supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | COMARTS 110 | Artificial Intelligence in Story and Screen |
| Fall 2026 | COMARTS 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | COMARTS 990 | Research and Thesis |
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