Current instructor

Robert Asen

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Raw average: 3.67/5 from 6 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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What students say

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CommArts262 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor Asen's lectures can run a bit dry and he is quite wordy when explaining concepts, but overall this was a very interesting course. Your grade is determined by lecture and discussion attendance, a few (pretty easy) speeches, exams, and papers. Be prepared to write, but it is nothing out of the norm for a Comm B course.
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CommArts262 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
The assignments are well defined and really help you learn the content. It's a lot of writhing but not out of the ordinary for a Com B class. Lecture attendance is mandatory and it's important to take good notes, but you can tell that Professor Asen really knows the content and cares about the topic.
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CommArts262 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Asen's lectures are quite dry at times, but the content is important to know for tests and essays. He genuinely cares about the content and his students. However, they do take attendance at lecture which I found to be quite annoying at times. I would take a course taught by Professor Asen again!
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CommArts262 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Do not take his class
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CommArts262 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Interesting lectures and caring guy
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CommArts262 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Is a good professor, but sometimes he's a little fast with lectures and doesn't record so some of his important comments on the lecture slides can be hard to get. Overall if you just go to lectures and discussions you'll be fine.
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Classes with Robert Asen

COMARTS 199

Directed Study

1–3 credits

COMARTS 199 is an elementary level directed study project under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Robert Asen

No recorded grade history

COMARTS 699

Directed Study

1–3 credits

COMARTS 699 is a directed study allowing students to complete advanced independent projects, such as research papers or productions, under faculty guidance.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2010: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2010: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2011: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Eric HoytLyn Van Swol+10 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample
COMARTS 799

Independent Study

1–3 credits

COMARTS 799 is an independent study course focused on independent research and writing under instructor supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Eric HoytLyn Van Swol+16 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
COMARTS 990

Research and Thesis

1–9 credits

COMARTS 990 is a research and thesis course focusing on independent research and writing under instructor supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Eric HoytAllison Prasch+21 more

No recorded grade history

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026COMARTS 199Directed Study
Fall 2026COMARTS 699Directed Study
Fall 2026COMARTS 799Independent Study
Fall 2026COMARTS 990Research and Thesis

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

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