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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.Rate My Professors ↗
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.Rate My Professors ↗
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!Rate My Professors ↗
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Interesting lectures and caring guyRate My Professors ↗
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.Rate My Professors ↗
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