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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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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

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Spring 2026COMARTS 610Special Topics in Rhetoric and Public Address
Spring 2026COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2025COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2025COMARTS 262Argumentation and Debate
Spring 2025COMARTS 905Rhetoric Colloquium
Spring 2025COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Spring 2025COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2024COMARTS 262Argumentation and Debate
Fall 2024COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Fall 2024COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2024COMARTS 262Argumentation and Debate
Spring 2024COMARTS 310Topics in Rhetoric and Communication Science
Spring 2024COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2023COMARTS 262Argumentation and Debate
Fall 2023COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Fall 2023COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2023COMARTS 262Argumentation and Debate
Spring 2023COMARTS 310Topics in Rhetoric and Communication Science
Spring 2023COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2022COMARTS 262Argumentation and Debate
Fall 2022COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Fall 2022COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2022COMARTS 262Argumentation and Debate
Spring 2022COMARTS 799Independent Study
Spring 2022COMARTS 905Rhetoric Colloquium
Spring 2022COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Spring 2022COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2021COMARTS 262Argumentation and Debate
Fall 2021COMARTS 610Special Topics in Rhetoric and Public Address
Fall 2021COMARTS 905Rhetoric Colloquium
Fall 2021COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2020COMARTS 262Argumentation and Debate
Fall 2020COMARTS 905Rhetoric Colloquium
Fall 2020COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Fall 2020COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2020COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2019COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2019COMARTS 262Argumentation and Debate
Spring 2019COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Spring 2019COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2018COMARTS 262Argumentation and Debate
Fall 2018COMARTS 610Special Topics in Rhetoric and Public Address
Fall 2018COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2018COMARTS 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2018COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Spring 2018COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2017COMARTS 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2017COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Fall 2017COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2017COMARTS 699Directed Study
Spring 2017COMARTS 799Independent Study
Spring 2017COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Spring 2017COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2016COMARTS 360Introduction to Rhetoric in Politics and Culture
Fall 2016COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2016COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Spring 2016COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2015COMARTS 360Introduction to Rhetoric in Politics and Culture
Fall 2015COMARTS 799Independent Study
Fall 2015COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2015COMARTS 610Special Topics in Rhetoric and Public Address
Spring 2015COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2014COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Fall 2014COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2014COMARTS 360Introduction to Rhetoric in Politics and Culture
Spring 2014COMARTS 614Field Experience in Communication
Spring 2014COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2013COMARTS 610Special Topics in Rhetoric and Public Address
Fall 2013COMARTS 614Field Experience in Communication
Fall 2013COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Fall 2013COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2013COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2012COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2012COMARTS 360Introduction to Rhetoric in Politics and Culture
Spring 2012COMARTS 614Field Experience in Communication
Spring 2012COMARTS 967Seminar-problems in Communication and Public Address
Spring 2012COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2011COMARTS 614Field Experience in Communication
Fall 2011COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2011COMARTS 699Directed Study
Spring 2011COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2010COMARTS 614Field Experience in Communication
Fall 2010COMARTS 699Directed Study
Fall 2010COMARTS 905Rhetoric Colloquium
Fall 2010COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Fall 2010COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2010COMARTS 610Special Topics in Rhetoric and Public Address
Spring 2010COMARTS 615Second Field Experience in Communication
Spring 2010COMARTS 699Directed Study
Spring 2010COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2009COMARTS 614Field Experience in Communication
Fall 2009COMARTS 699Directed Study
Fall 2009COMARTS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2009COMARTS 299Directed Study
Spring 2009COMARTS 360Introduction to Rhetoric in Politics and Culture
Spring 2009COMARTS 614Field Experience in Communication
Spring 2009COMARTS 615Second Field Experience in Communication
Spring 2009COMARTS 699Directed Study
Spring 2009COMARTS 969Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Spring 2009COMARTS 990Research and Thesis

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