Bob Pedersen - Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

Professor: Bob Pedersen

Department: English

College: Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL235
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I took this as an online class. Pedersen has a really good layout on canvas of what is due ahead of time. He is understanding if you need to turn in things late as long as you send him an email ahead of time. He will always provide really good feedback on your assignments.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG111
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I have been in the class for not even a week and I already extremely dislike this teacher. The week has been spent listening to the teachers extensive knowledge of the Bible. He would ask students questions about the Bible and then proceed to get visibly angry when no one answered. He also publicly humiliates students! Dont raise your hand!!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MUSC105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Pedersen is a great teacher!! I had a little trouble with him answering my emails, but he usually did pretty good. I took this as an online class and you are given three tries on each exam. After each exam you can see what you got wrong for the next exam. The final paper took some work, but he looked it over before I turned in my final paper!:)

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MUSC105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This class was so ridiculous. I took music appreciation online and everyday there was reading and 14 page lessons to go over along with a weekly assignment. The tests are easy when it's the concepts/ terms but the listening tests are pretty difficult. Shazam will be your best friend. Don't take this class if you're just doing it for the art credit!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGL410
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

You will spend much of the quarter working on multiple assignments that you will draw from for your final project. It is an effective teaching method that worked well for me. Sometimes spends time on earlier English topics, but only if members of the class show a need for the refresher. Good feedback on assignments, and is accessible outside class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGL410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you plan to take this course during summer quarter, don't think because it's 4 weeks less than a normal quarter that there is 4 weeks less work. Be prepared for a lot of assignments. Fortunately, Bob gives a lot of good detail about the assignments and help if needed. He does get off topic a lot and sometimes treats you like an ENGL101 student.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG111
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Bob is an amazing professor. I highly recommend him to anyone who is unsure of which english teacher to take. You do read a lot, however he expands greatly on the subject. He is kinda lax on attendance, i missed a lot of days myself and he didn't say anything, but i wouldn't push your luck. Provides excellent feedback as well.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Pedersen is an excellent english teacher. His classes are made of lectures, reading, and essays. Make sure to use the handouts and take notes to help in your essays. He also does extra credit and if you pass the first inclass essay, it's optional to take the final. I definitely would recommend him for English 101.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGL101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I recommend this professor for English 101. However, the essays require depth and are pretty long.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG410
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor Bob Pedersen lays out the work in a very specific and organized way. He shares the grading criteria, so you know exactly what is expected. There is a fair amount of homework. He reviews upcoming assignments and posts reminders of due dates. Professor Pedersen grades tough, but he also offers some extra credit opportunities (also tough).

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Mr. Pederson wasn't super exciting, but he taught very well. I felt like he didn't expect people to really know how to write (most of the students we're running start, as I was). Take 5 minutes after class and he will give you very specific things to change in your essays. Overall a good choice if you want to learn. He curves the overall grade! :)

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Bob is one of my favorite professors! I highly recommend him. One time I was sick, so he changed an essay due date just for me. He also gives extra credit.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took 2 classes from Pedersen, overall he's a good professor and he's fun! He has a lot of puns, just a heads up.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MUS105
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I took Pedersen for an online class, and overall he was very organized and structured on Canvas, and had the entire quarter laid out by the first day of class for you. Main grade comes from 3 exams and 4 papers, none of which were too difficult, but there is a lot of daily work to do in the online lessons that can be hard to stay caught up with.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGL101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great teacher almost no tests just a few in class essays that are open book and you can use a dictionary, thesaurus and your phone. Plus he gave out two 40 pt extra credit assignments

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

one of the best teachers in CBC. helps when asked. never assigns hard homework, but always goes over it in class. will take classes that have him in the future. really easy professor and lectures are really interesting.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Mr. Pedersen is just a dorky old guy that you can tell is truly devoted to his job; he is passionate about his subject and knows a lot about the pieces assigned throughout the quarter. There were around 8 essays we had to write, but they were relatively easy. Pedersen has a dry sense of humor and is pretty quirky, but he's a great guy.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Great teacher. Had him summer quarter and although the workload was heavy, it was still manageable. Note-taking is essential, he provides great examples to help you with assigned essays. Was quick with getting back to emails with questions. Graded on a curve and there were extra credit assignments as well.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Took it in the fall of 2014. He is somewhat disorganised, but only when there were multiole assignments to do around the same time. There's about 5 essay to do, final is an in class essay. Almost all essays are based on readings from the textbook. It really wasn't that bad of a class! Go to class, don't be THAT guy.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MUSC105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is quite the interactive online class. Lots of lectures, all clearly displayed in the calendar on which to read on what day. Not too harsh of a grader, very helpful, and you must go to 2 concerts and write reports on them (available concerts are all displayed on the calendar). Overall, great teacher.