Prof. Maslan is a good professor and makes it very clear what you need to do. His lectures can be very long and a bit dry but you have to pay attention to them as the final and midterm are almost completely based on the lecture. If you pay attention and review his slides, however, they are super easy and almost a guaranteed A as long as you review

Extremely dull, overly wordy to the point of having to decipher everything he says, and overall I just dread going to his class. The quarter isn't over but I can already tell I will remember absolutely nothing from this class a month after finishing it. It's just one of those classes...

Maslan is a really nice guy and good prof. Your final grade is based on a bunch of forums which are each worth 10-20%. If you do well on the first few, he'll keep giving you good grades. The reading is the hardest part of the class because he expects you to have read the whole book before the first class on it and it's easy to fall behind.

ENGL132WD; We were consistently one week behind schedule. The material covered was incredibly engaging, but because of the limited time and disorganization, much of the assigned readings would go undiscussed, and assignments would frequently be omitted as a result. Professor is brilliant and hilarious, but unorganized.

Despite his averse teaching style I actually thoroughly enjoyed his class. I hated that the midterm and final were in-person written exams, but I appreciated him giving us a clear expectation for what was going to be on it and what he wanted from it. He posts PowerPoints but they aren't too helpful unless you're reviewing. GO TO LECTURE!!!

Really nice guy, very nerdy and passionate about the material. Readings were short and generally interesting. Chill class and I really enjoyed the lectures. Would recommend!

He's a nice guy, but it is week 7 of the quarter and none of my work has been graded. I have no idea how I'm doing in the class and the drop date has already passed.

Took him during lockdown, and I ended up dropping the English major after 2 years. He made class dreadful, as he went MIA for 4 weeks and expected us to write short essay responses for the final on material we should've covered during those 4 weeks but didn't until one week before the final. Worst teacher I've ever had.

He's a cool guy once you get to know him. on his good side you'll feel comfortable around him with assignments, do good and get good grades. it will be fun and most importantly he has a genuine sense of humor.

This man seems like a nice guy, but his lectures are really boring and I honestly didn't learn much. I had a hard time focusing and I feel his grading was very harsh. I got a D in the class when I'm normally a B+ student. I wouldn't recommend, but if you enjoy the course material, you might be totally fine.

You definitely have to work hard and study a lot to get an A in this class. Prof. Maslan is a really good lecturer, but the material can feel dry sometimes. He's very clear on expectations and what will be/not be on the midterm and final. He assigned a few books that were all really cheap and a few PDFs, a midterm, two papers, and a final exam.

This man is boring. So boring, so dry, so wish I had taken a different professor. The only saving grace of this class was my wonderful TA. Maslan focuses on literary concepts and their tie-ins to historical events, like the Mexican War. You are not free to draw your own conclusions, you must reiterate the ideas he lectures on for points.