Analysis and practice of various forms of scientific and technical writing,both academic and professional, such as reports, proposals, journal articles, and abstracts. Attention to research methods, design of papers, development of graphics, technical style, and editing strategies.

Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 2LK or 2E; upper-division standing.

4

Units

Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Upper division only

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
STANSELL A
Amanda Stansell
4.3
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WRIT109ST . Stansell A 5 Years Ago

Dr. Stansell was a great professor who obviously cares about her students' success -- she was incredibly accommodating, allowing for occasional extensions on assignments and offering appointments outside of class to receive even more feedback. The class was definitely 4 units of work, but I have come out of it feeling stronger in my writing.

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WRIT109ST . Stansell A 9 Years Ago

Dr. Stansell is one of my favorite professors at UCSB. She is extremely understanding and lenient with deadlines. She encourages thinking outside your comfort zone and pushes you to be a better writer. Would definitely take another class with her. Highly recommend this class for all science majors or anyone passionate about science

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WRIT105SW . Stansell A 3 Months Ago

Class is definitely geared more toward B.S. majors, but interesting content & good skills to develop for everyone. She is accommodating with deadlines & grades tough but fair and gives good feedback, with lots of peer review too. Super participation heavy, group + individual presentations, final magazine article worth almost half the grade.

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WRIT50E . Stansell A 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

Professor Stansell is super nice and gives great feedback. She grades incredibly tough and has the mindset that most students should end with a B. An A can be (and was) achieved through high levels of attendance, participation, and effort on projects.

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WRIT2E . Stansell A 1 Year, 7 Months Ago

Professor Stansell is very nice and is clear about what she wants. She gives good feedback and makes us work in groups for a wide variety of feedback. Her class is pretty boring at times but she gives examples of good papers and helpful feedback in previous assignments to improve in future ones. Lots of research and writing to do.

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WRIT50E . Stansell A 2 Years Ago

Pretty good and easy teacher. She really likes participation. The whole class is group work. Lot's of writing, but she is VERY clear on what is expected in terms of length, content, etc... This class made me actually kinda like writing... almost

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69.8% A
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66.0% A
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19 / 25 Enrolled
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61.3% A