A writing course focusing on developing analytical skills, synthesizing multiple sources, sustaining coherent arguments, and revising for clarity of style. Reading and writing assignments are drawn from a range of academic disciplines.

Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing requirement or Linguistics 12 with a grade of "C" or better.

5

Units

Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
Unlocks C LIT 190A ENGL 65AL C LIT 50A C LIT 190B ENGL 103A ENGL 103AS
Jessica Zisa
2.4
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Winter 2024 . Zisa J E
ILP 4209
T R
11:00 AM - 12:50 PM
Winter 2024 . Zisa J E
SH 1609
M W
11:00 AM - 12:50 PM
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WRIT 2 Zisa J E Spring 2024 Total: 66
WRIT 2 Zisa J E Winter 2024 Total: 71
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2.4
Writ2 . 28 Days Ago

STAY AWAY. This class has a 60% A rate, but 80% of anyone in her lecture will not recieve an A. She rambles and rambles on about arbitrary concepts. She talks for the entire 2 hours even though all of the other lecturers let students go early. She expects you to read so many of the readings and fills the entire class with a mountain of busy work.

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Writ2 . A Month Ago

I had Dr. Zisa for Writing 1 and 2 and I would recommend taking her class. I found the class content rather boring at times, but I think it would be this way with any professor. Dr. Zisa is very kind and has lenient grading policies. She breaks the projects down into 3-4 parts so the work did not feel too overwhelming.

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Writ2 . A Month Ago

Jessica is a great professor, but her classes are very lecture-heavy. Half of the information provided by her could be shortened significantly. I found myself confused a lot by her instructions provided on the assignments because of the over-informative nature. However, achieving an A isn't very hard w/ her, participate and do your work on time.

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Writ2 . 5 Months Ago

Had her for a condensed 6 week version of writing 2. I'm surprised there's bad reviews because I thought she was really sweet, yeah she talks a lot more than necessary and overexplains but the material wasn't very difficult and I thought she graded very leniently and put a lot of effort into feedback and helping students progress.

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Writ2 . 8 Months Ago

Terrible lecturer. There was so much useless work during the lecture, and the grading was horrible and unbelievable (always return the work and need to adjust the work for any tiny mistakes). The instructor gave a lot of feedback, but it did not help a lot in adjusting the writing. The lecture is always writing (99% writing, 1% lecturing).

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Writ2 . 10 Months Ago

This class was super boring. SOO much work to still only receive a B. She seems to mean well but still DONT take this class.

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WRIT 2
0 / 25 Enrolled
Academic Writing
Tymoteusz Chajdas 3.8
T R
10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
59.2% A
WRIT 2
0 / 25 Enrolled
Academic Writing
Dana hughes 4.7
M W
08:00 AM - 09:50 AM
59.2% A
WRIT 2
0 / 25 Enrolled
Academic Writing
T B A
M W
15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
59.2% A
WRIT 1
25 / 25 Full
Approaches to University Writing
Kali Yamboliev 2.6
T R
08:00 AM - 09:50 AM
52.7% A
WRIT 1
25 / 25 Full
Approaches to University Writing
Nicole Warwick 4.7
M W
13:00 PM - 14:50 PM
52.7% A
WRIT 1
25 / 25 Full
Approaches to University Writing
Nicole Warwick 4.7
M W
15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
52.7% A
WRIT 2E
7 / 25 Enrolled
Academic Writing for Engineers
Baron Haber 4.9
M W
12:00 PM - 13:50 PM
72.1% A
WRIT 50E
25 / 25 Full
Writing and the Research Process for Engineers
Kevin Rutherford 4.3
M W
15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
78.4% A
WRIT 50
0 / 25 Enrolled
Writing and the Research Process
Christopher Dean 4.9
T R
08:00 AM - 09:50 AM
61.2% A