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.
5
UnitsLetter
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeNone
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegeSTAY 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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.