Content will vary with each instructor. Students will be asked to do a project that acquaints them with some of the resources of the library and results in their reading beyond the primary course materials. A full description for any given quarter will be available on the English Department's website.

Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109 or English 10 or upper-division standing.

4

Units

Optional

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Upper division only

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
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OLGUIN B V
Ben Olguin
2.4
19 reviews

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Winter 2024 . Olguin B V
SH 2635
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11:00 AM - 13:50 PM
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14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
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ENGL134AL . Olguin B V 2 Years Ago

Ben is an interesting professor and an incredibly talented intellectual. He made his classroom very welcoming, and although sometimes he would go off-topic in his lecture, I really enjoyed his talk most of the time. Go to his office and chat with him! You'll be surprised how knowledgable he is.

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ENGL39 . Olguin B V 2 Years Ago

These other reviews are not accurate, he is a solid, nice, and funny professor here at UCSB. I personally wanted to take this class to write an academic research paper and learn about the course topics. Others just wanted an easy pass and did not want to put in any work.

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ENGL39 . Olguin B V 2 Years Ago

The material itself is pretty interesting and the content is not too difficult. The professor and his lectures were pretty disorganized. He was not very communicative in regards to what was expected of his students and he would change readings with very little heads up. Overall the course is interesting, but I would not take it again.

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ENGL39 . Olguin B V 2 Years Ago

Professor made it clear that participation/attendance was important in order to succeed but he became lenient due to the change in circumstances. Sure there is a lot of reading to do, but it's often summarized in sections and lectures. This course was eye opening as he introduced us to various issues, cultures & perceptions.

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ENGL39 . Olguin B V 2 Years Ago

I'd been trying to take this course for a while and I wasn't disappointed. I admit the course is reading-heavy, but with weekly sections/quizzes, you're prevented from falling behind. I appreciated Olguín included irl anecdotes and didn't sugarcoat when covering heavy topics.

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ENGL39 . Olguin B V 2 Years Ago

Ben is like an onion. There’s layers to his absurdity. He tried to manipulate us into writing him better course evaluations. This professor does not represent ucsb’s values. Overall negative experience. He makes over $170k teaching English and acts like he’s been wronged. Side note, his TA Taylor’s Holmes is awesome.

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