Love Chris. He has created a really interesting class with the way he does 105R. He really cares about his students, and provides a lot of room for creativity and developing your own writing style. Honestly, take any class you can with Chris as a teacher.
Great professor! Must put in a lot of time and effort in your writing if you're a horrible writer(like me). Incredibly insightful and caring. Loved him as a person and teacher. Extremely eloquent and smart. Would recommend because he will definitely help your writing skills and get to know yourself better. I went to every class because I enjoyed it
Easy-going in class & on assignments. Left good feedback on most assignments before turning them in & graded fairly easily. Allows extra credit by leaving your phone w/ him. I dread writing but he incorporated different types of writing assignments, like a podcast, so it was actually enjoyable w/ interesting topics. Barely cracked open the text.
I took ACE Writing 2 with him, and I loved this class so much. He was easy to work with and not intimidating at all. I recommend taking the ACE course if you can. He let us choose our own topics for the papers, and I learned so much about not only writing, but also about myself.
Grade was made up of a 2 papers (5-6 pages ; 8-10 pages), midterm, final and participation. His class is pretty standard in lecture formatting but he tends to not take himself seriously, which is refreshing. I didn't think he graded tough at all, but then again I did the reading and I found his comments fair. If you come to lecture you will pass.
Professor Dean is an AMAZING teacher. He is always available to meet outside of class and truly cares about his students and their work. There were 3 projects but all were manageable. I truly miss this class.
Donelan is an extraordinarily bright teacher, he lectures quite well (might digress on occasion) and has a good sense of humor. Really passionate about teaching and is clear with what he expects out of his students. His testing is not hard at all, yet he is a little bit of a hard grader when it comes to papers/essays.
The best! Pay attention in lecture as you're tested on some minor details. I recommend bringing a laptop. He's a very generous grader and provides great comments on your papers. Take him!
Donelan is awesome. Seriously the best. I highly recommend his writ 105G class. He is so helpful and genuinely wants to see his students succeed.
Prof. Dean is one of my absolute favorites. His writing class on rhetoric was fun while still maintaining a good academic atmosphere. He gives you all the freedom to write about what you are interested in; if you don't enjoy the class it is your fault for choosing boring things to write about.
Got an A in his class but that because I'm a really good writer already. Take if you're a really confident writing because he won't help you much. Don't go to class
There are better teachers that will actually teach you. Had no motivation to go to class cuz you learn nothing. It's just students reading each others papers. He is very picky on the words you choose if he doesn't agree. He's kinda funny. Avoid if possible.
Avoid
Don't know why he is rated so high...yea he makes some funny jokes but he's far from being a good writing teacher. I wish he was more like my other professor in a sense that they care about you
He needs to keep be more open minded and inspirational and not to crush people's dreams. Office hours professor? no sorry I'm busy. He doesn't cares about students.. It if you write about something he agrees with. In college this is unacceptable. Not a professor you want to have unless you are forced to. Don't lose your interests
Donelan is the man! He is willing to go to out of his way to make sure you get the assignment done correctly. He is full of interesting stories and facts. The class is easy going and fun. If you take writing 2 take it with Donelan! He's awesome!
Great professor! His jokes are corny, but definitely gets a chuckle out. He loves his job and wants to make writing enjoyable for those who don't like to write. He brings candy to class occasionally.
Professor Donelan is by far one of the best teachers at UCSB, and I always look for GE's that have him teaching. His grading is more than fair, almost to the point of being generous, and is always willing to listen to opinions on subject matter. If there's one class to take, make it Donelan's.
He is so nice! Grading is fair. His lectures do not really go into the readings much, just a lot of background information, which can easily be missed, that he expects you to know for exams.
Donelan is a wonderful writing professor. His Writing109SS class is excellent, grades fairly and he allows you to resubmit the past essays for a better grade. Definitely recommend.
He's a wonderful professor. Presented the subject matter in interesting ways and also included many interesting additional facts, which I enjoyed.
took his Writ109ED class and it was great! need a reader. he makes the 1.5 hr class feel like a 20min class. lots of small group discussions on reading(counts as participation,so good for those who are shy & dont want to talk in front of class) very nice and super helpful! take his class!
Great guy
Simply the best class and professor I've had so far at UCSB. The class isn't hard, and Chris doesn't grade too toughly, but he actually made me WANT to succeed and give it my best. Chris is the dude.
