Nicole is fantastic. Best professor I have had at UCSB. She genuinely cares about her students and teaches in a way that really allows you to learn without stressing about your grade. Grading is based on a contract. Do the assignments (which are not difficult & often fun to do) and you will get a good grade.
This was such a great class that really helped me learn how to do a research project. Warwick is an amazing teacher who is really understanding and is there for her students. The grading was based on a contract so as long as you do all the things on the contract for a grade that is the grade you will get, which took away a lot of pressure
Took Writing 2 with her Spring 2014, and she is awesome! She gives really good feedback that helps when you need to turn in the portfolio at the end of the quarter. You are guaranteed a B if you attend and do the minimum and will boost it up the more you try. Instead of a portfolio, or paper, she allows you to create a blog for the final project!
Wish I could have used more tags. She is the best professor I've ever had. Take writ 2 with her, you will not regret it. Don't think that it's a class where you show up and you get an A, because it's not. You do need to participate & do the assignments. Honestly, you won't see any of that as "work" w the way she teaches. She wants you to do well.
We had the option of submitting our 3 projects in any form we wanted, whether it was in the form of a blog-like page on mahara, an essay submitted through gauchospace, or if it was just a hard copy. It really helped students become more creative and have fun with writing. She gave a lot of helpful feedback on my drafts and final papers!
chill teacher, had us use online forum she moderates to submit our assignments/give feedback. unique experience and freedom of chooisng topics but have to follow her guidelines.
Warwick is really nice and helpful. There are 3 main papers which she helps a lot with and encourages students to visit during office hours for additional help. There are also reading and response assignments but those aren't too difficult.