ENGL 176
Hemispheric American Literature
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Enforced requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Examination of primarily North American literature from hemispheric rather than nation-based perspective. Historic breadth in study of American literature while posing such crucial theoretical issues as emergence of U.S. Empire or relationship between North America and global south, including Africa, Latin America, and Caribbean. May be repeated for credit with topic or instructor change. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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I'm going to be very honest. First, Bristow is a great lecturer. He is interesting, funny, bright...etc. He has great material as well. Now the bad news. He is just not a good person in general. I asked him for advice on how I should write my papers, considering he gave me a terrible grade, and he just said I obviously do not belong at UCLA. He talks down to you, and does not help you in any way to be a better writer. It's funny because I've never received a C on a paper in my career until I met Bristow. Equally as funny, my GPA is higher than everyone in that class. So in conclusion, I hope you know how exactly he wants his papers because you will do great in the tests and lectures, but he kills you on those papers with extremely biased and unbalanced grading.
I'm going to be very honest. First, Bristow is a great lecturer. He is interesting, funny, bright...etc. He has great material as well. Now the bad news. He is just not a good person in general. I asked him for advice on how I should write my papers, considering he gave me a terrible grade, and he just said I obviously do not belong at UCLA. He talks down to you, and does not help you in any way to be a better writer. It's funny because I've never received a C on a paper in my career until I met Bristow. Equally as funny, my GPA is higher than everyone in that class. So in conclusion, I hope you know how exactly he wants his papers because you will do great in the tests and lectures, but he kills you on those papers with extremely biased and unbalanced grading.
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Professor Goodwin is by far one of the most ruthless graders at UCLA. I received my first C at UCLA in his class. His class is not difficult because it is mentally challenging or the material is dense, but his class is difficult because he is unclear about what he expects for his midterm and final-- which is only made worse by his no-mercy approach to grading. He is a charismatic man, but as a professor he is lacking. Avoid taking his class by all means, unless you are indifferent to your grades, do not like to participate, enjoy hearing students read play lines, don't care for support outside of class, and can mind read (for his midterm and final.)
Professor Goodwin is by far one of the most ruthless graders at UCLA. I received my first C at UCLA in his class. His class is not difficult because it is mentally challenging or the material is dense, but his class is difficult because he is unclear about what he expects for his midterm and final-- which is only made worse by his no-mercy approach to grading. He is a charismatic man, but as a professor he is lacking. Avoid taking his class by all means, unless you are indifferent to your grades, do not like to participate, enjoy hearing students read play lines, don't care for support outside of class, and can mind read (for his midterm and final.)
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