This review is for both Peter Sellars and Andrew Martinez, since they both taught the class. The class is very easy, and is structured to make you learn more about yourself, rather than to get a certain letter grade. The class helped me reflect on my life and what I wanted in the future. I learned better ways to live my life and this class helped me re-examine my goals. Attendance is mandatory, but it's only once a week for an hour (even though it's listed as 3). Discussion is definitely mandatory though, but I found that discussion was fairly enlightening. Even if you miss class, just let your TA know and they'll let you make things up. Everybody is very understanding and kind, and I definitely enjoyed this class.

I loved this class! Professor Martinez is kind, engaging, and funny. He cares a lot about the success of his students and his class is fair and organized. The theme of the class is loosely about trauma, and all of the assignments were unique and engaging. He has you write about 4 papers throughout the class with other weekly assignments that aren't too difficult. The workload is decently tough, but manageable. Overall I would absolutely recommend taking a class with him.

I really enjoyed this class! Professor Martinez is extremely sweet and engaging and it is clear that he works hard to make the class interesting and straightforward. We focused on relevant issues and frequently discussed current events, an aspect I especially enjoyed. There were quite a few readings for this course but they weren't too long and were usually pretty fascinating. Martinez only assigned three major writing assignments the whole quarter and gave ample time and feedback for each. Overall I would highly recommend this professor and class, on top of being actually interesting and relatively easy Martinez is so kind and funny!

Martinez was a wonderful professor and would recommend this class to anyone who needs to satisfy their Writing 1 requirement. He was extremely helpful during his office hours and critiqued your essays in ways to greatly improve your writing. His grading was very generous and as long as you put some thought and time into your essays and assignments, it is fairly easy to receive an A in the class. If I had the opportunity to take another class with Professor Martinez I absolutely would and hope people have the chance to do so as well.

Professor Martinez is an amazing person. He genuinely cares for his students. Despite being an 8 am class, he brightens the rest of my day. Professor Martinez learned most of our names after the first week and encouraged us to learn from each other. In this class, we had three main papers: a rather creative personal narrative (the story of my name), a literary analysis of one of the readings, and one persuasive essay on any topic. I loved how we got to explore the three different types of writing, and he gave us a lot of time and opportunities to brainstorm and make progress. He is also a very lenient grader, and he gives readings that are interesting and aren't super essential to the class. Overall, I think I grew a lot as a writer, so if you need Engcomp 3 or 3D, definitely take his class!

I LOVED this class. I was originally worried about my very first writing class at UCLA, but Professor Martinez was amazing. He gave great feedback, and all of the readings we did for class I found very applicable. Each of the assignments seemed to climb in difficulty, and I found no issue progressing from one to another. He gave ample time for us to complete each assignment, and also gave us class time for peer review for our bigger papers. Professor Martinez gave a lot of effort to individually get to know everyone in my class, and also was super available for questions. I always excited to go to his class, and I think I learned so much about writing and how to revise my own writing. I wish I could take more classes with him!!

If you have to take English, take this class. Martinez is an actual goat and makes you want to go to class. He is very understanding and if you try in his class, it should be no problem to get the grade you want. Great professor :)

Professor Martinez is really fun and made the class very enjoyable!

I took ENGCOMP 3D with Professor Martinez during fall quarter of my freshman year. He was incredibly nice and a very easy grader. He encouraged building relationship with the peers in the class. There are 3 papers and that is the majority of your grade, although participation (including attendance) is also a small portion of your grade. There are a lot of homework readings, all very interesting and thought provoking. However, you don't need to do them in order to succeed in the class, because as a class, we summarize the readings at the beginning of class. Professor Martinez was very funny and I was sad to say goodbye to him at the end of week 10. He was an incredibly easy grader and this was a very very easy A. Homework was not a part of your grade so everything is basically optional except showing up to class, doing the papers, and occasionally raising your hand in class. Overall, a very easy and fun course. I cannot emphasize enough: IF YOU NEED TO FULFILL WRITING 1, TAKE PROFESSOR MARTINEZ. He is the best professor ever. I would take this class again without a doubt.