As most other reviews are probably pointing out, by "professor" for this class I specifically mean "TA," as you never meet the professor. While that might scare a lot of people, as they now must enter an extremely unreliable TA-lottery, I found that even your TA doesn't matter so much, as most of this class is guided by discussion. You read the texts, you show up to discussion, and you duke it out with your 19 classmates. With Honors, my TA just gave us some restrictions that she found were "stricter," but you can't really miss what you never had -- I'm not sure how much harder this was supposed to be than the regular version, but I'm sure they don't differ too much. The main objective is learning to analyze literature critically and develop arguments for high-level theses. If that doesn't sound appealing to you, don't take English classes. I had a lot of fun with the selection of books and trying to find common themes among them, and writing essays is never fun but none of these were outrageous or complicated. I found myself applying the same critical reading/writing skills I had picked up in high school AP classes and such. Knock yourself out if you like English and writing and being in this sort of routine and system. If not, and you're looking for a Writing II opportunity, there are plenty more interesting options out there.

This class is designed and taught entirely by TAs. There is no interrogation with the Professor whatsoever. I took this class with Vivian Delchamps.

English 4WH was one of the best classes I've taken at UCLA. There are no in class exams, the required texts were enjoyable to read, and class discussions were always engaging and often profound. Participation is required, but everyone is given plenty of opportunities to speak, so it's not a competition. While this is an honors class, essays are not graded harder and the workload is very manageable.

In my section, we read "Beloved," "Of Mice and Men," "The Glass Menagerie," "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe," and selected poetry. At most, we had to read 150 pages in a week, but we often read much less. Grading: 10% Homework (completion); 20% Participation and attendance; 10% Paper 1 (2 pages); 15% Paper 2 (5 pages); 15% Paper 3 (4-5 pages); 20% Revised Paper 3 (6-7 pages); 10% Presentation (5 minutes, very informal).