Darien's ENGCOMP 130B for Business Communication was one of my top favorite classes that I took at UCLA, in regards to both the qualities of Darien himself and topic of the class.

Darien was a great teacher in the sense that his communication was clear, personality humorous and energetic and care for student learning made the class worth taking.

The class consisted of several aspects. There were not in-class tests or finals as assignments that were worth more in points ranged from per-recorded presentations, group projects, and business-style reports. Participation was tallied through weekly discussion posts on CCLE. During class, we would often either review material or topics related to the assigned readings, get started on some of the larger projects or listen to various guest speakers who were relevant and active in their field.

As one of the last classes I took at UCLA, I highly recommend you take this class too before you eventually graduate. Darien is a great professor and teaches relevant material.

The assignments are very fair, you will have to do multiple max probably around three assignments before class. You discuss in class usually what the homework is. Professor Darien was very helpful and will work with your schedule if you cannot make office hours. He is very funny, and he makes class time enjoyable.

Eng Comp 3 and 3D professors get free range to assign a theme to their class. Professor Battle’s was: “Streaming the American Dream.” Essentially, you will write three essays connecting elements of several popular television shows that are available on HBO Max, Netflix, Hulu, etc. You will write three 3-page essays throughout the quarter and develop two of them into 6-page essays. Homework involves “journal entries,” watching/reading media, and responding to prompts, they can sometimes take a while to complete. At one point you will share a draft of one of your essays with the class and get feedback. For the other two essays, you will get a 15-minute meeting with Professor Battle. Class time is spent learning about “AXES structure”, which is a specific structure that your paragraphs must follow.

The final writing portfolio is the only thing that will be graded for this class. The lack of feedback in this class can be frustrating, but professor Battle is really passionate and cares about his students. I don't think this is an easy A, but the content is interesting and I think I am a better writer because of this course.

A lot of work is required for this class - there are three major writing assignments, and many more smaller pieces of writing that need to be submitted regularly. The rough drafts are graded very harshly, but Professor Battle Johnson gives lots of good feedback on how you can improve. He really cares about helping you improve and I feel like this is the only writing class I've taken that actually made a difference. Professor Battle Johnson is also very nice and easy to talk to, I enjoyed taking his class a lot. Workload will probably be better in a regular quarter instead of a six-week summer session.

One of the best english classes to take, he is super passionate about writing and makes it clear and understanding about what his objectives are. Class consisted of 3 essays, at the end you choose 2 of 3 essays you wrote before and finalize that draft and that is the final topic. You read small articles and some videos like Cardi B, Euphoria, and other shows on Netflix. Only read some parts of a small textbook and focuses on the topic of the American Dream. Journals take a while, but there are helpful towards your essays and aren't too hard to complete. Overall, pretty straightforward class and Professor Battle is extremely accommodating and understanding.

Loved this class! Gained a lot of real-world applicable skills. Prof is awesome- he's clear, engaging, helpful, and embodies what a good professor is.

Professor Johnson was a great professor, and I would undeniably take another class with him. He has always been engaging during lectures, and extremely organized. He has a clear goal of what needs to be done during class, and does it. He is also a very nice, friendly guy.

He has always been very helpful to me during office hours, when I have occasionally came in to ask questions about assignments. And I love that there is an assignment re-make opportunity, which allows us to improve our grade if we show that we want to put in the effort. I also like how his grading system is very objective; he sticks to the grading rubric. So we know that if we follow the rubric we will do well, and, if we didn't do well, we know why because he leaves good comments and explains any points taken off.

The course as a whole does a good job giving us a background in business writing, whether that be through learning about bad company responses to tragedies, or learning how to create target audience analyses. Everything we are required to know has been taught to us in class or in the outside materials.

Thanks professor!