This is the best class I've taken at UCLA. The professor somehow got rid of the awkwardness of speaking up on zoom that most of the time a handful of students had to wait until the next class for them to discuss their ideas. I really enjoyed learning about how racial stereotypes are embedded into our society through film, and I actually looked forward to Professor Dickey's class every week. There is, however, a lot of readings and movies we need to watch throughout the quarter but she hardly talked about most of them so you could get away with not doing those assignments. The class is based on a grading contract so it is not an easy A because a lot of people did not get A's, so that is the only downside of this course. Take this class if you can!

As someone who genuinely hates writing, this class was not terrible at all. All of the assignments are very clear and quite easy to grasp. And besides the class itself, Professor Dickey is also very nice! I recommend this class if you're looking to easily fulfill your writing requirement.

If you are a good writer, do NOT expect an A in this class. I have never in my life gotten anything below a B+ on an essay, there are students in this class that don’t even know how to write complete sentences and received an A in this class. Receiving a C on an essay means that a piece of writing is average. I understand if an essay is genuinely average, but when I asked the professor why I received a C in the individual conference, she stated that my thesis was not well stated and there were a few grammatical errors here and there. In my own humble opinion, a few errors does not deserve a C, and if it does, then other students who do not write sentences that are legible or do not even cite their sources, even barely meet the page requirement, also receive a C. The professor has SEVERE favoritism and I don’t even know how it is possible to participate over 3 times a day and still receive a B in participation. In addition, she did not grade any assignments or give the official grade until past the 5 week mark of the NEXT quarter. Extremely unprofessional in favoritism and grading, does not accept tardiness, and does not explain mistakes made by the student.

Please choose a different professor for such an easy class, you do not deserve to bring your GPA down for an unimportant GE English class.

SAVE YOURSELF, DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS... I BEG YOU

Workload: Extremely heavy. My STEM classes did not take nearly half as much time as this class did.

Weekly assignments: 1-2 movies, 3-4 inquisitives (mini quizzes based on the readings), a few chapters of the mandatory textbook (she checks if you were reading them or not), 1-2 articles, and a 500-word journal response (every other week).

Larger Assignments: Two writing projects (essays) and a student-led discussion (10-minute presentation based on a movie or reading from the class).

Grading: The professor's grading is HARSH. On her syllabus, it is listed that it is nearly impossible to receive an A on your final drafts. Also, you do not know how you are doing in the class because she does not upload your grades until the end of the quarter. It feels impossible to get review as well because she may tell you everything is amazing and there are little critiques yet you still get a low score.

Participation/Attendance: Attendance is mandatory. To get full participation points, you have to interact with the class more than once each class period.

Final thoughts: Honestly, this should be your last option. The professor is entertaining and a cool person, but this class is not worth the stress and she was very unclear.