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Erica Weaver
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Fall 2023 - The other comments are accurate and reflective of Professor Weaver's English 10A class. Professor Weaver is a passionate, enthusiastic, and caring professor—one of the most easygoing and personable professor I have had at UCLA. She is not at all confusing and welcomes student questions of all sorts. Definitely take her for 10A if you can. There are readings from the textbook each week and Professor Weaver discusses those readings in her lectures. The grade breakdowns are as follows: discussion boards (10%), discussion participation (20%), two short response papers (5% each), first close-reading paper (15%; 4 pages), second close-reading paper (20%; 4 pages), final curatorial assignment (25%; 5-7 pages). Professor Weaver made 10A fun and manageable for me, so don't hesitate if you have the chance to take her for your 10A requirement.
Fall 2023 - The other comments are accurate and reflective of Professor Weaver's English 10A class. Professor Weaver is a passionate, enthusiastic, and caring professor—one of the most easygoing and personable professor I have had at UCLA. She is not at all confusing and welcomes student questions of all sorts. Definitely take her for 10A if you can. There are readings from the textbook each week and Professor Weaver discusses those readings in her lectures. The grade breakdowns are as follows: discussion boards (10%), discussion participation (20%), two short response papers (5% each), first close-reading paper (15%; 4 pages), second close-reading paper (20%; 4 pages), final curatorial assignment (25%; 5-7 pages). Professor Weaver made 10A fun and manageable for me, so don't hesitate if you have the chance to take her for your 10A requirement.
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Spring 2019 - This was by far one of the best classes I have ever taken. Professor Weaver is not only understanding but flexible with the way she teaches, which helps the student grow. She is a harder grader than other professor but if you go to her office hours, she is more than happy to help you become a better writer. I wish I could take more classes with her this quarter!
Spring 2019 - This was by far one of the best classes I have ever taken. Professor Weaver is not only understanding but flexible with the way she teaches, which helps the student grow. She is a harder grader than other professor but if you go to her office hours, she is more than happy to help you become a better writer. I wish I could take more classes with her this quarter!
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Fall 2018 - As a newly minted professor, Professor Weaver is, unlike some of the professors in the English Department, quite grounded, practical, and understanding in the way she deals with students. Despite clearly being brilliant and immensely knowledgeable in her area of expertise, she lacks anything resembling the self-serving academic ego that can at times be common in the department. Accordingly, she makes every class an active discussion – without the anxiety and pressure of strict participation requirements or cold-calling. Beyond this, she has one of the most welcoming office hours presences I’ve encountered and was always more than willing to talk to students. On the more pragmatic side, the course had a relatively straightforward breakdown: 20% participation 30% weekly responses on CCLE 25% Midterm Paper 25% Final Paper The 50% coming from participation and weekly responses are straightforward and shouldn’t be an issue as long as you keep up with the readings. The participation requirement is fair and if you speak up once or twice per class or make the effort to talk with her in office hours, shouldn’t pose much of a concern. As far as the papers go, Weaver is a slightly harder grader compared to other professors I’ve had but does so out a desire to help you grow as a writer. I received more feedback, genuinely thoughtful feedback, on my papers from her than I have from any other professor. On the topic of her being understanding of the student experience, she allowed us to each individually select from a few dates to turn in the papers, such that we could limit stress by planning our quarter to not have numerous deadlines fall on the same day. All in all, I can’t recommend taking a class with Weaver enough. Whether it be for the historical requirement or elective enjoyment, she manages to make even the densest Medieval material provoke interesting considerations and discussions that are contemporarily relevant. Honestly, my only gripe would be that her effort, and success, in conducting class in this organic manner occasionally limited the extent to which we got to hear her own thoughts on some of the works.
Fall 2018 - As a newly minted professor, Professor Weaver is, unlike some of the professors in the English Department, quite grounded, practical, and understanding in the way she deals with students. Despite clearly being brilliant and immensely knowledgeable in her area of expertise, she lacks anything resembling the self-serving academic ego that can at times be common in the department. Accordingly, she makes every class an active discussion – without the anxiety and pressure of strict participation requirements or cold-calling. Beyond this, she has one of the most welcoming office hours presences I’ve encountered and was always more than willing to talk to students. On the more pragmatic side, the course had a relatively straightforward breakdown: 20% participation 30% weekly responses on CCLE 25% Midterm Paper 25% Final Paper The 50% coming from participation and weekly responses are straightforward and shouldn’t be an issue as long as you keep up with the readings. The participation requirement is fair and if you speak up once or twice per class or make the effort to talk with her in office hours, shouldn’t pose much of a concern. As far as the papers go, Weaver is a slightly harder grader compared to other professors I’ve had but does so out a desire to help you grow as a writer. I received more feedback, genuinely thoughtful feedback, on my papers from her than I have from any other professor. On the topic of her being understanding of the student experience, she allowed us to each individually select from a few dates to turn in the papers, such that we could limit stress by planning our quarter to not have numerous deadlines fall on the same day. All in all, I can’t recommend taking a class with Weaver enough. Whether it be for the historical requirement or elective enjoyment, she manages to make even the densest Medieval material provoke interesting considerations and discussions that are contemporarily relevant. Honestly, my only gripe would be that her effort, and success, in conducting class in this organic manner occasionally limited the extent to which we got to hear her own thoughts on some of the works.
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