Mr. Crosby is cool at first but then he becomes heartless later on. He grades very straight to the point and you will have a good grade as long as you do your work. But one thing that ticks him off is PHONES and TARDIES, so don't do that. The final he gave us was absolute TRASH. He never clearly explained how to do the essay or gave us a clear example. He grades our essays so unfairly and never responded back to my emails. I literally had an A in his class for the 6 weeks and it unfairly dropped the last week. Crosby has no life and now I see why. He thinks he knows everything but he doesn't and has no heart about that final or how to recover your grade knowing you were a good student. Overall good class and teacher, but be careful with him cuz he can stab you in the back when you least expect it.

This guy is nice but not accomodating to tardies or absences. I would not recommend taking this class but if you have to definitely do not schedule it right after another class. His policy is that every two tardies will lower your grade by an entire letter grade. This means that if you log into the zoom thirty seconds late or have any sort of technical problems you will be marked tardy with no questions asked. There is a lot of work for this class but it is not extremely difficult so just make sure you keep up and you will be fine.

Very approachable and helpful. Professor Crosby is very engaging and wants his students to do well. Most of the heavy lifting is done earlier on in the class leading up to the midterm which is a rhetorical analysis essay. Some busy work. Very fair grader, holds helpful office hours.

I liked Professor Crosby's teaching! You always knew exactly what he wanted writing wise. This is his second career, so he brings in a lot of insightful experiences that makes his lectures engaging. If you know MLA format and can write a good thesis statement, you're chillllling in this class.

Professor Crosby's class was enjoyable and relatively easy. As long as you follow his instructions on prompts exactly how he wants them, there is no reason for him not to give you an A. Also make sure you are never late to class and never miss class as that can impact your grade negatively.

Professor Crosby made this class worth every second! He cares so much about helping students improve their writing which is why he assigns a good amount of writing based assignments. UCLA needs more professors like Crosby who make class a comfortable and fun learning environment. I would 100% recommend this teacher.

Professor Shane Crosby represents the best of many worlds: he helps fulfill your English I requirement, he gives you a good grade, he doesn't give you that much work, and you ACTUALLY LEARN stuff from him. It's amazing, but this professor is literally a guaranteed A, as long as you don't do something stupid (like have 2 or more unexcused absences).

Workload is very generous. There are weekly assignments, but these are very easy, just a little time consuming. Make sure to do these, as you can only get a 70% maximum grade on that assignment if it's late! We were supposed to have two big papers for this class, but Professor Crosby mercifully lowered that to one paper only.

His lectures are highly engaging, and you learn stuff. Unlike high school English perhaps, you actually want to be there, and it's the same in the conferences. He's a very down-to-Earth type of person, who genuinely is interested in your life, how you're adjusting to college, and whatnot. Not afraid to cuss out in lecture; this just helps make him even more relatable to the students.

Seriously, as long as you follow all the guidelines that he provides to you, you will BREEZE through this class with an A. I shudder to think if there was anyone in my 22 person class that was in danger of an A- or below (Professor actually told us on the last day of lecture that he expected all of us to get As in the class).

Overall, HIGHLY recommend that you take his class. It's so worth it, you discuss about engaging topics (America currently, politics, global warming, racial and other stereotypes in society), learn lots of material, improve your writing, all the while earning an A and not even taking up that much time per week. Excellent overall.

Honestly, the easiest A ever at UCLA. But here is the TRUTH ! ! !
Don't come to class late, participate a bit, and do the work ON TIME. I had a conversation with Professor Crosby about some assignments I turned in late because I didn't understand how the structure of the class worked and when assignments were due, I feel he didn't properly explain the structure too well when it came to when readings should be done and when assignments are due. I asked for some consideration, it was the first 2 weeks of the quarter and it was early, but even after attempts at convincing him, he would NOT in no way shape or form let the late work slide at all. I would've gotten an A+ if not for this. So yeah, don't show up late, do the assignments ON TIME (please, no human decency at all on lateness), and participate a bit.

I mean all in all I don't think I could've had a better English Comp professor than Crosby himself. I highly recommend taking him as he's such a nice individual and is great at communicating what he expects from the class. The readings in class were eye opening and thought provoking. I very much enjoyed his class.

Crosby is a G. My friend took another ENGCOMP 3 prof and got destroyed. Take it with Crosby, do the readings, and enjoy your grade.