Professor
Thomas Hitchner
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Fall 2019 - Took this class fall 2019 and the theme was food writing. Professor Hitchner is super nice, take his class if you can! We wrote 4 essays, but one of them was a restaurant review and it was really short compared to the other 3, which we also peer reviewed. Occasionally we'd do some writing exercises out of a book that were graded for completion, but they were pretty simple, you could pretty much just do them right before class. The class overall is super easy and fun, especially if you're into food. I'm selling one of the required books, American Food Writing by Molly O'Neill, for $10 (shipping not included, but I'll be moving back to campus for fall 2020). Text me at **********
Fall 2019 - Took this class fall 2019 and the theme was food writing. Professor Hitchner is super nice, take his class if you can! We wrote 4 essays, but one of them was a restaurant review and it was really short compared to the other 3, which we also peer reviewed. Occasionally we'd do some writing exercises out of a book that were graded for completion, but they were pretty simple, you could pretty much just do them right before class. The class overall is super easy and fun, especially if you're into food. I'm selling one of the required books, American Food Writing by Molly O'Neill, for $10 (shipping not included, but I'll be moving back to campus for fall 2020). Text me at **********
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Fall 2023 - Dr. Hitcher is a solid professor for an easy GE, and I can second most of the praise he has been given in the past. However, I should note that in my experience taking him, he took the entire quarter to grade anything, and I never even got my final essay grade before they were due in December. This tardiness made assigned drafts a mess occasionally, and the syllabus null in void quickly. Nevertheless, a great writing class, but not the most punctual.
Fall 2023 - Dr. Hitcher is a solid professor for an easy GE, and I can second most of the praise he has been given in the past. However, I should note that in my experience taking him, he took the entire quarter to grade anything, and I never even got my final essay grade before they were due in December. This tardiness made assigned drafts a mess occasionally, and the syllabus null in void quickly. Nevertheless, a great writing class, but not the most punctual.
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Summer 2025 - I did better in this class than in the writing I class I took because I was able to talk to Dr. Hitchner outside of class about my essays and ask how to improve them. Further, he would provide the comments on BruinLearn for future reference, which I absolutely love. His classes were pretty interesting, especially since he would make us talk to peers about the readings in different ways, as well as the entire class. Further, he made it clear that he cares about your opinion during the discussion. However, as someone who isn't the best at writing, the workload was a lot. Otherwise, I recommend taking this class with Dr. Hitchner.
Summer 2025 - I did better in this class than in the writing I class I took because I was able to talk to Dr. Hitchner outside of class about my essays and ask how to improve them. Further, he would provide the comments on BruinLearn for future reference, which I absolutely love. His classes were pretty interesting, especially since he would make us talk to peers about the readings in different ways, as well as the entire class. Further, he made it clear that he cares about your opinion during the discussion. However, as someone who isn't the best at writing, the workload was a lot. Otherwise, I recommend taking this class with Dr. Hitchner.
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Winter 2025 - Awful. Lectures were mandatory and not useful. Tons of busywork and pointless assignments. Like the other reviews he didn't get back a single grade until after finals, so you had no idea how you were doing. He missed about a third of the classes for downright stupid reasons, and then graded harshly. If you can't even show up to class, why should I put effort in? Completely unprofessional and everyone should have gotten a free A.
Winter 2025 - Awful. Lectures were mandatory and not useful. Tons of busywork and pointless assignments. Like the other reviews he didn't get back a single grade until after finals, so you had no idea how you were doing. He missed about a third of the classes for downright stupid reasons, and then graded harshly. If you can't even show up to class, why should I put effort in? Completely unprofessional and everyone should have gotten a free A.
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