Professor Westrup is amazing. Gives great feedback and makes you want to become a better writer. She has three mandatory sign-ups for office hours where you talk about the three essays that make up your final. Those meetings are extremely helpful. Her verbal feedback is great too and you can tell she cares deeply for her students.

The class is fairly easy too so don’t feel intimidated if you’re not the best writer. This class will only help you.

The class could feel a bit long at times, but never too boring. The class assignments were easy and she switches up seating so you get to connect with more people. Throughout the quarter you work on the three essays that will make up your Final Portfolio.

Highly suggest you go to her office hours so you can better your writing because her feedback is very helpful.

I highly recommend this class for fufilling your writing I and diversity requirement! Although I am not the best in English (ap lang exam score was a 2, poor SAT english/grammar), I still managed to get a A-! There are only 3 essays for the quarter to complete (first-4 page, 2nd-9 page, 3rd- vary (for mine it was 3 pages..op-ed style)) and I love how the professor offers extensions. I had a 1 week extension for the first one and 4 day extension for the last essay! It really helped me spend time studying for midterms & final, you just have to email Laurel for an extension and she will give it to you (u dont need to make an excuse). She really wants to make the students feel comfortable so she reminds everyone every now and then that you can have extensions (for the final draft). Since theres only 3 essays… the process in completing an essay is in order of: “shitty” first draft- where u can just make a outline…write what comes to mind for the prompt..etc, then the first draft which will be peer reviewed by 3-4 classmates (u will do the same), and lastly the “final draft” where u will finalize everything and get a grade for it. Its straightforward! Essays are worth majority of your grade but participation really plays a big role to increase or lower your grade. You need to actively participate with any discussion… sharing your opinion or answer for a question. I got a A for partcipation so it helped my grade. I had a B for first essay, A for second, and a C for the last essay ( I forgot to put a cited page….silly mistakes). The theme for the class was diversity in Los Angeles and I learned a lot about gentrification. There is also a neighborhood project where you make a web page from google app with a group on an assigned neighborhood. ALSO, highly recommend doing at least 1-2 office hours…there is a zoom option! Honestly I am grateful I took this class and professor because my roommate had to complete 3-4 essays by the week for her eng comp 3 class. SHE WAS STRESSED. 10/10 for this class :)

Nice prof, but she took off 5 whole points (dropping from A to B+) for plagiarizing my own work (2 sentences) ?? from another assignment. It was my own work so I was confused, and being the first quarter, she didnt make any warning/exception either

Shes very sweet and guves good grammar tips.

I enjoyed having Dr. Westrup as my teacher. The break-down for the class is pretty straightforward: 3 essays, a group presentation, and participation points. As long as you do your weekly post, go to OH for essays, and participate frequently you should have no problem with getting an A. She is very helpful during office hours and she is willing to help improve your writing.

I really liked Professor Westrup. This is the perfect class to take as a freshman. You will have homework on Tuesday and Thursday (typically one hour max), and three short essays. Dr. Westrup really wants us to succeed and gives a lot of help with the essays. The zooms are two days a week but they go by fast, she is not boring. I highly recommend this class.

She's pretty chill & willing to help you out if you attend office hours.

Some prompts are pretty ambiguous, but you'll get the hang of it after screaming for an hour or so. (Or, as always, crash office hours)

Nice lady, easy prof to fulfill Writing I + diversity req.

Grades:
Participation: P/NP. There will be people who want to talk a lot, but she will encourage everyone to talk so you can get a P on participation.
HW: Just do you readings, man. It will matter cause it's your discussion topic for the next class.
Essays: 3. While you may not get a really good grade on the first one, it's not graded too heavily. Just do better on 2 & 3
Group Proj - One P/NP. As long as you get a good group you're fine.