English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language

Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement or course 2 or 2I (C or better). Not open for credit to students with credit for course 3D, 3DS, 3E, or 3SL. Rhetorical techniques and skillful argument. Analysis of varieties of academic prose and writing of minimum of 20 pages of revised text. Completion of course with grade of C or better satisfies Writing I requirement. Letter grading.

Review Summary

Clarity
5.0 / 10
Organization
8.3 / 10
Time
0-5 hrs/week
Overall
6.7 / 10

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: B+

    Eng Comp 3 with Sussman was okay. He came to class mostly prepared, but the way he lectured was not the best. His speech was unclear sometimes, and the topics that he relays can be a bit broad. As he relays these broad topics, it makes writing the class papers quite difficult because it can be hard to understand what he's looking for. Moreover, he doesn't check your papers when you are editing them because he wants you to submit what you think is best- even though the scores depend on whether or not he agrees with your perspective or not. Adding onto this, his edits are handwritten, and his edits are quite unclear to read. This can be a bit frustrating, but if you take the time to ask for his input and his intention behind the edits, they aren't too bad. Honestly it wasn't a bad class, but he wasn't very helpful.

Course

Instructor
Daniel Sussman
Previously taught
24S 24W 23F 23S 23W 22S 20F 19F 19Su 17F 16F

Grading Information

  • Has a group project

  • Attendance required

  • 1 midterm

  • Finals week final

  • 100% recommend the textbook