*A 5 star workload is an easy workload; a 3 star is average; whereas a 1 star workload is extremely hard.
Comments:2301 - FYI I do not know if she is here anymore - but anyways she was great. Overall her course is very easy. Just participate, and at least skim or sparknote your readings and you will be okay. In class essays were pretty easy same with the rest of her assignments. In class essays you get a notecard to plan them along with them being open book. I would recommend if you are looking for a easier way to earn this credit without the overwhelming amount of work that other profs require. - Grade In Class:A
Comments:ENG 2301 - Just for point of reference, this section of British Literature is tied in with Environmental Humanities (ENG 2301 EHUM), but so are all of the classes she teaches. The class was a solid ok, like just there to clear any lingering literature university requirement you might have left. The course is broken up into about four units, and each unit concludes with a unit response (essentially a full on in-class essay). Each essay is worth 10% of your final grade, so a total of 40%. The essays are handwritten in a blue book packet since she's paranoid about AI usage (like very anti AI). She provides about 3 themes and you pick one to write about. The themes (or rough ideas about the themes) are provided ahead of time, so you can totally prepare before hand with an outline and quotes (you will need to use quotes). She also lets you use bring in an index card for notes. In addition to writing the unit responses, she has you complete an extra credit assignment. So long as you were taking notes during her PowerPoints (which she posts to Canvas), you should nail the extra credit pretty easily. The grading on these essays can be pretty tough, but that's why she provides the extra credit. Sometimes you will have to pick two texts to compare/contrast, and other times you only need to pick one (depends on the themes and the unit). At the beginning of most every class, with some exceptions, there's a one question reading quiz on the stuff she assigned. Each quiz is just 1 point (you either know it or you don't), and in total they account for 10% of the final grade. They aren't multiple choice, it's a free response, but most are pretty easy to get as long as you did at least a brief skim read. Participation in class is another 10% of the final grade, and it's sorta subjective since you never really get the full 100 on it unless you participate like crazy (no reason you shouldn't get like a 99 on it though). The remaining 40% of the final grade is split between the Literature Applications Essay (worth 30%) and a final exam (worth 10%). The essay is not done in-class, you type it up and revise it before submitting it to Canvas. It's not difficult per say, but it definitely requires some time to complete. She sets aside the last 3 in-class days for "workshopping" the essay, so you can complete some of it then, but a lot of it (like a good 80-90% of it has to be done outside of class. The final exam is reflective, and it's a series of several free response questions that you complete. You don't have to use quotes, but you do have to reference the texts (can be any that you read throughout the semester). There's also an extra credit portion of the final like with the in-class essays, and it's just made up of questions from the previous extra credit assignments (again, should be a clean-sweep). Dr. Woytkewicz also offers other extra credit stuff throughout the semester, like getting feedback on your in-class essays (definitely should do that), attending environmental humanities activities, or memorizing sonnets. In all, the day-to-day running of this class isn't too bad, sometimes even a little entertaining. Dr. Woytkewicz has a really bubbly personality, so that definitely helps. It's really towards the end of the semester that the class kinda picks up, since you get hit with the last in-class essay, the final essay, and the final exam pretty quickly. I will caution you that this class is very much the quintessential "write and say what she wants hear/read, even if that's not what you really think" (in other words, write whatever she wants you to write so you can get a good grade). All around, I would still recommend her, especially since there's no discussion boards or whatnot, just know that there will be a bit more writing than expected. - Grade In Class:A
Comments:ENG 2301 - Brit Lit with Dr. Woytkewicz is a pretty easy and interesting class. Shes really funny and wants us to do well and engage with the discussions. I liked the texts we chose as well. I will say the for the in-class essays, I think there needs to be more assistance to the students. She says you can come to office hours after the test to discuss how you did, but not everyone has time and I wish there were in-class lit writing prep/practice days. The class is solely based on analyzing the texts with no help with the writing that is eventually required, so you either already have to be a great writer or learn yourself. - Grade In Class:A
Comments:ENG 1310 - She is a very nice teacher who cares for her students. Overall, her class is very straightforward: just do the work, and you get an easy A. - Grade In Class:A
Comments:1310 - Research Writing- She is so chill and actually a good teacher. She will help you and she does tell you exactly what she is looking for on essays. The only workload is the essays which she gives a lot of time for. You only write 3 of them. If you want to learn and still have a very chill class take her. - Grade In Class:A
Comments:ENG 1310 - She's the best writing professor ever! I never spoke in class and she still gave me a 100% participation grade. She tries all her best to give students high grades. As long as you do every assignment and put some effort in writing essays, you will get an easy A. Also, her office hours are SUPER helpful. - Grade In Class:A