Take this class! I loved it so much. The work load is reasonable (three essays over the course of the quarter) and the material taught is so important and applicable, regardless of your major. Professor Stone is knowledgable, helpful, witty, and just a cool dude overall. He really wants to help you improve your writing skills. If you have specific questions about your own writing, he'll talk to you one-on-one in class or in his office hours - he really takes the time to help you understand where you can improve.

Genuinely he is the best professor / teacher I have ever had. He makes you very critically think about your own writing. He grades very fairly, and writes a LOT of helpful commentary for each assignment. There were times in class when I had to stop and appreciate the eloquence of his speech and the profound things he was telling the class. I think this guy is a genius. If you are actually trying to improve as a writer, I strongly encourage you to take this class.

Professor Stone is one of my favorite professors at UCLA--and I'm a STEM major. I do enjoy writing, but Professor Stone's class was still one of my favorite English classes that I have ever taken. The theme of the class is fairy tales, which was really interesting to me. You get to ready different fairy tales from different time periods and places.
He's a very fair grader and the conferences he has before each essay is due are extremely helpful and he really tries to guide you in the right direction. Even if you already write well, he will still try to push you and make sure that you are still learning and growing as a writer. The reading for the class is interesting and not too intense. There are no midterms or finals. I definitely recommend taking this class with Professor Stone!

If you want to improve your writing immensely, take Professor Stone. I'm not going to lie, the theme at first was not exciting to me at all and I was dreading it but he makes the lectures and stories you have to read extremely interesting, it became one of my favorite classes towards the middle of the quarter.
Make sure to keep up with all the readings to participate during the lectures, participation is your best friend in this class. The conferences are extremely helpful as well, he will answer your questions clearly and guide you to write amazing papers.

Let me just start off by saying this: if you have the opportunity to take ANY class from Bruce Stone, do it. He is just incredible, and it will surely become one of your favorite classes. He is epic.

Bruce Stone is extremely intelligent and understanding, and I am very thankful to have had such an incredible professor for my first quarter. His grading is fair, and he very much pushed me to improve my writing skills. He does an incredible job preparing students for all three essays, and his conferences offer a perfect time to get one-on-one help with specific assignments. His lectures are fun and interesting, and you should try to participate as much as possible- trust me, it's worth it! In high school, it may have been easy for everyone to pull off an essay by turning in mediocre work to get a good grade, but you will have to work harder in this class, and I promise that it will only benefit you in the end. In the 10 weeks I had this class, my writing skills drastically improved; his goal is to help undergrads become the best writers possible, and I can tell he is very successful at that. Many of my friends that haven't taken Eng Comp 3 have already heard about Stone from me and his other students, his classes are going to start filling up! Do yourself a favor and take his class, you will truly enjoy Stone, as a professor AND person, and benefit from his teaching style.

When I was enrolling in English Composition 3, I did not know that each lecture had a different topic associated with it. I wish I had known that prior to enrollment, as it turned out the one I had enrolled in was on fairy tales. While Professor Stone did make the topic a bit more interesting, it still would not have been my first choice. My advice is to try and find out the topic of your lecture prior to enrolling...

Aside from that, though, I felt this class was fair. It wasn't necessarily easy, especially if you're not used to closely analyzing fiction. However, if you are already a decent writer, the essays will not be very difficult. There were two shorter essays and one longer final essay. He reviews your rough draft and is very clear about what should be changed and what he is looking for.

The class itself definitely drags on, but Professor Stone does his best to make it engaging, so I give him credit. He is very knowledgable and has great tips that will improve your writing.

The course itself is fairly easy with a manageable workload (the 3 essays and short readings/responses due at the start of each lecture). I would certainly recommend Professor Stone if you genuinely want to improve your writing. However, if you feel that you are a strong writer already, I would advise you to choose a lecture with a topic that interests you.

Take the class!!! I'm not so hot on English (I never have been), but I would take this class again in a heartbeat. Professor Stone is the best professor I've ever had. That man is seriously talented. His classes were amazing. I always looked forward to them and I hoped they would never end. He's super approachable and made it easy for us to talk to him, and even talk in class. I'm really shy, but I always found myself participating because of him. He's so helpful; his conferences really do A LOT for your paper. I'm even considering contacting the English Department to see if he can get an award because he's just that good!. The readings are doable and there are three papers that take time and energy, but are really fun to write, especially if you pay attention in class.

I loved this class. Professor Stone is an amazing teacher that makes you feel confortable not only in class but during conferences as well. Also, his way of grading is fair since you get what you deserve. I was one of the shy people in class; however, he understands that not everyone is a talktative person. I would definetly take another class thaught by Professor Stone.

I loved this class! A good review will not do his class any justice because of how amazing this class was. He's fair. You get what you work for. Plus, his conference appointments really help with the essays. You just have to be an active listener. I was quite shy in his class but he always encouraged me to sit in the front to feel more part of the class but truth is, no matter where you sit, you always feel like you're a part of the class. Lectures are really engaging. Would definitely take more English courses if he taught them.

Wasn't much workload throughout the week, which was nice, but the 3 essays we were required to do throughout the quarter came a bit out of the blue since he hadn't bee practicing any writing in between, just discussing it a bit. Work load is quite low though throughout a normal week.

Mr. Stone was a nice professor, but he also is an extremely biased and side-taking person. If you didn't speak much in class and were shy, it'd affect your essay scores (simply because he wasn't happy with your lack of participation). All of his grading felt very mood based and was far too qualitative. and random. Be ready to kiss his ass if you'd like a good grade. If you're shy and don't talk much, this can greatly hurt you. If you're a teacher's pet, this may be a great class for you.