Professor Dickey truly cares about her students. From the engaging projects, papers, and informative group discussions, Professor Dickey has truly made me a confident and better writer. The class is discussion based which helped me develop a sense of critically analyzing a film’s underlying message in regard to race and racial identity. She strives to inspire and develop powerful writers. Like any other class at UCLA, there is a good amount of work but at the end of the day it is worth it, what you put in is the grade you will receive so make sure to participate, do the readings and watch the movies. I highly recommend this class for anyone trying to fulfill their diversity requirement or writing 2!

I took 3 STEM classes along with this class winter quarter. And honestly this class took MOST of my time. She is a great professor and you learn a lot of stuff about diversity which is very interesting. However, the workload is just INSANE. She makes you watch upwards to two movies and read passages in a span of two days. Also, your final grade is basically just one essay because you revise it and submit the final draft in your portfolio. Overall, I would seriously look into other professors because the workload is just too much and not worth it especially for an ENGCOMP3 class.

This is a great class to take for English 1. She emphasizes taking out the word “it” in your papers and by doing so will improve your grade drastically. The class is long but Ms. Dickey makes time for breaks and she’s funny and fun so overall it isn’t daunting. Definitely recommend her as a professor as shes not only helpful but genuinely a great person if you get to know her during office hours and in class.

TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!! She is a great english teacher! Dickey, truly cares about her students. She enforces diversity a lot in her class, so please come into class with an open perspective or leave the class with an open perspective specifically on films.

Class:
Her class is not like the typical classroom setting, it is discussion based. Lectures are just you, your classmates, and the professor discussing about films, articles etc.

HW/ Participation:
Do the hw assignments and watch the films, it is not that hard to sit for a few hours and do the work. Plus in class you should participate if you want to get an A because participation matters and teacher will know if you watched the films and did the hw assignments.

Assignments:
-3 essays
-Watch films +take notes
-Read articles and assigned readings
-Do the assignment following the movie

Summer 2019—ENGCOMP1

TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!

As a freshman who did not fulfill his entry to level writing, I was very nervous about taking an English class because I did not know what to expect. I am a decent writer who struggled with expressing and articulating my thoughts. Professor Dickey improved my writing ALOT! She is very clear and she cared about my work.

The Professor is amazing. Highly recommended taking this class. The workload is fair and the Professor dedicated to help students with their essays and writing assignments.

This is the best class I've taken at UCLA. The professor somehow got rid of the awkwardness of speaking up on zoom that most of the time a handful of students had to wait until the next class for them to discuss their ideas. I really enjoyed learning about how racial stereotypes are embedded into our society through film, and I actually looked forward to Professor Dickey's class every week. There is, however, a lot of readings and movies we need to watch throughout the quarter but she hardly talked about most of them so you could get away with not doing those assignments. The class is based on a grading contract so it is not an easy A because a lot of people did not get A's, so that is the only downside of this course. Take this class if you can!

I enjoyed taking this class, it has been one of my favorite classes thus far. This class is not difficult at all, the professor is really helpful and guides you step by step. Prof. Dickey will engage throughout the class discussions There's not many assignments except for article readings which are to be read before class, Journal entries based on class discussions/articles, a podcast group project and one portfolio in which you edit one of the 2 essays you write, along with small 1-2pg reflections. Make sure you read the articles/skim, because they will be discussed, and you are graded for participation. Also, most of the class will be just classmates and prof, having a discussion on the articles.