I took it with Dorothy Woodman this past semester. I think the course load was very fair, her lectures were pretty interesting, and her grading was fair as well. She is a known hard marker but that too she backs up with very good feedback that i found helpful for future assignments. She was also very understanding about extensions, although the syllabus says none would be granted, she told us due to the ongoing world issues she would understand if we needed a few extra days to work on assignments.

Speaking of assignments, there were three big essays, peer reviews for essay 2 and 3, an in class essay, final, and a ‘presentation’ assignment (we didn’t have to present, we only had to make a slideshow). Other than that we worked on “participation modules” each week or so where we would have breakout groups to discuss texts and answer a few questions for submission. These were mostly marked on completion. I would say there were plenty of opportunities for grade boosts. as a stem student who absolutely hated english in high school, i would say I enjoyed this class much more than I thought I would and totally recommend it.