This class has as a very WEIRD grading system. There is only Complete or incomplete for assignments, so even if you get one thing wrong on a journal instead of getting say an 80 you are given an incomplete. A few more of these mistakes and you grade can drop from an A to a D in instant.

By far the WORST class I have ever taken. The grading system is so stupid that if you miss even one minor assignment, your grade drops from an A directly to a B. The weekly journals are also graded ridiculously hard. Save your grade and avoid this Professor and course at all costs!!

Every assignment is either a complete or incomplete and if you get an incomplete on just two of the weekly assignments you automatically get a B. These weekly assignments are also graded super harshly - if you miss a single thing or don't do it well enough you automatically get an incomplete on it. Try and take this course with another prof.

The TA Jenny is a horrible grader. It takes weeks to complete a module because she grades so insanely hard and you have to get a perfect 100% before moving onto the next module. She makes critiques on writing when your writing literally has what she says is missing. The class is just terribly structured as well and professor/TA sucks. STAY AWAY!

Your entire experience will be based on your TA. Such a waste of tuition money just watching prerecorded lectures when this credit can easily be obtained at a community college or by taking a credit-by-exam. TA never responds to emails and both TA and professor were very unaccommodating. Not worth all the time, stress, and lack of guidance

This course seems to be a hit-or-miss, as your experience depends heavily on the TA you get. Unfortunately, I had a subpar TA and barely got an A. The professor's lectures were incredibly monotonous. I would not recommend it for the HUM credit. Take pinto instead.

I took this course for the HUM credit. The course grade is based on 10 essays/writing assignments(ik that doesn't seem like much), but the grading criteria are random based on the TA that you get (most of the TAs are really harder graders). The assignments are based on a lot of reading assignments. This course is an extreme waste of time.

Tough grader and get ready to read multiple books. She is very sweet and easy to talk to but her grading is tough.

Structure is incredibly difficult and for no reason at all. You level up your grade as you move forward with the modules but the next module will remain locked until the TA grades your previous one (and they take ages to grade it). WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TAKING IT IN THE SUMMER unless you want to ruin your gpa over an English class.

This is class is a joke. The grading, the set up of the class, and how long it takes to grade the assignments. I'm taking this class right now. ITS HORRIBLE!!! The teacher locks each module until you get a perfect score on all the assignments in the module before. The TA's are a joke and take three days to grade one assignment. so ducking stupid.

You have to wait 4 days to move on to the next module because your TA takes forever to grade your assignment and if you make any errors or your TA is moody you're on that module for a week. Time flies in a half-summer session class. Feedback should not take 3+ days, especially if you need it to advance.

Do not take this professor under any circumstance. She does not clearly communicate the timing and goals required for the class and when asked to make reasonable adjustments to rectify issues, she immediately hid behind "you signed an agreement." A lot of people in the class are getting way worse grades they otherwise would because of her.

I took this class over the summer, which was a lot more complicated than it should've been. The TAs take a long time to grade journals, leading to you falling behind, especially if you need them to regrade them. Readings and lectures are very lengthy, so if you are taking this class with any other classes or jobs, expect to have a heavy workload.

I've never left bad reviews on RMP, but this was the most demotivating class I've taken at UT. I spent several hours working on reading journals and annotating readings. But my journals were sent back anyways. Feedback mostly nitpicked my answers' organization into their "CRIT" style rather than correcting content of responses themselves. :(

The course structure is unreasonable. The professor does not care to teach you the entire course. You have to score perfect in each module before you can move forward. You will not finish the course because a module could take 2 weeks to grade, make corrections, and regrade.T Take another course that is worth your time and money.

Hated this class so much, if you hate writing/literature, don't even take this class, it'll make you hate it 10 times more. Pointless readings with objectives that aren't well explained, assignments declined for rubrics that don't really tell you what to do anyways. Just really unenjoyable.

I just want to say that the low reviews are spot on.DON'T take this class if you do many other things over the summer!The lectures and readings for the 9 modules are unnecessarily long and you have to get a PERFECT to move on to the next assignment because all of them are LOCKED!The TAs are harsh and inconsiderate with grading. Take something else!

Do NOT take this class. The class format is incredibly stupid because although it is asynchronous, you can't move forward until the previous module has been graded. TA's are nit-picky and unclear in their instructions. I highly highly advise against taking this class.

Don't take this prof in Summer. Absolute horrendous TAs who use an arbitrary grading structure to hold students back. The "self-paced" structure is not true if you have to wait DAYS to go from one module to the next; add in the fact that you might get a horrible TA to grade your work, meaning they halt your progression further. Don't take it.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!! She was the worst instructor I've ever taken and would not recommend anyone to take her classes in the future if you don't want to suffer an extremely illogical grading policy. It doesn't worth the time and money at all. I regret to just not take it in community college.

This class is unnecessarily difficult; the lectures and readings are long. When grading the reading journals the feedback given is vague and the TAs usually just quote the prompt with no real explanation. TA is different for every assignment so no real connection formed. This was more time-consuming and more work than my summer stem classes.

This class is so annoying. The assignments consist of reading journals, which at first seem chill, but eventually escalate into you writing 1500+ words per journal. There are also so many readings and they take forever to do. She posts hours of useless lectures on top of that. Grading system is awfully slow.

Absolutely terrible class. I cannot stand how she focuses so much on historical and literary contexts and expects us to incorporate that into our writing. Fortunately you just need to complete every module to get an A.

This class consumed the final weeks of my summer. Everything revolved around painstakingly writing reading "journals" for this class. The lectures were incredibly slow and hard to follow. So much reading for such a short amount of time. While I got an A (i think), this was a laborious A to achieve.

She posts so many readings and her lectures are hours long (and pointless). After module 2 I didn't bother watching the lectures. The majority of the work in this class are the reading journals, which have vague prompts and take hours to write. Self paced class, so don't fall too far behind the suggested due dates. It's a lot of effort to get an A

She always forgets to post whats due before class until the day before, grades terribly, gives very unclear instructions, and makes writing and class dreadul. Don't take her. I hope she sees this because she needs a wake up call

Never hated a course more. Horrible professor, we don't see her, all we see is the TA and all the TA does is waste our time while the ACTUAL course vids/work is online. Kept saying be specific, but never gave an example of what she meant. The deadline for all assignments is the last day of school, but DON'T WAIT the grading speed is horrid

Lazy grader and doesn't fully read over submitted papers. For example, we were allowed resubmissions, professor failed to grade the resubmission and regraded the first submission, telling me once more to refer to her notes...I do not recommend any of her courses, she is just too much to deal with. Save yourself the stress and find someone else.

Do yourself the absolute largest favor and do not take this course with her. The class is dependent on TA's and papers either "meet standard" or don't. Grades come out late and the questions required for each essay are overcomplicated, so you get no credit for writing a 4 page essay. The grading scale is confusing+ not well explained so you're lost

This was the worst class I have ever taken. The professor was extremely unclear with her rubric and especially her lecture videos. I got the feeling that she just wanted to flaunt how intelligent she is. American Literature but feels more like world history and feels even more dry than that. Stay clear if you don't care for pretentious professors.

The material was outdated, poorly organized. Assignments were unnecessary challenging, leading to confusion and frustration. Feedback on assignments was minimal and unhelpful, providing no guidance for improvement. Overall, I would strongly advise against taking this class unless you enjoy feeling confused, frustrated, and unproductive.

Do NOT believe others when they say she is caring or kind. She is not nice at all!! I had some serious personal struggles during this course, and she had no compassion in the slightest. Dr. Cdebaca is evil. As for the class, the workload was alright. The rubric was confusing though, and did not match up with the assignment instructions. :/

Worst class at UT. The expectations of an entry level course are outrageous. There are over 6 weekly assignments that take 2-3 hours each. That is almost 18 hours per week just in assignments. Recorded lectures take quite awhile, on top of reading. 4 Finals/midterms. Grading system is you need 4 points to get an A but hard to even get .20 points.

Don't do it. Click another english class or take it as ACC or another community college. The whole class seemed like an ego project to prove a point. Professor seemed nice until you realize that she said, "Nothing you turn in will be an instant A and you won't get an A if you don't go to my office hours". Very very dependent on the TA you get.

To the other rater that claimed CdeBaca is evil; I couldn't have said it better myself. The course itself is laughably easy, you only have to do a few assignments for a good grade. God forbid you face any personal struggles during semester though; don't expect a shred of compassion or understanding. Only rude emails and a holier than thou attitude!

I put hilarious because it is just laughable. The class was absolute dog water. The TA "Jefferey Nguyen" is a 24 yr old child on a power trip. Do not take this class under any circumstances.

Terrible course, a terrible professor, and I had the worst TA. Don't take this course and don't stay in the course if your TA makes you redo multiple assignments. This class is taught by people who don't want to admit that their entire profession is a joke and will be even more useless in a couple of years, and they're taking it out on the students