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RWS280 - 1.0 rating“This professor needs to be evaluated”
RWS280 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
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87%
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Reviews (94)
very adept at her profession in addition to being a real beauty.
She was a really great professor and helped me to become a better writer.
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She expects alot but prepares you well
Don't expect an A or B in her class if your not a feminist
She seriously knows her stuff. I really enjoyed the class, helped me a ton
great class discussions, very fair, hard vocab quizzes, reccomended highly
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If you are thinking of taking this class, get out while you still can. she is a negative, critical, never happy, woman. she loves to hear herself talk about irrelevant topics, and is extremely boring
She's pretty tough, but if you work hard...you can get an A. You'll want to kill yourself at first, but she gets so much better. Overall, a smart and helpful person with good worldy insights--interesting.
she's a tough teacher... just go to her office hours. She'll help you correct you're papers. MAKE REVISIONS!
not really easy and not super hard. she is very critical about your work, but in the end her criticism will help you. she is extremely intelligent and will lead great class discussions
encourages deep and critical thought in writing assignments that results in clear and concise work.
Do not take this class if you are a senior! This lady is CRAZY! Her sylabus is constantly changing and the work load increases over the semester. She treats her students like 5th graders. She has a severe case of diareha of the mouth. Run!
Very inconsistent course plan. Edits assignments in each class even after assignments have been assigned. Bigger flip flopper than John Kerry!
I cannot imagine a better survey class for writing or a better writing professor. She isn't actually tough, she just seems that way to many unfurtunately the substandard students she treceives out of high school. Her job is to to correct the errors instilled by social promotion and it is NOT easy!
Very demanding, Unlike other classes, she makes you work your butt off for just a C.
This class sucks. She's very unorganized and is always changing the sylabus. Take for c/nc if u can. Very hard to sit through because we don't know what we're doing from week to week.
I loved this class. She is quite demanding and you do not want to fall behind. She expects you to learn but is a realist about the quality of your work. There are probably easier instructors but you'll learn something in this class.
I really enjoyed this class because Prof Renner made it interesting. She's smart, helpful, and cares about her students. Class is laid back, but don't slack off bc it will bite you in the ass! A lot of work outside of class.
Great Professor.
Warning! do not take this class with renner if you can avoid it. she a nice person, but gives way too much homework! this class is overwhelming even if you're only going for a C. the homework load is ridiculous for a class that is, for most students, a grad requirement!
I DONT KNOW HOW ANYONE CAN GET LOWER THAN A B IN THIS CLASS.. JUST SHOW UP AND SHE IS WILLING TO HELP YOU, AND UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU HAVE OTHER CLASSES THAN THIS AND IS HELPFUL.. TAKE HER AND JUST DO THE SIMPLE WORK AND YOU CAN GET AN A.. IT IS AS EASY AS THAT.. DO IT AND TAKE HER OVER ANY OTHER PROFESSOR
The work is not difficult, but the amount of work seems to add up. There is a lot of time to complete but the papers can be long and rewuire revision. She is very clear as to what she expects.
You need to do 2 presentations for a B or 3 for an A. There's a lot of homework. Definitely take this class "credit" or "no credit" to lighten your load. One reasearch paper is 14 pages and the other is 8 pages. I had more serious classes to worry about than work my butt for this useless class. I learned a lot but it's all gone. Take VANDERPOT!!!!!
WONDERFUL TEACHER! A lot of assignments but easy to get a passing grade. Definitely gives you the time and overview for each assignment. I would highly reccomend!
Easy Class. Easy A if you do all the work. She is nice and willing to help you with any problems. 3 presentations + a good portfolio = A
She is a great teacher, she really helps open your mind through some of the assignments. Overall, a fun and easy class, but a LOT of work! :)
She is a very helpful professor but there is a lot of work. I would suggest taking the class credit no credit to decrease the load. Highly recommended! Very helpful!
She's ok. Show up to class and try just a little and you'll do ok.
Ok...prettiest/cutest/best dressed teacher at SDSU, hands down:) Class required DEDICATION! U can not expect to pass by just writing nonesense, revise ALL of ur essays. Go for the A, she has a list...dont go for a B, C or C/NR...it makes no sense...quiz on vocab every class from the book, 2 timed practice essays, one final timed essay & portfolio.
She is just sooo nice. She is willing to help u out of class and gives the necessary explanations for students to be clear. The class requires time though but you can handle it.
Professor Renner is absolutely amazing. I did not want to attend this class at all before I started it. She understands not everyone wants to be there and she makes the best of it. She talks to you like a real person too and not "just" a student. Plus she is ridiculously hot.
It would be hard to find a better university level professor than this. Beauty AND brians.
An excellent professor, who teaches something worthwhile, teaches it well, and on top of that...she's she gorgeous!
This class requires so much work that it's really difficult when you're a science major. My classmate asked how he can get an A in the class in all she replied was "Oh, so you choose to get an A, huh?" If you don't think that's rude, I don't know what is.
This class is a ridiculous. The professor is unclear, WAYYY to much work for a RWS 280 class. She thinks that this is the only class we have to take. strongly advise against taking her.
OMG this is probably the worst professor in SDSU. Not clear on a lot of things. I did all the work that she made us do, but i think that it was alot of work for a class like that. I got in that class because of my poor grammar i don't think that she one day talked about grammar and how to improve it, all she made us do is more writing. don't take i
When I signed up for this class, I was told that it was a writing class and it was going to help me with my writing skills. I did not know that it was a class that teaches about atheism and science. i promise that some days i felt like she was trying to convert us into atheists. she makes us do all these assignments that are against religions.
WAY to much work for an rws refresher. Makes students teach ALL lessons. Very unclear on how to get an a and won't give one unless is near perfection. Will let you edit for a better grade but not clear on how to help you attain it. Give 12 pg assignments last minute. entre class mostly about Science vs religion very boring and waste of time.!!!!
Nice woman. GOOD GRIEF, the amount of work is INSANE! If you must take her, take it as CREDIT! She is really into all these journals for these readings that you have to do, insane amt of work! AVIOD!!!
AVOID HER AT ALL COSTS!!!! She assigns WAY too much work for a 280 class! I counted up all the pages I have written for her this semester...almost 50 pages!!! She only cares about how much you can write and has the students teach so I didn't learn ANYTHING!!! Reason I'm in this stupid class in the first place is cuz I am apparently a bad writer!
The class requires so much work that it's almost impossible to get a good grade and also have a job. She must have designed the course thinking the students are taking only this one class and don't need to work. Requires so much work for a LOWER division class. I spend HOURS writing and rewriting papers just to get a B. There's also quiz every wk.
Agenda alert! Agenda alert!
You wrote 50 pages? Thats only for a C. I wrote 200+ and I'm still not sure if I'm getting my A. Do NOT take if you don't like religion vs. science topic.
DO not take her!!!
I am required to take this class because something is wrong with my writing, what did I learn? NOTHING! I learned that I need to buy stacks of white plain paper to print! SHE ONLY CARES ABOUT LENGTH! She beats the topic of science vs religion until it is beyond past dead! AVIOD!
Same as what everyone else is saying. Doesn't teach. Is unclear and unorganized. Too much work & not enough time to do it. Doesn't really tell you your grade. Is very arrogant. Whole class is about atheism, science, religion, & God.
Come on, people. It may be a lot of work but she really wants us to improve on our reading/writing. If you get at least a C, you should've seen some improvement in your writing. Students didn't like her because they expect to just sit and do nothing. The class will challenge your views and expect a lot from you but you will become a better writer!!
Does beat up same topic 4 weeks; not always clear on when/how 2 complete assignments. She does challenge students 2 think and it's extremely difficult 2 get an A if u don't like 2 write. Doing the amount of work 4 the class (even for a grade of C) will make u a stronger writer, which I feel is her approach. Always @ office hours & willing 2 help.
she is very unclear about what she wants you to do with assignments, she doesn't tell you your grade, vocab quiz every class. take her for credit/no credit and make it easy on yourself
UGGG.. Lots of writing..but the problem isn't the work it is the lack of direction for improvement. Comments vague and not useful so getting an A is near impossible plus NO lab time for this class everything is done in your time. I revised all/typed it got a B.. Very intimidating tells class to think about taking for credit only more than once.
It's not that I don't like to write, the problem is that I had no idea what she was assigning, what she wanted. She expected too much weekly work. Talked about God and Science and required students to teach the class every time. Do not take her!
DO NOT TAKE!!! I had to take this class but did not learn anything I didn't already know. I love writing but after this class I cannot stand it. She expects a lot of her students yet give no real direction. Everything changed from week to week. I was stressed the whole semester because of her. Have to memorize over 110 vocab words a week.
Very helpful professor. If you ask her, she's always willing to help you. The materials we wrote about were very interesting and challenged my beliefs. She's a very nice person and professor.
Exceptional professor and beautiful woman. Being a Christian, she teaches in that direction, so any atheist or anti-Christian will likely fail to read her as a teacher rather than a hostile.
Exceptional professor! Repeat class if you have the time and interest, she NEVER gets old.
Exceptional professor! Retake the class for the experience, she NEVER gets old!
Stop writing comments about yourself Ms. Renner. After four years of college, and having never rated a single professor, I've actually felt inspired to get on here and spread word that this is hands down the worst class I've ever taken and you will hate your life the whole semester if you take this class.
This teacher IS HORRIBLE, your work will never be enough! she makes you redo everything! DONT TAKE HER!!
All the work is busy work and will teach you nothing at all. You won't learn to write better, but you may learn to teach a class since she makes all her students do the teaching for her. Do whatever you can to get out of having this professor. You will just be forced to do loads of pointless busy work, and nothing is good enough for an A for her.
I went into this class actually liking a little writing, but after this semester I completely hate it. I felt like my soul was dying each time this class rolled around. Having vocab tests for college classes that you have each other correct is ridiculous, and she filled a whole three hours with presentations taught by STUDENTS. AVOID AVOID AVOID
If you want an A, there's a game to be played with Renner, and you have to devote yourself to it. Hours upon hours. Seriously. Otherwise, just go for C/NC and you will coast. Really sweet woman.
Horrible teacher. Her classes are extremely pointless, and every topic is about religion. You will not learn anything except that your work is not good enough. I took the class for Credit/No Credit which you must do if you want to maintain any type of sanity in this class. Just avoid all together you will be a much happier human being for doing so.
Total waste of time. I thought I was actually going to learn how to write better. No way! I learned how to memorize words for daily vocab tests (reminds me of jr high), listened to other students give boring presentations each class, & learn a lot about Christianity. Super lame class. Very unorganized and not very clear on what she wants done.
I was really nervous to take this class due to other comments but it really wasn't that bad. I got an A without working too hard. Didn't like the religious/science readings and writings but I understand why she did it. Not a bad class just take with a friend and you will be fine.
Its too bad that this class is required otherwise I would have dropped it after the first day. This women is unorganized, if you email her don't expect a response any time soon. If you miss more than one class you can't get an A, miss more than two you can't get a B. Shes a Christianty Fanatic.....STAY AWAY FAR AWAY FIND ANOTHER PROF ASAP!!!!!!!!!!
Had to take RWS 280. She isn't nearly as bad as all the comments, basically tell her you want the A and go to her conferences and she'll tell you exactly what to do. A lot of work but she's pretty understanding and flexible. She's really nice but definitely spends way too much on Christianity.
Don't take her. She talks about "changes to the syllabus" the entire class. Pointless vocab tests every week and boring articles to read and write papers on. She made me hate myself for getting a 6 on the WPA. Her grading is weird also. Stay away from Renner. Don't let her good looks fool you!!!!
Don't take. Nice lady, but very unorganized. Syllabus and schedule changes weekly. Weekly vocab quizzes (first one since elementary school for me). Essays and projects due almost weekly. She plays games with grades, and her grading is done based on check minus, check, and check plus. She can't really tell you what each are either. Very ambiguous.
Great and caring prof! highly recommend! she is not that bad at all, lots of writing, but it all pays off in the end
Well intentioned but completely self absorbed professor. She loves to hear herself speak for the entire length of class. Makes very little sense in her opinions and bounces around from topic to topic with no apparent direction in mind. BORING. Come to class, suffer through lecture. Complete assignments exactly as she says and you wil pass.
This class... was the longest part of my week. She loves to talk about things the students obviously have no interest in. We took an hour to read the syllabus on the first day -__- I initially tried to get every other possible teacher, but after all those classes were full i had to take this to graduate. If you can wait for better teacher, do it
Soooo boring. Bring your laptop or something else to kill your time. She loves to talk about nothing. Her grading makes no sense. She says somethings due, you do it and most of the class doesn't and suddenly she extends the due date. So annoying! Try not to take this teacher if you don't have too.
DO NOT TAKE I REPEAT DO NOT TAKE. holds class from 7-9:45. we sit and talked about nothing. sitting there made me want to jump off a cliff. do not take. pointless essays and assignments every week. weekly quizzes on reading and vocab. huge paper due at the end thats pointless and will not help you in life.
AVOID THIS CLASS LIKE THE PLAGUE. DO NOT TAKE IT. she talks endlessly, has extremely vague directions and requirements, class attendance counts, and there's practically a quiz or essay due every week. huge 20 page paper due at the end that isn't even relevant. this class is the definition of POINTLESS BUSY WORK.
Don't expect to learn much, I can say this was the most useless class I've ever taken at SDSU. Renner is... well WEIRD. She says the most awkward and inappropriate things it makes the whole class just go what? The class itself drags and the material isn't interesting. If you can find a better prof, do it
Besides all the useless busy work and making you redo every assignment, never telling you your grade she doesnt care about anyone but herself. She set up office hours the last week and told students to come at that time. there was a group of students waiting for her when we get an email saying traffic was bad so she decided to just go back home.
accumulated points count for nothing miss certain tasks and you will not get the grade required to fulfill the writing requirements.
This professor needs to be evaluated. The standards of SDSU are not met with this professor. The class goes off topic and on a tangent, nothing to do but be on your phone scheduling or doing other school work( which would be fair because she is so off topic and not focused on class) Class discussion is not relevant. There needs to be 30pts ExtraCrd
Vocabulary quiz every week and she is very unorganized. Also there is a dialogue essay which needs to be 20 pages. If you missed 2-3 classes she will not let you pass.
The class was pretty easy to pass. She assigns a lot of material but if you actually give an effort and complete the material before the day that it's due, you'll do fine. I'll iterate it again, she's an easy grader as long as you give an effort.
The teacher ask to write too many papers and long essays, the way she want not the way you see yourself writing about and good about it. she has a quiz every class and she doesn't care wither the class know the martials or not.
She is tough on grading. You are expected to read a chapter on vocabulary, pretty long, and get quizzed weekly. She assigned confusing essays to read, in which she does not clarify the essays for overall understanding. She sits on a high chair the entire class time with a designer purse that she will not put down. She needs to be re evaluated.
You will love her or hate her. It is not hard to do well if you participate and listen. Each week you take a vocab quiz, that is easy if you pay attention to her review. You write 3 essays; 1 is 25 pages. You can revise. She is pretty wishy-washy on what she expects- UNLESS you take advantage of office hours. Only wants papers with her views.
If you do your work at a high school level, you will do well in this class. However, you have to be able to hide your bias on controversial issues or your grade will plummet. She has very specific viewpoints and is not clear. There's weekly vocab & a 25 pg paper for the final 2 months of class but it's basically the only real paper you do all year.
She definitely needs to be evaluated. She is an arrogant, conniving and self absorbed professor who mainly teaches vocabulary rather then rhetorical writing. Also if you are not Caucasian she will make sly comments toward minorities that are degrading. With that being said I advise you to not take her class, and crash another class.
Dont take this class. She assigns long readings which she hardly understands, and wants mostly fluff writing. The 25 page paper is made up of tangents, and you MUST participate and go to class. End of semester portfolio she lets you edit old papers/quizzes for regrading, though. Also she doesn't use blackboard so you never know your grade.
Ok professor but not great. Not a hard grader, but the class definitely isn't an easy A. You must go to office hours if you want at least an A-. We did easy vocab quizzes once a week and only two essays. However one of the essays was extremely long and pointless (25 pages of dialogue between debating characters). She goes off topic a lot.
OMG, a LOT of WRITING! But she's very good with grading,
I have to admit, I was intimidated by Professor Renner's reviews before I took her class. Then I was astonished that she has as many bad reviews as the ones listed below. To save you from intimidation and that gulp of fear you may be feeling after reading these reviews, I want you to know she is a great professor and there is no need to worry.
Professor Renner required one paper --- that's right --- only one. It is a long paper though 20-25 pages. The best part of this "only one paper" is that you work on it all semester and it is graded continually -- so lot's of feedback if you want it. There is a small vocab test once a week and extra credit is offered if you need it.
Pretty easy class I would say, dont get scared about the 20 page essay. I freaked out and it ended up being a piece of cake. Pretty chill class. Also, you do the same exact stuff in 305 so I plan to take her for that.
Not terribly difficult. Read the text and study the vocab words to easily get good grades on the weekly quizzes. Didn't care much for the readings. Papers on those were manageable. Get the major paper done as early as possible. Group critiques on papers. Professor calls on students. She's... interesting, but didn't mind her class for the semester.
Class Info
Attendance Mandatory
87%
Textbook Required
100%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-1.60 avg changeRatings by Course
305
5.0
(1)RWS92B
5.0
(1)RHETORICANDWR
5.0
(1)EDU305
5.0
(1)RWS100
4.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
305
5.0
RWS100
5.0
ENGL280
5.0
305W
4.0
EDU305
4.0