ENWR 1510

You learn about and analyze detective fiction, which is cool. (You don't get to write any). She assigns lots of reading but you don't have to do any of it which is nice (because you aren't tested on it although she sometimes asks questions in class). You write three 5 pagers and one 8 pager, so not too bad. As an ENWR, i liked it

This class is not the detective fiction class talked about in the other review. Instead, Indu made it devoted to Victorian Supernatural Fiction with an emphasis on Feminism. As it sounds, the course is extremely boring and really only appeals to the instructor.

Seminars are like pulling teeth for 50 minutes. No one ever speaks or continues conversation so Indu has to call on people. However, there truly is no insightful conversation that occurs.

Luckily, you don't have to do the reading everyday. You only have to do it for your blog post which is a weekly writing assignment.

The papers are horrendous and the topics are awful. The page limits make the papers way too long and towards the end I found myself having to BS arguments and piece it together with 'context.' If you were a good writer in AP Literature in HS - forget everything you've learned. Indu only gives high grades to people who write in the formulaic manner described in the "They Say/I Say" book.

The final course project is a research paper, a paper revision, and a reflection; all of these assignments took me 15+ cumulative hours. I got an A, but I would not recommend this course to my worst enemies.
Essentially, only take this course with Indu as last resort. Otherwise, find another ENWR and don't get sugarcoated into it like I did by the review written earlier than this one.

This class is a ridiculous amount of work and was painful to sit through. I DO NOT recommend this class, unless you're a die-hard fan of Victorian ghost stories.

For my class, we wrote about and analyzed the work of Studio Ghibli. Going into the class, I had no idea what this class was about and it was a shock, but overall it is pretty easy. You watch one film per week and then write a blog post about it. Then throughout the week you read articles and discuss them. The hardest thing about the class is the discussion. The professor either asks very straightforward questions or very obscure questions. This made it difficult for conversations to flow, especially because she would never give feedback. When it comes to essays, you write 2 six page papers and then 1 final research paper, as well as revisions to one of your previous essays and a self-analysis. Luckily essays are turned in online so you don't need to print out excessive assignments; however, they are sometimes difficult to write about because the topics are either done by everyone else or so creative that it is difficult. To help with ideas, she is more than willing to help with ideas, but will not read over your essay for revisions. For that, you need to go to the Writing Center. With essays, it is difficult because you have to follow the writing principles in a book that you have to buy, but other than that it is okay. The class overall is pretty easy and interesting so I would recommend her as an easy ENWR professor, you just need to put in the effort.

If you really like Studio Ghibli take this class. However, I advise against it if you don't like anime or Studio Ghibli.

When I took this class, it was Women's Transatlantic Literature and Theory. Professor Ohri's lectures are mostly comprised of her asking questions and about 30-60 seconds of silence because the readings were so boring. So, to say the least, this class is a torturous hour and 15 minutes. The class is mostly composed of 3 essays, which she grades pretty easily, but not easy enough for an easy A (unless you're an English fanatic). I would NOT recommend taking this class (and I know for a fact my classmates agreed), there are many more options for ENWR 1510.

Nope. Please avoid this section. It was incredibly boring. The readings were incredibly long and boring, and most of the class time she would ask for something and there'd be dead silence. She said participation amounted to us speaking at least once per section. I did that, and my participation wasn't an A. So, what's the deal here? It wasn't too hard overall, but the papers really could be a pain at times. In conclusion, nope.