<p>tell me about it, please.</p>
<p>People like to complain about it a lot, but (with a few exceptions) most of it really isn’t that bad. I actually liked some of it a lot. This is especially true if you like writing at all. I think your experience is somewhat dependent on the quality of your section leader.</p>
<p>If I recall correctly, you do three writing assignments each quarter. Each assignment (except for the final research paper) is only about five or six pages, which for a writing class really isn’t a lot. The focus, then, is on the process of writing and revision. The key to doing well is constantly taking new drafts of each paper to your professor’s office hours. Most of them will work with you until you have a pretty good final draft.</p>
<p>Also, I’d recommend that you really make an effort to keep up with the reading, because it can be a little overwhelming at the end of the quarter if you don’t.</p>
<p>i heard from the staffers at spop that hum core was somewhat difficult. but i’m an incoming freshman, who decided to take writing 39b, so i don’t really know. :[</p>
<p>I complained that it was difficult when taking it, but in retrospect… it was 8 units. It was really nice that I never had more than 3 finals freshman year because of it. (paper is usually due week 10, then a final on finals week)
It really does depend on your discussion leader though. Some were easier than others, but it sucks that most of the time the discussion leaders aren’t posted until after you’ve enrolled.
But like mentioned above, do go to office hours to get help on your essay. I found that most of my DLs basically told me what they wanted. it’s really important to figure out what they’re looking for or at least what they don’t want, and most of the time if they’re picky they’ll tell you at office hours.</p>
<p>HumCore wasn’t that bad, I ended up always with at least a B+ (in both writing and lecture), and I never was good at writing or analyzing books in high school… for the midterm and final, most DLs test you on what they talk about in discussion, but check ratemyprofessor for that.
I also liked that it fulfills so many requirements. (Humanities, Lower-division writing, and Multicultural studies). However, note that you only need Humanities 1A and 1B to fulfill lower-division writing. 1C is when you have to write a research paper, and fulfills humanities & multicultural studies.
Also, I think there’s less essays now? I remember talking to a freshman this previous year, and she said there were only 2 essays some quarters.</p>
<p>oh, and you can check the schedules here: <a href=“EEE+ Home | UCI”>EEE+ Home | UCI; (proposed scheds for winter and spring too)</p>