Helped me a lot to understand why I wasn't getting better grades in other courses. Wish I had taken it in 1st year.

Nostalgia is an interesting topic and I enjoyed how she connected the papers to the textbook. Getting used to writing gist notes for articles has changed how I work.

She knows what she's talking about and enjoys a good debate. Very sarcastic, so if that's not your thing don't take the course. She's tough on grading and doesn't do do-overs.

Go in humble and you'll learn a lot.

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Nice topic and fair workload

Terrible prof that refuses to help and follows her own interests and opinions largely, as if she's always right and somehow naturally superior to others

Nostalgia is bad. #Revolution

It's a course that everyone needs to take, let's face it. It's really painful, but Jennifer Cowe is a good prof and nice. Marks HARD tho. I appreciated how there weren't too many assignments, b/c there's a lot of things going on for everyone and writing is hard. And her topic is nostalgia which I enjoyed to a certain extent.

WRDS 150 is a VERY HARD CLASS. Find a good prof AND A GOOD TOPIC THAT YOU'LL BE INTERESTED IN. Be aware that it's subject to change too. Try to see if anyone's taken that prof before, you could get some good info. And take it as early as possible to get it done and over with!

It's a course that everyone needs to take, let's face it. It's really painful, but Jennifer Cowe is a good prof and nice. Marks HARD tho. I appreciated how there weren't too many assignments, b/c there's a lot of things going on for everyone and writing is hard. And her topic is nostalgia which I enjoyed to a certain extent.

WRDS 150 is a VERY HARD CLASS. Find a good prof AND A GOOD TOPIC THAT YOU'LL BE INTERESTED IN. Be aware that it's subject to change too. Try to see if anyone's taken that prof before, you could get some good info. And take it as early as possible to get it done and over with!

Suffering but helpful.

Dr. Cowe expects her students to have the ability to accomplish the assignments (including the final paper) by referring to several advices she gave in the syllabus. Better choose another professor's WRDS 150 or other first year ENGL course if you are not confident about your ability of writing while you care about your average.