Alternative to UMPI Eng 121

[KSoul]

Hello-
Just thought I would share an alternative to ENG 121 at UMPI. I, like many others are cautiously avoiding ENG 121 course at UMPI. I explored Olivet for their ENG 121 alternative and although it is only one paper, 7-9 pages in the end, the work getting to the point of actually writing the paper was enormous. It would have taken me at least a month or more. I opted for ENG 105 at Study.com as it transfers to UMPI for ENG 121. I just finished it today with an "A". It consisted of 51 quizzes, 1- research proposal, and 2 research papers (MLA style and 1500 word), and a final 100 question exam.  I wrote average of 1000 words for each paper and still scored well. The assignments are only worth, 20, 40, 40 respectively. Quizzes, 100 and Final 100. 210 points needed to pass the course. Good luck to all! 

Why? Eng Comp 2 at UMPI is 1 paper. It's like 3-4 pages long. It's an annotated bibliography. Study is far more work than UMPI for Eng Comp 2. I finished that class is less than 3 days at UMPI.

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The instructor can be very “challenging” is the feedback I’ve gathered. I would say it’s 50/50 on feedback in this forum and others, so a lot like myself are opting to take before UMPI. I just didn’t want the risk of being slowed down by an unreasonable instructor. Some have done fine in the class, but it was enough negative to scare me off! Jessica mentioned possibly a replacement instructor but no guarantee.

The professor changes every semester for this class. There is someone else teaching it in the fall. Many students did not find that one challenging. I know many students who weren't following the rubric.

Maybe the ENG 121 assignment changed from when you took it ? KSouls paper was 11 + pages?

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Hello-
Just thought I would share an alternative to ENG 121 at UMPI. I, like many others are cautiously avoiding ENG 121 course at UMPI. I explored Olivet for their ENG 121 alternative and although it is only one paper, 7-9 pages in the end, the work getting to the point of actually writing the paper was enormous. It would have taken me at least a month or more. I opted for ENG 105 at Study.com as it transfers to UMPI for ENG 121. I just finished it today with an "A". It consisted of 51 quizzes, 1- research proposal, and 2 research papers (MLA style and 1500 word), and a final 100 question exam.  I wrote average of 1000 words for each paper and still scored well. The assignments are only worth, 20, 40, 40 respectively. Quizzes, 100 and Final 100. 210 points needed to pass the course. Good luck to all! 

Why? Eng Comp 2 at UMPI is 1 paper. It's like 3-4 pages long. It's an annotated bibliography. Study is far more work than UMPI for Eng Comp 2. I finished that class is less than 3 days at UMPI.

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The instructor can be very “challenging” is the feedback I’ve gathered. I would say it’s 50/50 on feedback in this forum and others, so a lot like myself are opting to take before UMPI. I just didn’t want the risk of being slowed down by an unreasonable instructor. Some have done fine in the class, but it was enough negative to scare me off! Jessica mentioned possibly a replacement instructor but no guarantee.

The professor changes every semester for this class. There is someone else teaching it in the fall. Many students did not find that one challenging. I know many students who weren't following the rubric.

Maybe the ENG 121 assignment changed from when you took it ? KSouls paper was 11 + pages?

This was for ENG 101. ENG 121 was two pages and took a day to knock out. I received 4s with no revision requests.