Objectively, the class is not bad. It teaches you how to read, write, and analyze scientific articles, which you will find very useful later. However, personally, I found it extremely boring, the material poorly explained and no feedback at all. Also received "major issues on sentence-level writing". I have a Cambridge C2 certificate and a lifetime of English experience. Never even got an explanation for why I got such a bad grade. Also, the final, 2000-long paper assignment is simply ridiculous - close to 0 meaning, a task to write a meaningful essay on topic I have no interest, nor experience in, with a very short preparation time. Terrible class. Hope I won't fail the year because of it.

Useful, but poorly explained.

Andrew Conolly lacks all the qualities of a good professor. He is shut, unreachable, and does not provide good feedback. I get that it is hard to manage a large university class, however, you must still make at least a little effort. I had middle school teachers than him. Dr. Conolly, if you're reading this - quit.

Be ready to write an actual paper. Get your "sentence-level writing" up to Dr. Conolly's level.