If you have the chance to take English Composition 3 with Professor Crosby, do it!! He is absolutely amazing and extremely funny. As long as you turn your work on time, follow directions, and spend a good amount of time on your writing assignments, you are almost guaranteed an A or A+. I do not know anyone that got less than an A- in my lecture. I hate writing but he made the class very enjoyable and made me want to actually do the work. Crosby cares about your growth as a writer and even cares about your transition to college life. The best part of the class was that you did not do much work, but you learn an extreme amount and improve your writing greatly. There are only approximately 20 kids in a class, providing an intimate class setting where you get to know everyone, and you feel comfortable sharing. Professor Crosby does an amazing job of fostering this environment and I even made several friends from the class.
As for specifics of the class, the theme was Narrative Inquiry and the Narrative Self, which I found very interesting. There is a decent amount of homework for the class that is somewhat time intensive, but it is very manageable if you just force yourself to sit down and complete it. Most homework assignments are something he calls Critical Reading Responses (CRRs), in which he assigns a story or newspaper article and all you do is annotate the reading and answer a set of questions he gives you. He always asks for a few photos of your annotations to ensure that you actually annotated it which are very important because if you do not turn them in, the highest grade you can receive for the assignment is 70%. Professor Crosby does not have a textbook for the class and the stories for homework are instead assigned from pdfs and/or website links of stories and newspaper articles that he posts to CCLE. The readings were always interesting and covered current topics such as global warming and gang violence. The homework can take some time as the questions usually require textual evidence and they are somewhat open ended. For us, homework was always due at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday or Sunday. As long as you turn in your assignments on time and they are complete, you get a 100%. Crosby does not care if you are "correct" or have the same opinions as he does, he just wants to see that you are critically thinking and practicing writing. The CRRs become repetitive but they do improve your writing.
There are two essays for the class: a personal narrative and scholarly personal narrative. We got lucky and instead of writing two separate narratives, we only wrote one personal essay that we then reused and transformed into a scholarly personal narrative. This was because we ran into issues with time since Professor Crosby is still perfecting the class. We also had to complete an annotated bibliography with the scholarly personal narrative which did not require much work at all. He even has weeks of class where you do not meet for lecture and instead have a one-on-one meetings where he helps you with your essays and answers any questions you have.
Professor Crosby is a stickler when it comes to attendance and using electronics during class. Professor Crosby expects you to show up to class and participate. You are allowed one excused absence if you are sick or have a family emergency. His class is also a no screen classroom unless he asks for you to take your laptops out. If he sees you using them when you're not allowed to, he will email you reminding you to not use them. These rules are not really hard to follow and participating is very easy.
Overall, English Composition 3 with Professor Crosby was my favorite class this quarter, even though I dislike writing and English classes. As long as you show up to class, participate, do not use electronics during class, do all parts of assignments, turn assignments in on time, and put time into your essays, you are guaranteed a good grade (most likely an A). The workload is not too bad and the assignments cover current controversies which makes the class interesting. Professor Crosby is friendly and funny, and even cusses sometimes in class. He is amazing and so is the class, so take it if he is offered as a professor. You will not regret it!

Dude was so chill. I actually learned a lot of life lessons from him. He’s a very admirable guy who used to work with kids who had severe autism and you can see that just by how chill and lax he is. Dresses like the whitest African-American guy I know and I love it. Underarmour hat, flannel, blue jeans, and converse haha, he’s a figure. Class was super easy, even though he gives busy work it’s very manageable and boosts your grade to where you can’t get a bad grade unless you just don’t do the work. Some of the articles were actually very interesting! Loved the guy, totally recommend taking his class... we only had to write one in depth essay and it was very fun. He really cares about his students.

easiest class I've ever taken and Mr. Crosby is the chillest person I know

I loved Dr. Crosby! He was so nice and funny and enthusiastic at 8AM. You are essentially guaranteed an A+ as long as you do all the assignments and go to class everyday. I don't know one person who didn't ace this class. He's not out to tank your grade. If you get the chance to take him, TAKE IT!

Professor Crosby is, by far, one of the best professors I’ve had at UCLA.

What a guy. Great class

I love this class. Professor Crosby never failed to entertain us and keep us engaged. He was very understanding of online learning. However, there was a lot of busy work assigned. The readings are interesting as they are pretty universal. Professor Crosby values learning, which is apparent when he gives intense feedback on essays and held mandatory individual meetings with each student. I recommend taking this class, there are only 3 essays plus homework assignments.

Great professor, great class. It was a pity not taking this one as an in-person class due to the pandemic.

I love him! Best professor I've met at UCLA. He genuinely cares about his students. Take his class if you have the chance!

This professor is as simple and easy as it can get. Show up to class, do your homework, you get an A+. Professor grades on completion, so if you don't get an A, that's on you.