ASIA AM 20
Contemporary Asian American Communities
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Multidisciplinary introduction to contemporary Asian American populations and communities in U.S. Topics include contemporary immigration, demographic trends, sociocultural, economic, and political issues, and interethnic relations. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Fall 2025 - Professor Tamai is the sweetest, cutest, bubbliest professor ever. Her lectures are engaging and the course content is pretty interesting, especially if you are Asian American. There are weekly readings which get pretty lengthy, but you can get away with not thoroughly reading all of them, as long as you get a rough idea of what each is about. There are also a couple of film quizzes, which can get tedious but are fairly easy and often graded on completion (depending on your TA). There was no midterm, but we had a final paper (choose your own topic and given ample time to finish; also allowed for extensions). As for the final itself, it is relatively easy as long as you study the material and important concepts (an essay portion and several short response questions). She also answers questions during the exam, such as the names of important historical figures or definitions of certain course vocabulary. Participation isn't required, but I wouldn't recommend skipping, as she only posts lectures for the first ~2 weeks. Overall, I truly enjoyed this class and professor. It's an easy GE that you can get a lot out of if you take it seriously.
Fall 2025 - Professor Tamai is the sweetest, cutest, bubbliest professor ever. Her lectures are engaging and the course content is pretty interesting, especially if you are Asian American. There are weekly readings which get pretty lengthy, but you can get away with not thoroughly reading all of them, as long as you get a rough idea of what each is about. There are also a couple of film quizzes, which can get tedious but are fairly easy and often graded on completion (depending on your TA). There was no midterm, but we had a final paper (choose your own topic and given ample time to finish; also allowed for extensions). As for the final itself, it is relatively easy as long as you study the material and important concepts (an essay portion and several short response questions). She also answers questions during the exam, such as the names of important historical figures or definitions of certain course vocabulary. Participation isn't required, but I wouldn't recommend skipping, as she only posts lectures for the first ~2 weeks. Overall, I truly enjoyed this class and professor. It's an easy GE that you can get a lot out of if you take it seriously.
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