ASIA AM 20W
Contemporary Asian American Communities
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisite: English Composition 3. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 20. 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. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2024 - This class is honestly a really easy A if you just do everything. Attendance: Not for an explicit grade but he does keep track (because if you need to be rounded he won't round you if you don't show up). I showed up for every lecture. Essays: There are two essays that you have to write that are about 1600 words. It can take a while if you're not good at writing and honestly the prompts are a little confusing but I wrote each essay in like 6 hours and I had a good score even if it was a little jumbled. You need to score a C or above on the draft in order to have your final draft be the complete score. Otherwise if you get a C- or below on your draft it is averaged with the score of your final draft. Group Project: You work with your discussion group to make a final project based on an issue in the Asian American community that you present in lecture in the last week. Each week you are expected to have a little progress on it and my TA would check. Midterm: We made three questions based on a random pool of readings that were assigned throughout the quarter until then. Final: Write one paragraph citing 3 different readings each for each group that presented their final project. For me, it was a total of 5 paragraphs. Participation: Make sure you speak during discussion so you get your participation points. My TA also awarded active listening.
Winter 2024 - This class is honestly a really easy A if you just do everything. Attendance: Not for an explicit grade but he does keep track (because if you need to be rounded he won't round you if you don't show up). I showed up for every lecture. Essays: There are two essays that you have to write that are about 1600 words. It can take a while if you're not good at writing and honestly the prompts are a little confusing but I wrote each essay in like 6 hours and I had a good score even if it was a little jumbled. You need to score a C or above on the draft in order to have your final draft be the complete score. Otherwise if you get a C- or below on your draft it is averaged with the score of your final draft. Group Project: You work with your discussion group to make a final project based on an issue in the Asian American community that you present in lecture in the last week. Each week you are expected to have a little progress on it and my TA would check. Midterm: We made three questions based on a random pool of readings that were assigned throughout the quarter until then. Final: Write one paragraph citing 3 different readings each for each group that presented their final project. For me, it was a total of 5 paragraphs. Participation: Make sure you speak during discussion so you get your participation points. My TA also awarded active listening.
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Fall 2019 - Dr. Welty Tamai is a wonderful professor and lecturer. She is clearly passionate and enthusiastic about what she's teaching and truly wants everyone to succeed. The class entails a ton of outside reading, but the class itself wasn't difficult at all and was quite enjoyable. There are three essays (one smaller one and two longer ones) as well as discussion presentations, so it's a bit work-intensive at times (but completely doable!). If you need a social analysis GE or Writing II, definitely try to take this class.
Fall 2019 - Dr. Welty Tamai is a wonderful professor and lecturer. She is clearly passionate and enthusiastic about what she's teaching and truly wants everyone to succeed. The class entails a ton of outside reading, but the class itself wasn't difficult at all and was quite enjoyable. There are three essays (one smaller one and two longer ones) as well as discussion presentations, so it's a bit work-intensive at times (but completely doable!). If you need a social analysis GE or Writing II, definitely try to take this class.
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