ASIA AM M116
Asian American Social Movements
Description: (Same as Labor Studies M116.) Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of several dimensions of Asian American social movements, including grassroots, mass movement character, political and social vision, and social and political relevance to current issues. How movement participants linked struggle for change with own personal transformation and growth. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Asian American Social Movements with Omatsu is amazing. Omatsu is friendly and classes with him are very relaxed in that all he does is have us memorize a couple of basic points and stresses those points in projects in the class. He has quizzes every week based on the reading and basic points. Reading is interesting but you can get by without reading because it's worth less than ten percent of your grade. Just show that you care (by coming to class) and you'll do well. Because of his popularity with the Asian Am community on classes, it's also a great space to meet people that are really involved on campus. The class is usually an interesting mix that consists half of students who are completely down and half of students who are looking for an easy A...
Asian American Social Movements with Omatsu is amazing. Omatsu is friendly and classes with him are very relaxed in that all he does is have us memorize a couple of basic points and stresses those points in projects in the class. He has quizzes every week based on the reading and basic points. Reading is interesting but you can get by without reading because it's worth less than ten percent of your grade. Just show that you care (by coming to class) and you'll do well. Because of his popularity with the Asian Am community on classes, it's also a great space to meet people that are really involved on campus. The class is usually an interesting mix that consists half of students who are completely down and half of students who are looking for an easy A...
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