Very interesting look into the systems revolving asian migration into the west through various sectors (education, temp work, marriage market, etc). Workload is fine, midterm and final are online and there are weekly memos due about the reading. She also takes attendance every lecture and combines it with section grade which constitutes 15% of final grade. No group projects, but I heard from students that some had trouble with midterm due to the time limit (7-10 definitions, with example, and reasoning for why the concept was important. My tip- write out some general answers to the concepts you think will be on the exam (border wisdom, international student migration, etc- you'll know once you take the class). The final is straight forward, but you don't get to hear the prompt until Week 10 (i asked in advance and she posted it on Friday of week 9- advocate for yourself!) The final is two 4-5 double spaced page essays where you explain ideas about possibilities of a borderless asian community and the other is about restrictive/liberal asian immigration regimes- again write ideas in advance- it will help you! There are 2 paged double spaced memos due every Monday- not bad if you do work ahead of time. Nida is a god-send TA- try to get her! She explains ideas well and makes class concepts clearer- you'll actually know what you're talking about. Professor Zhou is a sweetheart- make sure you look nice during the last class for the class picture! Super interesting class- she takes attendance but i missed multiple classes and didn't sign my name at the end of class and I still got the full 10 points so... do with that what you will!

The course was carefully structured to facilitate students' learning. I enjoyed the weekly reading memos because they promoted deliberate reading and deeper engagement with the materials. It also helped me become a good habitual writer.