The prof is incredibly passionate and highly knowledgeable on the subject; he is also actively involved in helping his students succeed if they reach out for assistance. However, you do have to actually be interested in the subject to succeed - there is a lot of reading and weekly discussion postings, so it's not an "easy GE". I really liked the class overall though because it was engaging, all resources were uploaded by prof (no need to buy things, he gave us pdfs <3) and I definitely learned a LOT. If you genuinely want to learn about Korean history and about Korea's history with international relations, you'll enjoy the course without any major issues.

Took this class as a GE, but was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable it was! Professor Wang really cares about student learning and the class is very straightforward in terms of assignments and getting a good grade. There are readings assigned each week and short, 5 question quizzes on the readings at the beginning of each lecture but they are very manageable. There is also a project at the end of the quarter that makes up most of your grade, and it can be about whatever you found most interesting in the class! I'd definitely take this class again.

Dr. Wang will get you stoked on Korea.

The Choson Dynasty is now my Roman Empire

Prof. Wang is a wonderful and passionate instructor. Throughout the quarter, he made adjustments to the structure of lectures as to make them more organized. Assignments included weekly polls, a few quizzes, a few worksheets, weekly discussion posts, as well as a take-home midterm and take-home final. Midterm was an essay, and the final involved discussing 7 passages and writing one regular essay. Discussion is required and participation was very much emphasized.

I don't know if I would consider this an easy GE, but I enjoyed this course nonetheless. Weekly blog posts felt a bit demanding but were manageable. For the midterm and final essays, you're given two prompt options each, but as a whole I considered the prompts to be quite challenging. Prof. Wang as well as my TA were very helpful in answering questions though! Wang even created a forum for us to send in anonymous questions about Korean history, which I thought was very considerate :)

This is my favorite professor out of all the classes I have taken at UCLA. Professor Wang is very interesting, and he presents Korean history in a very vivid way. Unlike other professors, he does not deduct points for the comments or opinions you include in your assignments, because he believes that everyone has different perspectives. As long as you express your own views and ideas, your assignments will usually receive full marks.

He is an excellent professor. I had never taken a Korean history course before, but this class sparked my interest in Korean history. In short, I will definitely take his class again if I have the chance before I graduate.

I took this class out of pure interest since all of my GEs are done and I had room to take classes I liked, and never again. For a lower division course, it really doesn't need to be this difficult. Overall, the material is interesting and Prof. Wang's lectures are helpful but the number of readings you need to look over each week is beyond incompatible with other schedules. If you skim readings, you better read it over again because it will find a way to be used against you. My TA was absolutely horrible and grades far harsher than Prof. Wang. His class is honestly fun to learn about when you're going at your own pace but the assignments and how strictly they're graded suck the fun out of it. I'll admit that there are not many assignments but I'd say that's even worse since it impacts your grade a lot harder. We had to write a 2-3 page midterm and final paper which basically are the make or break. The other two graded assignments are weekly discussion posts and participation (which was just interacting with the course website). Because of how harsh Prof. Wang's TAs grade, you will most likely not get a full score on your discussion posts, which brings down your grade a lot. Office hours don't really help either, you're better off talking to classmates about the material. But, I will say that I like Prof. Wang as a person: He's a nice guy, hears out your problems, tries to help in the best way he can, is responsive to emails in a timely manner, and is very lenient with deadlines. I just wish his TAs and grading rubric would make the experience a lot easier

The professor is very nice. His lectures are really good (asynchronous), the TA mainly graded our discussion posts and she was a very harsh grader. Make sure you choose a good TA because I would say the TA is more in control of your grades. They use a very unique grading scale, and for my quarter they curved the class.

This course will only be fun if you have an interest in Korean history. Due to the quarter system, he does rush 5000 years of Korean history in 20 lectures. However, he does teach in a great fashion and is always willing to help students via Discord channel.

The grade breakdown:
- Participation (20%)
- Weekly postings (30%)
- Take-home midterm (25%)
- Take-home Final (35%)

This class may be painful if you are just willing to fulfill the GE req. If that is the case, consider other courses.

Prof. Wang was absolutely hilarious. He always made class engaging and accessible. Lecture was in person, on zoom and recorded. All the exams were online asynch. and open note open book. The assignments were always engaging and fairly easy, especially if you paid attention to the slides. The book was completely unnecessary, I don't even remember if there was a book honestly. Highly recommend!

Professor Wang is an amazing professor who truly makes an effort every day. He is super approachable and encourages questions on any topic within the course. I knew nothing about Korean history before this class, but I'm so interested in it now.