Professor
Yunxiang Yan
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Winter 2021 - Professor Yan is a good professor. He speaks very slowly so his speaking is very clear. However, lectures can feel long and boring because of this especially for someone like me who is not super interested in this subject. The readings were sometimes long and uninteresting to me but they were manageable. Towards the end of the quarter I stopped reading all of them because well they were long and I was lazy. I recommend you read most of them so you can have something to talk about in discussion. Otherwise you will have a very boring and awkward time in zoom discussion meetings. Also, Professor Yan did not make us purchase a textbook which I always appreciate. The midterms and final were straightforward and there was a lot of information to pull from in the readings. There is a one page writing assignment every week and you are required to attend discussion for participation points. It's a slow paced class and an easy GE that does give you an appreciation for anthropology.
Winter 2021 - Professor Yan is a good professor. He speaks very slowly so his speaking is very clear. However, lectures can feel long and boring because of this especially for someone like me who is not super interested in this subject. The readings were sometimes long and uninteresting to me but they were manageable. Towards the end of the quarter I stopped reading all of them because well they were long and I was lazy. I recommend you read most of them so you can have something to talk about in discussion. Otherwise you will have a very boring and awkward time in zoom discussion meetings. Also, Professor Yan did not make us purchase a textbook which I always appreciate. The midterms and final were straightforward and there was a lot of information to pull from in the readings. There is a one page writing assignment every week and you are required to attend discussion for participation points. It's a slow paced class and an easy GE that does give you an appreciation for anthropology.
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Professor Yan is a great professor, who knows his material inside and out. It may be hard to understand his acccent sometimes, but he tries especially hard to help his students understand the course material. Not an easy easy A, but is definitely do-able if you keep up with the readings and attend lecture.
Professor Yan is a great professor, who knows his material inside and out. It may be hard to understand his acccent sometimes, but he tries especially hard to help his students understand the course material. Not an easy easy A, but is definitely do-able if you keep up with the readings and attend lecture.
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Summer 2019 - I was looking for some readings from this class on line and somehow got into this page. Looking at it I realized I might be the last class of students who actually participated in the program and this review might not be helpful at least in the next few years. Even more so, if I hadn't decided to participate in the program a year early, I might have also lost the opportunity to participate as well. While my current status absolutely turned this course into a once in a life-time experience, I'd say objectively I also learnt quite much from the class in a chill way. During the pre-departure conference I said I chose this program as I wanted to learn more about the country in which I grew up deeper through different perspectives, and I did achieve that goal through the class. Professor Yan's unique background made him capable of understanding the unique feature of the country and the city, which brought tremendous value to me. Though I might not be able to change my current situation, I still feel lucky that at least I can understand the essence of it based on what I learnt from the class. Well, honestly I didn't realize how much I learnt from this course plus how much Professor Yan influenced my life until recently, as it suddenly (actually not quite sudden) becomes so relevant to my life. But in 2019, what I enjoyed more was actually the schedule and design of the course. We got plenty of time to explore the city by ourselves as Professor Yan strongly encouraged us to do so. This may be the last normal summer I've had, and I'll miss it for the rest of my life. Ok - sorry about making the comment too personal - but I guess it's fine cause I think the program will not resume at least for the next few years. But I genuinely wish my prediction is wrong.
Summer 2019 - I was looking for some readings from this class on line and somehow got into this page. Looking at it I realized I might be the last class of students who actually participated in the program and this review might not be helpful at least in the next few years. Even more so, if I hadn't decided to participate in the program a year early, I might have also lost the opportunity to participate as well. While my current status absolutely turned this course into a once in a life-time experience, I'd say objectively I also learnt quite much from the class in a chill way. During the pre-departure conference I said I chose this program as I wanted to learn more about the country in which I grew up deeper through different perspectives, and I did achieve that goal through the class. Professor Yan's unique background made him capable of understanding the unique feature of the country and the city, which brought tremendous value to me. Though I might not be able to change my current situation, I still feel lucky that at least I can understand the essence of it based on what I learnt from the class. Well, honestly I didn't realize how much I learnt from this course plus how much Professor Yan influenced my life until recently, as it suddenly (actually not quite sudden) becomes so relevant to my life. But in 2019, what I enjoyed more was actually the schedule and design of the course. We got plenty of time to explore the city by ourselves as Professor Yan strongly encouraged us to do so. This may be the last normal summer I've had, and I'll miss it for the rest of my life. Ok - sorry about making the comment too personal - but I guess it's fine cause I think the program will not resume at least for the next few years. But I genuinely wish my prediction is wrong.
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Prof Yan is such a great professor. Class was interesting and funny~ Prof Yan always tell you his own personal stories, which makes the class even more interesting. midterm/final time he would look over the assigned readings to pick out the *important* ones for you to study for the time. Test not so hard, pretty straightforward, as long as you do the *important* readings then you should have no problem. He also tries really hard to grade the tests so you can get them back faster! Yan is such a dedicated Professor!! If only he taught other department courses~
Prof Yan is such a great professor. Class was interesting and funny~ Prof Yan always tell you his own personal stories, which makes the class even more interesting. midterm/final time he would look over the assigned readings to pick out the *important* ones for you to study for the time. Test not so hard, pretty straightforward, as long as you do the *important* readings then you should have no problem. He also tries really hard to grade the tests so you can get them back faster! Yan is such a dedicated Professor!! If only he taught other department courses~
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