ASIA AM 20
Contemporary Asian American Communities
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. 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. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Fall 2025 - i loved dr. tamai so much and honestly really enjoyed the class!! she is so sweet and funny each week has a lotttt of readings but you don't really need to do all of them. there's usually 2-4 readings and i usually just picked one to read for the reflections you have to write for discussion. there's also a 6-8 page research paper in the middle of the paper. tbh i procrasinated on it and did pretty bad compared to the class, but i still got an A in the class. there's no midterm and the final was three questions. the first one was an essay, then short responses, and finally a quick reflection of what you learned in the class. the final was so much easier than i thought and if you go to lecture, you'll definitely have enough to write about. dr. tamai kept saying that we were all ready for the final, but i was scared. i studied for the final, but i really don't think i needed to because it was as easy as she said. there's also a self-reflection due at the end of the quarter, and i'm not sure how much that factored into my final grade. there are also film quizzes assigned throughout the quarter. i thought that all the films were pretty interesting and worth the watch. overall, definitely recommend taking this as your GE. especially if you are asian american yourself!
Fall 2025 - i loved dr. tamai so much and honestly really enjoyed the class!! she is so sweet and funny each week has a lotttt of readings but you don't really need to do all of them. there's usually 2-4 readings and i usually just picked one to read for the reflections you have to write for discussion. there's also a 6-8 page research paper in the middle of the paper. tbh i procrasinated on it and did pretty bad compared to the class, but i still got an A in the class. there's no midterm and the final was three questions. the first one was an essay, then short responses, and finally a quick reflection of what you learned in the class. the final was so much easier than i thought and if you go to lecture, you'll definitely have enough to write about. dr. tamai kept saying that we were all ready for the final, but i was scared. i studied for the final, but i really don't think i needed to because it was as easy as she said. there's also a self-reflection due at the end of the quarter, and i'm not sure how much that factored into my final grade. there are also film quizzes assigned throughout the quarter. i thought that all the films were pretty interesting and worth the watch. overall, definitely recommend taking this as your GE. especially if you are asian american yourself!
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