AMES-107
INTRO TO EAST ASIAN CULTURES
Offered Fall 2026
Term
Instructor
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that the readings, films, or examples carry real weight. Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
DepartmentAMES
Terms offeredFall, Spring
Typical enrollment12–29
Semesters of data3
4.1
Hrs / week
28
Responses
56
Enrollment
50%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.7
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.5
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.9
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
2.1
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 82 comments across 3 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that the readings, films, or examples carry real weight. Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
More reachable A
Student comments make the grading bar sound relatively reachable. This reads more like a course where steady work is rewarded than one where students describe the A as unusually hard to land.
Homework Load
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Lighter lecture burden
Student comments describe this as more discussion-, seminar-, or workshop-driven than lecture-dependent. The lecture burden itself does not sound like the main source of friction.
Strengths
• Readings, films, or outside materials come up repeatedly as a real strength rather than filler.
• Discussion is a clear strength; students repeatedly describe the class conversation as engaging and useful.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
Student Responses
I learned more about East Asia culture and history. I learned how to Learn historical knowledge by watching and analyzing movies.
Fall 2025 · Guo Juin Hong
- How to analyze historical films - How to analyze issues like cultural appropriation vs appreciation - How to convey complex history to an audience without a lot of background in the area
Fall 2025 · Guo Juin Hong
Asian Culture, East Asian History, Film studies
Fall 2025 · Guo Juin Hong
Learning how to analyze films in different languages, read AMES focused literature, East Asian history
Fall 2025 · Guo Juin Hong
History of WWII and East Asia, how to analyze film critically, representations of East Asian culture
Fall 2025 · Guo Juin Hong
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Guo Juin Hong 4.8Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.8Difficulty1.7Would retake100%Based on 17 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.7 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 15 |
| Fall 2024 | Guo Juin Hong 4.8Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.8Difficulty1.7Would retake100%Based on 17 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.8 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 12 |
| Spring 2024 | Chow, Eileen 4.3Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.3Difficulty1.9Would retake100%Based on 16 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 29 |
Instructor
Guo Juin HongAMES
Also teaches
AMES-129 MASTERS OF CHINESE CINEMA4.7AMES-511 DOCUMENTARY/EAST ASIAN CULTURE4.5AMES-631 NATIONAL CINEMAS4.3