AMES-435S
CHINESE MEDIA AND POP CULTURE
Not in Fall 2026
Term
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that discussion is a clear strength. Best for students who will actually talk in class instead of sitting silent.
DepartmentAMES
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment10–18
Semesters of data3
2.8
Hrs / week
33
Responses
45
Enrollment
73%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.3
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.1
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.4
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
2.5
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 92 comments across 3 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that discussion is a clear strength. Best for students who will actually talk in class instead of sitting silent.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
A is doable but not automatic
The signal here is more do-the-work-and-you-should-be-fine than easy-A chatter. Students do not describe the A as automatic, but the evidence also does not paint grading as punishing.
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
• 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 actually talk in class instead of sitting silent.
Watch out for
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
Research and public speaking (presentations).
Fall 2024 · Liu, Kang
I did learn more about Chinese popular culture, specifically in the early origins and history of what influenced current modern culture.
Fall 2024 · Liu, Kang
Chinese history and how different cultural aspects have evolved throughout it
Fall 2024 · Liu, Kang
Discussion skills, writing skills, lots of knowledge on current Chinese pop culture
Fall 2024 · Liu, Kang
Professor Kang told us interesting stories about his own life every class. The content of the class was interesting and a very student lead, but Professor Kang would interject with his own viewpoints and additional info about what we were presenting. It made for a very thorough coverage of chinese media and pop culture.
Fall 2024 · Liu, Kang
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Liu, Kang 4.3Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.3Difficulty2.2Would retake100%Based on 11 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.8 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 10 |
| Fall 2024 | Liu, Kang 4.3Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.3Difficulty2.2Would retake100%Based on 11 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 17 |
| Fall 2023 | Liu, Kang 4.3Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.3Difficulty2.2Would retake100%Based on 11 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 18 |
Instructor
Liu, KangAMES
Also teaches
CHINESE-455 MODERN CHINESE CULTURE4.4