AMES-690S
SPECIAL TOPICS
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. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.
DepartmentAMES
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment11–11
Semesters of data1
4.4
Hrs / week
10
Responses
11
Enrollment
91%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.4
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.3
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.2
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
2.7
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysislow
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 31 comments across 1 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. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.
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.
• Readings, films, or outside materials come up repeatedly as a real strength rather than filler.
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
• Most of the signal comes from a limited sample, so be careful about over-generalizing.
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
This course helps me think in various ways
Fall 2023 · Jiang, Linshan
I read many readings and had lots of inspiring discussions in many different topics like queer mom, pop culture, comfort women.
Fall 2023 · Jiang, Linshan
searching for online primary sources; creating archives; digging deeper into gender&sexuality
Fall 2023 · Jiang, Linshan
1. The thematic knowledge of the varieties of gender, sexuality, and media in the East Asian context 2. The established ways of conducting social media and discourse-based research on the topics of gender and sexuality in East Asia 3. Introduction to literature analysis methodologies and skills
Fall 2023 · Jiang, Linshan
The research method through media Some new thoughts about comfort woman issues Queer activities and show on media
Fall 2023 · Jiang, Linshan
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | Jiang, Linshan 4.2Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.2Difficulty3.8Would retake73%Based on 49 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.4 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 11 |
Instructor
Jiang, LinshanAMES
Also teaches
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