AMES-790S
TOPICS IN ASIAN HUMANITIES
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 enrollment11–13
Semesters of data3
7.2
Hrs / week
21
Responses
35
Enrollment
60%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.7
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.6
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.8
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.6
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 44 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.
• Readings, films, or outside materials come up repeatedly as a real strength rather than filler.
• Students repeatedly say the course teaches something concrete, whether that is content mastery, research skill, or a strong foundation.
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
(1) be critical––not necessarily skeptical about everything, but critical about what the author says, what the peers say, and what the professor says. Be critical about the perspectives. (2) The ability to compare and relate different works and projects. (3) A lot of pragmatic concepts related to psychoanalysis.
Fall 2024 · Rojas, Carlos
In this methodology class we go through many topics and certain trends in the realm of Asian studies, such as hauntology, postcolonialism, trauma studies, posthuman, which develop our methodological and theoretical framework for further learnings.
Fall 2024 · Rojas, Carlos
I learned many interesting theories and methodologies related to temporality in this course and developed my skills of articulating my thoughts in class and engaging these theories into dialogue with cultural texts and cultural phenomenon.
Fall 2024 · Rojas, Carlos
The understanding of identity; the framework or methodology for future studies; the comparison of different academic works.
Fall 2025 · Rojas, Carlos
I learned critical thinking.
Fall 2025 · Rojas, Carlos
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Rojas, Carlos 3.4Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.4Difficulty2.8Would retake36%Based on 18 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.9 | 3.6 | — | 13 |
| Fall 2024 | Rojas, Carlos 3.4Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.4Difficulty2.8Would retake36%Based on 18 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.7 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 11 |
| Fall 2023 | Rojas, Carlos 3.4Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.4Difficulty2.8Would retake36%Based on 18 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.6 | 3.9 | 7.6 | 11 |