The slides are mostly quotes from the readings, and the summarization of the ideas is superficial. It is hard to grasp the points they want the students to learn after sitting for 1 hour and 15 minutes (I attended most lectures so I am sure to say it.) The rubric for grading on writing assignments is extremely unclear and have no standards.

Lectures were unorganized and extremely difficult to follow.

sweet teacher and passionate about eacs !! however, for a ge, there was a quiz every lecture and a 10 page paper due right before the final. midterm and final were graded pretty harshly and you needed to remember basically everything and everyone you learned about.

Damn this class was tough. I'm a stem major with absolutely no Asian background who took this class to fulfill a GE requirement... biggest mistake of my life. However, professor Li was great and her lectures were easy to follow. Don't take this class if you don't need it unless you love reading and/or are particularly interested in East Asia.

So so so much reading homework. But if you actually do it all and try to grasp the content the course is smooth sailing from there. Content is very interesting anyway, so reading isn't too boring. Li is very passionate about the subject; she gives thorough and interesting lectures and is always available for those who want further discussion

The topics for the 8 page paper were very broad, and there is no clear grading criteria for it. It was difficult to study for the midterm and final because she does not provide a study guide despite the vast amount of topics we discuss. Readings are long and hard to catch the main point.