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.

Lots of reading (several books+reader that was put on reserve). She puts up slides online after each lecture, though the lectures go deeper. Papers are based off of reading and prompts are simple, so you don't need lecture. Final is based off of primary reading sources, so secondary sources aren't important. Easy A if you do most of the reading.

worst professor. so much reading. do not take her class. craziest GE i've ever written.

If you're not interested in the subject matter I suggest you not take this class. I found it boring as hell. There were literally people falling asleep during her lectures. There are two essays (40%) that she doesn't grade herself and has someone from the writing department who graded them too personally/ harsh. Final (40%) was accumulative.

Saltzman's not a lively lecturer, but she knows her Japan. Class is very discussion oriented and she expects people to participate (trust me, it gets boring when no one does). Course is simple: some papers and a final project, no tests at all; the reading isn't bad at all and actually tame compared to her other classes. Very Interesting material!