professor park is one of the best professors. he created comfortable and calm class atmosphere. I enjoyed his lectures even though I dislike history. class only has 3 exams that make up your grade. lots of reading assigned and I did not read at all and studied 1-2 days before the 3 exams and I got a B and I am very satisfied for effort I put in.
Mr. Park's lectures are always fascinating, even when he goes on tangents about his own experiences or about fun facts. Assigns a lot of reading, so beware. Exams are blue book essays which are graded tough, but fairly. Overall I would recommend Mr. Park's classes for the lecture content. Also, he is very accessible outside of class, appreciated!
Professor Park is my favorite professor at our school. His lectures and presentations are perfect and he loves to ask the class to give personal thoughts on the subject. He is definitely my favorite professor on campus. The readings were lengthy but if you attend lecture, you should do great. He loves it when students attend office hours.
Professor Park is the best professor I've ever had! He cares so much about his students, is extremely understanding and adaptable, and asks thoughtful, honest questions. He grades really fairly and lectures in a way that really tells a story. I took this class to fulfill a Global Studies requirement and was shocked by how much I loved it.
Park made it seem like this class was easy, but it wasn't. The readings were hard to get through, and that's saying something since i'm an avid reader. I recommend going to every office hour and ask him detailed questions about the essay prompts.
My favorite class freshman year. Attended all lectures because what he discussed was fascinating to me. A lot of readings, but the readings are the keys to doing well on essay midterms. I recommend seeing the TAs and asking them to clarify the reading. Overall, a great class!
hard,hard,hard...lecture were useless, 4 books you need to read. Exam based on the material from the books not his lecture.not willing to answer your questions just asked you to read books...
loved my classes with him. very intelligent and office hours really help to drive at what is important in class. great professor! DO the readings!
Great class, Park is a great lecturer and continuely made the class interesting. Quite a bit of reading, but it really helps if you comprehend it for the midterms and final.
Such a dork, but a really nice guy. He's willing to help you if you need it, but you probably won't. Really clear and interesting lectures. Kinda a lot of reading, but it's all really interesting. I enjoyed the class a lot more than I thought I would.
Park is amazing. His classes are some of the best I have taken at UCSB. Don't leave with out getting one of his classes if you are at all interesting in AS AM, the law, public policy, or immigration. He is a fair/blind grader. There is a lot of reading but it is interesting.
Interesting class, pretty enthusiastic professor. He gave us study guides for each test, but he might not for future classes (he says we depend too much on them). Really helpful in office hours, so if you take him, go at least once to his office to see what he wants from you in the exams.
Very knowledgeable. Easy to follow but a little dry.
Nothing good to say about this guy. I would not recommend taking this class with him.
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He's a really nice guy, and pretty approachable. The lecture is rather easy to follow, but be careful on the tests- he grades according to what other students say, so how you do depends on how well everyone else does. Otherwise, pretty decent class, real nice guy.
Great Professor! Very intelligent, open minded and challenging. Inspired me to go to graduate school. I highly encourage everyone to go to his office hours, he is very helpful.
He thinks he is the****, nothing but a dork. Nothing positive to say about this class or the professor.
Prof Park is arrogant.. if your viewpoints are different from his, he won't even hear it. You practically need a dictionary to take his midterms and finals. It's disappointing that someone so intelligent cannot even connect with his students.
I also enjoyed his class, he uses powerpoint lectures and expects you to do the reading. He is VERY accomodating, just talk to him, encourages students to use office hours, esp to talk about paper, even provides books to use if you're stuck.
I thought Prof. Park was a really good professor. He is willing to look at the drafts of your paper as many times as you like. His topics are easy enough. Just go to class and you will do well.
those who dislike him, are not students. he's a great teacher, full important info and challenging questions. it is not fun cuz it is class. at least it is interesting and challenging. refreshing, since ucsb has disappointed me over the years.
The first two comments were obviously written by a couple of dumb asses that never paid attention in class. Prof. Park is awesome, this is the 3rd class I've taken with him, and he always has a wealth of knowledge, and always accomodates for his students.
Prof Park. is a really cool prof. He is really helpful and is very approachable. The first two reviews dont do him justice. Korean Americans is a very interesting class and reccomend others to take it.
