Taking this class means regurgitating feminist theory and race theory, over and over and over again. The veracity of the reading is suspect. Best part of the course was actually talking about *shock* ASAM gender relations, as opposed to how males and whites suck. Fujino is personally nice, but this class was a severe dissapointment.
Overall, the class is very interesting. Dr. Fujino is very knowledgeable in her area. Although at time she tends to read too much into her own material and over-analyze certain situations, I'd highly recommend this class to anyone. Besides, it fills so many GE's...
Diane Fujino is an AMAZING person all around. In regards to her teaching, she is so passionate...you learn to LOVE the subject. She is so sweet and cute, you'll never want to miss class. I took her AS AM 171GG class over summer and it was my fave! Not hard and very interesting. I plan to take more classes with her through out my college years.
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I recommend this to soph., lotz of reading, but very intersting topics. and if u do it and attend lecture, grade is not tough. When doing paper, she's very helpful. sessions can be boring, but must attend it if ur TA is anal. It is a great intr course to ASAm study, and she's great to talk to. Take this course kuz it fulfills SO many GEs!!! haha
This class is such bull****!!!!Apparently there is a huge conspiracy in the US government to opress all other countries in order for them to immigrate and provide cheap labor...yeah. And there are some really interesting topics on hardcore feminism as well....fun stuff.
lots of reading, but if you do it and go to lecture the tests are easy.
this was an interesting class. alot of reading to do. but you only have to write one paper (7-8) pages. its pretty easy to pass the class.
Very interesting class, though it seemed more focused on gender relations rather than the asian aspect of gender relations. and many of the stories she read into did seem a little far fetched, i didn't buy most of them either. over all an interesting class, get a good TA and be prepared to read a lot
wayyy too much reading assigned every week. midterm questions were so broad that it was hard to address even though i did study for it. lectures were pretty interesting but unorganized at times. get charlene as a TA if you plan to enroll in this class. she is the nicest and easiest.
this teacher reads way too much into her material. some baseball bat representing a **** and balls? some guy hitting on her because she was a woman? i don't buy it and sometimes, it gets ridiculous listening to the other people kiss her ass.
This class is pretty interesting, more than I thought it would be. Midterms/Finals are written response, but if you do the reading and pay attention it's not that hard. TA really helped out because she gave us "cliff notes" for the readings. Professor engages in class discussion so you probably won't fall asleep.
Organized lectures, though she really hasn't said anything but common knowlege. Slides not posted but going to class almost worthless. I had an AWESOME TA who really engaged me. Fujino succeeds in getting participation from large lecture. Small but has authority.
her lectures are intersting, but it can sometimes be boring. she's a funny person, and some of the conversations we have in class are really interesting. she's extremely helpful if you go to office hours.
you need to pay close attention to understand the points/concepts she is trying to stress. HAHA all these people saying you need to read all the readings (600 pages), that's not true. Read a few articles and grasp the concepts that coincide with lecture. I did half the readings and got A's, and trust me if i can do it, you can cuz i'm not smart!
FUJINO WAS A GOOD TEACHER AND SHE WASN'T BAD TOO LOOK AT EITHER. =)
a lot of readings and the tests are ridiculuously cumbersome. the TAs are also hard graders.
fujino is one of the stupidest teahcers i've had. she has the mental capacity of a fiftenn year-old girl, with opinions on life and gender to match. but, the class was easy. skip the lectures and the reading, and go to section, especially if you have this ta named michelle. she's a total babe.
She is a good teacher with lectures that are clear and understandable that are semi boring.She expects a lot of reading(huge reader) but most of the reading is very repetitive. Getting a good TA will make the class easier, go with Paul Kang.
she reads way too much into her idea of society based gender relations and race. she also seems like she's making things up to fit her schema of thinking. the class has a lot of repetative reading, and the sections seemed useless too. paul's really good, michelle's decent, and yandong isn't helpful.
The topic was not my favorite, but her lectures are very clear and to the point. Her lively personality and the films help to make it more interesting as well.
Her lectures are okay.. it's kind of hard to follow b/c she uses an overhead so it's hard to follow her notes, but if you read than u should be ok.. there's a massive amount of reading though which is not so hot. Interesting class though and great lecturer.
I liked the class a lot, but I worked my butt off to get an A. I basically ended up reading ALL the material in the reader, but that only took me like 2 nights to read through it all. Anyways, keep up with the class reading and you can get an A.
She is a great professor, explains things so well and the lectures are so much fun.
