Prof Fruhstuck's lectures are average. She doesn't add much words to her slides so be prepared to listen to everything she has to say. The readings she assigns weren't that boring but she assigns so much that it stacks onto the Chinese readings and it can get hard to be on track. If thinking of taking 4b for a GE, don't.

Being a research assistant w/ Prof. for a term as a freshman, the project was very interesting and reasonably easy given consideration to my class level, prof was a little busy some days but super accessible and friendly, and willing to help. She wrote me an (I think strong) recommendation for transfer. Really appreciate such an opportunity!

Prof Fruhstuck is responsible for the Japan part of the course, and her lectures are awful, extremely unclear, and it is really difficult to follow. The content she chose to lecture on are not interesting, and her slides are unclear.

She might be a nice person, but this class was awful. The grading rubric for papers was not clear and she expect you to analyze things very thoroughly in 500-word essays. You must answer or ask questions every single class to earn participation/attendance grades, which was not mentioned in the syllabus at all.

Fruhstuck is a very kind and openminded person, and she's very accommodating. This course consists of mandatory attendance & participation in discussion, leading a discussion, and a final essay (500 words).Lots of reading! I am very introverted and this class helped me get out of my comfort zone in a good way. Do the work and you'll be fine.

This class is AWFUL. No matter what DO NOT take EACS4B with this professor. There are weekly responses, forum discussions, and notes. Notes are GRADED weekly and points are taken off if you do not write what is expected, but also not allowed to write verbatim. 100pg+ of readings weekly. It is way too much busywork. Lectures are extremely dry

Best prof at UCSB! She really knows her stuff and her lectures are never boring! There's no textbook and I never really found it necessary to read assigned articles. Make sure you attend every lecture since 95% of her test material is lecture based!! Write notes on a laptop- she goes fast sometimes. Write down what she says about images or events!

If you go to class and section its the easiest A you can get. Fruhstuck really knows what she is talking about and is a very pleasant/interesting lecturer. Highly recommend to cover any GEs

SO MUCH READING. SO MUCH SUFFERING

I wasn't completely expecting to be interested in the subject, (as I took for a GE), but Prof. Fruhstuck made it extremely engaging. There are somewhat lengthy reading assignments and written responses every week. Stay on top of those, attend lectures, participate if you can, and you'll be fine. Highly recommend this class and this professor.

Extremely informative class, moderate difficulty level that was satisfying to complete

The class is interesting and the lecturer is engaging and quite nice if you put the effort in. However, there were weekly writing assignments and a lot of reading. I did really well in everything that I got grades returned for so I think that my mark may have been scaled down. There were several extra credit assignments that I did not do.