Super informative. Lots of readings w/ specific versions of books you need, but the heavy stuff is at the start of term when you aren't as busy. Graded on 2 exams (3 short essays each) and section participation w/ mini quizzes each week in section but based on completion not quality. Allowed a 2-sided 8x11in note page on exams. Great for GE

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i didn't enjoy the course. The exams are predictable, you can get a good score as long as you know how to write the themes he talks about in lectures in your exam essays and what should be put in the cheat sheet (very important). It's hard to follow his lectures (for me as a non-native student). i got an A but it's definitely a painful A.

Graded by Section Attendance/Participation, Midterm, Final (each 3 short answer ques). Readings were not as disturbing as people are making them out to be. Nuanced content, interesting to learn about. Only issue is Pandya would say he would post lectures after Wed. lectures, but would post them inconsistently; into the next week when we moved on

Lectures were VERY interesting, helped us to understand the readings, and WERE VERY SIMILAR to the midterm & final (75% of grade). A lot of dense readings (read around a book or multiple short stories/two weeks), but as an Asian American, I found them super engaging. Learned what it means to be ASAM via different lenses. Sections also were helpful!

I love Sameer sm!!! The material was pretty dense and vacuous at times, but Prof Pandya was super passionate during his lectures and made it easy to grasp the more difficult concepts. The reading can be alot, but if you keep up with the schedule it isn't horrible, and the assigned books were really good anyways so I didn't mind.

I LOVE Professor Pandya! He's is THE BEST. His lectures are amazing, he really shows that he knows what he's talking about and is VERY passionate about it. Grading is very clear and the reading is pretty chill, just keep up on the schedule he gives on the syllabus and you're good.

GOAT GE professor, his lectures were amazing first and foremost and was extremely interesting for a general education. Uploaded his lecture material when asked by his students, super straightforward midterm so long as you paid attention, and was aware of the situations that impacted his students. Super understanding professor highly recommend.

This class is a good, interesting, and pretty easy GE. Reading amount was expected for a lit class and all very interesting texts. Lectures were offered online as well but I wish more people had come to class because lectures were very engaging and interesting. Prof Pandya has very insightful things to say and perspectives. Highly recommend!

The grading is harder than what I heard from other Students. Many of my friends got low 80s on their essays. However, hard work and good writing are rewarded, as I got 95+ on both essays.

Pandya is an incredible lecturer, I came into his class knowing nothing about Asian American lit and I was engaged for the full hour and a half he spoke twice a week. A lot of reading, but grade is mostly papers so you can LitCharts your way through his class and not keep up with weekly readings. Would definitely take his class again!

This is my third quarter in a row with Pandya (ASAM 5 in summer, 100FF in fall and now 15) and I really enjoy his classes! He genuinely cares about his students and about our feedback about the class. ASAM 100FF was a lot more interesting than I thought it would be; it was an 11 AM, so people were a little quiet but the class was still fun!