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.

readings are manageable but not crucial for the exams, just try to answer the practice test questions beforehand. fairly interesting lectures as well but materials could get boring at times.

What a cool professor. He is fed up with grades (so are we, as students). He gives out one of the questions on the exam before hand, so go to his office hour and get all the answers while he explain you everything in details. He likes using classmates as examples (sometimes funny often corny :D)

Subject matter is interesting,Prof is intelligent, understandable, and funny. There is a lot of reading which can add up and take a lot of time. Make sure to outline/study test questions he posts online bc his test questions are almost verbatim if not close to it.

Not hard if you just try a little in the class. There's a lot of reading for the class, and i sorta struggled keeping up with it. I personally think that reading is more important than attending his lecture... not that he's a bad lecturer, just the test was based a lot on the readings.

there was too much reading involved. Although some of the topics were interesting, it's hard to keep up with the readings. I saw myself struggle thru the quarter for this one class, the amount you hafta read for this class increases thruout the quarter....... i hated this class

Reading is a bit much, but not excessive. The material was intersting to an Asian American person such as myself. The test weren't too difficult for me, but they weren't a pushover either. Pay attention in lecture and keep up with the readings in order to succeed in the class. Park: quality teacher.

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.

Great professor. His classes touched many racial and injustice problems. It's understandable why there are some ignorant and closed minded people disliked them.

GREAT PROFESSOR!!!!

His exams are pretty easy... Very intelligent man, but like other reviews said.. HE GIVES ALOT OF READING.

This class is rather boring but it has interesting topics. The amount of reading he gives is kind of ridiculous.

Makes the class very interesting. Connects with students by giving real life examples. Very helpful outside class. Very nice guy as well, he's willing to change your grade if you're willing to give a good explanation why.

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.

This teacher is not nearly as bad as the other two reviews say. The class can be very interesting if you want it to be. Sometimes there are great discussions. I would take another class if you want something fun, but this one isnt bad. Can be challenging

This class is very boring...he is boring...he thinks hes not boring...but it is very easy...if u can get passed the lecture...

This guy thinks he's the Sh*t cuz he went to Berkley. He's an ASIAN steve urkel that always got his a** whooped, never had friends, and now decides to take it out on college students. DONT TAKE HIS CLASS, UNLESS YOU LIKE SLEEPING!