ASIA AM 30W

Asian American Literature and Culture

Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 30. Multidisciplinary introduction to Asian American literature and cultural production. Exploration of cultural politics and creative expression of Asia Pacific Americans in their own terms and in context of emergence and reception of artistic works--from personal, local, regional, national, and to global/imperial. Implicit and explicit comparison of Asian American cultural production to diverse experiences of other aggregated groupings, historic and emergent. Addresses intersectional issues of gendering, sexuality, non-secularity, and socioeconomic conditions. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.

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Spring 2024 - I never imagined I would be writing a review here. To get straight to the point, this class depends on your TA and classmates. I have never found Professor Bascara to be helpful. The reason I said this class depends on your TA and your classmates is because the discussion section of this class is about 2 hours long and most of the things are explained by the TA and this class is done through discussions with your classmates. To elaborate on the problem of this class, Professor Bascara's characteristic is that the instructions for the assignments in this class are vague and he unnecessarily explains simple words in a complicated way. I don't know if he did this to everyone, but he never answered any of my questions. Moreover, if you are confused about the assignment instructions and ask a question to the TA, but the TA has no ability to answer your question or avoids answering, you will have a hard time. My TA this quarter was Ghalia, and I would like to say AVOID HER AT ALL COSTS. Next quarter is my last quarter at UCLA and Ghalia is the worst TA I've ever had. I've never seen anyone who doesn't respect her students as much as she does. I could tell a lot about her, but I'll stop it here. All I want to say is, AVOID HER AT ALL COSTS and UCLA should not hire TAs like Ghalia. Lastly, if you don't understand something and don't get an answer from the professor or TA, you'll probably ask your classmates. This is why I said this class depends on your classmates. Get to know your classmates as much as possible during section time and get help if you can. One of the things I regret most about this class is that I didn't become closer to classmates. At least in my experience, you can't expect anything from the professor in this class and there's no help you can get from the TA (Ghalia).
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