ENGL 100
Ways of Reading Race
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: English Composition 3. Introduction to interdisciplinary study of race and ethnicity, with primary focus on literature. Through examination of institutions that form understanding of race--citizenship, nationalism, class, gender, and labor--interrogation of how we come to think of ourselves and others as having race, and effects of such racialized thinking. Course is not about any particular racial or ethnic group, but highlights creation of ethnic categories and their effects on cultural production. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2022 - This was a really eye opening class that taught me a lot about how we view race, and the racial history of LA. Lot of stuff I never knew about. Professor Cheung seems really academically distinguished and passionate about what she studies, but not super helpful or technologically adept. Def go to TA office hours if you want real help, but Professor Cheung was still a good lecturer.
Spring 2022 - This was a really eye opening class that taught me a lot about how we view race, and the racial history of LA. Lot of stuff I never knew about. Professor Cheung seems really academically distinguished and passionate about what she studies, but not super helpful or technologically adept. Def go to TA office hours if you want real help, but Professor Cheung was still a good lecturer.
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Spring 2024 - This is the easiest GE I have ever taken at UCLA. The materials covered in this class are self-explanatory and you don't really need to study for anything. Even though participation in lectures is not required, I still encourage people to go to lectures, read the assigned readings, and listen to the guest speaker because they will come in handy for the final assignment. Going to discussion sessions is mandatory, but our discussions involve little work anyway because you are not forced to talk. There is no midterm or final test for this class. There is only a research project that you have to complete before the final week, some weekly discussion posts, and a final assignment that is due on the final week. They are highly manageable as long as you start early.
Spring 2024 - This is the easiest GE I have ever taken at UCLA. The materials covered in this class are self-explanatory and you don't really need to study for anything. Even though participation in lectures is not required, I still encourage people to go to lectures, read the assigned readings, and listen to the guest speaker because they will come in handy for the final assignment. Going to discussion sessions is mandatory, but our discussions involve little work anyway because you are not forced to talk. There is no midterm or final test for this class. There is only a research project that you have to complete before the final week, some weekly discussion posts, and a final assignment that is due on the final week. They are highly manageable as long as you start early.
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