SOCIOL M139
Asian Community: Border-Crossing, Diasporic Formation, and Social Transformation
Description: (Same as Asian American Studies M179.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of critical issues facing broad Asian community, in context of globalization and international migration, through social science lens of migration studies and diaspora studies. Examination of how movements of people, ideas, capital, and goods create new trends and patterns of diasporic formation, integration, and social transformation at individual, group, and societal levels in non-Western contexts. Students engage in intellectually stimulating discussions and debates on immigration and immigrant integration in Asian world; and on anxieties, tensions, conflicts, and accommodation in age of globalization. Students also discuss challenges, possibilities, and opportunities of building cohesive Asian community. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2024 - Very interesting look into the systems revolving asian migration into the west through various sectors (education, temp work, marriage market, etc). Workload is fine, midterm and final are online and there are weekly memos due about the reading. She also takes attendance every lecture and combines it with section grade which constitutes 15% of final grade. No group projects, but I heard from students that some had trouble with midterm due to the time limit (7-10 definitions, with example, and reasoning for why the concept was important. My tip- write out some general answers to the concepts you think will be on the exam (border wisdom, international student migration, etc- you'll know once you take the class). The final is straight forward, but you don't get to hear the prompt until Week 10 (i asked in advance and she posted it on Friday of week 9- advocate for yourself!) The final is two 4-5 double spaced page essays where you explain ideas about possibilities of a borderless asian community and the other is about restrictive/liberal asian immigration regimes- again write ideas in advance- it will help you! There are 2 paged double spaced memos due every Monday- not bad if you do work ahead of time. Nida is a god-send TA- try to get her! She explains ideas well and makes class concepts clearer- you'll actually know what you're talking about. Professor Zhou is a sweetheart- make sure you look nice during the last class for the class picture! Super interesting class- she takes attendance but i missed multiple classes and didn't sign my name at the end of class and I still got the full 10 points so... do with that what you will!
Winter 2024 - Very interesting look into the systems revolving asian migration into the west through various sectors (education, temp work, marriage market, etc). Workload is fine, midterm and final are online and there are weekly memos due about the reading. She also takes attendance every lecture and combines it with section grade which constitutes 15% of final grade. No group projects, but I heard from students that some had trouble with midterm due to the time limit (7-10 definitions, with example, and reasoning for why the concept was important. My tip- write out some general answers to the concepts you think will be on the exam (border wisdom, international student migration, etc- you'll know once you take the class). The final is straight forward, but you don't get to hear the prompt until Week 10 (i asked in advance and she posted it on Friday of week 9- advocate for yourself!) The final is two 4-5 double spaced page essays where you explain ideas about possibilities of a borderless asian community and the other is about restrictive/liberal asian immigration regimes- again write ideas in advance- it will help you! There are 2 paged double spaced memos due every Monday- not bad if you do work ahead of time. Nida is a god-send TA- try to get her! She explains ideas well and makes class concepts clearer- you'll actually know what you're talking about. Professor Zhou is a sweetheart- make sure you look nice during the last class for the class picture! Super interesting class- she takes attendance but i missed multiple classes and didn't sign my name at the end of class and I still got the full 10 points so... do with that what you will!
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