Awesome and super engaging class! You spend most of the quarter working on group research projects, and the readings/discussions were all relevant to the project. Dr. Fong is an excellent professor and provides a lot of feedback throughout the quarter. Highly highly recommend taking AAS 103!

I absolutely loved this class! It may seem like a lot of work in the beginning, especially with the large group research paper due at the end of the term, but Dr. Fong breaks down projects and assignments into manageable parts. Dr. Fong is extremely intelligent and cares about her students' performance and well-being. She is always readily available to help and is very communicative. I took a lot away from this class and would most definitely take another class with Dr. Fong in the future!

Although this might get mixed reviews for this quarter I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU TAKE THIS CLASS!! I am someone who is super interested in learning more about my culture so this class satisfied all of my academic needs. You will learn the background and history of the Asian American Social movement and the way that it came to be - which is knowledge relative to any race.

If you are wondering about the logistics of the class, here they are:

- weekly discussion posts (post your own thoughts and respond to two of your peers) - 15%
- participation in discussion section - 15%
- midterm (essay format, 48 hours) - 20%
- final - 20%
- community newspaper group project *DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND START EARLY - 20%
- journals (2) (papers about how you are feeling by learning the knowledge that the prof teaches) - 10%

Professor Fong was so cute and allowed. the class to still be online due to the varying COVID guidelines throughout the quarter. Also, she brought in guest speakers that were extremely intriguing to learn about as they were participating in the movements that we discussed in lecture so you can see your knowledge being applied to real life. Moreover, she would send out email blasts about internships to help out the local Asian American community which is something that truly everyone should consider.

Professor Fong is a great professor who really cares about her students and their wellbeing. At the start of the quarter, she sends out a wellness survey that she actually uses to change her teaching style for the quarter, and she makes the final optional (provided that you do well on the midterm). The class itself was quite interesting and made me want to learn more about the Asian American Movement even though I knew nothing about it before. It seems like it'd be even more fun in person due to Dr. Fong's lecture style. The midterm (and final if you take it) are pretty rough due to the length and quality required in such a short time; it's a 2 page short response and a 5 page analytical essay in 75 minutes (2 days for us since it was online).

Like other humanities classes, there is a good amount of reading every week (~80 pages), but the homework load is relatively light otherwise. She assigns weekly discussion posts and responses to your classmates' posts, as well as occasional projects. Your grade is determined by the midterm (20%), final (20%), discussion section (15%), Gidra Project (15%), and 2 Journal entries (10%). The Gidra Project is a group project where you make a newspaper, it's a bit of work and is really dependent on how your group works together. Thankfully, grading is quite generous in this class.

Overall, I'd recommend this class if you're looking for a fun and interesting GE with a bit of work.

This class is a lot of work, but definitely worth it!
Weaknesses: I think that nearing the end, the readings get to be overwhelming when we are also expected to complete a very big group assignment. I understand that they were already reduced for this concern, but readings such as one that discussed the history of objects may have been cut to reduce the workload a little. Even reducing page numbers by selecting the most important pages may have been helpful. It was still manageable, but that was with one week having no readings and time to completely focus on the group project, and I'm unsure how I would've done without that week. Nevertheless, I have very little other complaints about this course and even this is like a nitpick and nothing that would dissuade me from taking the class again.
Strengths: by the end of the course, a whole research paper is completed. I think this is a great way to explore research, and even more incredible that it focuses on Asian Americans. There is also a focus on the decolonization of methodology, which I think is relevant especially to us as a research institution. Also, Dr. Fong is incredible. It almost makes me cry how much she truly cares. She fosters a great classroom environment, and makes an effort to connect with every single person, even in a class with twenty five people. She reads every piece of work submitted and gives proper feedback, which is very very rare in other classes. I learned so so much from her and also my peers taking this course.

Very engaging and nice lecturer and interesting class. Would take again! I wish the lecture recordings and slides weren't deleted after a week though.

I really enjoyed this class as it covered material I had never learned about before. However, it is definitely a bit more of a work load so don't consider it a "easy" GE. But, as long as you put in considerable effort (aka read the readings) then you will be fine. Work hard for the midterm, so then you don't have to take the final!

Do the EC. READ her syllabus bc she gives a free EC opp. if you prove you read all her syllabus. Attend lecture bc she doesn't record and her slides get taken away after a week. Make sure you start on group project early. Grading was as followed: Discussion section 15%; Weekly discussion assignment 15%; Journals 5%; Exams 40%; Gidra assignment 25%. Talk to your TA or her if you will be missing class. Talk in section bc that matters. She is an easy A if you put in the work and you do it in a timely matter. I got an A- because I turned in like 3 things late. All her books and articles can be found online.

Dr. Fong is an amazing lecturer and my TA (Ghaliah) was also amazing! The content was pretty clear and lectures were easy to follow. I went to a majority of the lectures, but you don't really need to go to as long as you read the slides, but the class is not recorded. The only thing that I didn't enjoy about the class is how long the readings were (~80 pages per lecture) and she kept stressing how important the readings were.
As for grading, the scale is relatively simple and she makes it easy to do well in the class. There was an individual project, a group project, and some discussion posts for grades. The midterm was in-person and was like an FRQ from AP testing. The final was optional and online.
Overall, this class is more work than it appears to be just because of the amount of reading required each week, the projects, and annoying discussion posts that Fong tries to make fun. But the teaching staff was incredible. I would definitely take this class if you're interested in the topic, but would probably recommend another class if you're just trying to fulfill a GE or diversity requirement like I was.

Dr Fong is an incredible professor and scholar. Her lectures are incredibly, incredibly organized and super thorough. She is very passionate about the topic and it's always great to be in a class where that is the case. She cares about the topic and her students a lot, I cannot recommend this course enough!