TA's were super nice. grading was really chill. extensions were almost always given as long you as communicated with TAs. lectures were a bit dense but the topics covered are really interesting and the professor's main goal was for the students to just enjoy the class and at the very least, find one thing they found interesting. midterm was a bit rough since it was timed but as long as you paid attention to the lectures(!!!), took notes, and did most of the readings you should be fine. weekly readings weren't terrible, just make sure to brush up on your knowledge of Chicago style formatting, the TAs were pretty strict about it. final was just a fun project write up that wasn't difficult.

This class was easy and low-pressure and Kersey was very lax for the pandemic. That said, I didn't really enjoy this class. His lectures were pretty dull and hard to follow in my opinion. He jumped around between topics a lot rather than focus on a few things more in-depth. We looked at a lot of great art though, and there were interesting readings incorporated into the class.

Professor Kersey is clearly very knowledgable on this subject matter which made for a tough first few weeks because he speaks so in depth and almost assumes some prior knowledge of Japanese culture and script. However this was not necessary for any of the grading so is not that worrying.
Weekly one page assignments that are based on the readings but also completion based so really not hard. Gave us unlimited extensions on everything except the final so could turn things in up until end of week 10 with no penalty.
Final essay was just a synopsis and Professor Kersey really just wanted students to enjoy the class and take what they can from it, and i did enjoy this class a lot and the assignments were fun!