Amit Prakash

Overall the class is okay. I took this class in Fall 2025 with Prakash and Lee (James, Lee). The readings donʻt make sense but thatʻs what the class is for. Even after class you might not understand what theyʻre talking about but itʻs okay because you can bs for discussion. For papers, I only had 2 500 max essays in the form of 2 questions, so 250 words per question. There were also monthly write-ups that you had to do about a IGS event. The midterm was hard if you donʻt understand the class and meterial.

Overall the class is okay. I took this class in Fall 2025 with Prakash and Lee (James, Lee). The readings donʻt make sense but thatʻs what the class is for. Even after class you might not understand what theyʻre talking about but itʻs okay because you can bs for discussion. For papers, I only had 2 500 max essays in the form of 2 qu …Read more

I took this course with Prof. Lee and Prof. Prakash. The two professors alternated teaching every week, which was interesting because they have different lecture styles. For every class, there is a pretty dense reading, with every class switching between topics. Due to the large range of topics, I found it hard to get particularly engaged, as you would only get a quick snapshot of each topic. Overall, I think that this class is a good overview to the IGS major.

I took this course with Prof. Lee and Prof. Prakash. The two professors alternated teaching every week, which was interesting because they have different lecture styles. For every class, there is a pretty dense reading, with every class switching between topics. Due to the large range of topics, I found it hard to get particularly en …Read more

I took this course co-taught by Prof Prakash and Prof. Lee. I did not do many of the readings for this course. I found Prakash interesting but struggled to gain much from Lee's enthusiastic question based lectures. This course was not very difficult but due to the wide variety of topics, I also didn't feel as though I learned much.