Japanese

This course is very helpful and interesting and the workload is not too much. You do need to carefully understand every reading material to get a nice grade around A. The only problem is that the teaching and materials do not show a clear way of instructing. Basically you will be confused about what you are learning during the first half of your semester. So talking to Professor White is especially helpful and important! Try to go to her office hour for every major question and confusion you have. Bring good question (better to be organized) is a basic practice. And there is indeed one problem I spot in the class. Japanese, or pan-asian culture is very different from most of the western ones in many ways and some students seem to regard this class as "criticizing body in Japan", better not to take this class with such an assumption (although there is nothing wrong to criticize and you probably should do so). Overall, you can trust professor White's reading materials and teaching, they do make you learn a lot.

This course is very helpful and interesting and the workload is not too much. You do need to carefully understand every reading material to get a nice grade around A. The only problem is that the teaching and materials do not show a clear way of instructing. Basically you will be confused about what you are learning during the first …Read more

I learned a lot from taking the lecture class. We focused on the Tobira textbook more and delved into more complex grammar concepts and more assignments to get us to practice writing in Japanese. There's also a final presentation you need to do without reading completely off your script.

I took this class because I've heard good things about the professor. I think she is a great professor. She was very accommodating for her students' needs. I never watched anime but I've found the the anime we've watched in class to be very interesting. She talks about feminism and gay relationships a lot. Anyways, I had a good time in this class.