Is this an easy A?
HardWork
35/100Some students earn A , but most comments say the workload and grading make the A costly.
Online evidence is harsher about grading and workload, while .
De Anza College · Asian Studies
ASAM40 · D0026 · SP21 · ARTS2G · ASAMD040 · 25 lifetime ratings
The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
Some students earn A grades through extensions, extra credit, or open-book tests, but most comments say the workload and grading make the A costly.
Online evidence is harsher about grading and workload, while in-person evidence includes a few lenient-extension stories.
Is the course easy?
The course content is not always conceptually hard, but dense readings, papers, quizzes, and poor structure make it feel difficult.
Online students emphasize weak self-study materials, while in-person students emphasize rushed lectures and heavy assignments.
Is attendance flexible?
Attendance varies by review, with several in-person classes marked mandatory and most online classes marked not mandatory.
Online reviews mostly show no mandatory attendance, while in-person reviews are split between mandatory and optional.
Is this professor recommended?
Most students do not recommend her because they describe too much work, unclear teaching, and strict grading.
Both formats lean negative, but online reviews are more consistently severe.
Course guide
Grading
Strict
18/100
Students repeatedly say she rarely gives full credit and deducts points for unclear or picky reasons.
Format shift
Online reviews are strongly strict-grading focused, while in-person reviews include one clear leniency case.
Workload
Overwhelming
10/100
Many reviews describe excessive readings, papers, discussions, videos, quizzes, and weekly deadlines.
Format shift
Online reviews are especially workload-heavy, and in-person summer or art reviews also report intense assignment loads.
Teaching experience
Poor
25/100
Students often describe her as nice but unclear, disorganized, lecture-heavy, and ineffective online.
Format shift
Online reviews criticize missing or weak lectures, while in-person reviews criticize rushed or rambling lectures.
Assessment method
FocusOnAssignments
35/100
Grades appear driven mostly by homework, discussions, papers, video reviews, and quizzes, with some tests.
Format shift
Online reviews mention discussions, videos, and papers more, while in-person reviews mention quizzes and tests more.
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Course format
Classroom format
High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward
In-person reviews are mixed but still lean negative, with complaints about strict grading, disorganized lectures, and too much homework.
Main concern
In-person students often say the class takes much more work than expected.
What students said
“Way too much homework.”
“Just stay away.”
“Plenty of extra credit opportunities.”
Remote format
High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro
Online students mostly report heavy homework, weak slides, unclear grading, and little direct teaching.
Main concern
Online reviews repeatedly say the workload is too high and the teaching materials are unhelpful.
What students said
“TOO MUCH WORK. If you have other classes or a job, please don't take this class.”
“Insane amount of work.”
“Prepare to teach yourself. Highly don't recommend!”
Exam style
Exam evidence is mixed, with some open-book and open-internet tests but also hard quizzes and test-heavy complaints.
Assessment risk
Varies
55/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
In-person reviews mention open-book multiple-choice tests and challenging quizzes, but do not clearly prove proctoring or closed-book exams.
“Very generous tests though, all multiple choice and open book, with lots of time to search the textbook, and we even got 2 attempts.”
“quizzes are challenging to do even with open note and shes a strict grader.”
Online reviews mention open-book or open-internet tests in one review, but do not clearly prove webcam, Lockdown Browser, or proctoring.
“Tests are open book/open internet, but filling out the provided SG w/ the textbook can be helpful.”
“Just know that tests are hard w/o the book.”
Student evidence
Top student voice
“Honestly, this professor and teaching style is the worst thing I have ever experienced.”
“Prepare to teach yourself. Highly don't recommend!”
“never gives you full points for anything”
“TOO MUCH WORK. If you have other classes or a job, please don't take this class.”
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Data context
Analysis sample
25
Recent reviews read by the AI
25
Lifetime ratings
90/100
Evidence confidence
The evidence is strong because 25 reviews span 2020 to 2026 and repeatedly describe the same workload, grading, and teaching issues.
Inside 25 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
21 reported outcomes
A+ 3 · A 3
B+ 1 · B 3 · B- 1
No reported values
No reported values
No reported values
Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 9