Selling all the textbooks for $20! Hmu at 310-463-3933 if interested.

If you’re feeling reluctant about enrolling then don’t be. This class was stylish and prudently planned to encourage students to begin the writing process early. Which is good for you because, let’s be honest, you’re lazy. So am I. The texts were highly curated and, if I were a better student, I could’ve written my capstone paper by sourcing only the assigned readings. What Andrea Goldman has created is a capstone course that is uniquely different and distinctively cool, and its seamlessness is an example of her creativity and capability as an instructor.

Assignments & discussion: 30%
Peer review: 10%
Preliminary draft: 15%
Final paper: 45%

Know that in this class they really want you to get a good knowledge of Chinese history. The weekly readings, both textbook and for discussion, are a lot and take a lot of time to do. But if you do like history you will find the readings all pretty interesting and worth the time. If you don't then don't take the class. The two papers, the final, and discussion participation compose your grade. In the papers they really want you to be analytical. Professor Goldman holds office hour very regularly and she gives very insightful help for papers if you go to her. Because of COVID, the final is two 5-page papers, which is a lot. But if you work hard you will be fine. During the entire quarter there were never any recall quizzes or exams whatsoever, it's all about analyzing, which is either a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you look at it. I think an A is by no means easy, but I feel I've learned a lot. Professor is very good at lecturing, she is very clear.

Know that in this class they really want you to get a good knowledge of Chinese history. The weekly readings, both textbook and for discussion, are a lot and take a lot of time to do. But if you do like history you will find the readings all pretty interesting and worth the time. If you don't then don't take the class. The two papers, the final, and discussion participation compose your grade. In the papers they really want you to be analytical. Professor Goldman holds office hour very regularly and she gives very insightful help for papers if you go to her. Because of COVID, the final is two 5-page papers, which is a lot. But if you work hard you will be fine. During the entire quarter there were never any recall quizzes or exams whatsoever, it's all about analyzing, which is either a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you look at it. I think an A is by no means easy, but I feel I've learned a lot. Professor is very good at lecturing, she is very clear.

An extremely rewarding class to take if you are interested in learning about Chinese history! Professor Goldman is extremely passionate about the subject and is super thorough and organized in her lectures. This class is a LOT of work, upwards of 150+ pages of reading each week and I wrote about 23 pages worth of essays (two 5-7 page assigned papers with 2 weeks to complete each, final was a take-home test of two 5 page essay questions that we had 2 weeks to complete). Taking this class during a covid quarter online, each paper was worth 25% of your grade, the final 30%, and attending discussion was the last 20%. The papers and final were based on the primary source assigned readings, so make sure to understand those well—my TA, Mindi Zhang, was EXTREMELY helpful in analyzing the readings during discussions especially if I was unable to keep up with the reading that week. Prof. Goldman also requires you to attend her office hours at least once over zoom, but I came 3 times during each paper assignment as she was amazingly helpful in constructing my arguments each essay, and a genuinely pleasant person to get to know. So far this is the toughest class I have taken, but definitely worth it!

In this class, like many humanities classes, your grade is entirely dependent on your TA. Discussion sections had mandatory attendance where we would discuss the weekly primary source readings (textbook readings weren't discussed, they could be considered optional). The grading breakdown was: discussion participation, two 6-page long papers, and a take-home final which consisted of responding to two prompts. Discussion participation grade was given mainly based on timely attendance to the zoom meeting. I gave about one answer/contribution each section and got full credit. The course is extremely interesting, I took it to fulfill my history GE requirement and got to learn a lot more about my background as a Chinese-American. The papers were written responses to the primary readings in class, and the discussion section was very helpful in preparing for them, so I'd recommend taking notes during them. Other reviewers say this course was too reading-intensive, but you can definitely get by reading just the primary sources and not the textbook readings. The papers are not timed. Lectures involved Prof. Goldman reading off slides, and she was very engaging. She requires you to stop by her office hours at least once during the quarter, which I would recommend regardless because she's very clearly passionate and knowledgeable about Chinese history. It was very refreshing talking with her and being able to ask her for help generating thesis or topic ideas for the papers. I personally loved this class but I could see why other people without a background or interest in Chinese history would have an issue with it. I'd definitely recommend taking it with Goldman and my TA Mindi if you can though, as both were extremely helpful teachers.

Professor Goldman is very nice and helpful, but the class is a lot of work. I had Xiaowen as a TA and she was extremely caring. There is a ton of reading and two midterm papers along with a final. If you actually do the readings, it will take up a lot of time every week. However, if you work hard, you should do okay grade-wise. I got As on both papers. The study guide is very long and stressful to fill out but the terms/questions given on the final are reasonable.

Selling all books (and will provide printouts of online readings if you wish) for $20. Text 4257364548

This GE class is one you should take if you are EXTREMELY interested in Chinese History. She covers a very broad range of material and expects you to remember most if not all of it for the midterm and final.
Thankfully the Midterm and final focuses on the lessons of the first half and second half of the class respectively, but you still need to remember many key ideas from the first half of the course for the final. She is a newer teacher and is obviously very interested in this subject and is helpful during her office hours.

However, beware of the TA's because they grade very subjectively and after talking to most of my peers, getting an A on the 2 essays is a really difficult feat. Thankfully even if you are worried about your grade she does curve up a little at the end so it's not just a pure points system.

Be prepared to study hard for the tests and memorize her study guides and the vocab, for the final we had 100 key terms and 17 possible essay questions just to give an example of what you have to memorize.

Also as hint there probably will be an essay question about women on your tests.