This class was a pretty chill and fun GE! I thought it was going to be more of a history class, but I was pleasantly surprised by the more philosophical approach he took to understanding Southeast Asia. Professor Woods is not always the best communicator in terms of his expectations for assignments, but he grades everything pretty generously as long as you put the effort in. The grading scheme for my quarter (during COVID) was as follows:

Short response paper to Ramadan film (200+ words): 10%
PowerPoint presentation on country of your choice: 15%
Analysis of movie of your choice (500 words): 15%
Cultural research paper on topic of your choice: 15%
Virtual tour group project: 20%
Final: 25%

All in all, I highly recommend this class! Professor Woods is very sweet and genuinely cares about getting to know all of his students, even with the constraints of online learning. I also really loved how much personalization was allowed in this class. Aside from the first short response, you could pretty much choose to write about and study whatever you wanted in Southeast Asia. Definitely take this class if you can!

Professor Woods is so caring and accommodating! Not only did he make this class enjoyable, he also interacts with his students and get to know them on a personal level. I totally recommend this class if you want a light GE that is fun! Would take this class again 100%!!!

Dr. Woods have so many interesting to teach us about the region, and you can tell he loves what he teaches a lot! There are tons of writing and be careful with diction and grammar as he can take points off those. Still this is the hardest GE I have had as you have to read a lot to do well on your final paper.