AMES-191
INDIAN LIT OF MARGINALIZED
Not in Fall 2026
Term
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that the readings, films, or examples carry real weight. Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.
DepartmentAMES
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment17–17
Semesters of data1
2.3
Hrs / week
8
Responses
17
Enrollment
47%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.5
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.5
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.4
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
1.9
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysislow
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 25 comments across 1 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that the readings, films, or examples carry real weight. Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
More reachable A
Student comments make the grading bar sound relatively reachable. This reads more like a course where steady work is rewarded than one where students describe the A as unusually hard to land.
Homework Load
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Regular lecture load
Lectures matter here, but the evidence points to a fairly standard lecture burden rather than a course dominated by long or exceptionally dense lectures.
Strengths
• Readings, films, or outside materials come up repeatedly as a real strength rather than filler.
• Students repeatedly say the course teaches something concrete, whether that is content mastery, research skill, or a strong foundation.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
Watch out for
• Most of the signal comes from a limited sample, so be careful about over-generalizing.
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
-i learned so much about marginilized communities in india
Fall 2023 · Knapczyk, Kusum
Expanded my knowledge on the Hijra communities, Dalits, and activism in India.
Fall 2023 · Knapczyk, Kusum
I learned how to read from various perspectives about things that I would have had no knowledge about prior to taking this class.
Fall 2023 · Knapczyk, Kusum
Marginalized societies in India specifically Dalit people, women, and LGBTQ people in India
Fall 2023 · Knapczyk, Kusum
I learned how to analyze texts better from this. We read hindu religious texts in here which was also very fun.
Fall 2023 · Knapczyk, Kusum
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | Knapczyk, Kusum 5.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality5.0Difficulty1.6Would retake100%Based on 15 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 17 |
Instructor
Knapczyk, KusumAMES
Also teaches
HINDI-101 ELEMENTARY HINDI4.6HINDI-102 ELEMENTARY HINDI4.8HINDI-203 INTERMEDIATE HINDIHINDI-203D INTERMEDIATE HINDI4.9HINDI-204 INTERMEDIATE HINDI4.8