EAS-700
EAST ASIAN STUDIES CORE COURSE
Offered 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.
DepartmentEAS
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment16–18
Semesters of data3
5.3
Hrs / week
24
Responses
52
Enrollment
46%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.7
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.7
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.8
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.0
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 51 comments across 3 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.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
A is doable but not automatic
The signal here is more do-the-work-and-you-should-be-fine than easy-A chatter. Students do not describe the A as automatic, but the evidence also does not paint grading as punishing.
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
Lighter lecture burden
Student comments describe this as more discussion-, seminar-, or workshop-driven than lecture-dependent. The lecture burden itself does not sound like the main source of friction.
Strengths
• Readings, films, or outside materials come up repeatedly as a real strength rather than filler.
• Discussion is a clear strength; students repeatedly describe the class conversation as engaging and useful.
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
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
I have acquired a general view of my discipline in the field of East Asian Studies. I think that I learned the transition of the concept 'Asia'. And I also learned that what is the meaning of interdisciplinary work.
Fall 2025 · Chow, Eileen
An interdisciplinary perspective of understanding, a vibrant academic community, and a supportive atmosphere.
Fall 2025 · Chow, Eileen
This course challenged my perspectives on East Asia and encouraged me to reconsider how I have previously looked at the Asian diaspora, the field of Asian studies, and what scenes I may be facing if I were to continue pursuing my current degree in the academic setting.
Fall 2025 · Chow, Eileen
Critical thinking, and also getting to learn how various disciplines talk about same things and same areas from different perspectives.
Fall 2024 · Chow, Eileen
It's helpful to see different guest speakers working on (East) Asia but in different humanity fields and method, such as anthropology, history, literature, and social science.
Fall 2024 · Chow, Eileen
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Chow, Eileen 4.3Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.3Difficulty1.9Would retake100%Based on 16 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.7 | 3.3 | 6.0 | 16 |
| Fall 2024 | Chow, Eileen 4.3Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.3Difficulty1.9Would retake100%Based on 16 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.6 | 2.9 | — | 18 |
| Fall 2023 | Chow, Eileen 4.3Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.3Difficulty1.9Would retake100%Based on 16 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.7 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 18 |
Instructor
Chow, EileenAMES
Also teaches
AMES-107 INTRO TO EAST ASIAN CULTURES4.7AMES-120CN ASIAN FOODWAYS IN MIGRATION4.7AMES-335 CHINATOWNS: A CULTURAL HISTORY4.9AMES-432S STORYWORLDS5.0AMES-551S TRANSLATION: THEORY/PRAXIS4.3