Spring 2027

Topics in Asian American Studies

Examines specific themes in Asian American life and culture, including comparative community analyses, history, and concerns of groups like Korean, Hmong, and Chinese Americans.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Lisa Ho3.0/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Lisa Ho

The class involves mandatory attendance and a heavy volume of reading and writing. Some students felt the workload was more intensive than typical for a three-credit course.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Understand how Hmong-U.S. relations during the American War in Southeast Asia resulted in the creation of a global Hmong diaspora in the U.S.

  • Learn about the global politics, particularly, the relationship between the Soviet Union, China, and the United States, over the control of Southeast Asia during the Cold War

  • Analyze how empire and war cause massive devastation and disruption in the form of trauma, displacement, and transnational migration and how these processes have dramatically affected family and community life

  • Broaden their knowledge of the diversity of immigrant experiences to include refugees by learning about the history of Hmong refugees and how the U.S. war in Vietnam changed U.S. refugee policy

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Satisfied Communications A

  • Satisfied Communications A
ASIANAM 240

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  • Satisfied Communications A

Professors

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About this rating

Raw average: 2.41/5 from 22 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 3.3/5 raw quality · 3.3/5 difficulty · 7 reviews

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Past student reviews · Lisa Ho

Students reported mandatory attendance, heavy reading, and short-essay exams under Lisa Ho. Opinions diverged on lectures: some found them engaging and interactive, while others called them dull with little communication.

Other students found grading strict, emphasizing busy work over understanding, and noted Lisa Ho did not post grades on time or provide clear rubrics.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.59 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.74 GPA, 93.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Yer Vang

Under Yer Vang, the syllabus was not so clear, and students reported that requirements were not as easy as described; to earn an A, they had to take at least four extra events, and in-class quizzes, which were not listed as requirements, were worth ten points out of a total three hundred.

CHONG MOUA is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JAN MIYASAKI is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LISA HO is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

VICTOR JEW is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YER VANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 011Classroom Instruction0 / 350
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 350
LEC 004Classroom Instruction0 / 00

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Lisa Ho

Students found the course engaging and less fluffy than expected, with Dr. Ho explaining concepts clearly. Many described the lectures as interesting and felt fully engaged throughout the semester.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.71 GPA, 81.3% A/AB (n=91 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.73 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=91 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 88.1% A/AB (n=109 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Lisa Ho

The class involves mandatory attendance and a heavy volume of reading and writing. Some students felt the workload was more intensive than typical for a three-credit course.

Past student reviews · Lisa Ho

Some students criticized vague assignment prompts and delayed grade updates, which caused stress. Others noted that lectures could be long and lacked interactive benefits for participation.

Topics

  • Specific themes in Asian American life and culture
  • Comparative analyses of Asian American communities and histories
  • Cold War politics regarding Southeast Asia

Skills

  • Analyze historical impacts of empire and war on migration and community life
  • Understand Hmong refugee history and U.S. refugee policy changes

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

7 earlier forecasts · 0.10 GPA average error.

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Where this course fits relative to

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1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

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Selected offering source records
ASIANAM 240 · Spring 2027

Topics in Asian American Studies

Recorded 2026-10-14
ASIANAM 240 · Spring 2027

Adoption, Race, and Kinship

Recorded 2026-10-14
ASIANAM 240 · Spring 2027

TBD

Recorded 2026-10-14
ASIANAM 240 · Spring 2027

AsianAm Women:Hist,Pol&Cultr

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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