Spring 2027

Literature & Culture of Asian America

Traces the role of Asia and Asians in American literature and culture, including Chinese and Japanese influences on modernism and distinct cultures produced by Asian immigrants.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Timothy Yu4.3/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Timothy YU

The class required two essays with multiple prompt options, but weekly discussion posts accounted for a significant portion of the final grade.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify how particular literary texts communicate perspectives into Asian and Asian American literature and culture.

  • Identify and apply methods and approaches for analysis of literary and cultural texts to demonstrate literature's contemporary and historical relevance.

  • Recognize and question cultural assumptions and knowledge claims as they relate to race and ethnicity and how they are affected by socio-historical factors.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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ASIANAM/ENGL 150

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Professors

Spring 2027

Timothy Yu

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.52/5 from 52 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: 4.3/5 raw quality · 2.0/5 difficulty · 3 reviews

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Past student reviews · Timothy YU

Timothy Yu taught this course asynchronously with only two essays due, offering multiple prompts for students to choose from. Students found the workload manageable, noting that lectures covered main points and exams focused on material from the slides.

Professor Yu was described as knowledgeable and passionate, with students appreciating that he highlighted key takeaways from the texts. While the reading material was considered reasonable, reviewers noted that the essays required deep analysis.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.81 GPA, 90.7% A/AB (n=216 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.77 GPA, 89.0% A/AB (n=209 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 87.1% A/AB (n=163 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

TIMOTHY YU is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2025. 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 001Classroom Instruction0 / 3300
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 307Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 308Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 309Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 310Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 311Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 312Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 313Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 314Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 315Classroom Instruction0 / 220
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 3300
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 307Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 308Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 309Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 310Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 311Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 312Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 313Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 314Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 315Classroom Instruction0 / 220

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Timothy YU

Reviews described the course as a manageable literature requirement, with Professor Yu’s lectures covering main points to help students catch up if behind.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.81 GPA, 90.7% A/AB (n=216 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.77 GPA, 89.0% A/AB (n=209 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 87.1% A/AB (n=163 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Timothy YU

The class required two essays with multiple prompt options, but weekly discussion posts accounted for a significant portion of the final grade.

Past student reviews · Timothy YU

One student noted that Professor Yu was knowledgeable and passionate, while exams primarily featured passage identification questions drawn from class slides.

Topics

  • Relationship between America and Asia via culture, immigration, imperialism, and war.
  • Chinese and Japanese cultural influences on literary modernism and Asian immigrant culture.

Skills

  • Identify perspectives in Asian and Asian American literary texts.
  • Apply methods for analyzing literary and cultural texts.
  • Question cultural assumptions regarding race and ethnicity.

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 recent 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.

5 earlier forecasts · 0.15 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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About this comparison

1286 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

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ASIANAM/ENGL 150 · Spring 2027

Literature & Culture of Asian America

Recorded 2026-10-14
ASIANAM/ENGL 150 · Spring 2027

Literature & Culture of Asian America

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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