Current instructor

Esther Kang

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Raw average: 4.00/5 from 2 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.

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What students say

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DS 1202026-10-15

Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5

morning lecture on mondays were not great but professor kang was a really good teacher. she helped make a lot of the terms accessible without so much busy work like other morning lectures. she cares about her students and gives clear instructions. examples helped a lot. i just hate mondays.

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DS 1202026-04-30

Quality 3/5Difficulty 1/5

Esther is definitely a good teacher, the content of DS120 is just so boring that it doesn't help her. Her voice is very soft, and combined with the lecture content and 8:50 class time, it's a bit hard to stay awake. Three pretty easy projects and weekly quizzes on the lecture content, not too bad, but a good amount of work for a 100 level class.

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Classes with Esther Kang

DS 525

Civic Design: Systems Thinking in Public Service Design

3 credits

Hands-on introduction to civic design focusing on service design, systems-thinking, and participatory methods in public sector contexts, including team-based prototyping with government or nonprofit partners.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Esther Kang

No recorded grade history

DS 699

Independent Study

1–6 credits

INDEPENDENT STUDY involves directed study projects as arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Brooke Godfrey Samuel Dennis+17 more

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2024–Fall 2024 · limited sample

DS 990

Research and Thesis

1–12 credits

Research and Thesis involves independent research and writing under the supervision of a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Marina Moskowitz Esther Kang+13 more

No recorded grade history

DS 999

Independent Study

1–3 credits

Independent study course for directed projects arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Marina Moskowitz Esther Kang+13 more

No recorded grade history

DS/GENBUS 240

Human-centered Design and Business

2 credits

Human-Centered Design and Business teaches design thinking's iterative process—empathy, systems thinking, ideation, prototyping, and testing—plus balancing desirability, feasibility, and viability to bring projects to market.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=45 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 98.9% A/AB (n=95 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Giustina Parisi Esther Kang

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2026

Recorded teaching history

Distinct courses recorded per term

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Term	Course	Title
Spring 2027	DS 525	Civic Design: Systems Thinking in Public Service Design
Spring 2027	DS 699	Independent Study
Spring 2027	DS 990	Research and Thesis
Spring 2027	DS 999	Independent Study
Spring 2027	DS/GENBUS 240	Human-centered Design and Business
Fall 2026	DS 299	Independent Study
Fall 2026	DS 999	Independent Study
Fall 2026	DS/GENBUS 240	Human-centered Design and Business

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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