YEh, Grace  

If you are even remotely Asian or interested in Asian culture this class will really expand your understanding on Asian Americans' history and current status. Being half Asian myself I never put much thought in Asians in America and the unique Asian culture that exists here. The statistics and stereotypes are discussed, and the class is quite controversial and talkative. Basically, the class involves reading 1 or 2 articles on some aspect of the Asian culture before class and then discussing it in class with the help of powerpoint slides. Overall, this class consists of: 20% participation and attendance (self-explanatory), 25% Homework (2 easy write ups and a small report and 10 minute presentation on anything Asian American), 10% Immigration paper (interview someone who immigrated and describe the experience and process), 20% Quizzes (2 super easy short answer quizzes), and 25% Final Exam (which isn't really an exam but actually 3 short essays 500-1000 words that you turn in during finals week) If you need your USCP satisfied this class is really worth it. Grace is youthful and sooooo hot (a Taiwanese Southerner?). I wrote the worst homework papers and essays and she always gives me an A- or A (I think everyone who tried got A's), which makes me feel guilty for always being on my phone... =(. I'm sure my participation will be docked and I don't really know what grade I've gotten yet but I'm sure it's a lot better than I deserve. My only negative comment is that GE classes should NOT be 2 HOURS LONG... I don't care how interesting the subject is. Eventually you'll start texting or doodling... sorry Grace haha. Overall this class is easy, super interesting, a breath of fresh air, and it beats staring at old ass engineering professors. ^___^

Dr. Yeh starts the quarter by telling everyone that ES 244 will not be their hardest class. It is a survey course, and we covered a broad range of topics with a broad range of learning techniques (making powerpoints, writing essays, even reading a play). There is typically 20-40 pages of assigned reading for every class session (which I did), but I know a lot of people that didn\'t and never got penalized. You just don\'t really have anything to say when the class discusses the subject together. Looking at the post below, it seems to me like she changes the class style a lot. We had the ~10 page immigration paper, but we did a group powerpoint project called a pecha kucha, a survey of cal poly students, and had a midterm covering the material from the first half of the course. In lieu of a final, we wrote one final essay due during finals week expanding on a topic of our choice covered in the second portion of the class. Overall, no matter what your nationality or major, I would highly recommend ES 244 for your area D and USCP all in one.

Dr. Yeh, besides being a total hottie, is a wonderful professor. I honestly learned soo much about Asian American culture in this class. She\'s extremely approachable, nice, smart, and her lectures are smooth and interesting. The grading system relies heavily on you being in class, so don\'t expect to be able to ditch a lot. Overall pretty easy class, if you show up and do your assignments your basically looking at an A.

Grace was an alright professor. I was looking forward to learning a broad range of material seeing as it was a GE but the majority of the class is just boohoo here is how America treated Asians crappy stuff you must ALWAYS agree with Grace on... I think it\'s important to learn what different groups of people have been through but when you get to your 7th week straight of all the ways they were discriminate against, trust me, you\'ll be over it. Being an engineer I am biased and hate writing/reading with a passion and the class is very very reading intensive with a TON of essays.

There is a LOT of reading in this class, a fun group project that you have to present to the class, some short essay responses, a 5-6 pg interview essay & a midterm. Mrs. Yeh is an English major and has a lot of knowledge. She tries to make the class less boring with her jokes and makes the class laugh by saying \"ya\'ll\". The class is a mix between history and Asian American stereotypes. It\'s an interesting class, but it can get monotonous at times. The midterm was difficult, but if you pay attention in class, read the assignments, and study, you\'ll be fine. Also, this class is a USCP approved class.

Dr. Yeh is really organized and has put a lot of time into making this class as interesting as possible. There are readings every class, but they\'re maybe 20 pages at most. Seriously, that isn\'t much, and I don\'t even like reading. I\'m not sure why people are complaining about reading when this is a college course. You just have to put a bit of effort into this class and you should be able to get an A.

Dr. Yeh is really organized and has put a lot of time into making this class as interesting as possible. There are readings every class, but they\'re maybe 20 pages at most. Seriously, that isn\'t much, and I don\'t even like reading. I\'m not sure why people are complaining about reading when this is a college course. You just have to put a bit of effort into this class and you should be able to get an A.

Her lectures were usually a hit or miss, some of them i wish i hadnt gone to class for (EXCEPT ALWAYS GO TO CLASS! each time you miss a class your participation grade goes down 1 percent) and some of the lectures were really interesting. She assigns A LOT of reading, but i learned quite quickly that you dont really have to read them it would just suck if she called on you in class. Midterm 1 was an essay, and pretty easy. Midterm 2 was...horrible, it was a knowledge almost like a history test type exam. She did offer about 4% in total amounts of extra credit at the end of the quarter, so that helped. In the end i found the class really interesting and recommend taking it.

Great teacher, but you must go to every class to do well. Get the general idea of all the readings and take good notes to do well.

You don't really need to take notes or study too hard for the class. Just pay attention in class and make sure to do the readings (which take 30minutes to 1hour MAX) when you have to. She's really nice and does not mind explaining something over and over again in office hours if you need the help. She grades pretty easily on the essays, got full points on every single one with minimal effort...and considering that I'm a pretty god-awful writer...well you get the idea. She's pretty funny in a dorky way sometimes, and always has a few interesting stories she sometimes shares. Also, she's pleasant on the eyes. (Bonus? For sure)

Very nice and straight forward class. Never took notes or brought anything to class but a cellphone (to check the time and text)...just review powerpoints before the tests and bam, A. She's super nice too. Take her when you can.

Fun class. Didn't really participate in class. You lose 1% for every day you miss class. At the end of the quarter she tells you how many days you missed, and trust me she keeps track. She delivers the material well. It's not a hard course. There's only a few things to memorize, and she goes over them so many times that it's hard not to memorize them. This class is very similar to history, which i hate. I still ended up with an A- in the class. Just put effort into her papers and get a C or better on her midterm and you're guaranteed an A

This class is so interesting! Prof. Yeh does a great job running the class. There were a couple essays and some projects and a ton of reading. I felt like the midterm was super difficult and it brought my grade down a lot, it was some multiple choice and short answer. The extra credit helps, so do it if you can. She gave an opportunity to edit an essay which was pretty helpful. The last half of the course was super interesting when we talked about more recent events.

Grace Yeh is the best!! she is so cool and fun! she makes every class entertaining and is very understanding! one of my favorite teachers thus far. Take her! the class is not too difficult, minus the quizzes. she gives you a lot of easy extra credit too!

She never goes over what we need to know. I can't believe Im paying for this twice a week

To the contrary of the freshman who posted previously, I feel like she cares about her students but cannot manage to keep this class entertained. No one speaks up since everyone's texting or doing other class work and has dead silence when she asks "any questions?" Its unfortunate because the material is extremely controversial even though we dont seem to get engaged with the text which is all fair game for the quizzes. Be warned this is the hardest part of the class, i feel like everyone has difficulty with these... If you are an Asian American you will be skeptical of the material but hey its an ethnic studies class.

Professor Yeh's class is based on 3 quizes, participation points, and two essays with basic guidelines through out the quarter. There is a group project called a Pecca Kucha, which is only 20 slides long and very manageable. My only regret is not going to office hours more often during the quarter. If your an outgoing person this class is definitely for you!

Fantastic course, if you need to cover your USCP consider this the class. We never had that much work and if you actually understand the readings and can say something about them you will fly through this!! Thanks prof Yeh!

Professor Yeh was great! I learned a lot about American history is this class and not just specifically about Asian Americans. I really enjoyed learning the portion on Immigration, it's so undiscussed in our culture today and I feel like Americans should have a sense of where we're all from! She's super sweet too!

I really enjoyed this professor with Professor Yeh. Even though I'm asian, I didn't know there was a long history of asian-americans in this country. So maybe this course had a lot of reading hw but it's not like Yeh tested you on most of it. There were three midterms, one group presentation (short 5 min presentation about an asian-american topic-pretty fun),an immigration paper, an US census transcription+ final essay. There was an option for the final to get involved with a local Japanese-American re-collectiong project but I don't think this will be every quarter. But really, the work is really reasonable and really liked this class. Take care.

Professor Yeh really knows her stuff. She delivers the material well through powerpoints, videos, articles, and readings. The class is very straight forward, as long as you do what she requires and put in the time that a typical GE course requires, you should earn a good grade. She is very approachable and understanding. Lots of chances for extra credit, assignments aren't too hard. Make sure you read the articles before class if you truly want to grasp to do well on the midterms/essays. Straight forward class, material was interesting and I learned other sides of Asian Americans history throughout this course. Not Asian myself, but I actually enjoyed this class. Recommend this class for USCP requirement, thumbs up for Doctor Yeh!

I highly suggest taking Dr. Yeh for either the USCP or for any other GE area. I took her for both ES 244 and 322. Both classes were fairly simple and a nice break from some of my harder courses this quarter. Go to class, participate every so often , and write a semi-intelligent paper and you're looking at an A. If you are looking to re-establish an interest in ethnic studies, adjust the framework in which you view minorities, or examine just how stereotypes function in society, TAKE HER CLASS. you will not regret it

She's great. The class is very straight forward and very simple. Show up to class every day (she takes roll), half pay attention to her lecture, and study for an hour before the midterms and you should do perfectly fine. She doesn't grade the presentation or the papers very hard either. Honestly, if you don't get at least a B+ in the course you only have yourself to blame. It's very simple and the information isn't hard to process. As a professor, she is soft-spoken but very enthusiastic about the course. She is also very approachable and seems really nice.

This class is pointless. I hate it. It is simple, but it is hard to care about something that doesn't mean anything to you. She tests you on random facts from the PowerPoint slides that don't improve my knowledge in anyway. Also, her attendance policy is awful. She treats it like a third grade class. Stay away from her.

Just stay away from this class. It is awful and a waste of time and not easy anymore. STAY AWAY.

This class is an easy A. Grace is a good professor and teaches the material well. The homework consists of daily readings and a couple of projects. Honestly, I spent less than an hour a week on this class and still got an A. You can do up to two extra credit opportunities (which mainly involve you attending an event she posts and writing a 500 word reflection on it) to boost your grade. Easy class with a good professor.

Material is interesting, some stuff can really anger you and some stuff is bland material. I found myself more pissed off at injustices of the past, but if you don't mind being pissed off every few weeks, you should be fine lecture-wise. There was a lot of reading. Midterms were medium-hard difficulty, especially the multiple choice part. There was a lot of different topics covered and it was hard to remember some specifics. If you can write a good essay, you should be fine for that portion. However, every time she teaches the class, she changes the grading up, so I don't know how it will be in the future... She was helpful in office hours and the type of professor that can communicate to her students on a personal level. The project for the class sucked if you got dead-weight leaching students in your group, or if you had a small group. Overall, it was a good GE to take with moderate work (mostly a reading and the annoying project).

She teaches you about interesting things and she is a nice teacher. She is also an easier grader when it comes to essays and projects. The only thing I didn't like about the class was that her quizzes are very short for the length and amount of readings she gives us, which was why I did not get an A in her class.

This class is very interesting and actually fun to go to! It is also an easy A. Weekly you turn in one page discussing one of the readings assigned, and pretty much get full credit just for doing so. There is also a group power point project for which you watch 3 hours of TV and explain to the class how asian americans are portrayed in those three hours. And finally there is a final paper 8-10 pages which you are given a lot of freedom on and she is very helpful in office hours if you are struggling.

I took this class as is satisfies GE area D5 and the USCP requirement. It was really interesting for a reading-intensive class. Our class was a great environment and people would always come, even though attendance wasn\'t taken regularly. We had a lot of fun and Prof. Yeh was great. She really got to know her students and took an interest in our opinions.

Grace Yeh is the master of life. Honestly she amazes me. She is incredibly knowledgeable, engaging as a lecturer, wears adorable clothing, and is a total baller overall. Pretty much I wish I could be her. There is a lot of reading but it\'s do-able and interesting. Definitely worth taking, you won\'t regret it!

Dr. Yeh is awesome! She's very helpful in office hours & in class and genuinely wants all of her students to learn and understand the material. She's very personable and I enjoyed taking her class. The class is mostly based on readings, essays, and discussion. Come to class prepared & go to her office hours before turning in essays and you'll definitely do well in her class!

Yeh is awesome. She is very down to earth and relatable. She is very helpful in office hours to help you with your essay, and if you can't meet during her regularly scheduled times she's more than willing to meet with you. I really enjoyed her lectures; they were clear and not bogged down with useless information. This class is very informative and I recommend this class/ professor combo!

Grace was amazing! Her lectures were interesting and kept you listening. Just 3 essays and a group project. Take her if you can!

I don't know what happened this quarter but maybe because of responses from last quarter, this class is definitely not easy at all. I went into this class expecting an easy A, but nope. This class has 5 quizzes, 1 essay and 1 project/writeup/presentation. The quizzes make up 40% of your grade... and they are insanely hard. If you want an easy GE, don't take her. I think she is still trying to figure out what to do each quarter...

I LOVED this class. i was worried at first because there are no exams, and grading is based on three essays (which i normally hate), attendance, and a group project, but the topics were so interesting that i actually enjoyed writing. I went in to office hours all the time and yeh was super helpful and helped me write my essay. we got to watch lots of movies in this class too so that was really nice :) take this class! it was awesome

I really enjoyed this class and feel like I learned a lot. Dr. Yeh is really knowledgable, understanding, and helpful. The graded work is all essays and one presentation. I found the essays to be really interesting and fun to write.

Professor Yeh was very informed on the things she discussed in class. I personally enjoyed the class discussions and participation is key to enjoying this class. There were short writing assignments and essays that weren't too difficult. She's not a harsh grader and mostly just wants to make sure that you have a clear argument and present it with relevant evidence. I would highly recommend this class to students for their D5.

Easy class, but TERRIBLE PROFESSOR and WASTE OF TIME. Class consists of 10/15 graded reading logs, two presentations, two essays, final paper, and attendance (which was bull). I was looking forward to this course, but every class was a boring powerpoint lecture that she literally read off of word for word. When I went into her office hours to turn in an assignment, she made me wait an hour and wouldn't let me drop it off. When a student asked "Did we need a hard copy of our presentation as well?" she replied with "Umm, I'm not sure. Did we?" When she asked us for feedback and constructive criticism (which was not anonymous) on her newly integrated project, she took it personally and then tried to pinpoint every tiny mistake on every assignment thereafter to subtract points. I'm sorry, she can be sweet and all, but she should really find an alternative way in conveying her curriculum to her students effectively.