Reviews of professor An Pham

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very nice guy. Discussions were fun, just what you would expect from a film class. Homework was a breeze. Since this was taken online, I'm not sure if it would be as easy in person. But I would definitely take another class with this professor.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ridiculously writing intensive. Easy grader which I appreciated but I must've written 50 pages for his class. I have a law major in my class and he said that he writes less for his law classes than for this class. I was expecting a relatively light-hearted examination of Japanese culture but what I got instead was a full-on Ph.D. level course.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Pham is very passionate about the topics he teaches. Some of the material is interesting stuff, but the assignments are very repetitive so after a bit you start to dread it, well, at least I did. Not much variety when it comes to assignments, the amount of work given was a bit much. A final plus a final research paper? To each their own..

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Possibly one of the best professors I could ask for. However, Pham structures this FYS course as if it's a course for my major. This is a required class that everyone has to take. Would highly suggest taking a different FYS/one that you know will be an easy A. Way too difficult and extra for a FYS course.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Liked it when I first started off in his class, but quickly grew tired of it due to the papers and admittedly boring lectures. For the final project (a large paper and slideshow), I specifically asked him for feedback on it and he said it looked good, so I turned it in and he proceeded to give me an 80 and no feedback. Would recommend avoiding.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! I learned plenty and felt excited to attend class. You can tell Professor Pham is passionate about the content he teaches. We made our own Emakis for the midterm and present that work. The final required a deep look into two visual works of our choice. An essay, presentation and PowerPoint were required.