Reviews of professor Ashidhara Das

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This course proves to be engaging when you delve into the course materials. It's highly valuable for those in healthcare seeking cultural sensitivity. The professor demonstrates a considerate approach to grading, and effective communication is pivotal to success in this class. Final assignment involved composing an essay from a list of topics.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I took Professor Das for the Online ANTH 2 class and it was an easy A. It was just watching lecture videos, posting on forums, and taking quizzes (which were just the lecture videos verbatim). Great for fulfilling GE!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class structure is organized. I don't remember the assignments being hard. I think there were discussion posts. Sometimes the notes she posts are messy and hard to read. The class was also entirely asynchronous. I wouldn't take it again bc I'm not interested in the subject, but I think she's a pretty good professor!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
One of the easiest classes I've taken at DeAnza. We were allowed 3 attempts on quizzes and we had a final paper due with lots of options on which topic to chose. She seems like a really nice lady and was friendly in discussion posts. If you're majoring in Anthropology this is probably not the class for you because I can't say I learned a lot.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Das is amazing! She's an engaging lecturer and just such a pleasant and kind person overall. Cultural anthropology was awesome because of her.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Das is attentive, but grading is sometimes vague (despite rubrics, doesn't say why you missed points). No lectures, all textbook readings, a couple essays, and quizzes are easy. Overall, if you're looking to take ANTH2 online, Prof Das is not a bad choice, but imo it wasn't the most exciting class (though it being online may be the reason).