Reviews of professor An Pham

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took JAPN 215, Cool Japan. Enjoyed Professor Pham's lectures. We learned about ancient Japan periods to modern period where he talked about Japanese culture, manga, and anime. For our final project, we picked an aspect of Japanese culture to do a presentation. Mine was on animes based on Japanese demons and monsters from folklore.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
JAPN 212/307: Both classes have the same amount of work (upper grad level) despite one being a 200-level course. Lots of essays and reading w/ an extensive 6+ page research essay due at end of semester. Final research paper needs more specific instructions. Pham grades on the stricter side and doesn't grade most assignments until the end of year.