EAST 1200

This is by far the easiest class I have ever taken in my life. I could go on about how stupid the course content itself was and how I really didn't learn anything useful about calligraphy, but I still really enjoyed the class and appreciated not having to worry about it or my grade at all. If you need something to fulfil your AIPI requirement with, I definitely recommend this class. There are 4 grades for the semester; a small 5 minute presentation about a calligraphy topic, mandatory attendance, a 10 character completion grade, and a short "reflections on learning" at the end of the semester. Pretty much all of this is graded on completion. If you have even a small interest in East Asian calligraphy and want an easy gen ed, I don't think you would mind taking this class. I would generally recommend taking it with a friend as class can get really boring if you're alone.

This was the first time the professor taught this course with a new calligraphy "style" that she apparently has not mastered and says she can't teach it so she invited a Master from Taiwan to come in five times throughout the semester to teach us on Zoom. It's an easy class but not very organized so you have to deal with changing assignments and stuff like that although there aren't that many assignments. 1 presentation to the class by yourself that is about 10 minutes long, 10 HW assignments (just practicing 1 character), 2 reflections. It can also get boring because a lot of days is straight practicing calligraphy the entire class but I guess there is not that much work to do outside of class. #tCFF23