<p>Has anyone taken this class before? I heard it was easy but I just wanted to make sure.</p>
<p>And also, what textbook do we need for this class? It doesn't seem to be online. Thank you!</p>
<p>It is easy. All of Bascara’s classes are easy. We didn’t have a textbook when i took it, but we had a couple small books.</p>
<p>Echo on the easiness. I took Asian Am 30 Fall 2009 with Bascara. As far as I can remember, you never get tested or have to write anything about his lectures, everything comes from the short reading assignments. There were about 40ish short reading assignments (anywhere between 3 pages to 10ish pages?) that were easily doable an hour before discussion. I had a really good TA that made sure we were on top of our readings and made discussions a really good supplement to those readings.</p>
<p>As for papers and tests, there were two papers and a final. The final were just short answers and essays based on the 40ish short readings. Pretty easy A.</p>
<p>Oh and he has you read a novel in week 8 or 9 and there’s an essay question on the final about it, so you should start reading that novel ASAP if you don’t want to cram.</p>