<p>Has anyone heard anything about Asian Studies 10? I'm thinking about taking it, but not if it's a killer class...</p>
<p>Bump because I’m interested as well. It seemed to have a fairly good grade distribution on courserank … something like 56% A and A-…</p>
<p>I think the prof listed (or at least when I checked before) has mixed reviews. [Keiko</a> Yamanaka - University of California Berkeley - RateMyProfessors.com](<a href=“http://ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1049495]Keiko”>Keiko Yamanaka at University of California Berkeley | Rate My Professors)</p>
<p>My friend took it in his first semester here and got an A-. Some key points he listed about the class is that: lots of reading, guest lecture-based, and grade almost entirely based on 5 short essays which are variable depending on your luck (GSI).</p>