| General Information |
| Professor: |
Robert Antony |
| Course: |
HIST 472 |
| Course Title: |
Modern Japan |
| Student Grade: |
A |
| Post Date: |
3:16:55 PM 5/6/2005 |
| Overall Rating: |
Good  |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Content: |
 Multiple Choice
Matching
True/False
Fill in the Blank
 Essay
Problem Solving
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| Mandatory Final: |
Yes |
| Cumulative Final: |
No |
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| Other Information |
| Textbook Required: |
Yes |
| Extra Credit Available: |
No |
| Attendance Required: |
Yes |
| Quantity of Notes: |
Overkill |
| Difficulty: |
Moderate |
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| Additional Comments |
I LOVED THIS CLASS! Dr. Antony is an awesome professor and I'd recommend him to anyone seeking upper-division history credit and especially in this course. Dr. Antony is very passionate about his subject and that makes his lectures refreshing and interesting. The notes are way overkill, though, so if you don't like taking a lot of them don't even bother taking this class. A typical night of notetaking for me (since this was a Wednesday night class) was about five pages front and back BUT if you take great notes then your exam preparation will be easy. Dr. Antony makes sure to pass out a study guide filled with some ID's and two essay choices that will come up on the next exam and believe me when I tell you that his ID's are a helluva lot less than some of the other instructors in the history department (we're talking like 15 versus 38 and above for other classes).
The grade breakdown goes as follows: two exams (midterm and a final) worth 50% of your grade where you are presented with six ID's and you choose five to answer (usually filling up a whole blue book page for each term is recommended) and you answer one essay that Dr. Antony chooses from the study guide to put on the test, you also have to write two papers worth 12.5% each of your grade on two of the four books you have to read in the class, and the other 25% of your grade is class participation on the discussions of four books you have to read (here they are: Japanese Inn, Makiko's Diary, Runaway Horses, and Haruko's World). Above all else, though, I'd urge people to stick with this class after they sign up for it. It might appear tough at first but he's just weeding people out and after the fourth week or so things get really fun.
I feel as if this class helped me gain a greater appreciation for Japanese history and believe me, you don't have to know ANYTHING about Japan before taking this class (I didn't) to do well. Take this class if your a history/social studies major before you leave WKU, you won't regret it!
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