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Binod Paudyal AAST440 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2025	I enjoyed AAST440 and I encourage people who are actually going to do the readings and attend class to take it! This is not a hard class, but you have to still put in effort (like literally out of respect too). There are a lot of readings that are primarily fiction so they're normally interesting and easy to get through. We had one 300-word response due weekly and attendance was required so missing a few classes isn't going to hurt, but this isn't a class to skip regularly. My biggest complaint is that due to AI, Dr. Paudyal turned the midterm paper into 2 exams. It was highkey annoying because both exams were before a break (Fall & Thanksgiving), so you HAD to be there. I didn't mind the actual exams because they were pretty simple if you did the readings, it was just the awful timing of them. Overall, solid class and you learn A LOT about the South Asian American community.
Binod Paudyal AAST440 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/18/2024	I loved taking this class with Dr. Paudyal. He's genuinely such a good professor and the readings we did in class were very engaging. The workload is a good amount (i.e. you do need to do the readings and do a 300 word reading response/week) but it's very manageable. He's super lenient on grading as long as you showed some form of effort. He's also super encouraging when it comes to writing and you just feel more confident in your abilities to write well about literature and conduct analysis. Highly recommend any class with Dr. Paudyal, you definitely won't regret it!
Binod Paudyal AAST440 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/04/2024	He's top 2 and not 2. The class is very fun, have to read a good amount but all the literature is very interesting. 1 Reading Response a week (300 words), 1 Midterm Paper and 1 Final Paper, One presentation about one of the readings. Very accommodating as well.

Binod Paudyal
AAST440

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/18/2025

I enjoyed AAST440 and I encourage people who are actually going to do the readings and attend class to take it! This is not a hard class, but you have to still put in effort (like literally out of respect too). There are a lot of readings that are primarily fiction so they're normally interesting and easy to get through. We had one 300-word response due weekly and attendance was required so missing a few classes isn't going to hurt, but this isn't a class to skip regularly. My biggest complaint is that due to AI, Dr. Paudyal turned the midterm paper into 2 exams. It was highkey annoying because both exams were before a break (Fall & Thanksgiving), so you HAD to be there. I didn't mind the actual exams because they were pretty simple if you did the readings, it was just the awful timing of them. Overall, solid class and you learn A LOT about the South Asian American community.

Binod Paudyal
AAST440

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/18/2024

I loved taking this class with Dr. Paudyal. He's genuinely such a good professor and the readings we did in class were very engaging. The workload is a good amount (i.e. you do need to do the readings and do a 300 word reading response/week) but it's very manageable. He's super lenient on grading as long as you showed some form of effort. He's also super encouraging when it comes to writing and you just feel more confident in your abilities to write well about literature and conduct analysis. Highly recommend any class with Dr. Paudyal, you definitely won't regret it!

Binod Paudyal
AAST440

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
11/04/2024

He's top 2 and not 2. The class is very fun, have to read a good amount but all the literature is very interesting. 1 Reading Response a week (300 words), 1 Midterm Paper and 1 Final Paper, One presentation about one of the readings. Very accommodating as well.

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