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Mina Kawahara
THET251 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/22/2025 |
She's one of the nicest and most understanding people I've ever met. She's so fun. Starting class with an interactive warm-up of sorts always set a good tone for the class. The workload isn't too crazy (and it got lighter when she realized it was a lot,) but the time commitment can be rough. See the 5/21/25 review for a better breakdown of that. Mina's also very accommodating to extensions. I asked for so many it was practically unprofessional, and she granted them every time. She doesn't post lecture slides, and goes through them pretty fast, but if you come to class you'll get all the information you need for the quiz. She makes class worth coming to anyways, even bringing in snacks sometimes. She clearly cares for her students, and also the course content. She's such a lovely human to be around and I cannot recommend her more for any class she offers. |
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Mina Kawahara
THET251 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/21/2025 |
Great professor. Her lectures were engaging, she was very approachable, and the overall vibe of the class was always great. The main drawback of this class is the amount of time I spent on it: 2-3 hours a week watching the weekly musical, and another hour or more writing the biweekly response paper. However, she made every musical we watched feel important to the overall message of the class, and the fun I had doing the work for this class balanced out its heavy workload (especially since she gave us the option of performing a musical number as our midterm, and as a supplement to our the final paper). I highly recommend this course/professor, even if you don't have much experience with musical theatre! |
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Mina Kawahara
THET251 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/05/2025 |
By far the nicest, most understanding professor I have ever had in my two years here. This was her first year teaching (She is a Ph.D. candidate) and has done a phenomenal job. I can almost guarantee she will be the nicest professor you encounter. The class itself is very straightforward - you watch a musical every week, then Mondays there's a lecture discussing the musical and Wednesday an analysis activity (oral with a group). Then for assignments, it typically rotates between a quiz and a response paper every other week. She is a very fair grader and primarily appreciates the effort. The only downside to this class is that she does not post the lecture slides, but it is great motivation to actually go to class. It fulfills DSHU, DVUP/DVCC, and SCIS - highly recommend! |
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Mina Kawahara
THET351 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/17/2024 |
Mina cares so deeply about her students and their success, about both their professional and personal lives. She worked to make this class fun and beneficial at the same time. I'd recommend her for any class, but especially this one if she teaches it again. |