Professor: Hosea Hirata
Department: Japanese
College: Tufts University, Medford, MA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: JPN192
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Hirata is brilliant, well connected in the field, and works with other famous professors. Took him for JPN192-01 Japan and Postmodernism. He gives great paper feedback and is very clear. He makes a challenging topic lovable. Expect an intelligent, quirky, yet down-to-earth kind of guy. He's presumptuous, like all philosophers.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: JPN0115
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Fantastic professor. Took one class with him and decided to take two more! His lectures are engaging and sometimes leave you bewildered, questioning life. In a good way! The readings can take a lot of time, but- they are so worth it! You won't want to skip the readings- The in class discussions are one of the most informative parts of the class.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: JPN62
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Possibly the best professor at Tufts. I took his class first semester freshman year and learned more there than anywhere else. A lot of reading and in-class discussion of texts. You can get away with not doing the reading, but you really miss out. He gives amazing feedback on essays, and though it's easy to get a B, he's hard to impress. Worth it.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: JPN061
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Thought provoking and clear, he picks interesting books to read and discuss and is both insightful and openminded. Take a literature course with prof. Hirata
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: JPN123
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He changed my life.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: JPN000
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Thought provoking. Radical? Kooky. Interesting. Down to earth + brilliant = great.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: JPN110
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
You're pretty much on your own for this class because he doesn't give you any grades until the end. On the one hand that's a bad thing because you can't be certain as to how well you're doing, but on the other you learn to put your heart into what you're writing. The course was definitely worth taking, though classes could be boring occasionally.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: JPN110
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
One of the most eye opening classes I have ever taken, Hirata is funny and very easy going despite the large amount of reading
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: JPN123
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
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