Yomi Braester - University of Washington

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Yomi Braester - University of Washington

Professor: Yomi Braester

Department: Film

College: University of Washington

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: CMS271
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The overall class and writing assignments are easy, but the grading rubric is stupid. Clarity? Adherence to Prompt? Depending on the TA, it's hard to get full points because of his subjective grading rubric. My TA always nitpicked and took off points. This is how he maintains a stupid 3.3 median. With artificial difficulty in a film studies class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: CLIT271
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Yomi is absolutely a wealth of knowledge on Chinese cinema. If you have a chance to take his class online (and watch him speak on 2x on video), do so - he speaks very slowly. You will be exposed to a trove of great cinematic analysis, cultural commentary, and a very bright mind. One of the best classes I've taken at the UW.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: CMS271
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Coming from a non-major. No attendance. No live lectures. No exams. Don't have to do the readings or even watch the lectures to complete most of the assignments. Two weekly 250 word essays. Surprisingly tough grading, picky TA. BS essay prompts where you have to stretch and find deep meanings in surface level stuff, busy work. Overall easy tho.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: CMS303
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This class was okay. I enjoyed the content and felt like the films we watched were quite interesting but at some times, the classes dragged on. He talks a lot and quite slowly but overall is not a hard grader. If you show up to class and put in the work, it won't be hard to do well.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: CMS302
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Yomi gets somewhat of a bad rep from non Cinema Studies students at UW, but the guy has changed my life for the better. After my 3rd CMS class with Yomi, I realized what an unbelievable wealth of knowledge he is. Never a bad question with him, and my guy always adds insights. Be prepared to work, yet know that Yomi is a worldwide legend.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: CMS313
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The entire class was based off of papers on movies and readings that were done outside of class and the papers were always around 500 words so only like a page and a half. Not bad at all, and you really never had to go to class and could do great. I skipped at least once a week and just did the assignments and always got 100% on them.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: CMS302
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Yomi is super passionate, and while he can get on a tangent easily and spend a whole class on it, he loves teaching and is very accessible and easy to talk to and understanding. He knows a ton about film

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: CMS271
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

the class material is fun and easy, but he made it very hard to understand, he always stuck in a question and keep asking student to answer. he never reply email or any question posted online. worst thing is he fail to open the video he want to show in class every time for the whole quarter. and he always takes more than 5 mins to fix that...

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: CMS271
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: No
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

This Professor drags lecture material that could fit in a 50 min class into a 2 hour lecture. The material is boring and useless, he doesn't approach the material in a exciting matter but in lifeless one. Don't take this class for an easy grade, you will regret it.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: CMS272
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I think because of the class I took I had a positive experience with Yomi. He didn't seem annoying to me, he even used memes in his lectures. MEMES. He tried to crack jokes? But the class was also jointly taught with Chris Hamm. He is quite hard to follow, and does go in a circle of rants but it came off more as passionate to me than arrogant.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: CLIT480
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's arrogant, but without a reason to be. He's like the poster boy for those attacking academia as elitist and useless-- he's almost a perfect caricature in this respect.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: CLIT400
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof. Braester is an very strange person, but not "elitist" as others say. If he behaved the way he does AND was at Harvard AND had Harvard-level intellect, then he'd be elitist. No, he just seems to have an inferiority complex where he needs to prove how smart he thinks he is & put others down to pump himself up.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: CMS271
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He's a nice professor that knows his material well. He tries hard to make sure the students take part by pointing at students and asking them questions, which is sometimes scary if you don't know the answer. He has that philosophical attitude, wanting to dive deeper even though its a simple concept. He hates students using their phone in class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: CLIT271
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

His lectures are super slow and annoying because it takes him an hour to explain a 10 minute concept. Can't space out during class either because he and his TA's like to randomly pick on people in class so I would do the readings and skip lecture. The whole class is on one Chinese director, which means a lot of subtitles and hard names.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: CLIT313
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

As a film major I found this class to be incredibly easy and sometimes boring, but I did learn a couple things about global cinema and watched many new movies. Lectures can feel long but the final assignments are all very easy! I really enjoyed the SIFF aspect of the course, it was a good excuse to go to many films at the festival.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: CLIT272
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Decent professor, interesting material. Gets upset when people use their phones in class though, but oh well.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: CLIT400
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I really enjoyed this class! It was a lot of fun to talk about films in intricate detail with Yomi and the other dedicated students. For this class you'll get weekly readings, movies to watch, and quickly answer a couple questions plus 3 main essays. A pleasure taking his class and work is doable and worth it!

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: CLIT400
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is a thoughtful intelligent professor who knows his stuff and gives good feedback. Sometimes he got criticized for not being that clear with essay expectations, but he really tries to clarify. In the end, everything came together and worked.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: CLIT400A
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

confusing, condescending

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: CLIT271
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Yomi is interesting to listen to and his class is an easy high 3.0/4.0 as long as you attend the lectures and screenings. Grade consists of 3 essays (500, 1000, and 1500 word), attendance in quiz section, and scores on post lecture quizzes(fairly easy).

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