HAVC 28: Ghosts in Asian Films
University of California, Santa Cruz
Explores the theme of memory, haunting, ghosts and the politics of erasure and remembrance in films made by Asian filmmakers and contemporary artists in Asia. Examines the intersecting themes of haunting, memory, and ghosts and how selected filmmakers and visual artists in Asia go about framing and unframing this topic in their work. The goal of the course is to see, through a comparative lens, how these selected filmmakers and artists treat the topic of specter and the politics of memory and erasure in their respective films from a national and transnational perspective.
Average GPA: 3.38
Grade distribution records: 415 students across 4 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A | 113 | 27.2% |
| A- | 83 | 20.0% |
| B+ | 42 | 10.1% |
| B | 73 | 17.6% |
| B- | 21 | 5.1% |
| C+ | 7 | 1.7% |
| C | 11 | 2.7% |
| C- | 1 | 0.2% |
| D+ | 3 | 0.7% |
| D | 2 | 0.5% |
| D- | 1 | 0.2% |
| F | 4 | 1.0% |
| P | 40 | 9.6% |
| NP | 10 | 2.4% |
| W | 4 | 1.0% |
Based on 415 student grade records across 4 terms and 2 professors.
Instructors
- Boreth J. Ly 348 students, Average GPA 3.47
- Evelyn Char 67 students, Average GPA 2.84