I'd recommend this class to any Japanese learner, even if you're not super interested in linguistics. You'll learn a lot about the language that isn't covered in the Japanese language course progression.

Though I'm not a linguistics major, a lot of the content was very useful to me as a Japanese learner. Many subjects like pitch accent, compounding, mimetics, etc. were covered which I think made my studying of Japanese a lot more well-rounded.

Iwamoto-sensei is very kind and understanding if you have any concerns during the class. He posts the exact quiz questions before every class so you can prepare adequately for each one. He's very passionate about linguistics and genuinely cares what you have to say during discussion.

Heavily recommend taking an Intro to Linguistics course before taking this, made it very easy for me to understand linguistic concepts in a language other than English.

Her Lectures are hard to follow. She writes way too small.Rambles on.Each exam gets progressively harder.Grades tough.One of my answers was off by the thousands place.She counted the whole problem wrong.Doesn’t offer extra credit. Sadly, she’s the only physics teacher at Wallace. Final was not comprehensive as she said. 80 percent of it was on the last 2 chapters.

I was interested in learning physics so I didn't find it as boring, just difficult. However, the professor made it so hard to keep the spark of curiosity alive. She would constantly add on material on each exam, which made it hard to keep up with.

Quiet voice, writes too small. Doesn't know how to explain properly. She teaches like as if you already know everything.

Read and study the textbook. Don't bother with her lectures. Her lectures will leave you confused. Stick with the book.

Very very interesting class! Compared to MATH 253, I liked this course infinitely better definitely. Don’t skip class! It’s much harder to catch up later on trust me.

Gustafson is a great prof imo! He’s very passionate about the topic and is very helpful in class and in office hours. He explains concepts very well in class and his notes were very helpful.

Be prepared to do some self-learning if you (like me) learn best on your own rather than in class lol. There are some great videos on Youtube that helped me a lot.