Reviews of professor Rie Maruyama

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is nice and tried to make the lectures not entirely boring. Part of me wishes she would do more to make her lectures more unique but it is what it is.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you have previous Japanese learning experience this class is easy for you. But if you like me who never study Japanese before then this class will be a little challenging. Even though I get a B, I felt like a could be done better if the prof did elaborate more during classes. It's better for you to do the reviewing every day.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's cool, very nice, and as flexible as she is allowed to be.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Maruyama Sensee is very nice and explains things well. Although the class was homework heavy-ish, the homework is very helpful and fairly easy; won't take you more than one hour to finish. The quizzes are very representative of the material covered in lectures, and you can opt-in for extra credit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's a very nice professor & the structure of the class is incredibly efficient. The grading is very fair (you can make a small mistake or two and not get docked points). Participation is VERY important, but don't worry over it because all you need to do is do your quick breakout room activities and answer questions when called on to get full pts.