Reviews of professor Brian Hu

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you're a film major you will have to take Hu at some point. He is super knowledgeable and is very willing to help his students. Participation is what killed my grade this semester so just go to class. Hu is seriously great and next semester will be my third semester taking one of his classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing professor, fully online but can tell he is very nice. Not as easy as TFM160, this one has some work to do but still manageable and nothing to complain about. Lecture, movie, then discussion or post-lecture. 2 essays, then final exam is essay. Movies were pretty good too. Easy B, manageable A. Solid class and would take Prof Hu again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very passionate professor. Class is pretty tough, concepts can get overwhelming. As long as you take good notes and read the book, you should be fine. Class is based on 2 essays, 2 exams & 1 presentation. Make sure you have a good group for the presentation. He makes the classes enjoyable & interesting. Just take the class seriously & do your best!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I was taking Econ 320 and 330 at the same time as this class, AND THIS CLASS WAS THE HARDEST OUT OF ALL OF THEM. He has lecture quizes and discussions every wweek. He does not care about his students and grades papers like if we were writing a script for the a movie shown in the Cannes festivsal. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HIM.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I learned a lot in this class. Professor is clearly passionate about world cinema & even gives extra credit to students who attend online film festivals. His voice is so smooth during the lectures too haha. The papers are graded a little tough but as long as you watch the films, keep up with the lecture quizzes & discussion posts, you will do well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Actually a really cool class. Just a pre-film lecture, film, then post-film lecture or discussion. Most films were very interesting and cool insights into their country/culture of origin. Didn't read the textbook. Only one test at the end of the semester. Simple, easy class that has the added bonus of not being boring in the slightest.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Hu might use plenty of lectures and his class might feel a bit dry for those who don't like film, but he still does a good job engaging the class and the class never felt overly boring. It also is a very fair amount of work with 1 film on average per week and a short quiz about the film.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hu is an awesome professor that is very passionate about his work. For the online course besides synchronous discussions, we also had 20-30 minute lectures that we had to watch that had built-in quizzes which add up believe me. The papers feel hard, but if you write using the criticisms he talks about in class they're not bad. PARTICIPATE!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HIM