Reviews of professor Jinniao Qiu

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
His lectures were organized, and clear, and he posts all lectures to D2L. Assessments were fair and many assignment questions were directly from the textbook. The examples done in lecture are similar to those on the midterm/final.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He has a really thick accent and goes over the material in a really confusing way compared to other profs. I skipped his and started attending another 275 lecture, and the difference was staggering. I learned more in one day then I had with him for a month. He wasn't too bad when it came to one-on-one help however.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really do not understand the bad ratings, yes his accent is thick, however he knows his material extremely well. I found actually asking him questions was very beneficial. I loved him as a prof.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Heavily emphasizes theory and makes lectures quite bland. Doesnt maintain eye contact and is very quiet. Language barrier is definitely a factor.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He has a thick accent its hard to understand what he is saying. His lectures are usually very confusing. He overcomplicates concepts. If you have him be ready to learn the course from Youtube videos

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hes a kind person. That being said he is not a great prof. His accent is thick and can be hard to understand at times, not his fault. He made concepts harder to understand, and wrote so quickly it was impossible to take the time to understand what he was writing down. Learn from YouTube and khan academy if you take his class and you will be ok.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The professor does not know how to pass the material in this class properly, He skips alot of steps, works only wity slides, and he switches slide too fast for anyone to follow. On top of that he is really hard to understand due to his heavy accent.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Always had step by step processes to solving questions and did lots of examples. He does have a heavy accent but writes what he says so you can follow along. Is very knowledgable and helpful in office hours.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Just don't go to the lectures. Took calc in HS and were good at it? Read his online notes. Took calc in HS and weren't good at it/Didn't take calc in HS? Read his online notes, ask your friends for help, attend other calc profs' lectures. You are better off learning calc on your own than to seek help from Qiu. He knows calc but he cannot teach it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His accent is only part of the problem. He taught the content in a mixed up way with random examples that didn't link to one another. It was very difficult to read his notes to because they were messy and you couldn't assume what he was writing either since his English was poor. He had a tough time keeping the class quiet making it hard to learn