Reviews of professor Ruiwen Shu

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures are very difficult to understand. He is not clear in his explanations and even if you ask a specific question it will not make it any more clear. He has certain aspects of the grading policy that will help (curve, a few dropped homeworks, etc.) but if you can avoid having him as a professor, do it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had him from MATH246 (DiffEq) but this wasn't an option. Shu was a great professor that never gave - grades, so even though I had an 80 I had a B. Lecture examples are exactly like exam questions. By far the best Math prof. I've had at UMD (which isn't saying much). The matlab projects were very hard though.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Average amount of homework and fair grading. Pretty good lecture notes. Exams can get difficult, but if you study you will do fine.