Reviews of professor Jason Chien

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Pretty straightforward. Do the work, show up, & do all the extra credit and you'll be good, he gives lots of opportunities for extra credit. Attendance is taken each class. Pay attention to lectures and take notes whenever he writes anything down. Ask lots of questions during lectures and he'll do his best to explain!! Updates grades real quick

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He gives handouts for his materials and if you take good notes and complete the handouts you can do well on the exam. Exam study guides are provided too. It's a tough class but his lectures are almost exclusively what he tests on. Class was asynchronous but it was nice to be able to re-watch lectures for topics you don't fully understand.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's very nice, sometimes difficult to understand. He gives a lot of work.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
His lectures are all over the place. He goes off on tangents, is extremely dry, has no format, and does not engage the class at all. For our 1st exam, he gave us instructions to study packets on a ton of material that was not even on it! So a majority of the class did horrible. His explanations, lectures and teaching style are poor and frustrating.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
passionate about material and tries his best to help u understand. hard class with a lot of material but if u fill out handouts & study guides & study it, should pass. 4 exams. lab quizzes every week. canvas quizzes every week w/ 3 attempts & open book. office hours can help. some EC. make sure u understand the topics. very CONCEPTUAL be prepared.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hes a really nice and intelligent guy, the lectures are really heavy- but he teaches well and explains in detail. Always willing to help after class, easy to communicate with outside of class as well. Go to office hours! Hes pretty funny too.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You cant tell students, "On review day, the lab will be set up EXACTLY the way it will be for the test" and not only have that not be true, but test us on things you did NOT put out or go over on REVIEW DAY. This is extremely misleading. Regardless of whether or not you went over the material in class, they wont study it because of what you said.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He doesn't teach anything during lab, but don't skip it because it's worth 2 pts each day. You'll have to study anatomy on your own. Physio lectures are unorganized. Do take notes on everything he draws on the white board. He does give a lot of opportunities for extra credit. It's possible to get a good grade as long as you study early and often.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Chien is extremely nice & wants his students to succeed. He will help you with any questions you might have. His handouts help a lot & his recordings from old lectures . I wish he thought microbiology. Overall, you need to study and put in the work if you want to pass with an A or B.