Reviews of professor Wang Liao

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I would definitely recommend this class, Professor Liao is great. Lectures are engaging and funny, and class expectations are made clear (use the syllabus). He is accessible outside of class and happy to help. It is imperative to stay up to date with the readings if you want to do well on the quizzes (which are most of your grade).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Liao cares about what he teaches. I took his CMN 130 Group Communication course. It is challenging in a way that helps you actually understand the lecture material. He provides lots of useful examples. He cares that his students truly understand the information he presents. He is eager and willing to help students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Liao is a fantastic lecturer. The course material is challenging, but the professor spends as much class time as needed to make sure all questions are answered and gives sooo many examples to clarify confusing concepts. 
He and the TA's are always reachable and happy to help students. 
Professor Liao wants his students to succeed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I felt the need to write this review because:

1) These rating on rate my professor don't seem accurate 
2) This Professor is fantastic!

He is kind, thorough, engaging, and very approachable. He puts a lot of effort into his lectures and the lecture slides are very detailed. He also gives 7 points of possible extra credit.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DONT TAKE THIS CLASS. Liao literally started off class telling us that he isnt a good teacher. He grades ridiculously hard, and has a very big head. Hes nice enough, and very accessible, but somehow not very helpful. Do all the extra credit you can, and especially with the course being out of 100 points, thats the only way I did so well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The most confusing formatted quizzes of any professor at UCD. No idea what he is doing or how he is teaching. I go to lecture and it is as if I never went-no idea what he is talking about.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class starts off easy and really speeds up the last few weeks. It is based around one main project and you have assignments due for the project throughout the quarter. The stats part of the class was very hard, I highly recommend taking advantage of office hours both with TA and Prof!! Liao is very nice and helpful!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'm convinced that this class is hard because he wants the students to fail. He claims this is to uphold the "standard" of the uni, but of my time here, he's the only professor to intentionally make a quiz harder just because people did well. Unfortunate this class is mandatory for CMN majors cuz I would not recommend anyone to take this class.