Reviews of professor Noah Miles

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Noah Miles is very unclear with his expectations and grades the midterm harshly after not assigning a rubric or ever giving feedback on smaller assignments. The class is heavily participation based but I found it hard to want to speak up in class as his discussions were irrelvent to me. Would only recommend if you are very into Japanese culture.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Very cool professor! Taking Japanese with him means participation and trying to complete the assignment matter rather than how correct you were on the assignments! He's very accommodating given you communicate with him, and the assignments and quizzes are straightforward and easy to complete.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Really fun class. You read manga for your homework, what's not fun about that?! Very educating on Japanese culture and history as well as manga's roots and development. Not hard to get an A if you do the assignments, pretty easy. No exams or quizzes. Great class to take for credit and to relax between other classes. Loved it. Manga Heavy, not anime

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Miles teaches Japanese in a different way, one that many do not like. He encourages you to learn the material throughout the week, so that you learn the content and can apply it for future units. However, his style of actually teaching is almost non-existent. Still a wonderful and cooky guy who I can get down with. (JAPN2030)

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
So much work with very vague guidelines. It was hard to know if you did anything right. Class seemed inspirational in the beginning but the amount of work decreased interest.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Noah is a very friendly professor that is highly knowledgable about Japanese culture. It is true that there are only a few things throughout the semester that you get graded on, so get ready participate in discussions. Overall, you need to show some interest and show him that you learned something by the end the course.