Reviews of professor Yang Gao

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Her class was a good balance between lectures and class discussions. There's a lot of assigned readings and occasional pop quizzes on the readings. Overall, I found the content very interesting, but sometimes the lectures would drag on forever. There's also only two test; they're not too difficult, but they do make up more than 50% of the grade.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
An engaging class but with lots of pop quizzes!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Nice woman. LOTS of readings. Only 2 tests! (midterm and final.) one paper and 6 pop quizzes. (do well on the tests and read the nightly readings otherwise your grade will not look good!) sometimes the lectures are pretty boring. Not a bad class but would recommend looking for a different sociology professor

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Gao was very clear on what she expected. Her grading criteria was clear and her lectures were fantastic. There is a lot of reading, but that is true for all sociology courses. Her teaching was easily digestible and at many times very interesting and informative. If you should take sociology take it with her!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I would say that Dr. Gao is really sweet and really cares about her students. People hate on her a lot, but I think a lot of it comes from her having an awkward personality. She does have a lot of extra knowledge that other professors don't have and is a great mentor to her students.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Participation helped my grade. I wouldn't say she is born to be a teacher. She should have explained her big paper in person more instead of making sure that the instructions were detailed. Make sure to do the readings because they are what the pop quizzes are on. Her power point are available but she is not really personable when one on one.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
she is a nice lady and if you take good notes during class you will do well. open note test and pop quizzes that aren't really pop you know the night before. lecture can be a bit painful but if you engage it isnt bad

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've never really found a grove in any of Dr. Gao's classes. If you aren't a as big on media as she is the class is super difficult. She really likes American Media and is very knowledgeable on the subject but, her love for Television isn't shared by many students making the class difficult and a chore. I never look forward to her classes.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lots and lots of reading and pop quizzes. Exams are kinda hard and her instructions aren't always the clearest. Lectures are boring and projects are way too hard for an entry level class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class is based on lectures and reading. However, even if you PAY ATTENTION and READ all your assignments it doesn't seem to help. Her MC exams are so wordy and confusing. If you go to her and ask her to explain why you got an answer wrong she will defend herself and say "you didn't pick the right one". Not personable and isn't willing to help.