Reviews of professor Ryan Chang

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
he's actually really nice in person but he gives SO MUCH work including perusall annotations and writing assignments aside from the main 2 essays and eportfolio. the assignments somewhat help with the main writing assignments but he's a harsh grader and will really let you know what's good or bad

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took this course in Spring 2020 remotely. Prof. Chang is a caring professor and will give you the feedback you need to succeed, whether in office hours or by email. However, he assigns a lot of work (weekly 1000-2000 word discussion posts + essays, peer reviews, etc.). Overall this class improved my writing skills but made me doubt my sanity.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Grades extremely hard and feedback is not entirely helpful. One decent grade on a paper will tank your entire grade in the class. Need to have a 95 and above on each paper to even hope for an A in the class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Don't take his class. Unreasonable workload. Unclear guideline. Even paper prompts are long and confusing--Not a good sign from someone who is supposed to teach writing......

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Chang's lectures were extremely inspirational into writing even beyond the course. Even though he did give pretty much homework, it was still manageable and you would learn from those assignments. He was also extremely helpful during office hours and could really provide useful feedback.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A good lecturer, and he gives good feedback(he is very straightforward)! I will say he gave lots of Perusall assignments, and I disliked annotating every reading since you even had to do readings while working on the two main projects. His grading criteria is clear, and he is able to give you enough sources for you to be successful in the class!