Reviews of professor Zhifu Xie

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Xie is a great professor when it comes to USM's Mathematics department. His online course setup utilized the MyLab Math system from Pearson for homework assignments and practice quizzes. Outside of that work his quizzes and tests were on canvas but fairly easy given the amount of material present in the homework assignments. Overall good prof.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
It's clear that Dr. Xie is passionate about math, but his classes can be difficult at times. He is difficult to comprehend sometimes, which is not his fault because English is not his first language. Homework problems were difficult when his lectures did not explain how to apply the math to them. However, he gives lots of partial credit on tests.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Xie is a great professor. He really goes through each and every step to make sure that it is understood. He does have a lot of homework, but it is very beneficial to learning the material. I do not believe English is his first language so the language barrier might make it a bit difficult to understand him at times.