Reviews of professor Mark Tse

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Tse is awesome! He's a very respectable guy, funny, and you can tell he cares about his students. Often, he'll take the time to work with you one-on-one, and pushes you to do your best.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Tse's Jazz ensemble was awesome! He dove into the classic jazz standards and really taught us what It was like to be in a professional jazz band. Each class we were assigned a new piece so prepare for a decent amount of practice.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Had him for Jazz band. He's got a good feel for jazz and knows what he is doing. He's funny and chill.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Tse is the best! His class won't be easy, but he makes it fun. At the beginning of the semester, he was a little fast paced, but eventually slowed down and he was able to really explain things more thoroughly. He's a great guy and you can tell he's very passionate about his job.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
So much reading every night then a quiz on the tiniest details from the reading, keep in mind its 3 hours worth of reading per night. For an elective class its ridiculous how much reading there is to do/useless things to remember. Take an art class or something. Dont like professors who brag about half the class failing and no extra credit

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Tse is an excellent conductor, has a lot of patience, and a great sense of humor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
One of the worst music directors I've ever played under. You can get away with anything in this ensemble. You will either be stuck twiddling your thumbs while one section repeats the same 8 measures for the entire rehearsal, or you'll run through the entire repetoire as the ensemble falls apart and Tse refuses to stop and address the issues. Awful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Tse was fair on grading and workload. His lectures were interesting!!! the lack of respect the other students was appalling. Just because they weren't majoring in music. their complaints of failure were due to their own lack of effort. Just read the assignments and study as you should in college It's college, study or drop out. Period!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
nice guy, terrible professor. all his lectures have NOTHING to do with the exams. He has quizzes every day, 3 random questions which are pointless to the exams also.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Fair professor. I've been in music since a very young age and took this class for credit. He explains things in a very hard way for a beginner to understand. Gives quizzes everyday. Must study ( if a beginner) if you want to pass. Graded on quizzes, homework, and performances.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He begins by explaining that half of his class fails. I am currently in his MUS101 class and he treats us as though we are majors and assigns a large amount of reading. He allows cheat sheets for his tests and even writing down all I can little to nothing I write was on the tests.