Reviews of professor Irene Pang

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Pang is an amazing prof who cares about her students and is quite accessible for support outside class as well. I enjoyed her teaching style as she delivered great lectures that were engaging. Shes a tough marker so be aware of that, however, be on top of the readings and assignments and you should be fine.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not great at teaching, but she's open to suggestions & will change something if the majority of the class is in agreement. This course is dry, v heavy & she lectures for the entire four hours online. Offers bonus points, but is a tough grader and her marking can be unclear. If you're not keen on talking in class she won't force you.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is extremely opinionated so the class does not feel like an independent place to learn but rather a place to learn her opinions. The workload is too much with two deadlines a week and four papers just for one class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is a tough marker but she scales the grades so even if you don't do great on a paper it won't be reflected in your overall mark. There are weekly reading guide assignments that help with tutorials and are an easy grade booster. If you want an easy A this isn't the class for you, but if you want actually learn something it's for you.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you want a course in order to understand this life and how the world works politically and economically, I recommend it. Deep readings and educated professor

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I think I learned a lot in this class. Lots of readings required, but interesting and worthwhile. Grading was curved which was nice since she's a tough marker. I don't feel she's the most effective professor and sometimes made the concepts confusing to understand. She's also quite the stickler for keeping cameras on.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Pang is a brilliant (and best) teacher who is aware of the best pedagogical approaches and cares for her students. There is a relevance of what we learn to our lives and practices, she has taught us how to be a better consumer of knowledge and a better producer of knowledge. She is a tough grader but gives clear feedback and you learn a lot.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One of the worst courses I've taken at SFU. Clearly has no idea how to teach, asks for feedback and then is rude/refuses to implement, can't keep up with the workload she assigns, gives no criteria for assignments, has no rubric and relies on a check mark system she refused to explain. Most unclear syllabus I've seen in 5 years, wish I could give 0