Reviews of professor Jianren Xu

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This is his first semester at UNT and teaching a 3 hour monday night class is tough. The material is boring, he tried a lot to engage us in the beginning of the semester but you can only make RMIN so entertaining. He tries his best and wants you to succeed. Exams aren't bad (review HW). Group project is long w/unclear criteria, but good feedback

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'm going to be honest. I recommend taking his online class if you take less than 12 credit hours during the semester. This is a self-taught class and coursework is very time-consuming. The TA's videos weren't helpful--hard to understand her. I recommend communicating with the professor if you're struggling to understand the course material.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great professor to have for online. Super responsive and has very clear expectations in his course. Attend the office hours/zooms!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very kind and understanding professor!
You could only take tests during a specific time period which was a little weird at first for an online class, but he is always happy to accommodate another date/time for you. Also his canvas was really organized!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's a nice guy and he's accessible to his students. With that being said, he is not very helpful. He's disorganized on canvas, his lectures are almost useless, and he doesn't provide any resources to study for the exam. I hate to leave a bad review because he's a nice guy! However, he's not a good professor. I'm sorry.