Reviews of professor Diana Duan

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I have such mixed feelings about this class. Dr. Duan is an amazing and kind person, but as a professor she's unclear about expectations, and demands an absurd amount of work on your research paper (25% of your grade), which, not matter how hard you work on it, will not pass all her criteria. Do NOT take as a GE class, or another heavy one.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Do not ever take this class as a GE. She sets these unclear expectations and grades super tough. Honestly expects her students to perform higher and doesnt really care if you tried if it doesnt reach her expectations. I followed her comments to edit my final paper and she still said my paper was not good enough for an A which doesnt make sense.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She cares about the class as much as you care. If you want to get a lot out of it and ask questions you will have a great time. If you just take the class because you have to then she isn't the right teacher for you. Her feedback on my writing was some of the best I've ever gotten and she went above and beyond helping me with it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She can be a little bit disorganized at times, but overall a really fun professor to have. She's very passionate about helping students become better writers and is eager to help students find opportunities to do and present research outside of class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Duan is the most amazing professor I've ever had at BYU. She has such a light around her!! Dr. Duan is one of the very few professors I know who really work with you to help you not only pass, but succeed in the class. She understands that life gets crazy sometimes and is flexible with assignments if you talk to her about it. I LOVE HER! :)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Super nice, sometimes unclear but if you ask her she'll tell you ASAP. A lot of reading and a lot of essays but also had like 10% extra credit to help out. She wants you to succeed but you gotta reach out. The TA was nice

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed her class, and it was a joy to learn more about China in a world history class, something that we often don't get as we go over world(European) history for the 5th time since junior high. I really appreciated her insights into history and perspective on history. She is also quite willing to talk after class about questions you have

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Duan is an amazingly kind, witty, and fun person, but her class was very difficult. She was often unclear on what she wanted from you, and her feedback on the semester-long paper often changed what she originally required of you. That being said, she answers emails very quickly and is available to help. Her class was just confusing at times.