Reviews of professor Xianghua Wu

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
It is very hard to understand him in lecture. He does not explain things well and you will likely have to teach yourself this class if you take him. The final is worth 50% too. I would avoid this professor at all costs.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
She made things fun for the students. I appreciate her. Xie Xie Lao shi

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He uses Proctorio for exams/quizzes. It is abhorrent and the alien tech and time limit will give a diligent student a loss of 10 points. Do NOT believe what he says. His 'practice test' is just concepts/ideas, nothing helpful, just like his lectures. I had to reach out to 3rd party resources to learn the material.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
SHES AN ADORABLE PROFESSOR!! She is also very caring and very fun teacher. I love her class. I learn a lot from her and I love to take her class again!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
AWFUL! Took this class as a lower division C course, and this professor is awfully harsh with grading. This is a film class but she expects you to DEEPLY analyze the films, like a professional film analysis. My first B since freshman year, as a straight A student. No extra credit, harsh grader with no flexibility. DO NOT TAKE!!!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
DO NOT TAKE FROM HIM! Worst lecturer ever!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Take anyone else. lectures & HW don't prepare you for the exams. If you take him, good luck.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class is pretty easy, I would suggest making a discord with your classmates because each week you watch a short video and a movie, both have questions you have to answer after. Help each other and you should be fine. Some movies are interesting and others arent. No time limit for the questions either. Easy class and easy credit, WORK TOGETHER

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
An excellent instructor. She is very patient and makes an 8 am class bearable with her cheerful attitude. If you have no Chinese background, then you either avoid Chinese or you go all in. This language is notoriously hard to learn for a 2nd language. Don't think about missing classes, as the materials are cumulative in nature.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Laoshi is incredibly nice and caring. Lectures Wed-Fri while Mon-Tues is self study. This class is fairly easy for me because I've been exposed to mandarin as a child, but writing and memorizing the characters took a bit of time. I have an impacted major so it was extra hard. Overall, a fun class but if you have 4 unit classes with this, you'll die

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you struggle with Math I would not recommend taking him. He teaches off of Powerpoints that are straight from the book but does not explain them well in class. You are heavily graded on one midterm and one final. I had to spend a lot of time outside of class trying to understand the material.