Reviews of professor Xia Zhang

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you're used to a Monday-Sunday week, this class will torture you. Most readings/viewings had to be done before discussion on Wednesday. Those readings/viewings will take up to 4+ hours on their own. I'm a slow reader, full-time student and currently working, but for others I still think they'd benefit if all this was spread out better.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. I wish I had checked rate my professor before signing up. Zhang has absurd, and straight up disrespectful expectations of her online students. The course content has the capacity to be interesting if it weren't all crammed down our throats. This class gets a 0/10. Seriously. Don't do it, I can't get these 10 weeks back.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
worst class I have ever taken by far. I would never recommend anyone to take this teacher. Weekly you are assigned 2-3 MULTIPLE HOUR documentary's to watch that you will be graded on. On top of that there is multiple chapters assigned each week, discussion posts, and weekly assignments for a final project. She is an extremely tough grader.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dear goodness this class has a heavy workload. It was prof Xia's first year teaching at TU so its possible this will get better in the future, but for a block class, I definitely would not recommend. You are expected to spend up to 9 hours outside of class per week working on projects, plus all the outside research she requires. Impossibly hard.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Zhang is an amazing teacher. She passionate about her class and loves to help you out. There were 2 building exercises and 2 projets with one being for extra credit. Most people take the class as a joke which results in poor grades. Overall an amazing class but will have to put work for it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Intense. Heavy workload and unrealistic expectations. I'm doing well, but barely. She's unrealistic with people who have never taken an art class before. Took this class because I thought it would be kinda hard but fun. She takes the fun out of it. I think she's new to teaching or something but I'm not a fan. I would not take this class again.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This teacher has consumed my life for just a level 300 class. I would never recommend this class ever, and also I have been putting in more time into read/watching multiple 2-3 hour assignments that you are graded on each week (even days!!) than any Biology or Chemistry class