Xin-Zhu Chen - Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA

Professor: Xin-Zhu Chen

Department: History

College: Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HI101
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Alright

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST262
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Take this professor online if you can! The course goes through an online book and is much easier. Only major part of this course was doing an oral report to submit and a powerpoint on a chapter she assigns you. Lot of busy work, but Dr. Chen provides a weekly outline to follow. Stay on top of tasks and it should be an easy A

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very intelligent and knows her subject but she is very lecture heavy and hard to understand

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

For this class she will have you give answers that you can read directly off the powerpoint but she likes it in your own opinion. You have 2 exams that are 50% of your grade. I dropped her class after midterms. The test questions arent very clear compared to how clear reading off a powerpoint is. Take notes! If you dont do good your GPA will drop.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIS103
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Incredibly hard class history 104. You cannot understand him

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Her heavy accent makes it hard to understand her. I've noticed that going to her class is a complete waste of time as everything is in the textbook, but attendance is mandatory. She takes weeks to grade each exam, doesn't let us see what we missed, and then when I go to her office she isn't even there.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIS101
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Her accent is very difficult to understand. Her lectures are very long, loaded with info, and very confusing. The course only has 100pts in it so you have to pass every assignment. If you take the class i recommend printing out her powerpoint, its impossible to copy her notes.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HI101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I feel bad, as she is a really nice person. I know she means well. However, her lectures are uninformative yet attendance is mandatory. She won't let us use laptops, okay so I take out a notebook, then she says she'd prefer us to just listen to the lecture then go online and view the power-point if we want to take notes. I do not recommend her

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 20THCENTWORL
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I think I was the only person who got an A. If I hadn't already had a decent understanding of the subject, I don't think I would have done nearly as well. Aside from being difficult to understand, her lectures are bogged down by her persistently trying to engage students who just don't care, so we never finish the lecture. Memorize the text - srsly

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HI101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is a great professor who cares about her students. I've heard that she is a little hard to understand, but I had no trouble understanding her. In order to pass, just do the study guides she gives you and write down key points that you find.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HI101
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Attendance is mandatory but the lectures are not informative. The book has all the test information.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I really like her as an individual but she is hard to understand but she tries her best to teach her students. Her tests can be hard but if you do well on your presentation it will boost your grade.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST 101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I really enjoyed Chen's classes. She really knew the subject and she tried her best to help us understand what she was talking about. It is sometimes hard to understand what she is saying, but a lot of the information she talks about is on her Powerpoints (which she sends to you through email) and in the book. Tests and essays are really easy!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The only nice thing: Will make the time to meet with you and discuss problems you may be having. But her accent makes her difficult to understand. Most of the class is taken up by "group" presentations so she only lectures 1 out of the 2 classes she taught during the week. She spends a good deal of time pointing at maps, less on chapter content

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST100
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I don't like to speak poorly of professors, and I'm sure Dr. Chen is a nice person... but she is a horrible teacher. I took her class freshman year and I was terrified. Now, as a senior, I'm sure it would be equally as bad. Her class was impossible and I could barely understand anything she said. Avoid at all costs.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHINA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is very hard to understand, and doesn't seem to have any direction with her teaching. She doesn't stick to the syllabus, and goes off on tangents about other subjects almost every class. My 4.0 isn't going down because she can't teach. I dropped the class, and it's a good thing because half the class failed her midterm.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Academic probation because of this class might be something I am well on my way to. Usually a 3.0 student and this class alone will drop me bad. She is inconcsistent and very strict. The tests are very oddly graded, you can miss 2 questions and fail a test if you miss the essay questions at the end. Be very careful with this class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 20THCENTWORL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She was incredibly hard to understand and I would never wish this teacher upon anyone.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This professor has recieve a lot of bad rap about being tough, but she really wants her students to learn from their experiences in and outside of class. She has a very headstrong teaching ethic. She also fairly knowlegeable on the subjects she teaches. Despite her quirks, I wouldn't have it any other way. OSD students, be careful in her classes.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIS103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Avoid this professor at all cost!! She is so hard to understand. She only teaches about the Japans view side on the 20th century. I am lucky if I get a D in her class. One question in her exams are worth 30 points. No one has ever gotten an A on her text.