Chiuping Chen - American River College, Sacramento, CA

Professor: Chiuping Chen

Department: Economics

College: American River College, Sacramento, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON302304
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Chen is awesome! You have to put in the effort to get a good grade but she's super clear in her expectations. Her lectures and real world examples help you understand the content. She cares about her students and wants them to succeed. I would take classes with her again in the future, for sure.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• 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:

Taken over summer, first mistake, there isn't enough room to describe the frustration of her teaching methods. So ill use one example, the homework questions are phrased differently than explained in class and when looking at the book for clarification it'll be a different formula than was given, you cannot see what you answered wrong after ur done

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON302304
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Easy class if you show up and pay attention. She is a prof that will drop your lowest grade so that's a plus. She does have an accent but nothing major. There are group assignments but overall easy class

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Easy class. Uninspired professor. She's been teaching this same course for 20 years and it shows in how much she cares about what she's doing. I haven't read a word of the textbook all semester and I have an A. I'm interested in business and econ, but the way she teaches makes me feel dejected about it. She just repeats definitions over and over.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Chen is awesome. Tests and homework are all online. Make sure to read your textbook before the test because the tests are mainly from the reading. Professor Chen helps a lot when you ask and is very thorough even though she has a Chinese accent. I would totally take her class again!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON1A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Difficult to understand her at times but if you have questions, just ask her. She knows everything. The textbook was only mandatory because of the online code used was included with the book, all homework/tests were online

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor. She has an accent and does not speaks up enough. You have to read a book before each class. You must care your textbook in class because during the group work I would need it. All tests online. She does not give real examples. Do not waste your time. Take somebody else.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON304
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

There's a curve at the end, definitely. But you really need to stay on top of your grade to be sure that you'll get the grade you're aiming for. She's very kind, and makes the material easy to understand if you pay attention during class. This class wasn't necessarily an easy A but you don't have to reach TOO far to get it. Would take again.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON304
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Her class is honestly kind of boring and drawn out. She's a good professor if you put effort towards actually learning. I'm not a business major but I needed micro for my major, so naturally I did not care to really push for that A but I still got a B through minimal effort. Just don't skip class and you're good.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON302304
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Chen is a great professor, I took her for Econ 302 and 304. The tests are difficult, but if you do well on the quizzes and homework then you will pass. We only used the textbook in class twice. If you can study well with an ebook, don't buy the loose leaf. You will receive the ebook included with the connect code.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON300
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a really nice older asian woman who is very difficult to understand because of her thick accent. Her class is basically online. All the homework and tests are done online. What makes this class difficult is that majority of the stuff on tests is not learned in class you have to read it on your own. She drops worst test and quiz.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

As a person, I love Prof. Chen! As a teacher, however, I'm not so sure. The way she taught calculations during class was spot on. However, what bothered me the most, ooh the most, is the exams. Her lectures did NOT prepare you for the exams. The exams are strictly by textbook, so get ready to read! Lots of extra credit, though!(nearing the end)

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very good class. Prof. Chen wants you to succeed and teaches accordingly. Definitely get the online book instead of the physical copy. The only compliant is that she is very hard to hear because of her thick chinese accent and soft tone of voice.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Sweet professor, very helpful. Lectures at a pace where everyone can be caught up even with taking notes. Exams are online, drops lowest exam and quiz. Some questions are word to word from book so you may have to read on the side to do well( unless you get lucky google).

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON302304
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

(+) Chen is probably the most straightforward professor on this campus. Easy A - answers can be found online She drops your lowest quiz and test. Quizzes and test are identical to classwork (-) Don't be late she won't let you take the quiz There are group classwork assignments, you miss it you can't make it up $100 online textbook/homework tool

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON304
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Good professor. Learned a lot of stuff. Everything is online except quizzes and some group work. Some mathematical concepts you will need to know, but she goes over all of them. There are no retakes but she does drop a quiz and an exam.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON304
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Amazing professor. I was terrified to take this class since everyone says she's a hard grader. Class out of 1,000points. Offers 40 points Extra credit for taking RAD. As well as (some hW, and quizzes). Super easy teacher. Test online use your resources. Drops one quiz and one exam. Best Econ teacher and easiest out their. And she super sweet lady.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

1000 points possible, 100+ points extra credit, easy "A", REALLY nice teacher! Seemed like a tough grader at first, but then I found out that about 1/10 of the stuff I did (Homework, group works, tests, quizzes) was extra credit!!! Eventually I got 97.7% in her class, I got a few "C"s and "B"s on the tests. 1 test and 1 quiz both get thrown out.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Some people say she is a tough grader, that's what it seemed like at first, on every test I got a grade in around the "B" range. I was worried I would get a B in the class but she has soo much extra credit! What was supposed to be 1000 possible points in class overall turned out to be around 1100! I didn't listen in class OR read the book. Got 97%

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of my most challenging classes, tests were hard, the way I got an A was by reading thoroughly and understanding the concepts and content in each page. Never used the study guides just read all the chapters and underlined important things. Quizzes aren't very easy, study the math and do it exactly like she shows and you should be fine.