Wah Cheng - Mills College, Oakland, CA

Professor: Wah Cheng

Department: History

College: Mills College, Oakland, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST000
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

One of my favorite teachers at Mills. 10/10

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ALL101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Wah is one of my all-time favorite professors here at Mills. He genuinely cares about his students and is very easy to talk to. If you have the opportunity, I highly recommend taking a class with Wah.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST06101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Wah is one of my favorite professors. He may go into long tangents during lectures and the readings he assigns are often boring or strange, but you can tell he is very passionate about what he teaches and very intelligent. Super amiable and easy to ask for help. The documentaries he assigns are terrible though.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST154
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Wah is an amazing teacher. Attendance is optional, but I go anyways just because of how funny he is. I will certainly take more of his classes.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST061
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is great! Although he likes to go off tangents quite often (which makes the class more interesting) he is truly brilliant. He really loves what he teaches. Plus the workload is super light! Enjoyable class :)

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COLL60W
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

*bad grade.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COLL60W
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Wah Cheng is such an inspirational teacher. His tangents and jokes make the class more personal and approachable. The topics are open, but he doesn't want you to write just anything because he's concerned for your grade too. If he doesn't think your idea works, he will tell you instead of saying it's good and then surprising you with a ba

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST61
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Uses the craziest examples to describe east asian history....truly fun and understanding person.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST061
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

His class was rather boring. He can be hard to understand and loves to go off on tangents but the class is incredibly easy to ace. The only work the whole semester was to write three papers.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST071
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I'm a freshman in one of his classes, and so far, he's really a great teacher. He's very interesting and helpful, and also very accommodating in terms of absences and tests and the like.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COLL60W
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He couldn't suggest a topic for a paper, but he could come up with all kinds of reasons why anything I suggested wouldn't work. Horrible. Never again. The class was discussion-based, which, thanks to facilitation skills that were limited to helpful prompts like "so... what do you think? anyone?", was also pretty dead.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COLL60W
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The truncated version of my semester... Him: You can write about whatever you want. Me: What about X? Him: No, not that, but whatever you want. Me: Okay... What about Y? Him: No, that won't work. Me: Okay, give me an example of something that would work. Him: You know, whatever. ... And on and on.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Always helpful.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HISTSECT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I loved his class. Yes he does get sidetracked, but he is relatively to follow. He is passionate about what he teaches, which is nice. Also, anytime I needed help he was available and he was prompt in answering my emails, even when I emailed him at 1am. I admit his accent can be a bit hard to understand for some but it was not a problem for me.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST061
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Hilarious. Gives great lectures. Tons of reading. Interesting class structure: no tests, just essays. His obsession with food, particularly Chinese, is without bounds and he frequently goes off on tangents about it. He gives lots of clear feedback on papers. Overall, a really nice, fun guy, but still gives you a challenge.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST061
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I loved this class! Sure, his jokes can be cheesy at times, and downright ridiculous, but he tries. Very easy to get in contact with; if you're going to take an Asian history class, definitely take it with him.

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

he is the BEST teacher at MILLS!! no joke!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST061
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

he gets sidetracked too easily! but his stories are amazing. he's also ****ing hilarious.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HISTORYCHIJAP
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST062
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

While his classes are slightly boring, Cheng is passionate about what he's doing and that definately comes accross in his lectures.