Maorong Cheng - University of British Columbia

Professor: Maorong Cheng

Department: TBD

College: University of British Columbia

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHIN483
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The best Chinese literature course I have ever take, strongly recommend

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHIN484
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Best Chinese literature prof ever at UBC!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHIN484
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

very disorganized and unprepared. spending half of the lecture playing videos, exam based on a single student's opinion in a random class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHIN483
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great professor, very knowledgable. His lectures are clear and easy to understand, but are in no way simple. Professor Cheng's grading's harsh but fair--he sets high standards of success. Visit him after class, talk with him, learn from him, and you will not regret taking his courses.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHIN484
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great prof! Take his class and you will not regret!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHIN317
• 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:

Flexible prof. Great one

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHIN318
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

a very kind prof...funny and easy course in summer term.u can make friends in this course coz u have to interact with your classmates a lot..easy to get high mark..but u have to go to class..

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHIN317
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

a very nice prof. strongly recommended.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHIN317
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Boring lecture but you better attend class b/c there's 10% attendance mark. simply find information from the internet for the debate n you will be fine. essays are not hard either, you can basically copy things from the internet for take home essays and you will get like 80%. However, taught almost nothing throughout the course

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHIN315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

THE most useless class: he repeats himself repeatedly in both English and Chinese as if we can't understand one of the languages. The only reason why I go to class is because he takes attendance. It's frustrating to me how a teacher at his teaching level could even become a prof.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHIN315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Format of class not useful for familiarizing students with speaking or writing Chinese at all. Favoritism towards those students in the class whose Chinese are already at a high level. No instruction before the presentations, yet criticizes students subjectively afterwards. Cannot take criticism at all; gets defensive, abrasive. Very disappointing

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHIN114
• 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:

chillest chinese prof i've ever had! totally flexible attitude and very understanding. has really good english skills despite being a mandarin prof. i would recommend him for anyone who wants to learn mandarin! you won't regret being in his class!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHIN315
• 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:

A good professor, you can learn much stuff about chinese culture from him and the course is not hard.Show him that you study hard!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHIN383
• 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:

Well he's AWFUL! Definitely the worst prof in the chinese department. I don't recommend him at all! What a waste of time and money!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHIN381
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

If one is studying this course more than just credits, then this is the prof that you want to be with. Class environment is fun, lots of questions to trigger independent thoughts, and he has no accent of dialegts, perfect Mandarin. Class average is 77, he scales up after the TA marks.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHIN302
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

took it during the summer. it wasn't too intense. 1 presentation for 15, 20 mins (?!)4~5 essays. a encouraging and knowledgable prof. ( i dun participate much in class and still got a really good grade ^^)

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Let me start by saying that I am not a keener. The course that I am taking is Advanced Chinese: Readings in Modern Chinese Prose and Fiction. I like his way of teaching very much because he encourages his students to think critically. I am doing well in this class despite of not partcipating in discussion all the time.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHIN320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very nice prof. Easy final exam

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHIN310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This course = 4 presentations + 3 compositions + showing up mark. Super slack if you don't want homework (which you don't get anyways) and get a good mark. Sucks that the arts dept has a policy of never giving students over 85%. He actually knows a lot about Western & Chinese lit. if you like it.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHIN300
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

Very diligent teacher and has a good understanding of his students' needs. Grading procedures are quite fair and has a positive teaching attitude.