Professor
Ching Lee
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I took SOC 181 A and got An A- and it wasn't easy. The distribution above is incorrect. Your grade will be calculated as: 15% 4 in class quizzes 30% mid-term 30% final discussion section 10% attendance, participation 10% Project presentation (present in front of class) 5% Leading a reading discussion (present in front of class) --------- 93% or above is A. If you missed TA dis sec, point will be taken out. If you missed in class quiz, can't make up. Btw, the distribution of the grade history is incorrect; it is not gonna be 56.2% A and 6.2% A+. It won't be skewed towards A and above. It will be more even. I asked some of my fellow students who happens to be very bright academically and active in discussion what their grades are? B, B- ...I was a little surprised. Good Class to take if you are interested to learn about China. But Don't take it thinking it is an easy A or workable A. I didn't
I took SOC 181 A and got An A- and it wasn't easy. The distribution above is incorrect. Your grade will be calculated as: 15% 4 in class quizzes 30% mid-term 30% final discussion section 10% attendance, participation 10% Project presentation (present in front of class) 5% Leading a reading discussion (present in front of class) --------- 93% or above is A. If you missed TA dis sec, point will be taken out. If you missed in class quiz, can't make up. Btw, the distribution of the grade history is incorrect; it is not gonna be 56.2% A and 6.2% A+. It won't be skewed towards A and above. It will be more even. I asked some of my fellow students who happens to be very bright academically and active in discussion what their grades are? B, B- ...I was a little surprised. Good Class to take if you are interested to learn about China. But Don't take it thinking it is an easy A or workable A. I didn't
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Winter 2022 - Sooo much work. We had a 1600-2000 word essay every other week. These essays were assigned on Thursdays and due on Sunday nights, which meant that we were basically forced to do them on the weekends, which kind of sucked because it meant you can't really go out or do anything on the weekend. The essays required you to draw on the readings, which were super long, so that meant an even heavier workload. On the bright side, all these essays meant no exams, so if you prefer essays to tests, you're in luck. The class itself, though, was really interesting, so if you're willing to deal with all the work that it requires, then I definitely recommend it, because it really opened my eye to all the stuff China is doing around the world. The professor did a really good job of taking unbiased stances toward controversial issues in order to teach them to us in the best possible way, which I really appreciated.
Winter 2022 - Sooo much work. We had a 1600-2000 word essay every other week. These essays were assigned on Thursdays and due on Sunday nights, which meant that we were basically forced to do them on the weekends, which kind of sucked because it meant you can't really go out or do anything on the weekend. The essays required you to draw on the readings, which were super long, so that meant an even heavier workload. On the bright side, all these essays meant no exams, so if you prefer essays to tests, you're in luck. The class itself, though, was really interesting, so if you're willing to deal with all the work that it requires, then I definitely recommend it, because it really opened my eye to all the stuff China is doing around the world. The professor did a really good job of taking unbiased stances toward controversial issues in order to teach them to us in the best possible way, which I really appreciated.
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Midterms & Finals are unreasonable, I study my ass off & put in so much time into this class and still end up with a B. The Professor know her stuffs but the TA is really unreasonable. He does not help you to learn the subjects, he even belittles you. He is really passionate and grades really hard, especially in the presentation & the 10 pages research paper. Basically, the class is run by the TA Chaoyo Chen NOT professor Lee. I feel really stupid for signing up for soc 181A and stay in it when 1/4 of my peers decided to drop. If you want to learn about Contemporary China find someone else. If you want to be the TA's pet, you're in luck.
Midterms & Finals are unreasonable, I study my ass off & put in so much time into this class and still end up with a B. The Professor know her stuffs but the TA is really unreasonable. He does not help you to learn the subjects, he even belittles you. He is really passionate and grades really hard, especially in the presentation & the 10 pages research paper. Basically, the class is run by the TA Chaoyo Chen NOT professor Lee. I feel really stupid for signing up for soc 181A and stay in it when 1/4 of my peers decided to drop. If you want to learn about Contemporary China find someone else. If you want to be the TA's pet, you're in luck.