Professor
Paul Hsu
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Fall 2024 - Professor Hsu and the cluster team are very engaged in the subject; that being said, this class was way more work than the other clusters. Even before the writing II requirement portions, there are several essays to write in addition tests and lectures. I guess this class does give more credits, but the cost of how much Time I spent on this class was not very worth it. Interesting content, but this cluster is doing too much for a GE class.
Fall 2024 - Professor Hsu and the cluster team are very engaged in the subject; that being said, this class was way more work than the other clusters. Even before the writing II requirement portions, there are several essays to write in addition tests and lectures. I guess this class does give more credits, but the cost of how much Time I spent on this class was not very worth it. Interesting content, but this cluster is doing too much for a GE class.
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Fall 2019 - This is a review of Cluster 80A as a whole rather than just of Dr. Hsu. This class is actually a joke. The class has 126 students, 3 professors, 3 Teaching Fellows, and 1 Inquiry Specialist, yet they still manage to grade things unjustifiably slow. There is no reason why it should take them 6 weeks to grade one three page paper and 3 to grade a 45 question midterm. The exams aren't too bad though. Even though the assignments themselves aren't horrible, it's their grading that will kill you. I got marked down for starting a paragraph on a new page? I still don't get it. If you can, do not take this class. It is not worth the work and the hassle, you are much better off taking an easy GE, do not make the mistake I made.
Fall 2019 - This is a review of Cluster 80A as a whole rather than just of Dr. Hsu. This class is actually a joke. The class has 126 students, 3 professors, 3 Teaching Fellows, and 1 Inquiry Specialist, yet they still manage to grade things unjustifiably slow. There is no reason why it should take them 6 weeks to grade one three page paper and 3 to grade a 45 question midterm. The exams aren't too bad though. Even though the assignments themselves aren't horrible, it's their grading that will kill you. I got marked down for starting a paragraph on a new page? I still don't get it. If you can, do not take this class. It is not worth the work and the hassle, you are much better off taking an easy GE, do not make the mistake I made.
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Fall 2021 - The class was taught by many professors, but he specifically was a great professor. The class can be tough, it involves a lot of memorization. He never went too fast during lectures, and would allow questions to make sure we understood the material. He always invited us to eat on campus after class!
Fall 2021 - The class was taught by many professors, but he specifically was a great professor. The class can be tough, it involves a lot of memorization. He never went too fast during lectures, and would allow questions to make sure we understood the material. He always invited us to eat on campus after class!
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Fall 2021 - The biggest parts of the grade are the exams and the life review, which is a story of the life of an elder + essay connecting their life to an aging concept you learned in class. For exams: ours were open notes and honestly as long as you had a good general understanding of the content and can use ctrl f you would do decent. Life review: make sure you get feedback from previous essays you write for this class and apply those lessons learned to this essay because it was 25% of our grade. I got an A+ on the life review even though I literally spent like a few days on it but DON'T PROCRASTINATE THE ESSAYS FOR THIS CLASS. You get them assigned early, and please do them ASAP! So you can ask for feedback and aren't literally writing them minutes before submitting them. For example, you get the life review assignment more than 5 weeks before it's due. So start working on it asap so you aren't stressed asf because of it. I barely did any of the reading and only a few questions on the exams were about the reading, but you should still do it just in case they add more reading questions on the exams + it's good for deepening your understanding of the class. Would recommend taking this class if you're interested in the topic! Laidback and chill class. Show up to lecture + discussion and take notes and you're gonna learn by osmosis basically for most of the content. Some of the physiological science parts of the class may be hard if you don't have a background in it. Basically, don't procrastinate on assignments for this class and try to go to all lectures + discussions. There are also socials for this class where you get to know classmates + profs. Was p fun!
Fall 2021 - The biggest parts of the grade are the exams and the life review, which is a story of the life of an elder + essay connecting their life to an aging concept you learned in class. For exams: ours were open notes and honestly as long as you had a good general understanding of the content and can use ctrl f you would do decent. Life review: make sure you get feedback from previous essays you write for this class and apply those lessons learned to this essay because it was 25% of our grade. I got an A+ on the life review even though I literally spent like a few days on it but DON'T PROCRASTINATE THE ESSAYS FOR THIS CLASS. You get them assigned early, and please do them ASAP! So you can ask for feedback and aren't literally writing them minutes before submitting them. For example, you get the life review assignment more than 5 weeks before it's due. So start working on it asap so you aren't stressed asf because of it. I barely did any of the reading and only a few questions on the exams were about the reading, but you should still do it just in case they add more reading questions on the exams + it's good for deepening your understanding of the class. Would recommend taking this class if you're interested in the topic! Laidback and chill class. Show up to lecture + discussion and take notes and you're gonna learn by osmosis basically for most of the content. Some of the physiological science parts of the class may be hard if you don't have a background in it. Basically, don't procrastinate on assignments for this class and try to go to all lectures + discussions. There are also socials for this class where you get to know classmates + profs. Was p fun!
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