Huijun Mai
Department of Chinese
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4.0
Overall Rating
Based on 1 User
Easiness 5.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 5.0 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 4.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 5.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS
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43.0%
34.4%
25.8%
17.2%
8.6%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

38.3%
31.9%
25.5%
19.1%
12.8%
6.4%
0.0%
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A
A-
B+
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

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Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: A
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Dec. 16, 2023

Professor Mai was a great professor for Chinese 70! I didn't know what to expect, but I definitely enjoyed the class.

Pros
- Final was online and was a mixture of multiple choice, matching, short answer questions (basically 5 sentences on vocab words on their relevance, definition, and examples), and 2 essays. Professor Mai and the TAs were very clear on how the formatting would be and provided examples of short answer questions and essay topics. My 58 pages of notes for this class paid off when I had to find vocab words and textual evidence.
- Projects can be pretty interesting! One of them was a poetry anthology where you assemble a collection of poems with a theme that you come up with yourself. They allow for creative freedom. The other one was an expository essay, so more wordy. However, the poetry anthology was my favorite.
- Professor Mai's lectures were engaging and her slides were descriptive. She explains things in a concise way that keeps me paying attention.

Cons
- There are weekly readings that could get slightly dense, but if you take notes on them and break them up into smaller pieces, you should be fine.
- There are periodic quizzes that are graded by your TA - you do have to be detailed in your responses because these aren't guaranteed free points
- This is not necessarily the professor, but as with humanities and GEs, your TA could make or break your grade. My TA, Yi, was chill and helpful, but I heard stories of other TAs being harsher when grading projects and quizzes.

Overall, I would take this class again - it was a doable GE to have when I was taking 3 other STEM classes spring quarter of my freshman year.

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: A
Dec. 16, 2023

Professor Mai was a great professor for Chinese 70! I didn't know what to expect, but I definitely enjoyed the class.

Pros
- Final was online and was a mixture of multiple choice, matching, short answer questions (basically 5 sentences on vocab words on their relevance, definition, and examples), and 2 essays. Professor Mai and the TAs were very clear on how the formatting would be and provided examples of short answer questions and essay topics. My 58 pages of notes for this class paid off when I had to find vocab words and textual evidence.
- Projects can be pretty interesting! One of them was a poetry anthology where you assemble a collection of poems with a theme that you come up with yourself. They allow for creative freedom. The other one was an expository essay, so more wordy. However, the poetry anthology was my favorite.
- Professor Mai's lectures were engaging and her slides were descriptive. She explains things in a concise way that keeps me paying attention.

Cons
- There are weekly readings that could get slightly dense, but if you take notes on them and break them up into smaller pieces, you should be fine.
- There are periodic quizzes that are graded by your TA - you do have to be detailed in your responses because these aren't guaranteed free points
- This is not necessarily the professor, but as with humanities and GEs, your TA could make or break your grade. My TA, Yi, was chill and helpful, but I heard stories of other TAs being harsher when grading projects and quizzes.

Overall, I would take this class again - it was a doable GE to have when I was taking 3 other STEM classes spring quarter of my freshman year.

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Overall Rating
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Easiness 5.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 5.0 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 4.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 5.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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