Professor

Ryoko Nishijima

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4.3
Overall Ratings
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Easiness 3.7 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 3.7 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 3.7 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 3.0 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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HIST 171
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
March 27, 2021
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A

Wow, I'm a history major and for some reason this class killed me. Her recorded lectures are very dull and lackluster, but there are 100% necessary to do well on the quizzes. Annoyingly, she has 2 quizzes that are almost impossible to prepare for I couldn't score over 17/20 despite studying. Her midterm is term and vocab-based--which she provides a study guide for. The final research paper was aggravating because she was quite unclear about what she wanted, and the rubric she provided was quite basic. I wouldn't take her again. The grading goes as follows. 20% midterm, 10% 2x quizzes so 5% each, 25% participation based on discussion boards, 45% final paper. Overall, a dull course with an unmotivated instructor who never replies to emails---which is super necessary for remote instruction. Took her 2 full weeks to respond to my email regarding a super quick question. Her teaching of history was remedial level and juvenile, not nurturing her student's analytical abilities. This is UCLA, there are better professors.

Edited--since people want to comment on my intellectual abilities in other reviews. I feel the need to defend myself--I have a 4.0 from UCLA and was recently accepted into USC law school on a full scholarship. But hey "I guess I'm not really that smart" Way to be a jerk when other people are just sharing their opinion :)

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HIST 171
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Nov. 27, 2021
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A

Wow sad to see another UCLA student calling another dumb in these comments for simply sharing their experience. Not surprised because many students find value of their self worth dependent on their merit--sad. This class was lackluster overall, nothing special. The professor is kind and the class is straightforward. Would I take this class again probably not.

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HIST 171
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
March 30, 2021
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A

I'm also a history major and even though this was my first upper-division history course I found it incredibly easy. The last poster seems like he's just not that smart, because most questions on the two quizzes could be easily answered by skimming through her slideshows even if you never watched the actual lecture. None of the readings were even necessary. I got 20/20 on both without studying. Also, the one time I emailed Professor Nishijima to set up office hours she replied within a day and she was very helpful over zoom. I found her lectures very straightforward and interesting, but the last poster was right about it being a little juvenile. However, that just means that it was an easy class with easy to follow lectures.

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HIST 171
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A
March 27, 2021

Wow, I'm a history major and for some reason this class killed me. Her recorded lectures are very dull and lackluster, but there are 100% necessary to do well on the quizzes. Annoyingly, she has 2 quizzes that are almost impossible to prepare for I couldn't score over 17/20 despite studying. Her midterm is term and vocab-based--which she provides a study guide for. The final research paper was aggravating because she was quite unclear about what she wanted, and the rubric she provided was quite basic. I wouldn't take her again. The grading goes as follows. 20% midterm, 10% 2x quizzes so 5% each, 25% participation based on discussion boards, 45% final paper. Overall, a dull course with an unmotivated instructor who never replies to emails---which is super necessary for remote instruction. Took her 2 full weeks to respond to my email regarding a super quick question. Her teaching of history was remedial level and juvenile, not nurturing her student's analytical abilities. This is UCLA, there are better professors.

Edited--since people want to comment on my intellectual abilities in other reviews. I feel the need to defend myself--I have a 4.0 from UCLA and was recently accepted into USC law school on a full scholarship. But hey "I guess I'm not really that smart" Way to be a jerk when other people are just sharing their opinion :)

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HIST 171
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A
Nov. 27, 2021

Wow sad to see another UCLA student calling another dumb in these comments for simply sharing their experience. Not surprised because many students find value of their self worth dependent on their merit--sad. This class was lackluster overall, nothing special. The professor is kind and the class is straightforward. Would I take this class again probably not.

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HIST 171
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A
March 30, 2021

I'm also a history major and even though this was my first upper-division history course I found it incredibly easy. The last poster seems like he's just not that smart, because most questions on the two quizzes could be easily answered by skimming through her slideshows even if you never watched the actual lecture. None of the readings were even necessary. I got 20/20 on both without studying. Also, the one time I emailed Professor Nishijima to set up office hours she replied within a day and she was very helpful over zoom. I found her lectures very straightforward and interesting, but the last poster was right about it being a little juvenile. However, that just means that it was an easy class with easy to follow lectures.

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