Chialan Sharon Wang

This CW course contains no exams but papers only. We read two books/novels each week, once per lecture, and the lecture that day would be a close reading analysis with introductions to the historic context. One short response paper per week plus a midterm and final paper. Prof Wang grades fairly and her lectures were engaging.

This course was very interesting and a niche topic worth learning about. As a seminar course, classes are composed of mostly discussions which at times get dense and hard to follow, and she will cold call people that haven't yet participated or aren't engaged. Most assignments were graded upon completion, but on larger projects Professor Wang's grading erred on the tougher side. It is very feasible to get a good grade as long as you put in a little effort, and I would recommend visiting office hours for feedback on larger assignments as it's very helpful. Wang is very receptive to student needs and is very friendly overall, as well as very knowledgeable on this topic.

This course was very interesting and a niche topic worth learning about. As a seminar course, classes are composed of mostly discussions which at times get dense and hard to follow, and she will cold call people that haven't yet participated or aren't engaged. Most assignments were graded upon completion, but on larger projects Profe …Read more

Wang laoshi is an enthusiastic and understanding instructor. She is so clearly passionate about the course's content and is dedicated to making sure students can get as much as they can out of the class without it being too stressful. Most homeworks are based on completion, with one weekly tingxie and a weekly short typed essay. Grading is extremely fair and sometimes maybe too easy. The stories and films for the course teach students a lot about Chinese and Taiwanese culture and history and are clearly very carefully curated by wang laoshi. Class discussion is highly dependent on other students in the class and how motivated they are, but wang laoshi is enthusiastic either way. This has been by far my favorite Chinese class in the department and wang laoshi is maybe my favorite professor on campus. 11/10 would take again.

Wang laoshi is an enthusiastic and understanding instructor. She is so clearly passionate about the course's content and is dedicated to making sure students can get as much as they can out of the class without it being too stressful. Most homeworks are based on completion, with one weekly tingxie and a weekly short typed essay. Grad …Read more