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Yu-Wei Wang HNUH288V Expecting an A+ Anonymous 10/17/2024	I would recommend this class if you are already in the cluster. Dr. Wang is not normally a professor, so there is some lack in organization of the discussions and expectations. However, I believe every person got an A/A+. If you do the limited work there is and show up to class, you will do perfectly fine. It is much easier than the majority of the other cluster classes. She is extremely nice and willing to work with you on whatever you need. The end-of-the-year project was very rushed and confusing, but she is extremely nice with grading so it is really hard to even complain about. Besides the midterm and final paper, I probably spent not even an hour on work outside this class each week. Any organization problems the other posts comment on, you will find in the majority of the other honors courses.
Yu-Wei Wang HNUH288V Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/08/2024	Dr. Wang's teaching approach lacks organization and clarity, making it difficult for students to navigate the course effectively. Her habit of changing the syllabus frequently leaves students unsure of assignments and expectations. The absence of rubrics until the last minute adds to the confusion, and her vague instructions only compound the problem. Despite promising topics, such as well-being and health inequity, these discussions rarely translate into meaningful class content or assignments. The course description is especially misleading as we barely focused on campus well-being. We spent the majority of the time talking about poverty and mental health on the country scale, and while these are important to discuss, we could never find solutions or look beyond that to our actual campus. This course is so broad and Dr. Wang wants to try to cover it all, so everything you learn is superficial, dull, and repetitive by the third week. The required readings became insignificant a fourth of the way into class as we barely had any conversations about them. Furthermore, the supposed focus of this course was to provide recommendations to university stakeholders in a term presentation. However, our progress was undermined by the lack of preparation and feedback. Late initiation of these projects coupled with minimal guidance resulted in rushed and perfunctory presentations, leaving us feeling unprepared and embarrassed. Dr. Wang's reluctance and defensiveness to constructive feedback and tendency to deflect criticism onto students' work ethic only exacerbate the frustration. While Dr. Wang may possess kindness, it does little to salvage the overall experience of the course. In retrospect, I regret enrolling in her class and would advise others to choose alternative options within the cluster.
Yu-Wei Wang HNUH288V Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/06/2024	Try not to take this cluster if you can. The class falls victim very badly to a lot of the issues HNUH classes face: not planned well, first time being taught, semester long capstone you start the week it's due, repetitive topics, tons of readings no one does because it doesn't matter, discussion based but the teacher does not know how to hold discussions, no laptops allowed so you just end up sitting there doing nothing, revealing questionable political beliefs of your classmates, and just generally boring. She was not a good instructor nor did she handle the issues of the class well. Whilst incredibly kind and communicative on the surface, she did not implement any issues towards student complaints but rather made excuses for them or put the blame on the students for not enjoying certain aspects of the class or finding it boring. She also made a huge number of changes to the syllabus across the semester, meaning assignments and rubric requirements would be constantly changing. Whole class periods would just be spent with her answering our questions on a given assignment. The final project of this class was also a miss. We had to go over 4 different dimensions of well-being, 2 having been repeated from other groups, and share recommendations for our campus to address health inequities and/or well-being. It was a lot of content and most of our recommendations could not be immediately actionable, but we presented our "ideas" anyway. For most groups this assignment was rushed and most topics could not be fully covered. Critiques were still being made to our recommendations a day before it was due instead of having clear rubrics on what each recommendation should address. It seems that this professor could not take any direct criticism of the class and instead became defensive and saw it as an individual student issue when you provided tips to make the class better for the students. Now, if you want to take her class, your grade will not likely suffer, but your well-being might.

Yu-Wei Wang
HNUH288V

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
10/17/2024

I would recommend this class if you are already in the cluster. Dr. Wang is not normally a professor, so there is some lack in organization of the discussions and expectations. However, I believe every person got an A/A+. If you do the limited work there is and show up to class, you will do perfectly fine. It is much easier than the majority of the other cluster classes. She is extremely nice and willing to work with you on whatever you need. The end-of-the-year project was very rushed and confusing, but she is extremely nice with grading so it is really hard to even complain about. Besides the midterm and final paper, I probably spent not even an hour on work outside this class each week. Any organization problems the other posts comment on, you will find in the majority of the other honors courses.

Yu-Wei Wang
HNUH288V

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/08/2024

Dr. Wang's teaching approach lacks organization and clarity, making it difficult for students to navigate the course effectively. Her habit of changing the syllabus frequently leaves students unsure of assignments and expectations. The absence of rubrics until the last minute adds to the confusion, and her vague instructions only compound the problem. Despite promising topics, such as well-being and health inequity, these discussions rarely translate into meaningful class content or assignments. The course description is especially misleading as we barely focused on campus well-being. We spent the majority of the time talking about poverty and mental health on the country scale, and while these are important to discuss, we could never find solutions or look beyond that to our actual campus. This course is so broad and Dr. Wang wants to try to cover it all, so everything you learn is superficial, dull, and repetitive by the third week. The required readings became insignificant a fourth of the way into class as we barely had any conversations about them. Furthermore, the supposed focus of this course was to provide recommendations to university stakeholders in a term presentation. However, our progress was undermined by the lack of preparation and feedback. Late initiation of these projects coupled with minimal guidance resulted in rushed and perfunctory presentations, leaving us feeling unprepared and embarrassed. Dr. Wang's reluctance and defensiveness to constructive feedback and tendency to deflect criticism onto students' work ethic only exacerbate the frustration. While Dr. Wang may possess kindness, it does little to salvage the overall experience of the course. In retrospect, I regret enrolling in her class and would advise others to choose alternative options within the cluster.

Yu-Wei Wang
HNUH288V

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/06/2024

Try not to take this cluster if you can. The class falls victim very badly to a lot of the issues HNUH classes face: not planned well, first time being taught, semester long capstone you start the week it's due, repetitive topics, tons of readings no one does because it doesn't matter, discussion based but the teacher does not know how to hold discussions, no laptops allowed so you just end up sitting there doing nothing, revealing questionable political beliefs of your classmates, and just generally boring. She was not a good instructor nor did she handle the issues of the class well. Whilst incredibly kind and communicative on the surface, she did not implement any issues towards student complaints but rather made excuses for them or put the blame on the students for not enjoying certain aspects of the class or finding it boring. She also made a huge number of changes to the syllabus across the semester, meaning assignments and rubric requirements would be constantly changing. Whole class periods would just be spent with her answering our questions on a given assignment. The final project of this class was also a miss. We had to go over 4 different dimensions of well-being, 2 having been repeated from other groups, and share recommendations for our campus to address health inequities and/or well-being. It was a lot of content and most of our recommendations could not be immediately actionable, but we presented our "ideas" anyway. For most groups this assignment was rushed and most topics could not be fully covered. Critiques were still being made to our recommendations a day before it was due instead of having clear rubrics on what each recommendation should address. It seems that this professor could not take any direct criticism of the class and instead became defensive and saw it as an individual student issue when you provided tips to make the class better for the students. Now, if you want to take her class, your grade will not likely suffer, but your well-being might.