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Shuling Wu
SPHL100 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/27/2025 |
Not a bad class, and the workload is not bad although it may seem to be a lot in the beginning of the course. Your typical weekly schedule would consist of: - asynchronous textbook videos+reading and recorded lectures on Mondays - textbook reading quizzes due Tuesdays - synchronous lecture with an in-class assignment and mandatory attendance on Wednesdays - discussion with mandatory attendance on Fridays There are four major group and individual assignments throughout the semester -- completed in steps with some minor assignments to prep us -- but are not hard and should be easy if you make time to do it. The course should be an easy A as long as you show up to the Wednesday lectures (need to submit selfie with in-class assignment as photo evidence) and have a good TA (all of the TAs for SPHL100 seem sweet and should all be fair game). The only downsides are that Wu doesn't have A+ and only A scale for 92.5+ and makes us buy her textbook for $90 only to do the Tuesday reading quizzes... |
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Shuling Wu
SPHL100 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/20/2025 |
SPHL100 is just a mess of a class to start with. Its basically TA run and Ms. Wu doesn't do anything. You just have to go to class and snap a selfie for attendance points and listen to her drone on. Your TA matters more than her so, even though she has a low rating it doesn't really impact your experience in the class but, your TA does. Attendance is also mandatory for all Wednesday lectures and discussion. Overall SPHL100 is a stupid 100 level class and no matter how much effort you put into it, its still stupid. |
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Shuling Wu
SPHL100 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/19/2025 |
Honestly not a terrible class, folks are complaining about the work load but I found it to be quite light. A Cognella quiz with unlimited attempts on Tuesdays, a Wednesday In-class assignment, and a Friday 5 question quiz that you didn't even need to study for because 90% of the time the questions pulled almost directly from the lecture or the Cognella quizzes. The Bad: - The lectures would be dull at points but thats every class - The textbook which comes with the software to take the quizzes is 70$ and I PROMISE you don't need it. It's honestly a slap in the face for buying it because the Cognella quizzes are only worth 1.5% of your grade total... - Shuling doesn't do A+, 92.5% and above is an A... The Good: - CEPH assignments were relatively easy and engaging - No final nor was there any exams - Easy work I maybe put 30-45 minutes of work into the class a WEEK - All the TA's were super chill (Shoutout Hannah, and Wes!!!) - The course work wasn't that difficult by any means |
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Shuling Wu
Anonymous 05/09/2025 |
Literally the dumbest class ever. Way too much work and effort for a 100-level course. Don’t be scared though—you’ll probably still get an A... but at what cost??? Monday is supposed to be for asynchronous lectures, but I only watched them the first week because they were so pointless. Wednesday is an in-person “enrichment activity” that unlocks when class starts and locks an hour after it ends. So you’re just sitting there, trying to block out Shuling’s voice so you can get the assignment done. Actually, scratch that—you can’t even hear her to begin with because, for whatever reason, she refuses to use a mic and thinks her voice is loud enough. Spoiler: it’s not. Then Friday is discussion and a timed quiz that uses LockDown Browser—because apparently this intro-level class thinks it’s a government exam or something. The quizzes are allegedly based on the textbook (which I never touched, because it’s just plagiarized, copy-pasted garbage). I got by just pasting the study guide into ChatGPT and studying from that. You definitely don’t need the textbook—kind of insane that they’re probably profiting off it anyway. The one good thing? My TA. She was amazing. The only time I actually learned anything was during discussion. Most of your grade comes from an 8-page paper and a group project. Oh, and for the group project, you have to dress business casual and be “well groomed”... whatever that means. Just another example of this class trying to act way more important than it actually is. |
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Shuling Wu
SPHL100 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/08/2025 |
If you’re a kinesiology major this is, unfortunately, one of the most irrelevant classes you’ll have to take during your time in the School of Public Health. Like what all the other reviews here say, SPHL100 is a disorganized mess that is somehow simultaneously too much effort for a level 100 class and a class that feels like a complete waste of time and money to take. Mondays are asynchronous, where you’re given a set of “readings” and “videos” to watch from the extremely useless 70$ textbook that they basically coerce you into buying. Side note here: yes– you technically should buy the textbook. Not because it’s useful, because it honestly isn’t, it’s literally a compilation of Ted Talks and papers FROM OTHER PEOPLE that you can FIND FOR FREE ONLINE. They don’t even change the wording, it’s literally copy and pasted into the “textbook,” and honestly I don’t even know how this is legal for them to do. Tangent aside, the textbook has practice quizzes integrated into it that can supplement your grade should you do less well than expected on the other assignments, which can be the deciding factor between a plus or minus if that’s important to you. Wednesdays are “Enrichment Days” where you do written activities that are supposed to be based on the readings you were expected to do on Monday. Honestly, these felt like a complete waste of time as well but the assignments were easy and even if you didn’t do the readings you could still get by with a decent grade. Fridays are probably the best aspect of this class. It’s an in class discussion where you go more in depth about the topics learned about throughout the week. You’ll have to take a timed quiz (which requires a lockdown browser) based on the textbook readings (another reason why it might be beneficial, but the quizzes are mostly common sense), but other than that, it’s actually surprisingly engaging. I had a good TA so it might be a TA-by-TA thing, but overall, Fridays were the most enjoyable for me. Your major assignments are your CEPH project components. It’s a semester-long project where you’ll be assigned to a group in your discussions and choose a Public Health News event to present and write two papers on. The two papers are individual and graded in the same way an exam would be (1st paper is like a midterm, 2nd is essentially the class’s final). However, in addition to these two papers, you also have to do a 10 min presentation on your public health news event in front of your discussion section. I don’t really understand why there is an added presentation component given that the final paper is extremely time-consuming, in addition to having to prepare a prez. right before finals, but who knows. Also, they make it very clear you have to dress business casual for this which just left a bad taste in my mouth because I don’t feel like anything offered in this class warrants like 20% of your presentation grade (which is a major assignment!!!) being based on how you groom yourself, but maybe I’m also just being petty. Overall, a very unenjoyable class I wish I had taken earlier in the year to just get it out of the way as soon as possible. Like I said in the beginning, if you’re a KNES major, this class is going to feel like a slog that’ll leave you questioning why the hell SPH even makes you take it. If you’re any other SPH major, maybe you’ll find more enjoyment and actually find the class valuable. |
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Shuling Wu
SPHL100 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/07/2025 |
for a level 100 course, it was an insane amount of work -- though the class wasn't that hard. |
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Shuling Wu
SPHL100 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/03/2025 |
For this class, Shuling lectures, but a bunch of other TAs do discussion and grade your work. I haven't experienced her grading my assignments, but she just gives passive aggressive. Also the policies for this class are so dumb and strict for the work to be not that difficult (at least with my TA). You must show up to lecture and submit a selfie or you don't get points and a bunch of other little unnecessary rules. The class is easy but Shuling's rules are annoying. But my TA, Demi, is amazing. |
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Shuling Wu
SPHL100 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2024 |
This TA is very hard to please. She very well educated with multiple Master's Degrees. She expects her students to have that same level knowledge and dedication to the course. I spoke with her for over 3 hours on a paper she thought I did bad on despite giving me a 94%. She makes you work hard for your grade and is very nit picky. I recommend taking another TA for this course unless you have a lot of time to dedicate to this level 100 class. |
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Shuling Wu
SPHL100 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/17/2024 |
This TA was, without question, the worst I have ever encountered and completely ruined the course. Her instructions were a mess—vague, contradictory, and so poorly communicated that they left the entire class confused and scrambling to guess what was expected. Her grading was even worse: unnecessarily rude, unconstructive, and downright insulting, with no effort to actually help students improve. She was shockingly unprofessional, dismissive, and condescending, making it unbearable to approach her for help or clarification. Her hostile attitude created a toxic environment that drained any enjoyment or motivation from the class. One student even switched sections just to escape her incompetence. It’s appalling that someone so fundamentally unfit to teach is now becoming a professor. If you have the misfortune of being assigned to her, do whatever you can to avoid her—she will destroy your enthusiasm for the subject and make you hate the course. Absolutely horrendous. I wish so badly I could leave a 0 star review. Wow. |
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Shuling Wu
SPHL100 Expecting a B Anonymous 09/27/2024 |
DO NOT TAKE THIS TA. Cares WAY too much in a way that if another TA graded your work you would be doing much better in the class but since it is her she grades so particularly. SO frustrating, made me hate this class but it is required so there is nothing I can do. If you can STAY AWAY from taking this TA pls. This is a 100 level class and she acts like it is the most important thing in the world. If I could rate 0/5 I would. |