Geling Shang - Grand Valley State University

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Geling Shang - Grand Valley State University

Professor: Geling Shang

Department: Philosophy

College: Grand Valley State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: PHI101
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I never once got a 100% on any of my papers, would only get up to 95%. Other students in the class had the same problem. Tough grader, lots of papers. Hes good at communicating, but if you want an A, you probably wont get it.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: PHI210
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

There is a lot of essays which are composed of reflections and book reports. Its basically an essay and reading each week, but if the course is online its straight forward and I found the class to be very enjoyable! He is a good guy and has good intentions.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: PHI210
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's a great professor and is a very nice grader. It's a lot of essays but if you like to write this is a great class. Overall, I immensely enjoyed this professor and Eastern Philosophy.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Geling is an absolute sweetheart. He cares so much about each student. My biggest advice especially for COVID times is to go to the in person classes. He gave extra credit because I showed up. He is so smart-- you just have to get to know him.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Shang was a very nice guy, his class was hard to take. Very little communication between students and him. I never really knew what we were learning exactly and his exams and quizzes were quite difficult. Not a hard class, but I didn't learn much during the semester.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: PHI101
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I enjoyed this class. He mostly left it up to us what we talked about in class. He also showed he cared about us and insrtuctions were clear.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: PHI101
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Geling is a nice guy, but he's bad with online. I had him for a Tues/Thurs hybrid class, but on the first day he told us he doesn't understand Zoom, so we met once a week. Each week you write a reflection paper about the book, but he's not specific about what he wants to see. His office hours were only in-person, which made getting help difficult.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: PHI101
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Geling cares a lot about his students and is very passionate about what he teaches. But, we don't really have lectures and he doesn't do notes. We read a chapter from the book each week and have to write a reflection, which is kind of hard because the book is very confusing. And thats the only source you are getting the class contents from.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: D+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Shang is bad

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is a very caring professor who wants to work with you and teach you what he knows. If you show up to class and participate once or twice youre good. You need to come to every class though because he hands out pop quizzes but luckily theyre take home quizzes. Go to his office hours once or twice and hell grade easier too.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: PHI315
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

HE IS GOD OF PHILOSOPHY DO NOT LISTEN TO HERETICS AS THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND HIS GREATNESS

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: PHI102
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

We are expected to read chapters weekly from a confusing textbook, which is fine, but in class, his lectures make no sense and have little to no relevance about important topics from the chapter. Class tried to discuss other issues (including the lecture problem) such as not a clear syllabus and he brushed off saying that's not on him.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: PHI101
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Shang is an amazing person and a great prof if you get to know him. If you have no interest in philosophy you'll probably want to die during this class. If you have an interest though, he'll recognize it and support you. Two exams that are really hard and require A LOT of studying, papers are fine if you make them your own.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: PHI101
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I could hardly understand what he was saying or talking about during lectures it often felt like he was off topic and I did not learn much in this class. I had to teach myself everything outside of class. You wrote 3 papers and so multiple quizzes and 1 group project. The midterm and final are all handwritten.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: PHI101
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He gives out a paper every few weeks for the whole semester. Time consuming, but he is a pretty easy grader. Meet with him one on one after class to ask about the requirements and he will grade easier. More pages better grade. He also hands out quizzes each week. They were take home quizzes so we could use the book. You can't skip class though.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: PHI210
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Don't listen to the negative reviews! He can ramble a bit and may be a little unclear at times, but he's a great prof. The "party" people complain about is meant to be fun, a break from normal classwork. And he leaves the papers totally open so you can take them your own direction. Is fair with grading as long as you put in good effort.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: PHI210
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Don't listen to any of the negative reviews! Dr. Shang is THE BEST! Not only is he super caring, but he wants you to succeed! Please take him if you get the chance! The class is not bad at all, and if you put in the effort and talk to him about the assignments, you will definitely get a good grade. 100000% recommend!

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: PHI210
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Don't take unless you absolutely need to. One of the worst prof's I've had. Just rambles for the whole class period, super unclear on his expectations, hard to understand what he says. Nice guy, but awful professor. Assigned a presentation on one of the three schools taught during the semester, the only instruction was "make it a party"

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: PHI210
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Honestly, my favorite professor ever. He will help you with whatever you need even if it isn't related to school. If you want to succeed then he will help pave the way. He values intelligence and the willingness to engage in an academic debate. I would highly recommend taking one of his classes if only to gain a valuable mentor its still worth it.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: PHI210
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is a nice professor. But you never know what is going to be on an exam, and his lectures have no structure. If you can thrive in a discussion based class, go ahead and take him. If your major is not philosophy, you're not going to like this class, and will be bored the whole time.

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