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Reviews (191)
Nice and sweet person. However, she could explain things a little better in class. Not bad overall.
a very good prof.
If you don't get other accents of English, don't take her. But otherwise... she's the best for Physics.
Jian is one of the best profs that I have had for Physics at Ryerson. Her lecture notes are very good and clear. She uses unique examples to help students understand the theory, and it defensively worked for me. It is no mistake that I keep getting an A in her course, she is a very good prof.
DONT TAKE HER CLASS I WARN YOU, PLEASE DONT PICK HER, SHES THE WORST PROF YOU CAN POSSIBLY HAVE, WORST PROF EVER FOR ME. You cant understand anything she says, she goes off in all directions, her examples and lectures are terrible, you cant read her hand writing. I failed this course because of her. Stay away from her, pls dont screw yourself...
I learned learned close to little from this professor. Not too great in explaining stuff, and although her accent is understandable, it doesn't help. Switch to another prof if you can.
She is extremely good professor. Teaches very nicely and clear on her explanations. She is available in her office hours and more than happy to help you. Just one thing i didn't like about her is that she didn't put her notes online so that you can just go through a couple of slides instead of going through book before solving the problems.
Ryerson university must get teachers who speak English and know how to speak properly
terrible prof and person. useless when u came for help. if she doesn't like u, prepare yourself for a bad mark. worst time ever in a class. never take her class.
Shes quite an evil person. You will do extremely well during the year and you'll get a very high mark and you'll want to stay in the course. BUT WHEN THE FINAL COMES, SHE PUTS THE HARDEST SHIT YOU'LL EVER SEE ON IT. Her rule is no formula sheet allowed. Kinda fun doing that i guess when you need to memorize the entire year's worth of formulas (80+)
Not a very good professor. The exam contained very limited (useless) formulas. The final was ridiculously hard.
Excellent professor.
The best PCS prof I've had at Ryerson (I've had many). She WANTS us to learn and understand. Gives examples that show up on tests. Helpful and readily available. Shows no favouritism towards certain students. Very fair, and wants everybody to do well. You can tell where she's from, by her accent, but it's not incomprehensible AT ALL.
This woman should not be teaching. Had her for PCS211 first year Eng. She is very very lazy, doesn't like to explain, employs very passive method of teaching and just flips through the slides. Always runs into problems when trying to explain something, and leaves them unresolved, telling you to refer to the book. Avoid at all costs.
She's lovely! I really enjoy the teaching style. Overall a great experience.
Was more confused after I came to class. She constantly used questions that tricked us. She seems like a nice person and tries to do her best, but shes just not a good teacher. Her explanations weren't clear, and her demonstrations weren't great. She repeats herself a lot, which confuses me even more. Avoid her if you can!!
I didn't know some of my peers rate professor Yuan here like this, otherwise I'd come earlier and ask my other peers to support me. She has excellent knowledge in physics and teaching and was very fair in testing and grading the class.
I totally agree with the last one. Dr. Yuan moved through course material at a steady pace, never rushing and always stopping to explain concepts to those who were having trouble with them. Also, a very nice prof!
Professor Yuan Yuan is a great Prof for this course and she knows exactly what she is talking about and clearly explains examples in easy to follow steps that allow students to see exactly how to do a question. She makes us think instead of giving us the answer right the way.
Prof. Yuan is an amazing teacher. Go to class, her lectures are very helpful and she will answer all your questions. Tough but fair when it comes to marking.
Dr. Yuan is a great prof. She's a fair grader and explains the concepts really well in class. I attended almost every lecture and she helped a lot in how well I understood the course material.
Fantastic Prof! Highly recommend
fair prof..though uses too much of clickers which can get pretty annoying...if u talk in her class, get ready to sing..lol
Pretty fair teacher. Relatively easy to understand. Lectures weren't super helpful. Do a fair amount of homework, do well in your labs, and you'll get a decent mark.
Ridiculous amount of clickers questions, really annoying. Doesn't explain concepts too well and is very monotone. Lectures are powerpoint which are super boring. Helpful during office hours but aside from that not really
She is a fair marker... She sat down to teach me one question for nearly an hour, hitting every detail... Overall nice
Dr. Yuan is a great teacher, i had her for PCS211 and followed to PCS125. i have learned alot from her lectures, and the concepts are explained with clarity.
So many clicker questions. Couldn't understand what she's saying most of the time. He voice is not loud enough even with the mic and her accent makes her difficult to understand. Tests are hard. Basically, READ the textbook especially if you haven't took physics before.
She is fun and her stories are entertaining...but her lectures bored me to death and I found her accent a bit hard to understand which made me want to zone out even more...I pretty much had to learn everything myself...midterm was a killer..thankfully I managed to pass...I would suggest another prof though if possible
Great prof. Very available if help is needed. In 211 she used to sit outside the lecture for an hour every lecture to help students. I went to her class since she is a better prof than others.
She is very nice. The text book is not very good but she puts her own books in the library for us. She puts questions in lecture into the test and exam. So I shouldn't miss any class.
She's really great. I know many people don't have a passion for physics, and it was my lowest grade by 11% in grade 12, however it was my highest mark in first semester. The first time we talked in person, she acted as if she already knew me. She explains things really well in lecture and the exams were simple with sufficient practice.
She has a bit of an accent but it's no big distraction. She generalizes lots of things and her lecture notes are to the point; the only time people ever used the textbook was to do practice questions (which is really recommended for a good grade). She really cares about the students; it shows in her effort to help students understand the material.
Really good professor. Genuinely cares for her students and always tries to help. Don't hesitate if you have any questions, you will be more than welcome if you ever want to drop by to her office. Her slides are short version of the textbook, so you will have all the information needed. Attend the lectures.
She always explained concepts really well and went through the examples thoroughly. Lectures are practically taken from the textbook so you don't really need the book, only for problems.
I personally did not show up to many lectures but still passed. Was very difficult to understand and most of the time felt I was better off doing everything on my own.
Good prof, puts a lot of effort into her notes. Many complain about Webassign and how it costs money ($130 including textbook), but I actually liked webassign and wouldn't have done nearly as well without it. Labs are somewhat unrelated to course material and often done before you learn the concept in the lecture.
Gives decent explanations and has a good teaching style. Her tests are pretty difficult so study hard. Textbook isn't mandatory but her slides have gaps you can only fill in during class or with knowledge after. Fair professor and understands your issues if you approach her.
Her communication is acceptable for a non-native English speaker, and the content is not terribly difficult. Understanding concept is critical since fair amount of questions require qualitative assessment rather than simply plugging in formulas. Both test and final were fairly easy.
Worst professor I've ever had. Teaches directly from the solution manual, wont help you on a problem if its not solved in there. Office hours are useless. Lectures are disorganized and her notes are impossible to follow. Weekly quizzes & clicker questions, attending class was mandatory. Promoted you to drop the class and aim for a 50 on assignments
This class was mandatory for my program. Almost impossible to pass this class. The average of the class was below 50 sometimes and I knew a few people who failed it! She didn't even listen to our department about keeping the tests not too tough. The test questions were way more harder than the home works or in-class questions.
The class is like a projectile motion but my mark never goes up
You have to teach yourself from the textbook, but when you are unclear on something she is more than willing to sit with you and help. But is sometimes confusing on her explanations.
Goes briefly and quickly through questions in class. Doesn't explain well . Participation Matters (clickers!). If you took Gr .12 physics you'll be good. I didn't pay attention in class and only used the textbook and still managed to get good grades.
She's actually a great professor. She explains the concepts very well, and if you don't understand something she'll be more than willing to explain concepts in her office. Her tests are basically like the questions you'd see in lecture. Wish I had her for this semester.
Wants you to succeed in her class, is helpful and clearly explains concepts.
Never took physics before. Did horrible on both the final and midterm (due to barely studying). But could honestly say she is one of the best physics profs in the department. Such a sweetheart and truly cares.
If you can get past the partial Chinese accent, she's a really great prof.
I dont understand
Very difficult to understand the lectures, she goes quite quickly through the material. If you don't practice the concepts and questions shown in class, well... enjoy retaking the course.
Dr. Yuan made me understand and love physics again. She's the best when it comes to in-class examples because she does so many of them. The clicker questions are mostly theory-based because she really wants you to understand the concepts more than the math. She made waking up for an 8 AM lecture in TRSM worthwhile.
She tries to be funny. rushes through the concepts all the time. will need to study from the textbook.
I really enjoyed her classes. I knew most of the material before hand so I didn't really use the book, but all of the examples come right out of the textbook. Over all, I really enjoyed her class because she was easy going, enjoyed teaching the material to us, and is very friendly!!
she is really amazing professor recommended
Exams are mainly multiple choice. No part marks, if you get the right answer but your work doesn't match its wrong.
Jian is an excellent professor. She basically worked on past test's and exam questions in class every week. Beware her iClickers are extremely hard, BUT this made exams and midterms easier and therefore our section had the highest average overall. Read the textbook and pay attention to how she solve questions. Managed to finish with an A+. GL
Goes really fast but covers most of the stuff you need to know, not the best for one on one help. Decent prof. Do all the work on time, and don't let it pile up.
If you wanna hate pcs for the rest of your life then take her class. I would recommend lossing the clicker marks than to go to her labs. She has no clue about what she is talking about just like her students. I passes the course by studying springer's notes. :(
Jian Yuan is lady of the time, too bad I didn't pay much attention in her class but if I did I would for sure do really well. Her powerpoint notes are NICE, the problems are harder than the majority of other classes, but trust me its worth it and not too hard. Its the reason her students had the highest midterm mark out of all the classes.
She teaches nothing in class and everything is textbook based. Her deadlines are insane and expects you to have a lot of work done within the matter of a few days and changes deadlines with no warning whatsoever. I haven't taken a more disorganised course in my life, avoid at all costs
She teaches the very basics in lecture, but the homework problems she assigns are far more difficult. Yet those are the ones that show up on tests. She's not very helpful and assumes everyone already has a strong physics background from high school. Her lectures slides are disorganized with many diagrams and equations crammed onto the slide.
If you are not strong in Physics to begin with, I wouldnt take this course with her. The material she teaches will be basic but the homework and exam problems will be alot more difficult. Not to mention her slides are very disorganized and hard to follow when studying.
Without a physics background the course would be difficult to pass, her examples in class are not as difficult as the test questions. Her lecture slides are hard to follow as well, making necessary formulas sometimes hard to find. Overall if you teach yourself, do the assignments and do well in tutorial you'll be fine.
Very articulative in her lectures. Her examples are very useful for the tests. Unfortunately, Serway is the main textbook for the course which is very horrible. Useless explanations for the easy stuff and long examples for a simple principle. However, Hibbeler is a fine textbook. In-text examples will definitely prepare you for statics next year.
Her examples are not clearly written or explained as she writes tiny and explains basic examples that will not be helpful for the exam. Labs, Tutorials and web assignments help somewhat. Rushes the very last lectures before the exam, and cancelled the review class. Easier with a strong physics/math background.
awful prof! you need to have a strong physics background in order to do good in this class. She doesn't explain examples properly she assumes you already know. Would not recommend AT ALL. If you can AVOID.
Its a snoozefest but the grading criteria is such that you cant fail unless you try really hard. Shell make you buy the book/web assign code. Im not sure if shes paid by cengage but the lecture slides, textbook, graded assignments is all by the publisher. Labs are conducted by TA. I learned how to do bare minimum work watching this professor.
The worse prof ever alive. They messed up our midterm and decided to change it the last 10 mins. her examples are useless and stupid. DROP THE CLASS ASAPPPPPPPPP. i would rather go back to high school and take grade 12 all over again non stop.
BY FAR THE WORST PROF I EVER GOT
She is an awful prof, she doesn't do examples in class because she just assumes you know it, and she is not easily to approach as she will just shut down your question
Honestly I don't understand why a lot of the reviews here are negative. I find that she genuinely cares about the students and will spend more time on material she knows students will struggle on. She's also very helpful in 1on1 appointments. She goes through a lot of examples during lecture and is very clear when explaining.
Wouldn't recommend honestly. Very hard to understand in lectures. You need to be sitting right up close to even understand what she is saying. The lecture notes she makes are not setup well- and she doesn't provide the answers to them. She hardly ever finishes questions either, just begins them and moves on. She's no help at office hours either.
Does an alright job of explaining concepts but she either skips too many steps for difficult problems or she does too many problems of the same sort like with Rigid bodies in equillibrium. Doesn't use iclickers but transfers those marks to webassign. she has an accent but it's understandable. Occasionally wastes time talking about her kids.
Most of the practise problems that you do are on web assign which, I found to be more of a nuisance than an enhancement to your learning. The lectures quite often did not explain topics well enough thus, forcing you to read the textbook. Also, PCS 110 overall gives a lot more work compared to other mandatory first year computer science courses.
her lectures were confusing at times and she goes through examples really quickly. try not to skip class since her lecture notes are fill in the blanks and she never uploads post lecture notes.
Only take this class if you took physics in high school. Her lectures are boring and very confusing. She never stops to make sure that we all understand, she just keeps going. Sometimes she refuses to use a mic. Her notes are incomplete and unstructured. Exam is not that hard, just make sure you do webassign questions for each unit and your good
This is my 2nd time having her as my prof for another class, and she's still the worst kind of teacher. I do not doubt her knowledge in physics but she does not know how to translate her knowledge towards the students. Goes way too fast, skips steps, and expects you know everything. WebAssign is trash since it is only good for marks.
Prof. Yuan definitely is very knowledgeable but she doesn't know how to transfer that to her students! Her slides are overwhelming, full of text, formulas, diagrams, and that doesn't help when reviewing at home. Lectures are not mandatory, as you'll have to study from YouTube anyway if you want to do well.
her slides are awful, filled with a bunch of boxes and text, different coloured text everywhere so you need to go to class to fully understand them. she explains things very well and goes through examples with good detail. her class questions replace iclicker questions which is nice
Waste of time going to her lectures. You're better off googling the concepts.
Although the material itself isn't too bad once you get it, Jian just doesn't know how to teach. She makes simple concepts unnecessarily complicated. I felt that it was better to do practice questions and learn from YouTube than to listen to her lectures. Of course, you can't skip the lectures as there are graded questions she asks during class.
The worst professor you will ever encounter, how are people allowed to teach, like how why who. Why do they do this to us.
This course was also very challenging for me since I did not took any Physics course in high school. Nonetheless, Dr. Yuan is still knowledge about the course material. But, the labs and midterms were very difficult and did not give part-marks in solution.
Not sure why the reviews for Dr. Yuan are so bad, especially for PCS120. She explains perfectly fine is open to answering questions and helping you if you put the initiative. Overall a professor you can't go wrong with if you put the effort.
She is a Professor with 0 intellect and she will change your course Outline whenever she wants, which just makes it worse for the students... Plus in Ryerson, there are course fees too because Jian is too cool for holding assignment submissions normally like other professors. She is a very tough grader I recommend you not to take this course....
Yuan had the best reviews of all the PCS120 profs and it seems like I made a good choice w/ her. Not the most outstanding teacher but very solid. She takes her time with lecture material so there's time for questions and even some back and forth with her during class. Pay attention in lectures because she does "concept checks" which helped me a lot
She's a horrible teacher. Her slides are so messy and you may not understand anything if you have no background on the subject. The final exam had so many questions and from all off the course, only in 2hr with lots of calculations amd no mark for them. She also made mistake in a part of my grades and didn't accept it so I lost marks for no reason.
If you took chem or bio in hs take it over this. Textbook is not mandatory for the online classes but webassign and iclicker are a must. The assignments are not hard if you do them with help and many have solutions online. Test and exam were fair but because it was on D2L, there are no part marks. You get it right or not, thats it.
She cannot explain things clearly so you have to go over the lectures afterwards and find other resources to help you. HW quiz's every week based off the content from the lectures. The tests weren't that hard but the exam was definitely a lot harder. The main reason she has horrible reviews is because she cannot teach.
Boring lectures. Better of with youtube + textbook. Way too many questions on the exam for the amount of time given. Also, did not allow questions to be seen and done later. Had to complete 1 question at a time and could not skip it and save it for later. So difficult questions would show up in the beginning and easy ones later couldn't be done.
She is just not a good professor, her slides are so ugly that you don't even wanna read them or learn and you cant tell she can't teach properly because 2/3 of the class kept getting the iClicker questions wrong.
Her explanations are some of the worst I've had form any teacher or professor. I've taken physics in grade 11 and 12 and the concepts were the same for this course but just a bit more but I struggled a lot, this is coming from a person who got 94 in grade 11 and 90 in grade 12. Assignment every week with some questions on stuff not covered in class
The beginning of the semester started out ok but definitely got worse as the semester went on. Tests were hard and confusing. Very unflexible with accomodations and requests and did not even try to understand the students situations. I used to be excited about going to uni but now i believe they're just money sucking leeches. Would not recommend.
Doesn't know how to teach and only reads from some lecture slides that aren't even hers because she is too lazy to make her own. If you have her, your best hope at passing the course is reading the textbook and doing the homework.
Awful prof
Worst prof I've ever had. Can't teach, can't answer questions clearly, has really messy lecture slides, terrible handwriting, and has 0 remorse for her students. Need an extension? Too bad. If you have her, SWITCH IMMEDIATELY.
I did not like her classes. In her lectures she gives around three examples, which is not enough to fully understand the concepts. And when people ask her questions, most likely she will answer them but sometimes she will say something like "You should know this by now". So if you are mediocre at high school physics or under, DO NOT TAKE HER.
One of the worst profs. Very passive aggressive. Never gives a straight forward answer. The final exam was way too difficult.
Not the best prof but far from the worst. She was very understanding that the first midterm was formatted poorly and the course from that point on was more than fair. She expects you to know a lot during lectures, but will explain if you ask a question.
Smart and well organized prof. Very clear to understand and she tells you what to focus on for the tests and exams. Her slides are really all you need. Solid choice.
Professor Yuan's lectures are unorganized and her PowerPoint slides are messy/unappealing to look at. She often skips important steps when solving problems which leads to confusion amongst the students. Her explanations for concepts are not always clear as she often overcomplicates them. If you have this professor, prepare to learn on your own.
her lectures are not helpful at all i attended all of her lectures and did mastering but still did so badly on her midterm she did not bell curve the midterm even though half of the class failed, overall do not take her classes if you are not good at physics and did not take physics in high school.
If you attend all lectures and pay attention, you will realize she's actually a good teacher and is more than willing to help if you are confused. If you don't attend, then you will struggle quite a bit.
Just throwing this out there, she is not a very good teacher. She will cover what you need to know for the test/exam. This is the kind of course where you learn through practicing/doing work on your own. Does an awful job at explaining concepts. You're pretty much on your own for this course.
She is the worse professor anyone can have.Does not care about her students. Honestly a crazy woman trying to teach physics
She does not teach the course with any passion, yet does it to get the material out of the way. If you have the ability to switch to another professor, do yourself that favour. Personally would give a 0 rating, probably even a negative number if that was an option. Overall message is to look for a different professor or STUDY BY URSELF!
Although Professor Yuan's class lectures cover most of the topics, be prepared to to supplement with a lot of self-studying. Lectures are not very derivation-heavy. DO NOT expect overall-grade sympathy, regardless of financial/academic situation! However, sometimes midterm/exam grades are "curved" by reducing the # of questions applicable for marks
nothing just awful
Worst professor you can ever have. Not sure why she is still teaching and why the department does not do anything about her. Had pcs125 with her and barely passed. Around 60% of class dropped the class due to her terrible teaching and unfair marking. Run!!!
Does not explain properly
Bad at teaching. Youtube>
Best of the options available. Her class has had the highest average this year so far. Keys to her class: 1) do ALL the web assign questions 2) do ALL the Hibbeler text questions 3) basically forget the Serway textbook Do that, you should be fine. She determines a lot of the test questions so mine her for info beforehand.
No academic support
Dr Yuan gets a bad rap but she's actually very solid. although she doesnt explain concepts in class well, if you sit in the front rows its easy to ask questions and she'll answer them well either in class or afterwards. kind and accommodating.
This prof. is not very good. It is very hard to pay attention in class as she is very boring. She is very quiet, even with the microphone on (you must sit at the front for her lectures to be worth it). Her notes are quite bad imo - had to make my own from the textbook and use other prof's. Otherwise, she's a nice lady and is approachable.
if you have yuan, switch to someone else because she is the worst teacher ever. PCS will arguably be your hardest course and yuan will not make it go easier. She doesn't go over concepts, post notes, or even examples. If you can't switch outta her class its fine just attend tanguays classes he's 100x better.
Isn't that bad of a person, but her lectures are really boring and her slides are pretty bad. Tons of self study is mandatory if you want a chance to pass. Her classes have clicker participation marks. There's also lots of webassign homework to do. If you're not good at physics, you should prob look for an easier prof
Lecture slides are very messy and hard to follow. Also does not explain steps and skims through example problems without much emphasis. You're better off studying on your own using webassign, past exam papers and hibbeler problems. Would not recommend
Yes her lectures are a bit boring and outdated but she does really well in explaining concepts. You do need to go over lectures again after and do a lot of practice in order to pass. But that's expected since it's physics. She does a lot of examples in class ranging from really easy to hard. The key to passing is to go to every lecture and PRACTICE
This prof is based on how you actually learn. I would say if if you payed enough attention during lectures and be proactive in the way you learn the material then is a pretty good prof. On the other hand if you are not able to follow her lectures then the course gets super hard. I had a hard time learning because sometimes she went to fast.
Would never post annotated notes and the notes themselves were messy and hard to comprehend. She wasn't the worst at teaching the concepts. However, I found it better to stop paying attention in the lecture and self-learn the content using the textbooks and youtube.
This course is passable for those familiar with physics, but for those with limited physics understanding she makes it impossible to do well. Her exam questions are okay, but there are NO part marks, if you get the answer wrong, that's it. Which is the reason people fail this course. Class average was so low, mastering questions SO HARD.
TBH, PCS211 and PCS125 is just there to weed out people from Engineering as the course outline grading structure is wired. Don't expect to get taught in-class. It's all self-learning that you will have to do and make sure you have strong foundations/basics understanding cause without having 100% grasp on concepts you are not passing this course.
I took her for PCS211 and PCS125. Although 211 had plenty of self learning required, she was a great professor for PCS125. She made the effort to improve her teaching. Do not skip her lectures as getting a good Poll mark really saves your grade before the exam. Make notes on the theory and do textbook/past papers and the course is an easy A.
pretty average physics teacher. Her slides are kinda messy but she does try her best to explain topics clearly and answer questions in class. the midterm was very easy if you do the practice past midterms. The final exam was definitely harder and doing practice question for it is crucial.
She definitely cares about students learning but when it came to the Midterm and Exam, she put content that was way too difficult. It was nothing like the practice, previous exams, or textbook question. And she goes through every question right to check your work which you have to go in depth with or you will receive a zero.
Look. This prof does not care if you fail. She makes the finals so hard. She is terrible, rude and a try hard. She marked 2000+ questions by herself over 3 days instead of using a scantron. She will not give you the mark if you get the correct answer on multiple choice if you don't show enough work. TAKE ANOTHER PROF!!!!
Bad prof. Very hard to get a good grade when you do not understand anything she says in the lectures. Very heavy accent. Please go to other profs class if you do not care about the poll questions.
Avoid this prof!!! Tough to understand, half asses her slides, and is less technology knowledge than a dude from the stone age. CHANGE SECTIONS IF YOU CAN!
Never take physics with her unless you are a genius and have done grade 12 physics before. Her lecture notes are incomplete and you are supposed to attend all the lectures so that you can fill up the notes by yourself. Bless you if you dont have an Ipad to complete the notes. It is mandatory to buy mastering physics ($100) to do the assignments.
She's a nice professor, but her slides were fill in the blanks, so note taking was difficult; the slides themselves look like they're straight out of the early 2000's. Yuan has an accent as well, so understanding her and getting coherent answers to questions was difficult. Also, she often ignores emails and even forgot to post the midterm location.
don't take yuan if you don't have to (literally switch to ANY other prof). she's difficult to understand, doesn't post the lecture notes on d2l which on one end, is good because it forces you to attend lectures but on the other... she goes way too quickly for anyone to even copy down her notes. doesn't seem to care about the class or students much
This class is full self study. She cannot teach. Nothing that she says makes sense when you pay attention. You HAVE TO go to class for iclicker. Also the structure; two 25% midterms, 10% iclicker and 40% exam. Absolutely brutal mark breakdown so make sure that you don't mess up any evaluation. DO THE HOMEWORK OR ELSE YOU'LL FAIL. Good luck chemists
Her slides are not useful. Had to use the textbook to teach me the entire course. If you are ever in her section, I recommend teaching yourself or attending another professors section.
Dr. Yian is a great lecturer, but unfortunately this course was designed to weed out students
Dr. Yuan is very nice and her lectures are a little boring but overall good. I never took physics in high school but ended up doing pretty well with a little struggle. Take this course with her rather than the other professors if you can. :)
The class was very difficult to follow. Spent so much time on unnecessary "theoretical examples" without first teaching any logic/background in the area of said topic. Did not cover enough material to prepare students for the midterms or the exam. Practically had to teach myself the entire course.
Horrible professor, doesn't explain well and horrible slides, midterm with nothing like the practice.
PCS125 is a class mostly revolving around learning questions, and understanding the theoretical reasons behind things. Dr. Yuan, does both of these things, but very poorly, making it hard for a student to follow. My best advice would be to read the (full, not Cengage) textbook instead. If you don't talk in lectures, they can be kinda helpful.
Who assigns homework during reading week?
She needs a some serious help asap. She doesn't know how to speak English for her life. The worst of the worst. Idk how she still teaches
Doesn't post completed notes. Go to every lecture to see the stuff she writes. Nice but isn't a good prof
Do not take this class unless you speak mandarin. She does not post the full lecture notes and is very hard to understand. Suggest skipping class and learning yourself. (She does do a lot of I clicker so keep that in mind if skipping).
PCS125 with Dr. Yuan can be challenging, but engaging with her teaching style works well. Attend lectures, use the textbook, and try Unstuckstudy for extra study prep - that combo helped me grasp the material and earn a solid grade.
heavy accent makes it hard to follow along, doesn't explain material very well, and doesn't post complete lecture notes. she is nice, though.
i am about to have her next semester and i already know that I'm soo cooked...i do not want bad profs giving me bad grades and i heard that her class rn is averaging a 20%. get the hell outta there when you can please, its worse than you expect.
Don't do Yuan. She has an accent so it's hard to decode what she's saying. Even then a lot of what she's saying is just yap. You really don't even need the lectures just do the homework and you're good.
Only con is that she doesnt post lecture notes, but if you attend class, all content on midterms is covered and has many similar examples.
worst prof this sem
Jian is an amazing professor! No im kidding she makes me wish I wouldn't wake up in the morning, I wake up every Tuesday and Wednesday sad and knowing that I have to go to her boring lecture where she talks to herself and doesn't explain anything. Switch out of her class asap if u have her.
Probably did less than ideal because I all late classes. Prepares you well for exam I think (sooo many examples) Doesn't post the completed notes which is vile.
Switch as soon as you can she is by far the worst prof for physics especially for PCS 211. Literally switch to any other prof you can get.
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! The slides are impossible to read, and she doesn't post lecture notes. You're forced to pay $120 for WileyPLUS to submit homework, which feels like a scam. If you don't have a strong physics background, you'll fail. The workload is overwhelming. If you need a science credit, take chemistry instead!
She isn't near as bad as her reviews. However if you miss class she does not post any annotated lecture notes. We also had mandatory homework that accounted to our final mark and the midterm and final were not difficult at all. If you attend every lecture, read the textbook and do the homework you are guaranteed a good mark in this course.
She isn't as bad as her RMP score. However, I will say that post-lecture notes never get posted which is a major downside to having her. Her labs and homework aren't too difficult, especially when the doing the latter is crucial to doing well on the exams. Overall, she teaches the stuff well even if some mistakes can be in her slides sometimes.
Really bad at explaining and skips over explanations when the whole lecture hall is clearly confused. Her slides are not very intuitive. Marking scheme of the exams are pretty unfair, but the questions themselves are not so bad. iClicker worth 4% and posted notes are incomplete.
Cooked don't go to her classes that are 100% yap just do hw if da Sliva is the course coordinator don't even look at past midterms bc they are a joke. Dont take any of here advice for what is a possible test question then just transfer out of her class.
her lectures were really hard to understand and i basically felt like i was wasting time but because of iclickers I had to go. the iclickers were hard to and most the class would be wrong even though you could find the answers online. it felt like having a disappointed asian mom constantly sighing at your efforts.
the slides are okay, most of the examples are from past midterms/exams but she is not good at explaining concepts. I would recommend attending other prof's lectures that occur at the same time as hers as they are better.
Please don't go to her lectures. You'll be just wasting time.
Honestly she is not as bad as the reviews are saying. Much better than Taranov and Dasilva imo. Just attend her lectures and you should be fine
Lecture is extremely boring and useless, so I stopped attending early. Focus on WileyPlus homework since the questions are similar to the exams. The labs have too much work for a first-year CS elective, wasting time with endless assignments and pointless 3D modeling and physics experiments. (I have more to say but theres not enough word limit lol)
Honestly, this class is very passable. It'll hurt your pockets with the $123 Wiley homework bundle, but if you can do those questions you will be set for the tests and exam (test questions reflect hw questions). Labs on the other hand are TIME CONSUMING, but will save your mark. Skipped all lectures, studied only the night before, but hey I passed.
You cannot understand a word she's saying and she talks to herself the whole class She's way too quiet and gives way too many iclickers
Speaks awful English and has a bad attitude. Do not recommend. Switch out if you can.
Terrible prof, she can't speak properly and talks to herself most of the time. She is so story telling for no reason and is boring af. The iClicker's are the only things keeping a few people in her classes cuz they are being marked. Waste of time, if u can just change your prof. If u cant, spare the mark for iclicker and attend another lecture.
Get ready to relearn everything by yourself using organic chem tutor on youtube. Dr.Yuan is nice but she honestly doesn't teach content well - she often skips through important material and doesn't truly dissect the concept so students understand. Course is genuinely doable if you do lots of practice and watch lots of videos.
lectures were very very boring and her voice was super monotone and almost everything she did in class was just straight from the textbook. There was weekly homework (based on the textbook) that you had to purchase for like $150, and there was a 50% penalty of rlate submissions. If you've done physics in hs, most of the course is just review.
Lectures were very boring and hard to understand. She doesn't teach very well, it's better to watch YouTube videos on the topic instead. If you're taking physics for the first time avoid her.
She isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Her lectures weren't engaging, making it difficult to focus. She is also very blunt about things (when her iClicker reciver went offline, she made no accommodation saying "well thats too bad"). However, with all said, she is still a great professor that wants you to understand the course material.
There is a reason no one attends her lectures after the first month. Firstly, I can bearly understand her. Her English isn't that good. I know that she tries, but what the hell. Secondly, the other bad thing is that she doesn't upload annotated slides, and that was a big problem for me, as I didn't have an iPad.
Her lectures are absolutely terrible. She speaks in a very low voice so you can't hear her half the time if you're seated at the back. Her explanation skills are atrocious, and it's very easy to get confused in her classes. She doesn't post her notes online so you have to attend her lectures to fill out the blanks.
The course content wasn't very difficult, but the delivery needs improvement. She does not upload the annotated post lecture slides; only the pre-lecture files are posted, and those are poorly organized. Explanations are often unclear and there aren't many worked examples, so I had to rely heavily on YouTube and other resources.”
She is bad at explaining and do not posts her notes
Nice prof but does not explain concepts at all. Switch if you can
I had never taken physics before and I enjoyed her class even though I still hate physics. Her slides are picture dense and the formatting is funny but I liked them because I'm more of a visual learner. I wish she posted annotated notes though. She is very straight forward and blunt but she has mom energy and is helpful with questions.
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS
Yuan Is a nice person overall but her lectures are honestly useless. She mumbles alot so you're better off just learning from the textbook and doing the hw + mastering physics questions.
She uses skeleton notes bc ur expected to show up to lectures but another profs full notes are posted. Mastering physics homework maybe once every other week so not bad. But def study the textbook extra. Walked out of the midterm thinking I'd get a 90% and was sadly mistaken. Understand the concept and lock in. She's nice and explains well tho.
To be honest PCS120 is just a complete review of grade 12 physics, you shouldn't have any difficulty with it. The professor uses a lot of examples but they tend to fall short as not explained well. She also made the remark "dont take notes just reads the slides". However the course focuses heavily on group work which is less than desirable.
good lectures but doesn't post lecture notes or anything
This course is not that hard. It's about grade-12 physics but this professor makes it so hard to understand. She does not explain concepts most of the time and For most of physics teachers used to explain concept then problems. If you can take this course with other then go for or else good luck.
Her slides are useless and irrelevant to the tutorial, midterm and final exam material. She tells people to email her for questions, but when you do, she gets mad and says to look for answers in the course shell.... She cannot teach if her life depended on it, so beware. The course isn't too complicated, but somehow she makes it 10x worse.
She's not as bad as everyone says. Her slides are a bit dated and she uses models to show stuff. She clearly wanted us to do well. Overall she's a fine prof and you'll be fine in her class. Also don't forget to do the homework, the class picks up a lot after midterms with new stuff.
Doesn't know how to teach, very bad at teaching, when you ask a question she doesn't answer properly just neglects the question, the way she teaches is very hard to understand.
She's terrible, her slides are useless and she can't explain the stuff she knows in a way that is easy to understand. You will end up skipping her lectures and teaching yourself the course
She uses skeleton notes, so you can't really attend class and expect to fully understand new concepts. She is really engaging during class and kind. The tutorials, labs, and mastering homework are easy and helpful. She isn't as good compared to other professors that teach this course first semester (Eric De, Omar).
Dr. Jian is very kind and genuinely cares about her students. She tries to teach well, but her skeleton-note style doesn't work for everyone. The midterm is tough, the final is fairly chill and likely curved. Slides are concise, but you must attend lectures since only skeleton notes are posted.
She teaches well and the class is pretty easy. only downside is that she doesn't post her notes (only the empty slides).
The midterm average was in the 40s, so most people failed. And then during her lecture after midterm marks were released, she dismissed all our concerns and refused to curve it thinking it wasn't hard enough
If you can switch out of her classes, switch out. It was easier to learn things off the textbook than going to her lectures.
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