He is an excellent teacher! You will learn a lot.One of my favorites professors!

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so happy and enjoys teaching, my fav teach of all time

He is a super easy teacher as long as you take a few notes and show up to class. He is very funny and is very passionate about his job. As long as you put your opinion and "feelings" into your summaries then you are set. Take this class from Shu Dong Chen!

great teacher, have to play close attention as accent can be distracting

great guy. really passionate, enthusiastic and smart. You will enjoy his class.

Great teacher, without a doubt one of the best at JCCC. The class is easy with one stipulation: You need to try and show passion in what you're writing about, I highly reccomend the class, great guy!

I have really enjoyed this class. He offers ALOT of extra credit. You'll have no problem with this course as long as you come to class and participate. I am only and average student where my grades are concerned and I received and A. It is an easy course like I said just show up and try!

Dr. Chen is fabulous. he expects you to put in effort, show up to class, and EXPRESS YOURSELF. Class participation is a really big thing to him, also when writinh for him, show your fellings, don't jujdt regurgitate what he says or the book says. Very fair, Very Clear, Very Passionate. Excellent!

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whoever said he was a terrible teacher..it must not be him, it's probably you. you can't even spell humanities

I loved Chen he was my favorite teacher at JCCC. He lets you really express your opinion on art. I love the way he approaches art. He wants to know how younge people interpret remarkable art. Best advice is to take the class and show up you will not be able to pass unless you do. Take all you can from this class

An amazing teacher and very intelligent about art, he has an accent but it is worth your time to listen to him.

Prof. Chen is my favorite teacher of ALL TIME!!! Just show up to class and express yourself when taking the daily responses. Write as much as you can, talk in class, and attend almost all classes and you will get an A. If you don't take him you are missing out!

Very easy class, just participate and show up to class. He's open minded and can express his feelings and clearly defines the points he's trying to get across. Excellent teacher.

Great teacher. Almost zero homework or out of the classroom work. Come to class and get an A. The more you talk in disucssions the better the grade. I learned a great deal about a subject I knew little about. Enjoy.

Great teacher. Hard to understand at first, but well worth it. He has made me look at the world in a different way. I can't say that about many other teachers.

This teacher was amazing! He was so excited about his subject that it makes you want to acutally learn! He is totally easy going and makes a point to get to know you as a person. Great teacher, and I loved his class. Strongly recommend this teacher by all means!

This professor is great...He loves his subject and teaches with enthusiasm...I would recommend him if you have to have a humanities class...great professor and tells you what he expects in work

Yes, you have lots of writing, but he grades easily. I attended all of his classes, he is a very nice, funny guy. If you can get past his accent and understand him and give and show him respect and interest, you will undoubtedly pass with an A.

Excellent teacher! Loves what he teaches, so you enjoy listening to him. No hard tests at all, some reading, but not bad. Can be hard to understand at times b/c he is from China, but he is an excellent, and knowledgeable teacher!

He is a great professor. he is so passionate about his teaching. He covers all of the material in class. there are no surprises. he's really funny and has funny stories. he does spit, so don't sit in the front row.

Mr. chen is one of my favorite teachers ever! he is extreamly funny. every single day he is constantly laughing it makes calss a lot more fun. his class isnt to hard either. mainly this dude is hillarious i liked him

Shudong Chen is one of the best teachers i have had at JCCC. there is a lot of writing but its all about your opinion and he gives you a good grade if you tell him what you really think. He's a realy nice guy easy to get along with and an easy A. He also gives alot of extra credit. Great class

Hilarious, one of the best teachers I've had at Juco. Pretty easy, but makes the class fun and interesting. Recommend for sure.

Probably the best teacher at Juco. I actually learned stuff in his class because he made it interesting and fun. Tells great silly stories and really wants to know your opinion on artwork, music, etc. Easy class, enjoyable.

Wonderful teacher. You MUST attend class. No makeup work allowed unless under extreme circumstances. All of the questions on the tests are related to things discussed IN CLASS. Highly recommended.

Definitely an intriguing man full of a great understanding of Humanity. Makes the class fun because he really enjoys sharing his knowledge. At times hard to understand. But he will ask you "Do you understand?" To do well in this class: Show up to class, do your work, make your case in your essays and use examples from the class.

EXCELLENT teacher. Attend class, take notes and you'll do great. Prof. Chen is very intelligent with a deep understanding of humanities, he does a great job at explaining exactly what is needed to do well. HW is infrequent and he gives the exact questions to study before the test. It would be hard not to do well...I suppose if you were really lazy.

Proffessor Chen is one of the best teachers I have ever had. If you are taking classes seriously (i.e., you show up every day and are willing to do homework even when it is not assigned),you will probably enjoy his class. and to correct another poster, he is Chinese, not Japanese.

He always tells you exactly what he wants to hear and expects. He also gives extra credit opportunities and will always try and give you the most points possible. Just demonstrate that you want to learn and care.

You must show effort and improvement in this class in order to get a good grade. Great teacher! TAKE HIM!

He is extremely intelligent & has a huge passion for the arts. He has a thick accent, and at times he is hard to understand. If you attend class and put forth effort you will do fine. If not, you will severely struggle.

Wonderful teacher. A little hard to understand, have to listen closely. Need to attend class, participate, and turn in papers. Gives extra credit. Easy A. Really enjoyed Prof. Chen and the class.

Prof Chen was a very interesting teacher to listen to. I attended every class and found it very easy. The class is entirely based on your opinion so if your able to back up your opinion in each paper you will do fine. Yea there are quite a few papers but I was able to type each in 20 minutes and get A's on all of them. I would recommend taking Chen

If you dont get an A in this class there is a problem. He is a very funny guy and he makes class enjoyable. He is very knowledgeable in this subject. He gives tons of extra credit opportunities many of which are very easy. Take Chen it is a good class.

This guy rocks. The first few classes though, he is hard to understand because his accent is so thick. But after the first week you'll catch on. Even if you don't understand him, he's so animated, you can tell what he's saying. He obviously loves the subject and gets excited about teaching it. Grades are based on your opinions only. FUN CLASS!

This teacher was wonderful! Hard to understand at first but you get used to his accent. My entire class loved him. He adores what he is doing & is a very happy guy. He is helpful & very open to other opinions & ideas. An interesting class and fairly easy A, as long as you show up to most classes & pay attention.

This guy is hilarious and very good at what he does. Once you figure out what he's looking for it's a breez! Idk what people are talking about, he is very fair and really gets into what he is talking about! He is super easy and every response is extra credit (which there's one everyday). It's pretty hard to fail his class.

Show up to class like you show up to work and you should be well off. Professor Chen is full of passion and that passion is what keeps the class going. The class is a lot of opinion based work which I loved. As long as you can display an understanding of the information and show support for your opinion you should be set. Show Chen the money!

Yes, you have to show up to class and turn in a paper once a week at most, shocker. But he KNOWS this stuff cold. He's written many books and papers on the subject, and has been teaching longer than I've been alive. He gives lectures that had me leaving each class with a new perspective of the world. You know he loves this subject and his job.

He is the smartest person I have ever met and learned so much from him!!!

Fantastic teacher. Finds a way to relate the topics in class to everyday things to help you better understand the topics. He shows a lot of movies and gives quizes based off of them. Gets you interest in the topics and class. As long as you show up to class he is an easy A.

I love Shu Dong!! At first I absolutely dreaded his class because he was hard to understand but I started recording his lectures so I could listen more carefully and it totally helped me understand him more in class. He doesn't grade based on opinion but on understanding. Don't skip, take good notes, write all the essay prompts out & you got it!!

I though this would be a super hard course on the Arts.I learned a lot and the most impressive part was my visit to the Nelson Adkins Museum.I was totally blown away.

Mr Chen is a fun character and very passionate about the arts! SHOW UP! PARTICIPATE! Pay attention to the words that he uses when writing responses to pieces or clips. VERY IMPORTANT! He gives lots of extra points. A little tough to break out of his POV but not closed off to difference of opinions. I would definitely take another class from him.

Professor Chen is a great teacher. You will do well in the class if you SHOW UP and PARTICIPATE. There are points given every class and attendance is mandatory. If you speak up in class he will give you extra credit. Overall great teacher and person. Think outside of the box and pay attention to his lectures!

Chen is a good professor but he is hard to understand. If you aren't good with accents be careful. He is nice and wants you to do well but he can also be very strict about weird things so just be respectful and you will be fine. Do well on the homework and little assignments and it will pay off. I got to skip the final because I did well on them.

The exams are very opinion based. You will do well on exams if your opinions agree with his. Listen in class and answer the EXAM questions on what you think HIS opinion will be not yours. BUT DO express your opinion on all non-exam class assignments. Class participation and attendance MATTERS GREATLY. It reflects highly in your grade.

He helped me understand Humanities, and was very patient

I believe he tries to teach everyone how to better appreciate and understand humanities by having us write whatever emotions we feel when presented with different forms of art from different parts of human history. I went into this class with an open mind and found it to be quite eye-opening. Also, we didn't have a lot of homework.