XU Yang

24 reviews
Tough grader Lots of homework Test heavy Graded by few things Amazing lectures Clear grading criteria Gives good feedback Skip class? You won't pass. Would take again Inspirational Caring Lecture heavy
Past quarters
MATH 6A
23 / 150 Enrolled
Vector Calculus with Applications, First Course
XU Yang 2.8
T R
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
47.8% A
MATH 104A
7 / 60 Enrolled
Introduction Into Numerical Analysis
XU Yang 2.8
T R
08:00 AM - 09:15 AM
47.7% A
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MATH104A . A Month Ago

The best math professor. I've had him for 104a, 104b, and now 104c. The review sessions before the midterm and final are extremely helpful, homeworks can be tough but are doable, and the lowest 1-2 are dropped. 2 midterms but lower one is dropped. Take his class if you have the chance!

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MATH104A . 2 Months Ago

Heavy accent and doesn't really explain things well. as others have said he copies notes/lectures from another prof and often presents incorrect information. Hw takes FOREVER to do and is very code-heavy, pain in the behind tbh. exams are pretty difficult and relies on memorization of concepts. overall do not recommend (i also took 104b with yang)

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MATH104A . 8 Months Ago

legendary. Guaranteed A if you go to lectures and put in a little effort.

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MATH104B . 2 Years Ago

took his 104A earlier so take this 104B again. getting a good grade is not easy when your TA is tough, but prof himself is not bad. hw is reasonable. if u skip his class, dont skip the review session. the grading policy is so nice. the "drop the lower mid score" literally saves my life. //will write another comment when i finish his 104c.

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MATH104A . 2 Years Ago

Prof Xu Yang is very nice and patient. He has review sessions that help us prepare for mid & final, which is SUPER helpful. drop the lowest for one of the hw & one of the mid.

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MATH104C . 2 Years Ago

Literally just used another professor's lecture slides and notes.

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MATH104C . 2 Years Ago

Very heavy accent and does NOT care about his students. Just keep talking and talking and assume everyone knows what he talks about.

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MATH3B . 4 Years Ago

Professor Yang communicates with the students often with emails, his lectures were straight-forward and I felt like I had a deep understanding on the content, and the exams are challenging. I strongly recommend for Math 3B.

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MATH3B . 4 Years Ago

Did not even create his own lectures, used another teacher's lectures from the previous quarter - everything was asynchronous. Quizzes were 5 questions and the lowest one is dropped. You will definitely need to study extra for this class if you want a good grade in it.

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MATH3B . 4 Years Ago

Very disorganized lectures. Bad handwriting and difficult to understand. Lectures consist of him doing examples while providing little to no explanation. Do NOT recommend.

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MATH3A . 6 Years Ago

wasn't attentive to student needs :(

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MATH3A . 6 Years Ago

Super disorganized, hard to understand his speech or handwriting, no response to emails, posts hundreds of hw problems but doesn't say which are important, midterms and final consists of some stuff we don't spend any time on. Didn't show up to any of his exams which all had grading errors, Yang is intelligent and a nice guy, but bad at teaching.

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