Although Professor Liens classes are straightforward and easy as long as you attend lecture and read, I wouldnt take a class with her ever again because shes rude. Ive never had any other prof at UCSB that was as ununderstanding as her so its a hard pass for me!
I'm not sure about in-person classes, but her online course was just fine! 50-100 pages of reading a week is pretty light compared to most classes & the assignments were all reasonable. With the online class there were no lectures. She posted slides, we had discussions during section, and there were quizzes, essays, and exams (all very reasonable)
Pie-te is an amazing professor! Her lectures are interesting and her slides have the perfect amount of information. For the midterm/final she gave us study guides of what exactly would be on the exams and it made the exams a breeze! I've taken 2 of her classes and I actually learned a lot. She's a really nice lady who clearly loves what she does(:
About 50 pages of reading per week. Midterm and final are based heavily on lecture slides, which she does not post online. 2 five-page papers: each due before the midterm and final. Paper grading depends on your TA. Papers helped me actually do the readings, as they are based on them. Get ready to read!
I have quite literally never had a worse professor in my four years of undergrad. While I can certainly say that Lien is an extremely kind person, the truth is that she does not seemingly care about the performance(s) of her students which is a shame. Hardest grader I have ever had. Refuses to post or send slides. Impossible writing prompts.
While Lien is very knowledgable, she truly doesn't want people to succeed. Her rubric for exams requires you to memorize very specific information in order to get full credit. In lecture, each slide is packed with information that she monotonously reads and then skips too quickly for anybody to transcribe everything. She doesn't provide the slides
Lien is organized, structured, and has neat lecture slides. It's not the most deeply enriching class but if you have good memorization skills you will do fine. She is pretty reasonable, has extra credit, and curves the tests if needed. She also gives study guides which is nice. Overall, she is a nice professor her class is just a little dull.
This class is bad. There is no organization to the material so each lecture feels random. It is very hard to understand her in class and she speaks really quickly. Slide are not posted and the slides are packed with information. Provides up to 3% of extra credit. Randomly takes attendance and grades a few papers from each TA's section.
Very hard to understand in lecture, and does not show a want to help her students. Speaks very fast and basically reads off of long lecture slides. Tests are confusing and does not reflect the material learned in class. DO NOT recommend taking this class. Tests ask abstract questions that are confusing and made to trick students rather than test.
Currently enrolled in my third course with professor Lien. I've gone regularly to her office hours and she is amazing!! She can relate through her many identities and will do whatever she can to help you pass her class as long as you're willing to put the work in.
Pei-Te Lien is an amazing professor, and incredibly smart. Some people find it difficult to understand her but I sat close to the front and I rarely had trouble understanding her. 2 tests and 2 papers. The papers cover the readings and the tests mostly cover the lectures, but there is also a good combination. Overall, great class.
Prof. knows the topic, but doesn't know how to teach it. Learned everything from the book and TAs. Attendance not mandatory thankfully because lectures were long and uninformative. Study guides provided for midterm & final give you all info you need to know. Know everything on the study guides and you'll get 100%. TAs were helpful
She's a really sweet lady and she put a lot of effort into the class, but ultimately, she really sucked at teaching it. She's not quite suited for a big lecture hall (she's probably better for like, a smaller class) and sometimes she gets flustered.
Friendly professor but doesn't do the topic of minority politics justice. Assigns 2 papers requiring no creativecritical thinking. Tests are multiple choice, truefalse, and ID's. They don't test your real knowledge on the subject of minority politics, but rather test your knowledge of definitions. Lectures are boring and hard to follow. Iclickers
you write two essays based on the required readings. you need to do the readings to pass this class. it is fairly doable. i loved this class because i had such a helpful t.a. the midterm and final are based on lecture. essays are based on readings.
Organized lecture slides, but hard to understand some of the connections made in lecture. She lectures quietly and the TA I had was new so he wasn't helpful. Only take if you're super interested and will pay attention in class. Never used textbook. In class midterm and final; ID's and essay prompts. Heavy memorization.
Easy class, just do the reading. Lien is a sweet and ernest lecturer but she can go a little slow and struggles a lot with the iclicker. Her accent can be a little difficult to hear through sometimes.
She focuses heavily on memorization on the midterms and final and the list of terms to memorize is very large. Not an easy class and not really interesting.