Chen genuinely cares about his students learning and understanding the material, as long as you are actually reading and he sees you are trying. Don't let his ratings on Global 2 discourage you from taking his upper divs. 2 weekly discussion posts for the heavy readings and an essay and final project. Go to lecture. Read.

He is a caring professor who wants his students to do their best and is clearly an expert in his field of study. Highly recommend taking his class if you are interested in learning more about globalization in China. Keep in mind that there is a lot of reading but it is worth it as it provides a thorough view of China and its unique conditions.

His lectures were super dense and random. The homework consisted of super long readings that are super dense. The midterm is multiple choice, short answer, and long answer but the final was ONLY multiple choice. He was also literally editing the final while we were taking because he made so many mistakes when he was writing it.

This was one of the first classes I took at UCSB and I can say now in my spring quarter this was undoubtedly the worst experience I have had in my academic career. Jia-Ching Chen (JCC) is knowledgeable but one of the worst professors and even instructors I have ever had. The average on the final was 55%. Save yourself don't ever take him.

this brother is actually from hell. condescending. dropped the f word in the middle of the lecture to seem hip. the readings are long and dense ASF. JCC thinks he's like a prophet and just rambles about nothing for his lectures it's actually unbearable. my TA was chill tho, he didn't even like JCC

Content wise the material is interesting. As a professor, however, he sucks. He's condescending to people who ask questions and his TAs. The final and midterm appear purposely worded to trip you up. Also, he made the final essay due the day after Thanksgiving which was just plain rude. Midterm- 20%, Final essay-30%, Final-25%

Don't take this class with him. He is a terrible professor: lectures are boring, hard to hear, he goes off on tangents, there's an insane amount of reading, and he makes you feel bad for asking genuine questions. midterm and final were okay content-wise but there were typos throughout and he had to clarify/rewrite numerous problems as we took it.

DISORGANIZED. His lectures are non-linear and difficult to follow, often going off on pointless tangents. He doesn't communicate with his TAs, leaving them unable to clarify his confusing essay guidelines, lectures, or exam questions that aim to trip you up rather than test you on material. He seems constantly flustered and unprepared. Avoid.

Don't bother asking questions not only will he not anwser, but he will be mean and condesending. Also don't bother emailing him, he wont respond. Also don't bother studying the tests are litterlay just mind games.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! This is by far the most horrible teacher I have ever had in my life. I promise that NO amount of studying can prepare you for his tests, knowing the material does not matter as the weird multiple choice is only trying to trick you. I hope he sees this review and does some self reflection!!!

Lectures are usually incoherent with some sort of tangent in mind, rarely explains concepts related to the material. Guidelines for some assignments like essays can be vague, even gave a final paper over thanksgiving break. I was lucky to already have History knowledge before taking this class. Please just find another professor/class.

If this class is not for your major, do NOT take it, especially not with Professor Chen. He is a horrible lecturer who is always mumbling and often doesn't even complete his sentences. He speaks condescendingly to students and outright shames them for certain questions. It is very difficult to follow in class, even when paying full attention. 0/10

Somehow manages to make a great topic boring and impossible to pay attention to. Lectures are unhelpful and vague. Lots of dense readings with hard, oddly specific tests. Talks so quietly and scrambled. Dodges questions and sometimes shames students who ask "bad" questions. He is pretty useless and makes himself as unhelpful as possible. Don't take

Speaks softly and doesn't always finish his sentences...? Condescending and rude to students when they have questions. Not accessible through email, will not answer you. This idea of this class is interesting but the professor is horrible. Don't take this class!

Very condescending and unwilling to help students. Focuses lectures on his own research rather than concepts related to the course. Wants students to do work that he should be doing as a professor. Too rude to students who are just trying to learn the material. He defeats the purpose of wanting to learn/asking questions bc is always condescending.

He is not a very kind professor, no room for error and does what he wants no matter how the students feel. Very lecture heavy and expects you to put in over 3 hours of work every week outside of the class. Tough grader, tough tests, just dont take this class with him.

Bad Lecturer. Slideshows are very hard to follow. Lots of readings. The midterm and final are questions about the most random things from the readings. Writing questions are confusing. Assigned an essay that was due during Thanksgiving break. Essay guidelines were unclear and hard to follow. Attendance is taken during lectures.

literally don't take this class unless it's an explicit requirement, anything else would be better than this. boring lecturer.. he sounds like he's just talking to himself so it's not easy to hear/ understand him. assigned a paper to be due the day after Thanksgiving. doesn't take attendance but there's a forum he'll have you post to during class

boring lectures, hard exams

Lectures overall not too structured or clear. Feel like what is discussed in lecture is more to form idea and most of it doesn't come back in midterm/endterm. Lots of readings. Would have liked better/clearer connection with content and readings. Overall it was fine

Confusing lecture talks in quiet volume. Extra hard workload and readings, incomprehensible writing prompts.

Lots of reading and confusing lectures

Took this class remotely during the COVID quarter and it was pretty rocky. There were weekly assignments which were repetitive and overly lengthy, too much expected for forum participation. Luckily, he did cancel one assignment after complaints. The grading was the worst ever, our midterm grades aren't even out and the final is today...

Worst professor I've ever had. His lectures had hardly any structure, he was always on some sort of tangent, and his powerpoint slides were just a bunch of graphs without clear information. He tests on the most minute details of the readings and assigns so MUCH reading! I didn't learn anything from his lectures. COVID-19 saved my grade.