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SHI JIN
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Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
My favorite professor. Couldn't understand a word he said but as long as you followed along on the chalkboard you could multitask with Netflix. Be prepared for a 5 min drawn out joke at the beginning at the lecture.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
I was worried because of rate my professor .com 2.0 rating but I took his course. All his exams are straight from homeworks. Memorising entire homework problems already guarantees A from three major exams. It is true that lectures are puzzling, but discussion sections help a lot. Very flexible exam policy is impressive. He was more than i expected.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Prof Jin's English can be incredibly difficult to understand at times, but his point is usually understandable.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Sent him an email one time asking something specific that there was confusion about throughout my whole section. Got a short, rude email back. He cracks jokes during lecture that make calculus 2 slightly more bearable but he expects students to have an extremely solid basis of calculus making the class hard if you scraped through Calc 221.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
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Classes with SHI JIN
MATH 990
Reading and Research
1–3 creditsMATH 990 offers independent reading and research opportunities across all areas of Mathematics.
No offering record · Fall 2018
No recorded grade history
Recorded teaching history
Distinct courses recorded per term
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2018 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2018 | MATH 801 | Topics in Applied Mathematics |
| Fall 2017 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2017 | MATH 222 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2 |
| Spring 2017 | MATH 699 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2017 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2016 | COMPSCI/MATH 714 | Methods of Computational Mathematics I |
| Fall 2016 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2016 | MATH 211 | Survey of Calculus 1 |
| Spring 2016 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2015 | COMPSCI/MATH 714 | Methods of Computational Mathematics I |
| Fall 2015 | MATH 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2015 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2015 | COMPSCI/ISYE/MATH/STAT 525 | Linear Optimization |
| Spring 2015 | MATH 320 | Linear Algebra and Differential Equations |
| Fall 2014 | COMPSCI/MATH 514 | Numerical Analysis |
| Fall 2014 | MATH 801 | Topics in Applied Mathematics |
| Spring 2014 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2013 | COMPSCI/MATH 514 | Numerical Analysis |
| Fall 2013 | COMPSCI/MATH 714 | Methods of Computational Mathematics I |
| Fall 2013 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2013 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2012 | COMPSCI/MATH 714 | Methods of Computational Mathematics I |
| Fall 2012 | MATH 331 | Introductory Probability |
| Fall 2012 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2012 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2011 | COMPSCI/MATH 514 | Numerical Analysis |
| Fall 2011 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2011 | COMPSCI/MATH 715 | Methods of Computational Mathematics II |
| Spring 2011 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2010 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2010 | MATH 704 | Methods of Applied Mathematics-2 |
| Spring 2010 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2009 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2009 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2008 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2008 | COMPSCI/MATH 715 | Methods of Computational Mathematics II |
| Spring 2008 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2007 | COMPSCI/MATH 714 | Methods of Computational Mathematics I |
| Fall 2007 | MATH 331 | Introductory Probability |
| Fall 2007 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2007 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2006 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
Instructor identity & provenance
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