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Tengyang Xie

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Raw average: 1.50/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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760 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
The professor seems like a good person but not a good lecturer. He tries to explain the stuff, but it doesn't translate well to the students. Not a very tough course if you have little bit of math background
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760 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
He reads almost exclusively from slides and spends the first 20 minutes recapping last lecture. He ends class 15-25 minutes early and so you only spend 30-40 minutes of the dedicated 75 going over actual new material. It was incredibly frustrating as someone who is actually interested and wanted to learn the material. Easy to tell he is a new prof.
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Classes with Tengyang Xie

COMPSCI 639

Undergraduate Elective Topics in Computing

3–4 credits

COMPSCI 639 is an undergraduate elective covering selected topics in computing, with specific content determined by the instructor for each offering.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Louis OliphantTengyang Xie+2 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026COMPSCI 639Undergraduate Elective Topics in Computing
Fall 2026COMPSCI 702Graduate Cooperative Education
Fall 2026COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2026COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research

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