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YONGMING ZHOU

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Raw average: 3.32/5 from 47 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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ANTH104 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 1/5
Patronizing and boring. So glad he's moved on to teach in China
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ANTH100 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Easiest section of the class, less memorizing than bio/archaeological. You need to read the classical readings text, but not the other book. The material is all on the slides so it's easy to understand what you need to know. He is a friendly professor, and when I walked out of the final exam he even asked me how it went!
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ANTHRO 100
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Lectures were confusing and all over the place, he is super kind and funny but exams were tough because it was hard to know what we needed to know
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ANTH100 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 2/5
Talks fast and is hard to understand. All the info is on the slides so understanding him isn't that big of a deal. Boring class but he tries to make it fun and get people to participate. Super nice guy.
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ANTHRO 104
Quality 3/5Difficulty 1/5
The most boring really. I don't know if it was Prof. Zhou or the curriculum for anthro 104, but it really was a snooze-fest. The only plus side was that it covered ethnic & international studies. Also, it was only two regular lectures and a discussion for 3 credits, so there wasn't a whole lot of in-class time.
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ANTHRO 104
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
I recommend not taking this class for ethnic studies. I did all the readings and still did bad in the class. The exams are based on the readings and not on lecture, so it's pointless to go. This class is definitely too hard only for a gen ed course.
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