CHINESE-331
MODERN CHINESE MEDIA
Offered Fall 2026
Term
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students generally rate the course well. Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
DepartmentAMES
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment14–17
Semesters of data3
4.6
Hrs / week
32
Responses
46
Enrollment
70%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.4
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.3
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.7
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.4
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 51 comments across 3 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students generally rate the course well. Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
A is doable but not automatic
The signal here is more do-the-work-and-you-should-be-fine than easy-A chatter. Students do not describe the A as automatic, but the evidence also does not paint grading as punishing.
Homework Load
Heavy homework load
Homework load is one of the clearest friction points. Students repeatedly describe assignments, readings, or problem sets as time-consuming.
Lecture Load
Regular lecture load
Lectures matter here, but the evidence points to a fairly standard lecture burden rather than a course dominated by long or exceptionally dense lectures.
Strengths
• Instructor ratings are strong even when the comments do not cluster around one obvious positive theme.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
Watch out for
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
1. Learned more about Chinese media platforms 2. Learned more about Chinese censorship 3. Learned more about plastic waste in China
Fall 2025 · He, Tianshu
Cultural stuff in Chinese media, pop culture in china, social topics in china
Fall 2025 · He, Tianshu
New Chinese characters, presentational speaking, research skills
Fall 2025 · He, Tianshu
Learned a lot of new chinese vocab and also about chinese media (social media, environment, talk shows, and birth policy)
Fall 2025 · He, Tianshu
It really introduced a lot of concepts about Chinese culture and society that I previously wasn't that familiar with. Whereas previous Chinese course I had taken such as Chinese 131 and 232 covered topics of culture and tradition, Chinese 331 dove deeper into topics like AI, censorship, etc that are not very relevant not only to cultural understanding and also to understanding the world.
Fall 2025 · He, Tianshu
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | He, Tianshu 4.6Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.6Difficulty2.8Would retake100%Based on 34 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 14 |
| Fall 2024 | He, Tianshu 4.6Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.6Difficulty2.8Would retake100%Based on 34 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.3 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 17 |
| Fall 2023 | He, Tianshu 4.6Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.6Difficulty2.8Would retake100%Based on 34 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | — | — | 4.9 | 15 |
Instructor
He, TianshuAMES
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