CHINESE-382S
BUSINESS/INTERCULTURE IN CHINA
Not in Fall 2026
Term
Instructor
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 offeredSpring
Typical enrollment12–16
Semesters of data2
5.0
Hrs / week
25
Responses
28
Enrollment
89%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.3
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.2
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.7
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.0
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysismedium
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 37 comments across 2 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
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Lighter lecture burden
Student comments describe this as more discussion-, seminar-, or workshop-driven than lecture-dependent. The lecture burden itself does not sound like the main source of friction.
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.
Student Responses
I learned more vocabulary and grammar and also more about business.
Spring 2024 · Hsu, Shu-Ting
1. Business-specific Chinese phrases and terminology 2. The story of Chinese economic growth and business development 3. Workplace culture in China and job-seeking techniques
Spring 2024 · Hsu, Shu-Ting
1. Business Mandarin vocabulary 2. Business culture in China 3. How multinational companies enter China and succeed
Spring 2024 · Hsu, Shu-Ting
Professional Chinese speaking and writing. Resume, job interview and networking courses were very useful.
Spring 2024 · Hsu, Shu-Ting
I learned lots of business vocabulary, the development of american companies in china, and how to use official chinese language.
Spring 2024 · Hsu, Shu-Ting
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 | Hung, Jin Wei | — | — | 5.7 | 16 |
| Spring 2024 | Hsu, Shu-Ting 3.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.0Difficulty5.0Would retake50%Based on 2 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 12 |
Instructor
Hung, Jin WeiAMES
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