Alexander Chen

3 reviews
Average rating: 4.67

This professor has taught: GEMS497, URSP289A, URSP600, URSP604

Grades

During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.33 between 272 students*

Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 21.32%
A: 22.79%
A+: 4.78%
B-: 2.21%
B: 17.28%
B+: 23.9%
C-: 0.74%
C: 1.1%
C+: 1.1%
F: 0.37%
W: 4.04%
other: 0.37%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.
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Alexander Chen

Expecting an A-
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05/16/2010 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.		Though there seemed like there was a little bit of superfluous writing involved in the course, it was rather minor amount of total writing (150 words a week & 1 paper). A lot of the grade in the course comes from ability to make presentations, which, though it is a necessary skill, it is much more stressful that writing a paper. The only aspect of the course that I didn't enjoy in terms of content was that a very large portion of the course is just about environmentalism.
Alexander Chen

Expecting an A
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05/16/2010 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.		Professor Chen is pretty straight-forward, friendly, and knowledgeable about Urban Planning. He genuinely cares about his students, and wants us to be prepared for whatever the real world throws at us. He provides plenty of creative activities that better teach us the material. You will not be bored in this Honors Seminar, guaranteed!
Alexander Chen

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/24/2009 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.		First off, I would like to give the disclaimer that I had Prof. Chen in an undergraduate Honors seminar which he had never taught before, sotake that for what it's worth. Anway, Prof. Chen is a really nice guy and he's really down to earth. He is VERY knowledgable about planning (maybe that goes without saying). He seems to have a lot of real world experience that translates into helpful insights during lecturing. He is also very good at coming up with creative ways to teach the material. I had a great experience in Prof. Chen's class.