Cynthia Ma

2 or less hrs/week

The class being at 9 am is the hardest part. Otherwise pretty easy class and Zhao Ma is super cool. Very memorable guy.

5/30/2024

I Do not think that his grading is fair.

6/9/2023

His class is fun to take! I had zero knowledge about this topic, and he encouraged me "You are born to learn this." All assignments can be done by Internet (namely ChatGPT), even if he found out, he will only talk to you without any penalty or redo for the assignment. Overall, it is a great pleasure to take his class!!!

5/2/2023

Professor Ma is amazing. There are so many extra credit opportunities and he responds to emails super fast. Pay attention to class and do well on quizzes and attend the subsection to ensure good grades.

1/18/2023

Amazing lecturer, I'm so happy I took him for Chinese Civilization. This class goes through a deep history from ancient civilization all the way up to today. Interesting discussion sections once a week. Lots of extra credit opportunities. Keep up with the material (don't procrastinate) and you'll do good on the quizzes. I hope to take Prof Ma again

1/2/2023

Professor Ma is one of the nicest people I have met at WashU. Try to get as many extra credits as you can. The lecture is enjoyable to listen to and the material is easy to learn.

12/27/2022

Dr. Ma is a great guy and a very well-respected scholar in his field. He lectures for a while with pretty generic slides but has interesting things to say. One day per week is a discussion section on the readings. Each week there is a short-answer essay quiz based off the readings. Also has outside of class events you have to attend. Cool class

11/19/2021

Professor Ma is such a kind man! Expert on US-China relations and Chinese history in general. He also oversees the undergraduate Chinese major. Super nice guy. Chinese Civ class had a lot of readings, but the grading was easy (drop 3 lowest weekly quizzes, participation, and attend 3 outside events). No final. Lots of extra credit opportunities too

4/21/2021