Reviews of professor Colin Umeda

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Umeda himself is a great professor and is really knowledgable in the content; he does weekly assessments rather than exams. Only thing that the reviews don't mention are that the TAs are the ones that grade ur assessments, not him. U can either be stuck with a tough TA or a good one; depending on who u get, you may get a dif grade than someone else

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Colin himself is a decent professor who is straightforward with the lecture material. He responds relatively quickly and is able to resolve concerns. The assessment grading, however are in the hands of your TA. Was unfortunate to end up with one who loved going on a power trip, and Colin did nothing about it. I stand by my assessment answers.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Umeda has us answer questions via Tophat for credit as participation. Weekly assessments released the day after your second lecture and due the same day which is a bit annoying. He's super chill just don't ask stupid questions. Read the syllabus, go to class, complete the assessments and you'll pass.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Instead of exams, there are weekly assessments. These assessments are a great way of getting students to learn the material. The downside to the assessments is that they are graded by TAs. You can either be blessed with a great TA, or cursed and be forced through an agonizing semester by a TA like Mercedes Ekren. She is pure evil and lowered my iQ

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Umeda is nice and has structured his class in a super interesting way that helps the students instead of confusing us, which is rare. Taking him is given the chance the many small assessments instead of large tests is helpful for people taking a lot of hard classes and he is open to help and give feedback. The only downside is TA grading.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Funny guy, dry humor. Tends to teach and talk with a lot of sarcasm, some might hate it, I didn't mind. Likes students to ask questions but will not hold your hand, you have to reach out and put in the effort. As long as you discipline yourself and do the work an A is doable.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Colin is a decent professor. The weekly assessments- holy crap. Depending on your TA, you'll either be graded leniently or dragged through the pits of hell (Mercedes Ekren? I'm looking at you.) There is no standard to grading, and having her as the TA is a living nightmare, but Umeda is willing to compensate somewhat if you attend office hours.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had Dr. Umeda last summer. It was an interesting class. We had to go out and find different species of insects and identify them. Exams were a little tricky, but nothing too hard.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
My god, the class had so much potential. Colin himself was a great professor and presented the material in a manner that could be easily learned. However, Mercedes Ekren, the TA has left a multitude of students fearing for their lives. Shame on you for grading so ruthlessly. If you want to take this class beware the grading is in the TA's hands.