Reviews of professor Nicole De Silva

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Has ZERO empathy for students. Can bash students in front of the whole class for not turning on their camera for one class, regardless of the status of their internet connection, which shows her entitlement during a global pandemic (not everyone can afford perfect connections). Has absolutely no regard for regular problems students might face.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Unapproachable, borderline condescending, and monotone. Not everyone who has a PhD is well suited to teach, and Dr. De Silva is proof. Participation was minimal because her awkwardly cold responses to wrong answers provided no incentive to offer opinion or views. Her monotone way of teaching does not help engagement. Avoid if possible.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The course is lecture heavy but De Silva is super knowledgeable and organized everything very well and entertainingly. Participation is encouraged in class and De Silva allows people to explain their own interactions with the course topics in their own lives while reinforcing the learning. De Silva provides a lot of resources in and out of class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is very knowledgeable in her field and clearly chooses interesting topics and nice readings. However, she does not know how to teach or at least interact with students. She puts students on the spot which seems a bit intentional and expects everyone to know everything. she could use a lot of humility when it comes to treating students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
good

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class was very lecture heavy and you needed to take detailed notes of everything she was saying to be ready for the exam. Exams were not difficult if you knew your stuff well. We had 2 exams, a group paper and weekly quizzes on the lectures (she only graded if students did them and not the answers).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Nicle De Silva is one of the best professor at Concordia. She is extremely knowledgeable in her field and values the opinion of each individual in class. While she has high expectation, she helps you achieve it. I am sure if you put in the hard work, you will achieve the result.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Not a good teacher, not very fair on her exams in relation to content thought in the class. I am all for a heavy lecture course but be fair on the exams, you think you did well and its not the case because she is a harsh grader and almost purposely wants to trick students. Dnt take her class! she is anything but humble and even condescending

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Don't usually rate on here, but I was super surprised by Professor De Silva's rating. She is amazing! Organized, clear, helpful, original perspective. Ok, she has high expectations BUT she helps you meet them. For human rights, she is an expert and has a lot of real world experience too.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
do not recommend, avoid at all cost this professor .