Reviews of professor Dia Bagchi

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
(FRI) Dia is a great professor, but beware of material if you haven't taken genetics yet. She's very enthusiastic about teaching and very receptive to questions/comments so don't be afraid to reach out to her directly. Overall, she aims for you to understand and will repeat material to make connections. Great even during the pandemic and curves.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Just do not take functional genomics as your FRI research stream.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
THE BEST! Dia is the sweetest I have her as my FRI instructor (Functional Genomics). She really works with you and gets to know you. She's super sweet, very smart and doesn't make you feel any less when you don't know something.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dia is an awesome person but don't take functional genomics because you think it's going to be an easy course, ITS NOT!! Dia makes you write a report about the stuff you've been doing in class but honestly, I had no idea what was going on. If you want an A for chem and bio lab credit do not take this stream. Choose FRI streams very very wisely.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you're looking for an easy A FRI stream, avoid Functional Genomics. Dia makes the class unnecessarily difficult. She expects far too much from students. The work load is heavy. Only take her if you're ready to work and truly understand the research project relevance. Choose a different stream!!