Reviews of professor Tahseen Shams

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
By far one of my favourite classes taken at UofT, she's an awesome professor who is clear and does not trick you! She's direct and honest with what she expects, if you follow it you'll do great!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
really uptight and strict about everything. pop quizzes every week or so about the lecture (they count ya) so had to go to lecture in case it was that week as she never told us when. powerpoints helped for the exams (real easy). essay instructions were vague but that kinda works out when you analyze a movie

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The content is quite easy but her lectures are horrible. Not a very likeable professor and treats students as f we are still in grade school. Unapproachable, and do not recommend taking any of her classes

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She must have taken the negative feedback because she is very understanding and kind to students asking and answering questions. Her tests are based heavily on lectures and are very fair & straightforward. In-class papers are simple as well, which is an easy 10% of your grade. Her lectures are very clear and concise! Would recommend her class!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She does not care about students' well-being and courseloads. She thinks her course is the only one that matters and refuses to accommodate anything outside of the student's control. She is incredibly unreasonable and stubborn and her course policy and attitude toward students reflect this. Good luck expecting any compassion from her.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The course content itself was not difficult, and it was pretty easy to do well if you did the readings/attended lectures. The grading by the TA did not make sense to me and the prof is very unhelpful if you want to request a regrade.

She also came off somewhat rude at times. 

I wouldn't necessarily avoid her, but didn't enjoy her course either.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures/slides are content heavy; content's based on the textbook. The content itself is interesting, but the prof is very offputting. Teaching style includes reading slides and being condescending/negative towards students. Her overall attitude and tone provided such an uncomfortable space in the class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The material is common sense, just have to memorize a fe things. However, this professor teaches with unecessary atiitide towards her students. She is rude towards students, if you give the wrong answer, she makes students feel stupid. Constantly contradicts herself, terrible professor. AVOID HER!!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
As long as you attend lectures and do the readings, you'll get an easy A. I enjoyed the class content and the TAs were awesome but prof. Shams was extremely rude to her students making it difficult to ask her anything. If possible, try to avoid her at all costs.