Reviews of professor Zahir Kolia

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I would take any of Dr. Koila's classes in the future. He is a great prof that genuinely cares for the students he teaches. Make sure you do the readings and participate in class. He gave us what was going to be on the exam beforehand which made it so much easier to study. Plus he is really fit, which is dope.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing professor, very inspiring and respectable. Wish he taught more classess.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
So kind and understanding. Clear about timelines, grading and expectations of assignments. Exams and assignment resources all come from lectures.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Interesting lectures and is passionate about what he is teaching. His course structure is also very straight forward and if you attend lectures you will do well in this class. Another good thing about Professor Kolia is how he engages in class discussion which is fun. Good elective course to take if you want something that won't be boring.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Zahir has so many personal stories that all tie into what he is teaching which makes him so easy to listen to and follow along with. He was always willing to hear you out and help you. The class was 3 hours long but he made it go by very fast. Study hard and do the readings!! He is pleasing to look at so trust me when i say sit in the front row!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great interactive lectures, however Dr.Kolia does not make CRM100 an easy bird course what so ever. If you want a higher GPA and marks for less work, I recommend choosing another prof. I found that the paper was marked unfairly and unclearly as I received no feedback and a B.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Had to come back to rate this professor because my mind suddenly went to my bad memories of him. He has interesting material for sure, but his jaded attitude and monotone voice bore me, nearly every lecture was started with his personal life monologue for 10 minutes, his voice got even quieter during March, I didn't even think it was possible.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Kolia is a very knowledgeable and personable guy. The slides usually cover things but the readings are important. He illuminates the concepts taught with examples from his personal life, making it more engaging.   

He also values student participation. The midterm/exam & bibliography are reasonably difficult and explained in advance.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing prof and person! Extremely interesting, knowledgable, passionate, and funny. Exams are mostly lecture based, and I found him to be a pretty fair grader.