Reviews of professor Colin Umeda

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures are kind of fast and his questions are a bit difficult. You have weekly assessments, quizzes based on the previous lecture, TopHat and a final assessment that opens 2 days before it's due. Use your resources and pay attention as best you can. He also has a zoom link for lecture. I'd do that. Waste less gas but remember to focus.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Umeda is a professor who is extremely understanding and cares more about the students' learning than memorizing for tests. There aren't any major exams, instead there are small daily quizzes and a discussion question for each lecture which he talks about in class, and a weekly assessment (wish they weren't from 12am-12pm but still enough time)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Umeda was a great proff! 312 during a big semester is based on quizzes and assessments, lecture is recorded so you can have flexibility in the class. Assessments are graded by TAs who can be harsh graders, but if you stand by your answer you can email him and he will take a look at your answer, and reconsider your grade. 10/10 proff tho!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
genuinely dont understand what the hype was about Umeda. He's a decent professor who conveys the content concisely. However, his weekly assessments (instead of exams) had such great potential, except HE ISNT THE ONE WHO GRADES THEM! everything falls in the hands of your TA, and this sem you could've either had the good or bad TA which is total BS.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Honestly I liked Umeda's class structure. You were able to join the lecture from zoom if preferred and the workload was not hard at all. There were no exams and only 2 lecture quizzes a week with 1 (3-5 questioned) assessment per week. Lectures do get very boring, but if you take good notes this class is an easy A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
As long as you are reasonable, Dr. Umeda will be considerate and understanding. Very clear class structure on syllabus and is fair. Class is difficult but with enough effort, getting an A is well within reach. Basically treats you like an adult the way professors should be in the first place. Overall a very well shaped class for a difficult topic.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Hes awesome! i took him for 211 &313. Both classes aren't easy subjects, but the way he formats his class allows you to learn and do well. No exams! Assessments are on his lecture material. Don't take the class if you want an A just to be handed to you tho, u have to work hard but its so doable! Ppl complain because they don't want to put in effort

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Zooms are available if you cant make it in person, but weekly assignments only open for 24 hours are tough. Graded very rough, and there arent any assignments besides the weekly ones so you must do good. Make friends with your peers, you will need it. No late submissions or make up work.