Reviews of professor Shahriar Shams

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures are not bad, you can feel that he really tries to help students understand. Quizzes are really easy, but midterm was so hard and not comparable with the sample midterm he gave. Overall not bad, pretty passionate prof.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
his lecture is clear and awesome. I like the way he taught. However, his tests are much harder than his practice problems.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very helpful, concepts explained very clearly, he was such a treat for students especially after the torture from some STA257 prof...

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He only provides one quiz and exam time and does not accommodate students in different time zones. Those quizzes and the exam account for 60% of the final grade. What else can I say.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Walmart flyers are more detailed than professor Shams' lecture.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A really, really good prof. At first, the quizzes were pretty hard, but he responded to feedback and made them a bit more fair. Obvious that he really cares about his students and wants them to do well. Fair grader, seems like he wants to give you marks instead of taking them away (not the case for every prof). Overall, not easy but I recommend!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The professor is good and organised, but if you want a good grade in his class, you have to be very attentive and participate in every lecture. That being said, you still need to go through every inch of the textbook. His assignments and tests/exams are extremely hard! But he states otherwise.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
EXTREME HARD TEST AND JUST GIVE 1.5 HRS TO COMPLETE

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great stats professor

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
All around a great person. I had a really high score going into the final but ended up with much less than what I wanted. This was down to me not working hard enough and not because of Shams not being a good professor. I reckon if you regularly do the specified work, go to class and office hours (where he is very helpful btw), you're gonna do well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His lectures and notes are very clear; and he's very accommodating. His lecture style (online) is really good, he constantly double checks if we understand the material and immediately clarifies if anyone has questions. You can tell he actually cares about how his students do, and his office hours are extremely helpful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A great professor. Actually loves to answer your questions and answer them efficiently.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
5 big exam question with 3 "small" questions but you only have 2hrs to finish. Just lose my marks which I should get and I can do nothing. Then will not reach requirement. Then can only choose the extremely hard 300Level STA course. GG my life in U of T

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Goes through everything by detail to make sure you are not left behind feeling lost - lectures, quizzes/tests, and assignments make it very clear what you need to take out of the course.