Reviews of professor Zoot Velasco

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Difficult class. practice STAR sample if writing. Put more effort on writing to pass the class

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Recommend not taking this professor. Weekly journals which are very personal. Feedback is minimal for how tough of a grader he is. Instructions are never clear. Picks on students if you seem to not be paying attention. Class is mandatory and always the full time slot. The foundation of this class is great but not with Zoot.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If I could rate this professor higher than a 5, I would. He is my favorite professor at CSUF. He helped shape me into a better professional in my field, made me feel like he genuinely cares, and has inspired me to do better in many parts of my life. Though this was my most challenging class, it was my favorite.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Are these other 5 star ratings for BUAD 300 taking the same class? Learned nothing that I could not read myself online. The work itself is not difficult to get done IF you make sure to ask questions to clarify what he wants. Spends most classes just talking about himself and this feels like a wasted class and money. Take someone else if you can.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Zoot is a great professor. I learned a lot from his class. He taught us all the needed skills for an interview and resume and more. I am not good at writing, but my writing has significantly improved after taking his class. He is not an easy grader, but he will tell you exactly how your points are marked down. I highly recommend taking his class!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Says offensive things and very homophonic.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
professional abilities include management, storytelling, and virtue signaling. Teaching style characterized by drawn out presentation lectures and a lack of contrarian consideration [discussion is not much an option...his way or the highway]. Ability to convey material is simple, therefore lacking depth that demeans the value of substantial lessons

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's actually not a horrible teacher like others say he is. He knows his stuff and his teaching style is interesting enough so I can't say he's boring. As far as assignments, follow his instructions to a tea, do the work and you can still achieve a good grade. He also allowed open note tests as well so I mean there's not much to complain about.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Overall, I was very intrigued by the class since we had many opportunities to do hands-on group & individual projects. The only thing I have to complain about is the grading criteria are very confusing and so were the instructions. Tests are all weighed the same so make sure to study GRL videos and have a discord group chat!