Reviews of professor Zahir Kolia

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
hes very passionate about what he teaches. lectures are interesting, sometimes the content is boring. ALWAYS take notes, exams are VERY lecture and READING based. take specific notes especially from the videos shown it will be on exam. be sure you attend lectures because he doesn't post all slides. overall hes a great prof, can mark a little tough.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Zahir talks about his own personal life and relates it to a crime he is usually very funny when he tells these stories but this class was a little difficult for me. I do like that he wants people to engage and he seems to actually care about the students learning. He is also amusing to look at

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
W professor. He makes his lectures super interesting and entertaining so I was always motivated to go to class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a great prof its just since the lectures are 3 hours it will get kind of boring. However, he is a good lecturer, his lectures are pretty detailed so he's just reading off slides, and he knows what he's talking about unlike other profs. READ THE TEXTBOOK AND GO TO LECTURES IT WILL DEFINIETLY HELP FOR THE EXAMS!!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Kolia is extremely engaging, and a very nice person. But this is not an easy course, he is passionate and the exams reflect that. I received a B+ on the final paper with no feedback, it was marked relatively harshly in my opinion. His lectures are great, but this is not a GPA booster.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Encourages in-class discussions and takes the time to listen to each student's contribution. He explains concepts very well and uses many personal and real-world examples. Occasionally funny when he needs to be. Gives lots of preparation for midterm and final exam. Lectures are in readings (I survived without consistently doing the readings).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took this course as an open elective to take a break from my program's courses, and it really helped me learn something new. I liked this course but there are a lot of readings and memorization of content is required. Def not an easy course, but an informative one about important criminology things. The prof is nice and knowledgable as well

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This course is very interesting and not unnecessarily difficult. Graded out of 3 marks: midterm, one written assignment, & final. Clear/concise study guides are provided for midterm&final. You will get as much out of it as you put into it. If you attend lectures, participate and do a reasonable amount of reading/studying you will get a good mark

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I like him as a person but he hates the system too much it discourages me from pursuing what i want

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Kolia's assessments can sometimes be difficult but he is very understanding and will explain the material to you  if you are confused. There is also room for discussion during his lectures