Emanuel Zur

This professor has taught: BMGT220, BMGT220H, BMGT310, BMGT321, BMGT411, BMGT818F, BMGT818G, BMGT818M, BMGT818N, BMGT818R, BMGT818Y, BMSO758N, BMSO778A, BUSI610, BUSI611

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Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/11/2025	Going into this class I thought Accounting was going to be super hard, it wasn't. For my class, the 3 midterms were going to be all online, but after the first midterm someone finished the exam in 7 minutes, so he switched them back to in-person :(. The material itself isn't actually that hard, you just need to study a few days before. Professor Zur himself is not a great teacher, he spams T charts for every problem which make it hard to follow, but the discussions are a lot easier to digest. Watch some youtube videos, go to office hours, or sign up for a knack tutoring session if you need help. Overall, you need to put in some effort for this class, but if you do, you should be able to get a B+ or higher.
Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/09/2025	He's very nice and knowledgable professor, however his classes are all over the place. He's constantly writing out and making up journal entries on the white board, and it's really easy to get lost, I did learn from his lectures, however I had to self teach a lot to make sure I really understood it because I was getting really lost. He also doesn't have a textbook that he follows which also makes it hard because you just kinda have to watch videos, and look things up online to study as opposed to having a textbook that you're able to follow.
Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Anonymous 12/07/2025	Incredible professor. Super nice and knows the material really well. TAs host review sessions and have a ton of experience in the course. Very light workload and there are some random quizzes but they are very basic 5 true false/mcq questions. Sometimes his examples can be a little confusing but he is happy to answer any questions or clear up confusion. A little heads up: he calls on people randomly and asks for your name and WILL remember it and call on you later on. Just be prepared to answer questions even if you don't know the answer, he will walk you through it if you aren't sure. Overall really nice guy and definitely recommend his class.
Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Anonymous 12/07/2025	Very knowledgeable about the topic. Keep the class engaging and fun. The best professor I have had at UMD so far. Highly recommend.
Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/07/2025	I think professor Zur really cares about the students, but his teaching method is definitely not for everyone. He teaches basically only through examples that are commonly hard to follow. He gives 7 pop quizzes in the class based on accuracy (but are not very difficult) which is a little annoying because you don’t really know when you can skip lecture. He’s still clearly figuring out how he wants to assess the class as the first out of three midterms was online, but everyone cheated and the average was like a 97 so naturally the next one was in person but he allowed six pages of notes and the test was very light. For the third test he really challenged us though. Good guy, knowledge, charismatic, but not for everyone.
Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/06/2025	Professor Zur is a very knowledgeable and highly skilled instructor. The course material is quite challenging, however he explains the concepts very well. I would certainly recommend Professor Zur for any accounting course he teaches!
Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/03/2025	Professor Zur was not what I expected after reading prior reviews. There are a few problems I had with him in Accounting I. First, he went against his own syllabus. There were supposed to be 3 online exams, but he ended up making the last 2 exams in person on paper. Second, the timing of the second and third exams was horrible. We had the 2nd exam the last full week before Thanksgiving. We are now having the third the exam the week we got back from Thanksgiving. There were literally 3 classes in between these two exams! Students AND the TA's tried to get him to move the exam, but he said it is not possible. Third, Zur uses rank-based grading. That's right, your final grade in this 200 series class is not based on your percent grade, rather it is how you did in comparison to other students in the class. I feel this is a terrible way to assign grades and does not reflect your own individual performance in the class. There has been no transparency with how this curve works and some students are wondering if this curve will hurt our final grades. Overall, after changes he instituted starting this semester and due to his policies, I would take a different professor if possible.
Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/02/2025	Professor Zur is awesome! He is a fun and excellent lecturer who goes out of his way to help students outside the classroom. A reasonable person that I highly recommend.
Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Expecting a B Anonymous 11/30/2025	Zur is a nice guy but I really did not like his teaching style. He scribbles examples all over the white board, and writes new journal entries over old ones, making it really hard to follow unless you understand everything the entire time. He also cold calls in a class of 250 people, and I found it hard to really learn and concentrate because I was so nervous on being called on. What was really annoying is that there isn't a textbook to follow. When it came time for the tests, I had no idea how to study because his slides are mostly examples with a few definitions. Unlike econ and bstat, if I was confused on the material I would just reread the textbook and do problems and then I understood everything, but there is no structure like that where you can relearn all of the information in a clear formatted way. He is really knowledgable about what he is teaching but I don't think he teaches in the clearest way.
Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Anonymous 11/25/2025	pretty funny guy. Workload is pretty light. He tends to call on the middle row a bit during lecture, so just a heads up. I probably wouldn't want to take this course with any other professor.
Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 11/18/2025	Everything you heard recently is majority true and in fact positive in my own experience. HOWEVER, depending on the intuition of the other people in your class and how the distortion of grades and either or not Professor Zur catches another student cheating on the online midterms, do not be surprised your online exam will turn into in person exams. The in person exams imo are harder than the online exams for clear reasons but he allowed a 3 page front and back cheat sheet so take that as you will.
Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/11/2025	Professor Zur is very funny and teaches BMGT220 very well. He's very chill and shows care towards his students. He cracks jokes and makes the class more lively (still accounting). Online homework week, 7 pop quizzes (5 are counted), 3 midterm and final project (group). Overall a great prof and easy class if you put in the work! I found the class to be pretty easy.
Emanuel Zur BMGT220 Expecting an A- Anonymous 10/30/2025	To cut right to the chase, a great professor especially for this material. Has a few quirks, but if you get him, you're in good hands. The course is structured very fairly. 7 in-class quizzes (formatted pretty much like pop quizzes in lectures, so while lecture attendance isn't recorded, it's best to go!) and 5 scores are kept, 3 midterms (initially online - first one, though, had a really high grade average so it was obvious people cheated thus leading to the last two being shifted to in-person. That review from 10/21 portrays Zur out as a dick but ngl it was the class's fault for cheating), participation/attendance in the weekly discussion (2 lectures + 1 discussion a week), homework (online "self-assessment" quizzes that you can just redo until you get 100%, for practice) and a final group project. Prof. Zur is a very passionate professor and very knowledgeable. He knows the material inside out given experience in the field and is a good networking resource too given his direction over the Accounting 4+1 program and whatnot. He's very personable and always good to chat to before and after class if you catch him. Now, the only quirks I'd list are his accent which can be somewhat difficult to understand if he speeds up (not holding this against him ofc), very messy handwriting on the whiteboards which get used quite a bit, and a bit disorganized following of the slides/PowerPoint. There is no textbook associated to the material so we go off these pre-made slides but he tends to just take the curriculum into his own hands during class which is fine, but don't expect a super standardized and neat curriculum unfortunately. Nonetheless he's a great professor and I'd highly recommend you pick his sections.
Emanuel Zur Anonymous 10/21/2025	Told us the whole semester the midterms will be online and then last minute changed his mind. When I talked to him about this concern he basically said too bad. His lectures are incredibly boring too.
Emanuel Zur BMGT310 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/17/2023	He really cares about teaching the material. He teaches based on examples, so sometimes the white boards gets a bit messy. His exams are very fair, and I would highly recommend him.
Emanuel Zur BMGT310 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/12/2023	Don't hesitate, take his class! I had an amazing semester and learned so much from his class. I am a finance major with no interest in accounting, but the topics his covers are very helpful. Everyone gets to participate in class. He is laid back and understanding. If you need more hours to work on exams/quizzes make sure to email him early in the semester. One of the best professors at Smith.
Emanuel Zur BMGT310 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/21/2021	Great professor who clearly knows the material and is able to effectively convey it to students. As the other review stated, recorded lectures were not the best quality so it was difficult to use them for reviewing purposes. The content for this course was difficult but between the textbook and his lectures you should be fine. He is also very friendly with his students when answering questions about class or about career-related topics.
Emanuel Zur BMGT310 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/01/2021	Solid choice. Decent lecturer. I had a hard time staying engaged in class but I'm not sure I can blame him for that since I didn't particularly enjoy the material. My only complaint is that, while he does post his lecture slides and the recordings of his lectures, he often diverges from what's on the slides and writes numbers/calculations/T-charts/etc on the whiteboard, which is too far from the camera to see what he's writing (so if you miss class or just want to rewatch a lecture, sometimes you're just screwed). Also, sometimes there's a problem with the microphone and his voice is too quiet in the recording to hear it at all. However, neither has been a huge issue for me so far because it's easy to make up what you missed using the textbook and slides. As far as his exams go, you have 90 minutes to complete roughly 13 questions. He posts the exam on ELMS and your time starts from when you first open the file. You just do your work and write your answers on your own paper, then scan it/take a picture and email it to him. He's lenient in terms of how long you have to email it to him (like if you send the email 93 or 94 minutes after you open the exam, he won't take points off). He also posts a LENGTHY study guide which is a fair representation of what you'll see on the exam. He doesn't surprise you or give you trick questions. If you know what you're doing you'll finish the exam with plenty of time to check your answers. Otherwise, there's a weekly homework assignment on Connect due Sunday at midnight, and any score of 85% or above he rounds to 100% in your final grade. If you're like me and procrastinate actually learning the material until the weekend, they might take some time. If you know what you're doing, it's an hour or two max. There's also a group project at the end of the semester but it isn't too much and he gives you plenty of warning.