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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |