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Good instructor who really goes over the material in detail. Study from his notes and you will do well in class. Professor really know a great deal about finance. Highly recommended!

he is a good guy. take his class if you just wanna pass. studying hard make your grade higher of course. he provides a class note and sample exams. all u have to do is to review and understand sample exams. then u may get B or higher.

he's fair and easy. lots of extra cresit points!

He is an excellent professor and fair in grading. I think the people who don't study and try to get by college with breeze complain about such professor as this. No wonder professors that slack and give easy grades have the best ratings.

Professor Zhou likes details on the assignments. He finds little mistakes on the reports and points them out. It would help if he gives more feedback on the reports. Other than that, he's a nice guy and is a fair grader. The most important part is to team up with a hard working group. Good luck~!

He is very picky. Overall he is a nice guy, and wants everyone to pass gateway. Its hard to get that "A" in his class, it gotta be PERFECT. otherwise not as bad as people make it out to be. its time consuming, and pray you get a hard working group, otherwise your lucked out!!!

This guy was great!! I highly reccomend taking gateway w/ him. He is very nice and wants badly for you to pass. Try to take it in summer or winter cuz it's waaayy easier!! Try to get good group or else you may be in trouble. DONT TAKE EPHRAT!!!!!!!!!!

Good Examples, If you study- the tests are easy.

Awesome teacher...made gateway semi-enjoyable...you get participation points...cases are hard just get in a good group and work hard and you should be fine...overall probably one of the best gateways professors from what I've heard...Highly Recommended

I'm a slacker! He's cool. IDK why people are complaining. SLACKER TIPS: Study his Quickcopies lecture notes, go to class, NO BOOK NEEDED just copy chapter review questions. Exam questions come from examples in class. It's an easy B. His english is a little bad, but still understandable. Favorite quote by him... "What dat mean?" Very repetitive.

Great Teacher!! One of the best at CSUN.. I don't know why people are complaining? You need to attend class in order to get a good grade, whatever he goes over in class will be on the exam. If you study a little hard you'll get a good grade. Very helpful and does an awesome job making everything clear. Highly recommend him.

Awesome teacher. He's actually really easy and he made me love finance.

Hard-working, kind, and caring professor. He wants you to succeed. Gives a good lecture, solves probles, provides sample questions for the upcoming exam. He goes over each in the sampler. Do your work, read his material, crank hard on the sample questions, and you find him a great professor. He does everything in its order and does his work right

Rough Syllabus 50/50 nothing else no curve so you make it or break it.

He is one the best professor I have ever had. He organized his lecture well. If you come to class, understand his notes, study review questions, and practice homework, you will do really well.

He chooses which team you'll be on based on your availability, so you are stuck with whomever. If you get slackers you have to motivate them. The main emphasis of the class is teamwork. Extremely time consuming class, but useful knowledge you might use in the real world. Cases need to be flawless to receive an A grade. Zhou is very organized.

Exams are VERY similar to study guide he provides. Know how to do the problems in the study guide and you will get an A or B. Not a hard class. 2 exams and a final. Multiple choice. Take notes on how to do problems and practice the study guide a few times before test. That's all there is to it.

This professor is great. He's very helpful and can maintain the interest in the topic. If you read the book and understand his study guides, there is no need to go to class. His accent isn't bad. He makes an extra effort to pronounce clearly and correctly. An A is very attainable.

I thought this Professor was OK. He's very organized and the tests reflect what he teaches. This was not an easy class but the Professor was fair.

Book is a waste of money, didn't use it once. Grade is based off of 3 tests, so don't screw up. Class is pretty much straightforward. He'll give you review notes and tell you what to focus on. At first I felt overwhelmed with the material, but it's actually not too hard. It's doable. Got a B.

Really nice and helpful.

Finance 303 in general is a difficult class for people who don't care for it. I needed to retake the class and decided to take it with Zhou (and I passed!). You have to go to class to learn the material (especially if you don't read the book like me). Very helpful. Relatively fairly easy to pass if you just need the credit for the class.

He was a great professor! He provides his lectures and his studyguides on his website, which are mainly what you need to study for the M/C 2 midterms and final. Show up to class, study and pay attention!

he teaches straight from book and will only test u on stuff he went over. no surprises, he explains from his notes in class which r from book, does review before every test and it is almost identical to test with different numbers. 2 mid's and 1 final, no HW or extra cred. no curve. its 30,30,40 no cumulative. i did study a bit and got an A.

He is a nice guy, but it can be very difficult to pay attention during his lecture. He's accent is thick and he can be TOO thorough in his explanations. Most of your grade will be determined by your group work. Be sure to pay attention to details because he can get very picky. Oh, and participation is a MUST in EVERY meeting.

Professor Zhou is awesome! Once you learn the way he teaches you will do great in his class. Use his office hours! His tests reflect the practice exams he provides and his lecture notes are online, print them out and bring them to class. Also the problems he assigns in the book do them they will help you on the test! Amazing teacher!

I found Professor Zhou to be very straightforward. Just practice the study guides and you will do well. Everything on the tests is either from the study guide, homework, or notes, no surprises, no tricks. Professor Zhou doesn't try to make things more difficult and his tests are very fair. I highly recommend him.

He is one of the best Professors at Csun. The class itself has a lot of material itself. You must attend all the classes takes notes. He is extremely helpful at his office hours. And if you can solve his practice exam before midterm and final you should be able to get A. But you need to work hard yourself.

I like mr. Zhou. Yes, his tests are tricky, but you get the hang of what he expects pretty fast. His notes are laid out in a way that makes it relatively easy to follow along. Just study hard and you will like him too.

Class is straight forward from the start, 2 midterms and a final, worth 30,30,and 40 percent. Not an easy class, definitely need to dedicate time and effort into it. Professor is very helpful during office hours

He is very passionate about finance, educated, provides great planned out lectures that are very interesting, is a very fair test maker, generous grader, caring, and assigns homework (doesn't collect) that are very helpful on the test. He doesn't try to trick you on the test so put in time and study a lot and most importantly practice.

Perfect class if you are busy with work and other classes. Pretty straightforward class. The Professor is available during office hours and emails you to remind you about the HW and test that about to be due.

His online class was very easy. Deadlines were a month apart to do 5 chapters of work on the website. Three exams that are easy to get A's on. Overall, a very easy class that is perfect for someone with a busy schedule.