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Farzad Kamalzadeh

Title: Adjunct Faculty

Department: Information Technology and Decision Sciences

College: College of Business

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, Southern Methodist University, 2020
    Major: Operations Research
    Dissertation: A Data-Driven Framework for Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Integrating Markov Decision Processes, Hidden Markov Models and Predictive Modeling

Current Scheduled Teaching

BCIS 3610.002Basic Information SystemsFall 2025 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

BCIS 5110.004Programming Languages for Business AnalyticsSpring 2025 SPOT
BCIS 5420.003Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 5420.004Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 5110.011Programming Languages for Business AnalyticsFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

out of 5
out of 7		 %
of
students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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