Teaching Experience

Graduate Level

Financial Management, UTSA

· Spring 2021 (52 students, rating: 4.6/5)

Undergraduate Level

Intermediate Financial Management, Fresno State

· Spring 2023 (47 students, rating: 4.7/5)     

·  Fall 2022 (46 students, rating: 4.3/5)  

Principles of Finance, Fresno State 

· Spring 2023 (46 students, rating: 4.6/5) 

· Fall 2022 ( 90 students (2 sessions), rating: 4.6/5)

Principles of Investments, UTSA

· Spring 2022 (50 students, rating: 4.1/5)

Computer Modeling of Financial Applications, UTSA

· Fall 2021 (45 students, rating 4.8/5)

Survey of Finance, UTSA

· Fall 2021 (43 students, rating 4.5/5)

Principles of Business Finance, UTSA

· Spring 2020 (57 students, rating 4.8/5)

Selected Evaluation Comments

• AWESOME PROFESSOR! He cared about his students and understood our struggles during this time. Great teacher, communicator, and human being. His class structure was simple and even with a lot of extra assignments, it was for the best to understand finance.

• Great summaries every week to help me stay on track of what was due. Very available office hours with great help. Very appreciative of this class.

• I am very grateful to have been taught by this professor. His teaching methods allowed me to gain a better understanding of the material and he was always available to answer any questions I had.

• I have really enjoyed this course even though the class was not easy. Professor Fallah was very helpful throughout the course. He explained everything very well and in detail to make it clear for everyone. I like how dedicated he was to his students. Professor Fallah was always willing to help which I really appreciated. Thank you for everything!

• I knew what to expect throughout the semester. I appreciate the detailed calendar on the syllabus as well as knowing what to expect in the class every week. It's super helpful having an instructor that goes above and beyond and helps the students succeed.

• This class has been one of my favorite classes I've taken at UTSA. I think it has been really useful in expanding my knowledge about the various functions of Excel. Professor Fallah is a very kind professor and is very helpful in making sure ALL of his students succeed. I wish I had the opportunity to take more classes with this professor.

• The professor made it easy to understand the material. I really enjoyed the class.

• I really like how the professor broke everything down and made everything really easy to understand.

• One of my favorite classes I have ever taken. I hate math and I am not a numbers person, but with my experience in the stock market, taking a deeper dive with finance, in general, has been super helpful. I have almost 2 journals full of notes that will help me after graduate school. Thank you for being with us! My favorite professor here at UTSA!

• Professor Fallah is a great professor who encourages their students to be an active participant in their learning experience. He doesn't want people to just be given the answer but to fully grasp the concept as well. I have been to many of his office hours and he has been extremely patient with me every time. One of the best professors I have had so far.

• Professor Fallah is amazing. He leads a well-organized, informative class that is a mix of practical information and practice all useful for real world applications. He is incredibly patient with us and is accessible when we need him. He understands the impact that online learning has had on the cohort and is flexible when things go awry for a majority of the class. I thoroughly enjoyed his style of teaching and wish he were my professor for all of my mathematics courses!

• Professor Fallah was simply wonderful. He was one of the only professors that cared about our success more than our grade and he was very understanding with issues we were having.

• This professor goes above and beyond to make sure you know and understand the material, and he's always available for help. 10/10

• This instructor was very precise and friendly. He cares about the subject and truly cares if his students learn. From being actively available for help, this professor truly took the time to teach the material and help all students. 100/10 would take a class with this professor again!

• This course was the most organized and clearly explained class this entire semester. I always knew when things were due and what to do for assignments. The due dates always lined up with the syllabus and never altered.

• The most organized professor in this program. Thank you for providing more than enough resources and explanations for the material.

• Professor Fallah is very knowledgable and understanding that finance isn't easy for everyone. He demonstrates to care for students education and his course structure is very organized, THANK YOU.

• Professor Fallah was the standout professor this semester and I firmly believe he should be commended and rewarded for his efforts and dedication to his students. He was prepared to teach every single class and was able to make the material interesting and easy to understand, providing information on how to calculate finance using computers and regular algebra. He also knew how to relate the material to our own lives and make it more interesting as a result. He has been incredibly helpful and has taken every step to let us succeed while also challenging us, and for that I am grateful. This teacher is easily the best one I have had at the college of business.

• Professor Fallah is an amazing professor. He is very attentive to the class. He is ALWAYS prepared for class. Information is communicated very effectively. Although he seemed worried about his accent, there were absolutely no issues. Everything was clear. Very patient with questions. He was the professor that was most prepared this semester. He provided weekly announcements reminding us of the week ahead. I really appreciated his class, the content, and his availability. I think he is one of the best professors I have had in the MSB program thus far.

• This course is so easy to navigate and study! YES, apparently finance class can be easy if you teach it right!!! Professor was on the top during all semester! Also,  He adjusted to the COVID situation perfectly! Thank you!

• Professor Fallah is truly one of the best finance professors that I have taken. He really wants you to learn the material and is very knowledgeable.

• GREAT professor. He made sure everyone understood the assignment and everyone was on the same page before continuing with his lectures. I was never intimidated to ask questions and he always answered them where I could understand him.

• Professor Fallah was amazing. I was incredibly nervous upon beginning this course and I truly felt that he took great care to make sure his students understood the material. Further, he was incredibly accommodating of outside circumstances, and did an incredible job of transitioning to a completely online course. 

• Keep this professor teaching, he knows what he's doing.

• Overall, this course has been great. You go above and beyond making sure we have all of the resources needed to be successful in your course (i.e. taking the time to answer or re-explain any questions we have, having an online calculator during the lecture to show how to use the calculator, understanding the challenges regarding transitioning from in-class to remote learning, etc.) Thank you for doing an amazing job!

• Honestly one of the best professors I have had! Made a very hard course easy to understand. My favorite part is when he relates it to the real world. My recommendation would be to have more real time events correlate with questions. 

• One of the best professors I have had. Professor Fallah goes beyond what is required. This makes the course material easier to learn. Thank you for all your hard work.

• A professor really cared about students and willing to help to understand the contents. One of best instructors I met in UTSA

• Enjoyed the format and topics covered.

• The class is very well taught.

• Professor Fallah is very compassionate and helpful in how he teaches his students. He truly wants to see his students succeed. He was always available when I needed help on assignments.

• Professor Fallah is very knowledgeable when it comes to financing. He was very nice and always offered help when we needed a better understanding of a topic. He was readily available whenever to answer questions and always put us first when it came to teaching.

• I really loved this class, the professor was amazing and informative. Would definitely recommend this to others.

• I really enjoyed learning in this course, the professor made the information relatable and easy to understand. Professor Fallah was always posting reminder announcements and sending emails to keep us updated. I often went to his office hours and he was very helpful. Professor Fallah printed weekly worksheets so we could apply what we were learning and even created sample exams for each exam.

• He was a really great professor and made things really clear to understand, and I'm really bad at math and financing so that means a lot to me.