Reviews of professor Paolo Santorio

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The online textbook is basically your only source of learning the material. The professor has non-mandatory lectures, but its basically 50 minutes of him posting power point slides straight from the book. Your grade truly depends on the 4 "midterms" and the final. If you have a good T.A. the material will be much easier to grasp.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst professor I have ever had in my life. He cannot teach at all. His lectures were extremely confusing, and he held them all asynchronously, allowing live sessions once every 2 weeks, and even then that did not help much. 3 midterms and a final. Hard material if you are not even close to being mathematically inclined. Avoid absolutely.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
All of the reviews for him that are low, is just because PHIL170 is a hard subject, not anything the prof did wrong. I think he was a perfectly good prof, he was nice, always answered your questions, and helped you figure out the solution. And he drops quiz and HW grades. So don't choose to not take PHIL170 because of the professor.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I don't like to make negative reviews, but this might help someone. His lectures are very hard to understand, and while the material can be difficult, there are much easier ways to explain the concepts than is provided. You can't really figure out the concepts just by reading, coming to class, and asking questions.