Reviews of professor Michael La Monica

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Terrible professor. If you have any way to avoid taking any of his classes please do. He is terrible at teaching. He pulls from material that is not discussed in class/powerpoints/lectures. There are pop quizzes. You can study for them for hours and still fail them every time. Our entire class did terrible on them and he never cared enough to even.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You can't quiz people with material you don't teach sir, I'm sorry but being blunt on your questions doesn't help either. Have specific questions for specific answers. If you're going to teach with pre recorded slides don't sound so monotone and low, and fix your mic. Sound like you're engaged, otherwise why teach? I cant even fit all I wish to say

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very rude and condescending over email. Not very good at being clear on class guidelines. Made us use lockdown browser for tests during COVID-19. The pop quizzes are either super easy or ridiculous so always study for those.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
At first it wasn't awful, but expect to think to yourself "when did we learn this" frequently. Very picky on tests and likes to give multiple "correct" answers but one is the "best." Then online only came b/c of virus and it's horrible. Only releases pp and quizzes at normal class time which is 8am and doesn't tell you what pp are for the quizzes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very cool guy, that is extremely knowledgeable on the subject as he should be. Always available outside of class. Gives you good feedback on questions you have, but you really have to put in lots of work in the class to receive a good grade. This class is not easy, but it is really fun, and you learn a lot.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
La Monica is very knowledgable about physiology but has absolutely no idea how to teach students the information. He made it seem like it would be easy to pass if you put in the work and studied but almost the whole class failed most of the tests. He is not willing to bend on any grades. I would not take this class again.