Reviews of professor John Bagnato

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. John is a great guy who clearly knows a lot about jazz but his lectures were often very boring and he's hard to reach-- never responded to emails. Each class has a an open note lecture quiz consisting of 5 questions, and there is a midterm group project and and end of semester album review. This class was very light.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class was an easy A if you participate in class and complete your presentations. You have 3 easy group presentations in the semester and 2 individual presentations. They were easy to complete but found myself putting in more effort on individual presentations if I wanted that 100, which was unexpected. Interesting material though

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took history of jazz with prof bagnato. His class was very boring and the attendance quizzes at the end usually were not in the lecture slides so they could be pretty difficult at times. But there was extra credit so I ended with an A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This course confused me more than any course has before. Bagnato somehow managed to make a very interesting subject COMPLETELY boring. Grading criteria on projects/essays was always unclear and the questions on the quizzes are so obscure and specific that unless you dote on his every word, you will not know the answers. Would not take again.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not a very hard class, but also not that interesting either. He gives you weekly readings but you don't actually have to read them, and as long as you raise your hand once per class, your participation grade should be ok. He said there would be quizzes but he never gave one. The main thing is your final paper/presentation but he's very lenient

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
As long as you show up and participate you will get an A. We had to write a paper, but he was very lenient with grading. He was very kind and considerate with deadlines.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Low quality harsh grading difficult lecturer.
Prof. Bagnato remained silent during the first two weeks, which was the add/drop period. Every single class after that ends with 5 time limited MCQ quiz about insignificant details. The slides posted are randomized, outdated, and his speech pattern showcases the syncopation of jazz rhythm.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
You have to do 2 solo presentations on music throughout the semester that he will assign to you. do not expect him to get back to you quickly. grades are based on your presentations and quizzes created by other student's presentations, alongside a couple of extra writing assignments here and there. don't recommend for easy A

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Boring class but really easy A, was very lienent with late work. Take history of jazz for a really easy A