Reviews of professor Joseph Cartolano

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
papers every week sometimes 2 at a time or movie discussion posts which are not free btw. no tests. you have to read tons either from 2 textbooks or what he posts online. not the worst for an online async class but so much reading & writing. movies are long too 3-4 hours. sends info through email & doesn't put deadlines on bb so its easy to forget!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor assigned a reading of at least 20 pages with an essay response every week. There were no test given throughout the semester, only essay assignments. He did not grade the papers or provide feedback for majority of these essays. Classmates and myself emailed him multiple times asking for feedback but he still would not provide.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I'm taking him for Fall 2023 I already regret signing up for his class. I can't even drop his class since I'm graduating this semester. He gives LOTS of reading, papers, he will assign a second paper even before the first one is due. His lectures are very boring to sit through. Don't take his class if you value your life.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You better like to write papers because there will be lots! But that's the beauty of it, the things you learn along the way are worth writing the papers. His lectures are interesting and I enjoyed his style of lecture. I would definitely take him again. Do the reading, put effort into your papers and you'll do fine. He is fair.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Probably one of the worst professors I have ever taken. Please listen to every single other review and just not take the class. SAVE YOURSELF. He posts the assignment 3-4 days before it's due and keep in mind these assignments are 2-3 page papers with 20-40 pages of reading. He grades extremely late so you don't even know how your doing in class.