Reviews of professor Chris Giacomantonio

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
the timed essays were the worst assignments I've ever had entirely unfair and cruel

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Chris is great! I've taken two of his classes and his lectures are super interesting and engaging. While his TAs can be harsher, he is a very generous grader. He is very open to questions and encourages participation in class, though it's not mandatory. Mini-essays are annoying but the questions are always reasonable, and tests are pretty easy.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
not a good teacher

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I was struggling in his class, and I tried to ask for help because I needed a certain grade to get into another program, he was smug and didn't give me any help. I was told that to get a grade over 80, I'd need to go above and beyond what was taught in class and for a second-year class, that seems a bit overboard.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great prof, will be taking more courses with him! Very generous with deadlines; you get a 5% bonus on the paper for submitting on time, automatic 3-day deadline with no penalty, and 10% penalty if submitted within 48-hours AFTER the extension. You can ask for your own extension if you need one. Very flexible class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The tests, the assignments and the timed essays were absolutely unreasonable. Within 2 weeks of classes, I was absolutely swamped with work. The timed essays are absolutely ridiculous in every way, only very certain types of people will get a decent grade.  The tests were very hard, and Chris did not give any help in what to study.