Reviews of professor John Bagnato

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Bagnato is okay. Quizzes after class are difficult but not impossible. My only complaint is that he really enjoys throwing curveballs for questions, and grades pretty harshly. It almost seems as if he's trying to give you a B in the class no matter how hard you try. Way too much work for a gen ed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
MUST READ. The other reviews are from people who did bad. Watch the lectures, take a lot of notes and youll do well. Monotone/neutral sounding professor but a good one. Tip : Make sure you understand the vocab before the quizzes!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class was very tedious and dull. You could get the entire coursework's material by reading the required text. on your own. Nothing more than surface level. Lecture quizzes are pretty easy but sometimes he throws a curveball for questions. I would not recommend him unless you have to take him. Recitations are pointless but required.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Pretty easy. Grade based on in-class quizzes which you don't need to pay attention to get good scores on and a group presentation in recitation. Recitation was useless other than that.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I enjoyed history of Jazz but each lecture had a quiz at the end which was graded, and oftentimes I would have a hard time with them even if I was paying close attention. Recitation grade boosted the course grade for me. Easy enough gen ed but I would recommend going to class for a good grade.(recitation attendance mandatory)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He was definitely very understanding of deadlines and late work. He doesn't assign many assignments throughout the semester but there is a lot of emphasis on the final paper, a 8-10 page paper in which he grades kinda tough. However, he grades the rest of his assignments very easy. He was extremely kind and the information learned was interesting.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Bagnato is a nice guy, but unfortunately fails to create an interesting or organized lecture. Large semester projects have poor communication and somewhat subjective grading criteria which can get very frustrating. Quizzes are every lecture and open notes/internet, but often times the questions are not found from the lecture whatsoever.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Such a nice guy, but very boring lectures. Easy class. An "attendance" quiz every lecture, 2 essays, and 1 presentation. Communication for the essays and quizzes was non existent. Grading for them was strange because following the rubric exactly and adding personal connections to the essay does not get you an A...

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class leads up to a final research paper that's pretty long but he gives you a decent amount of time to work on it and he grades it easy. You also do about 4 group presentations throughout the semester about Brazilian songs that he assigns, which is pretty painless. He also does sporadic in-class partner assignments.