Reviews of professor Francois Massonnat

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst Professor Ever! Avoid at all costs

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
François' class is fairly rigorous, but not impossible. Requires diligence, participation, and lots of reading. Always speak in French. 3 essays, 4 tests, easy quizzes, participation, final project, make up your grade. François always keeps you on your toes with his quirky (sometimes inappropriate) comments & awkward man spread, overall cool dude.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Francois is a good professor; do your homework and participate, that's easy. His grading however of essays as well as tests is simply ridiculously hard. An essay on the final exam, a final paper, and another final paper to replace the Film assignment (making a movie) which was impossible due to COVID. That's a lot of work for a Minor class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Francois is definitely one of my favorite professors. He cares a lot about students, but he can be really sarcastic at times. The class has lots of homework, but tests aren't bad and you get practice sets for them. Lots of students don't love the class, but it isn't that difficult if you are willing to put in the work.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Participate/show interest in the language and he'll like you. He doesn't grade the homework but if you don't do it, it'll mark your grade down a little bit at the end of the semester. Tests were straightforward but the listening portions were a bit tricky.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I loved this class. At the start, it can feel like a bit of work, but you quickly get into the groove and the work is definitely manageable. Francois is very helpful and is especially good at explaining grammar. The class discussions are also really interesting - I loved discussing topics that we never talked about in high school French!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's really funny and a nice guy, and I would say somewhat of an easy grader. The class can be challenging as you move kind of quickly, so you really have to stay on top of the homeworks. If you participate and put in effort towards the class you'll be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Francois classes are always interesting. He is sarcastic, so if you are sensitive then just dont take him. Otherwise he is easy to get along with. The people that complain are the people who expect to have their grades handed to them. These are college classes, you receive the grade you earn. Its a lot of work, but he is very accommodating.