Reviews of professor Matthew Fontana

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Amazing professor. Labs were easy and required which was great! Stay on top of your studying and get 100 on all your homework and you'll be good.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hard class, but really nice guy! Attending lecture is a must, not too much homework, clear instructions/grading, available for office hours. Just a great teacher and experience (important to have with hard classes). 10/10

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class is no walk in the park, but Dr. Matt makes the material as easy to understand as possible. If you put in the time to study, you will pass this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Fontana was extremely helpful in Chem 3AL. He would walk around and make sure that everyone understood the procedure. If anyone had questions, he was always available to answer them. I would recommend fully understanding the lab procedures because the lab final was difficult! He made lab class a very fun and welcoming space to learn!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is great. He made me love chemistry and his slides were super helpful since they were pre organised, detailed and comprehensive for me. His tests are key to his grading, so working on the tests and especially himeworks are helpful. If you believe you are a person who takes the extra mile for your deeds, then you are in the hands of a great man.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great class not as difficult as I was expecting, he delivered the information at a digestible rate.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He does well in class, however he skips several of his lecture slides. He is not helpful in preparing for tests, does not provide a proper study guide, and does not provide any guidance at all. Prepare yourself since you will be teaching yourself general chemistry.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very friendly professor! I came to love the subject and the obvious passion the professor has for it! Fontana is the type of person you can walk up to and chat for 3 hours about nothing in particular. My only critique is that he tends to use a lot of jargon, but ask and you will be fine. He's a lovable and adorable nerd. Highly recommend him! :)

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you want to do good in this class it is really important to do well on the homework and read the textbook. Fontana does provide a study guide which I found really helpful to understand the content on a deeper level. I really enjoyed taking this class!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Chem60 is a 15 chapters pulled into a semester and can be a lot. I am not science savvy and was terrified to take chem but Dr Matt made it possible to succeed in his class even though I did not excel with his exams. The course is weighted so if you show up, put in the work and succeed in all other aspects you can get an A. 10/10 recommend him!!