Reviews of professor Matthew Massaia

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
A lot of reading and writing reflections in this course. Assignments are based on completion and not on quality, so dont take too much time writing. He's a great guy and loves to have conversation, but never replied to any of my emails throughout the semester.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Massaia is a very nice man. Im taking him for art and craft and all we do is read from a book, write writing prompts and discuss about it. The thing I do not like about this class is that he makes us participate one by one everyday. People may like how he teaches but I do not. To the people who are quiet like me, dont take him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Class is based on music so if that isn't your thing don't take this course. I personally loved the course we had in-person classes before covid made us go asynchronous in March and the conversations we had were thought-provoking. We worked asynchronously when we went virtual. The work was all easy and as long as you did the work you should pass.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Does a really good job of explaining some really difficult reading material. Class is all discussion and you get what you give him. He's a fair grader, as long as he knows you're trying he will reward your effort. Very slow with answering emails but he will acknowledge questions during class as needed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Easy A, he gave a lot of writing prompts but they were easy. He's a light grader, just do the assignments. His syllabus is a little confusing but if you ask him to explain in class he will. You dont have to read the assigned readings because he goes over them in class. I would definitely take him again, very cool guy and easy elective grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A GREAT professor! He is really passionate about what he is teaching and while he gives a lot of reading you are not expected to know the readings inside and out. He gives great feedback on essays and is always available after class to help if you need it. Strongly recommend him and that is why I am taking him for Modcon 2

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Nice guy. Three papers for the semester which he grades pretty easily. Decent amount of homework. Class was very easy but it was also extremely boring so I probably won't take him again. But it's a pretty easy A if you just do the work.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Had him online for creative writing. Very easy grader but made everything so confusing. Never posted things on time and constantly had to remind him resulting in him switching around due dates all the time. Also he doesn't respond to emails well so it was so hard to get in contact with him. He does give a good amount of time to complete the work.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Massaia is very understanding and genuinely cares about his students, always valuing our input; though heavy on the workload in the beginning, he listened to us, and the class became much more manageable. He was always very encouraging, gave amazing feedback on papers & set aside time to meet with his students one-on-one. Love Matthew!!