An excellent professor. The material can be a little dry at times, but you cannot blame her for that. The course is an interesting one & she only takes it one step forward with her skills. Very fair tests & good marker as well !!

Nice and kind professor, great marker. Intelligent, treats students nicely. Part of the material she lectures on is not one the most exiting (computers and related stuff). The first half of the course is much more interesting, and encompasses physics, astronomy and chemistry. Good course as an elective.

easy course, tests are straight from the slides, minimal txtbook use. course is straight fwd, she tries to help too. material is kinda boring but easy. final verdict: memorize slides, and a 6credit mark booster this course is...who could say no to a gift like that :D:D:D...PS:science students will DESTROY this course, with our awsome study habits:P

shes very helpful and if you show up class everyday you will get good participation mark shes easy going at giving marks but the material itself is boring

Very interesting course and the prof tries her best to summarize readings in easily digestible form. She encourages discussion and you will learn more from these than if you just did the readings and never attended. She's very helpful and will go to great length to explain things. BE SURE you like the subject matter before taking the class.

She's very passionate about this class, which is nice... but it's still very dry material and boring. Warning - if you have a three hour lecture she goes through the entire 3 hours! :( Anyways, her tests and exams were super easy. I hardly showed up to class, reviewed last minute and still ended up with an A. :)

Prof. Monaldi is great. Some of the readings are a bit difficult. Show up to lectures and she clarifies a lot of it. I wouldn't recommend talking during lecture though...

I love professor Monaldi! She genuinely cares about the students doing well and is very helpful. The material is a bit boring however I would still recommend taking her class. She posts everything online which is also very helpful. Love her!

While I do agree with everyone about the material being boring at times (obviously the history of math will be) she is very nice and helpful, so long as you seek help and guidance. IF you do your homework and attend class, like all other courses, you will do well... that simple! She leaves it in the students hands and rewards those who work hard.

Professor Monaldi is an overall nice professor and easy to approach. ALOT of readings though in her class and it is not something you can leave at the last minute. She marks fairly and if you concentrate you can finish an assignment in one day. I wouldn't mind taking another class with her.

She is extremely monotone and disorganized with how she sets up the class and group assignments (literally calls each of the 200+ students' names). HOWEVER, the course is easy if you keep up and do the readings. Group assignments were horrible but to no fault of her own. If you can take initiative with the readings you don't need to go to class.

She's a great lecturer, actually learnt something interesting. 1010 would recommend. If you attend all the lectures you don't actually have to read her textbook!!!

She is the most considerate amazing prof. She actually cares about her students and wants her students to do well.

Loved her lectures to bits, only class I attended all the classes!! She's extremely helpful but make sure you don't miss a quiz and she also gives extra credit assignments during the year for those who want to get a better overall grade!

Boring as crap but an easy A didn't even need to read the textbook but it helps before a test

Very amazing lectures, she cares about her students performance, she is willing to help, she is nice and is not a tough grader. Take group projects seriously, do your readings and attend lectures and you would be good

There is some misinformation in this course as well as a lack of information in certain areas of Understanding Food. I still learned a lot though. She is a nice lady but the group projects were horrible.

Prof is nice, but the course sucks.

Dr. Monaldi is the most PATIENT professor I've seen at York University. Students in my class were an extremely tough crowd, but she was still an interesting and engaging professor. If you have absolutely no background in mathematics, I wouldnt take this course. But if you want to gain a stronger understanding of the history of math/world, take it!

Great prof!!!! Whatever problems you have she will respond to emails extremely fast. You can also take advantage of her office hours. Projects are pretty straight forward. If you pay attention to the lectures you don't have to depend on the readings as much because her lectures go into depth. The only way your grade could be low is if you don't try

She is very nice, but lectures are disorganized. I went to all the lectures, recorded her voice and took note of everything she said. Lecture slides are not clear, and with the textbook only you wont be able to do well on the tests. There were two multiple choice tests and two short answer quizzes and 4 inclass group works.

Very helpful and listening professor. She replies to emails fast and helps in the best way possible unlike other professors in the social science department sosc10

Dr Monaldi is a great professor because she explains things and is always willing to help you. This is a really easy course that doesn't require much effort. Easy A

I'm not a science person at all so I was worried for my first NATS course, but Professor Monaldi's Understanding Food course is really interesting! She is really good at emailing you, and her tests/quizzes only take from the slides and textbook so as long as you study major concepts you're fine! She also dealt amazingly with the strike!

Great prof. Very clear lectures and readings, and expects you to do them and participate in class. Always takes the time to answer questions and is overall very patient and willing to teach/educate.

She is a very kind professor that is always accessible and lenient towards students. She explains things very well and you do not even need to read the book.

Her slides contain a lot of information, so much so that you don't have to do the readings necessarily. She's passionate about what she speaks about and sometimes goes on a tangent which is fine. Go to class! Every class is worth 1%, 8 lecture classes and 1 bonus. Meant the difference between my final grade going from a B+ to an A (80.25%).

Accessible outside of lecture, patient, and amazingly responsive to emails. But, she adds too much on her ppt. slides and at times goes on needlessly long tangents. Also, her speech's accent, and pacing is brutal. But then again, if you take great lecture notes, you won't need to use the textbook nearly as much. Overall, very fair course.

She's a great prof. But the course itself is horrible and boring because she's the only prof that teaches this course.

Her tests are all memorization, questions covered in class are most definitely on her tests/quizzes. Slides are bit long but she explains everything in them, cool if you miss class. Understanding asf, just explain your situation and she gives out extensions all the time. Her assignments are straightforward. No textbook literally just lectures.

Professor Monaldi was an amazing professor. I had her for STS 2411 and STS 2222, she was very caring towards the students. Sometimes her lectures could be dry and she has a lot of readings but her tests were fair. She was very understanding when it came to deadlines and if asked she would extend. I would definitely take more courses with her!

She was the most understanding prof ever and was very sweet. the course material was interesting, though could challenge you at times but I thoroughly enjoyed her class and I would take it a million times over!

I would for sure take her class again like a 10/10 would recommend, she's honestly one of my favourite profs for my first year. All activities are multiple-choice and based on the presentations we read, she gives out 2 tests and 2 assignments but is bearable once you go over course material. I however never used the textbook we were assigned to buy

I took the class in the Fall of 2020 and it was overall really fun and interesting. There are activities and quizzes but those are pretty simple if you go through the professor's powerpoints. The most lengthy and time-consuming part of the course was the written assignments so that's the only boring part about the course. Otherwise, easy A.

The professor is very kind and understanding... although the course material is not that easy, if you want a better grade you should really work hard.

The prof prepared all the required material and course outlines before the start of the year, so it was easy to understand/prep for upcoming assignments. All the resources required were given; assignments and tests were very similar to lecture material. It was generally easy to follow class with minimum preparation. Great prof, but can be slow.

I recommended taking this course as an elective. If you watch the lectures, you'll be fine. 3 assignments each worth 20%, grading was tough but you're just answering questions based on the lectures/readings. 10 easy weekly quizzes worth 10% altogether. 2 tests each 15% (30 MC) they were tricky. Overall, great course and prof! Don't need tb.

I had her for STS3600 and she was just an amazing professor. I'm graduating and this is the first time rating a professor because she was very nice and understanding. Participation matters and there are lots of readings. Classes were not boring because her lectures involve the participation of the students and the topics were very interesting.

Professor Monaldi is brilliant, organized, and provides all the resources for students to be successful. Everything was there in the course folders! She evaluates student work with integrity. Even with help, it is impossible to mark all assignments in a matter of weeks given our large class size. Fantastic quality human being and prof in one!

I saw many negative comments on here about Professor Monaldi. Her accent is not difficult to understand and she is engaging with iClicker questions. She is super caring and wants the best for her students. The assignments were marked pretty hard, but if you put in effort you can get a good grade (I got a 97% and a 98% but some people did worse).

Despite the negative comments about her here, she is a super caring professor who genuinely wants the best for her students. As a general note, I do not recommend solely looking at these reviews to choose a prof because often people with low grades blame the prof for their own faults. I worked hard and actually did all the work and achieved 100%.

There is lots of reading, but you can do well if you read all of the material. Also, she added a 7.5% boost to the tests and even let people exceed 100% (e.g. 105% with the boost) while most profs cap the marks with a boost at 100%. The assignments are graded pretty hard so make sure to include all possible details in your responses.

Daniela is passionate about what she teaches and she explains concepts well. Her iClicker participation exercises were fair and engaging. However, she can be hard to understand. And definitely don't expect the class to be easy. There is a lot of chemistry and biology involved. There are lots of readings and quizzes, and some projects and tests.