There is no reason why his class is as difficult as it is. The tests are short. 7 questions and it seems as if he pulls at least three of them from thin air, expecting us to know the material. The MyMathLab hw was ridiculous. Ex.) 75 questions for one assignment and you have 3 days to do it. He does not teach in steps and his accent distracts.

Assigns a ridiculous amount of homework, tests are very hard and they are only about 7-8 problems. He doesnt allow the entire class time to take the test for some reason, so I feel rushed when taking the test. He doesnt teach towards the test at all and the ridiculous amount of homework doesnt help either. Just do not take this professor.

He doesnt respond to emails, his lectures are ineffective and if you have a question about it, hell give you a condescending answer. I had to basically teach myself everything. His homework is ridiculously long, and he takes forever to grade tests.

dude this guy is terrible. His lectures are hard to follow and when you ask a question he acts like you're stupid and should already know. He goes on rabbit trails when he teaches. He literally started teaching economics during class for no reason. he doesn't care if you dont understand. Dont take him, hes terrible

He is the worst math professor I have ever had. He is very hard to understand with his accent and he is horrible at explaining everything. His class lectures are all over the place. Tests are nothing like homework. Provides no guidance on what to know. Tests are 6-10 questions and his grading makes no sense he just marks stuff, gives no feedback.

Just don't take his class. I had the option to drop and I didn't because I thought that he couldn't be that bad and I was wrong. The exams are on the most obscure things from each unit, he takes forever to grade exams, started teaching econ once in the middle of class, etc. He's also really weird about what he considers to be "healthy" test avgs

TOO MUCH HOMEWORK! Its done online, and it's not a sensible amount of homework. (60-80 questions near-daily) The tests are even worse. They are 6-8 questions, with more than half of it being some of the most random questions, not even being from the last 5 weeks. Don't even try to ask a question or point anything out. he will just be condescending

He is literally the worst professor I've experienced in my life. His lectures will not help you prepare for the test (if you even understand what he's saying). He even started teaching our class economics when we had a test the next class day. There is something seriously wrong if our class test averages are in the 50's and 40's...

He has a thick Italian accent and is hard to understand. We have too much online homework and classes were pointless to go to. The only benefit of going to class was getting your tests back. He grades fairly quickly within the week. I had to use the online homework explanations to teach me everything. He takes the tests directly from ALEKS

Worst Professor I've had so far. Periodt!

His class was unnecessarily difficult. You cant really understand what he says half the time and the homework load is insane

His accent is very hard to understand. I would get confused on what he was talking about and would get lost very easily. A lot of online homework and in class quizzes. Tests are very hard but gives credit for doing the work even if the answer is not correct.

This teacher is a very hard no from me. I could barely understand him the entire semester (thick accent) and he based almost the entire grade off of the homework software, ALEKS. The homework was mentally draining and too much to keep up with. Not a good idea overall. Dont take if you have other options.

Strazzullo has a thick Italian accent, hard to understand, very stubborn man. The HW is through the online program ALEKS which is extremely easy to use. The test questions come from ALEKS so I never paid attention to his lectures in class. There are 4 tests (7 questions each) and a final exam. Final can be exempted if class grade is above an 85.

4 test 1 final 1 Hw grade. Lowest test dropped. Hw is weekly no bonus exercises. Tests are nothing like what is done in class or on quizzes. Tests are random, poorly worded application problems you will have never worked before the test. Test avg is usually failing or 60s. Tests are written as if it is a graduate level class.

If you only go by him your expecting 40-60s on your test. Calc 3 is on Youtube so start there on day 1. Tests are extremely challenging if you go by his notes. Tests feel like graduate level work. They'll have things nothing from the HW. Test will have applications(0 practice) and complex problems that will take you double the time of your hw.

This is the worst professor I have ever had. He is very aggressive in the way he emails and he does not fail to tell you that you are stupid very blatantly. He is not helpful at all even when you ask him the right questions. If you take his class you better have a tutor lined up to actually teach you calculus because he wont.

Take this class if you would like condescending emails. In his introduction lecture, he sounded friendly and kind, but the way he responds to questions, he does it in a way to make you feel belittled. This was one of the most difficult classes I have taken.

Rambles in lecture and you will definitely be teaching yourself. I recommend watching a lot of YouTube videos and getting a tutor.

Prof. Strazzullo's class was very confusing and hard all semester long. He has a very thick italian accent which is very hard to understand, and each week you have 2-3 long HW assignments and a discussion post. You have 4 tests (only 8 questions each) including the final, and he gives you chances to do corrections barely adds any points back.

Im so frustrated with this class, after the final was posted a few days ago, I finished the class with a 75. when I looked at it today, it somehow dropped an entire 8 points to a 67 with no explanation and no time to fix anything due to final grades being posed two days from now. I worked hard in this class and passed every exam, and still failed.

One of the worst Professors! First, he has a very thick accent causing misunderstandings quite often which would be okay, however, he is condescending when students ask him questions. His teaching style is dry and he overloads huge amounts of work with unreasonable time limits. It is also impossible to reach him as he completely ignores his emails.

He is absolutely not a good calculus teacher. If you must take calculus, do not take him. For my major I have to take 3 calculus classes, and I had his Calc 1 class. It scared me, his grading was very tough and there was way too much homework. His tests were barely over what was covered and he grades on showing your work and showing "neatness".

Have a 95 in the class right now but have to work really hard for it. I do not go to class because him talking makes it even harder to understand the concepts. Homework thats repetitive and the same question 20 times with different numbers. Grades tests very tough, if the answer is right but the work isnt exactly what he wants he takes points off

Literally the worst way to ruin my semester. If you want to live stay away! The homework takes all the time out of your life. It's all repetitive homework assignments and super long hard to understand lectures that make me depressed. Just focusing on finishing homework was a full time job!

He doesn't care about your grade, overloads you with homework, and gives tests with problems you have no practice working out that sort of relates to our topic. If you need a good GPA this is not the class homework is graded for accuracy and you're given butt loads per week, and nobody would pass the tests. Also, he will laugh at your failure.

If you dont show work/ do formulas exactly how he wants you to do them you will lose a bunch of points on his tests

One of the worst professors I've had at this campus. His accent makes it very difficult to learn from & understand him, his thought process when lecturing is very confusing, doesn't explain things well, WAY too much homework through Pearson, & tests are nothing like homework or in class work. I did everything I could to try and pass, but oh well.

He doesn't teach with powerpoints or steps, instead he just works out random problems on the board and it is very hard to understand his writing and accent already. Lots of homework, and 6 major tests. I learned 10x more of the subject in the tutoring sessions than in his class. He does in class work as attendance. Grades very strictly on tests.

While the content of this course isn't too difficult, the way he teaches this class makes it 100x harder. The amount of homework is insane and you will be spending multiple hours a day trying to finish it all, not to mention you will have to teach yourself everything. The 2 hour and 45 minute lectures are absolutely useless and confusing.

Please do not take Strazzullo's class. He's a great person, don't get me wrong, but as a pre calc teacher he's just awful. I have to spend hours a day teaching myself the material on ALEKS, and the homework load is just outrageous. The way he weights his grades doesn't make sense. It seems like the course is designed to make a hard subject harder.

Too many ALEKS assignments, takes forever to respond to your emails and questions and doesn't tell you where you went wrong at all on feedback on the tests. Get ready for a long semester buddy.

If you can take another professor, please do so. He was the worst professor I've ever had. He did not try to help out in class, or out of class. If you asked him a question in class, he would say "You should already know" and laughs, literally. Half the class failed with him as the professor.

No test or quizzes but 3-4 group Projects. Hard to reach outside of class and bad time management. Tells about assignments weeks in advice then never talk ab them again while also talking ab ten other topics.

This professor hands out a lot of unnecessary work and he isn't clear about what he want the students to do. He rarely ever offers help and laughs at you when you don't understand something. I would not recommend this teacher to anyone even if its the only option.

I would not recommend any student to take this professor either for csm or math, he manages to be awful in both. His explanations don't make sense, his work load is over the top, too much homework that mainly relies on groups and if your group is not good then your grades will suffer. he chooses the groups. do not take, horrible at teaching.

Avoid this professor at all cost.

Do the homework's, attendance is for extra credit, and He normally expects you to know what you're doing every class for every homework assignment. If you don't, he gets mad and upset, doesn't do notes just shows like 3 examples for the whole hour and a half class period. I would not recommend unless you know how to teach yourself the material.

he sucks, worst teacher ever

I DO NOT RECOMMEND TAKING THIS PROFESSOR AT ALL EVEN IF YOU'RE THE STRONGEST OF SOLDIERS. He is terrible at communication in and outside of the classroom. Instructions to assignments were many times unclear and he refused to assist. Additionally, this class is primary based on group assignments which had no clear focus. RUNN!!!

literally the worst, don't recommend. i literally had him for the simplest class ever and he was still the worst. he should get an award for that honestly.

Save your time and please do yourself a favor and pick another prof for CSM. If you enjoy group work then maybe this is the class for you. The professor grades harshly and if you make the smallest errors you will lose points for doing so. He is also hard to reach by email, and office hours are not correct.

If you like teaching yourself, choose him!!!

Please take any other professor besides him.He spent almost half of the class time taking attendance, and the rest doing ALEKS problems. He does NOT teach and is NOT helpful in the slightest. Besides that he is a funny and nice person, but that doesn't really count for much if he doesn't do his job. I wouldn't recommend his class to my worst enemy.

The Professor is not very effective at explaining the topics we are studying in class. He assigns a lot of homework, which is quite challenging. When I asked him questions about the material, he either couldn't provide an answer or simply did not respond. While he is kind, I cannot recommend him for your class.

The only reason I got an A is because I'm good at math. However, if you aren't good at math I do NOT recommend. If you have to take this teacher double check your tests because they will mark answers as incorrect when they are as well as if you don't "show" your work they will mark you wrong even though its an easy to get answer.

The lectures were disorganized and often didn't align with the exams, which made it hard to know what to focus on. When students asked for clarification, responses were vague or dismissive.

He expects you to learn from the material the day before lecture and the textbook isn't even straightforward and he simply doesn't teach or explain the topics well enough for you to understand and there is legit a test every 3 weeks and he doesn't even leave you a proper week to study. DO NOT TAKE HIM IF YOU CANT SELF STUDY

Words can't describe how much I dislike this professor. He graded everything very late, and his modules often took around six hours to complete. He doesn't know how to teach, so you're left to figure everything out on your own. On top of that, he assigns a ton of work that barely affects your grade. Avoid this professor if you can.

Truly could not explain a topic to save anyone's life. The exams were very difficult and it would take him months to grade. Do not take him if you can not self learn topics quickly.

If you love your life do not take him as a professor. He gives out zeros for no reason that tank your class average and never fixes it and never gives you enough time to self teach all the material on the test.

doesn't explain what he wants with projects and every single person is confused. ON TOP OF THAT instead of taking time out of the class to explain the assignment due that day he brings in speakers and when u ask a question he rambles about things i DIDNT ask lol. Once he said we got a A for a project but gave us all C's?? take if hes ur last option

OMG, do not take this professor. I have no idea how he still works here. He's rude, extremely unclear with instructions, and the assignments are not easy at all. I expected this class to be simple, but he's a very tough grader and really hard to communicate with.

Genuinely not a good teacher. He doesn't like to explain himself well, so you end up teaching yourself all the material. Take other professor if possible.

When I would walk to class I would not look both ways before crossing the street. If you struggle with math even in the slightest way DO NOT TAKE HIM. So sassy, so hard to understand. Oh and he also never grades anything on time ever. Good luck

Don't take him if you don't want to do 4 or 5 assignments per week. Doesn't teach in class only goes over random homework problems he expects you to already have done in the beginning of the week. Takes forever to grade. Blamed the class when the class average on one test was a 42. Don't expect him to email you back.

Worst class I have ever taken. Nothing gets graded, the year ended with 12 grades missing from the book. He didn't clarify due dates, when assignments were due it would take months to get graded if ever. Avoid this professor at all costs.

Every negative rating is accurate and true. Asked him about my grade and he tried to brush me off and I realized he was watching soccer highlights during class. Sweet, but can't teach at all. You're better off doing a fully online class. He barely goes over the coursework and his methods are confusing. DO NOT TAKE.