Not a good teacher at all. Smart man, but he just cannot teach the material well. Says Agreed too many times.

worst teacher on the planet

Very intelligent man, but should be a Mathematician NOT a Professor. Extremely poor teaching style.

Agreed -- had him for two classes..........did very poorly although my 3.0 overall GPA. It is agreed that he can not teach, but TAS does not have any better STAFF ...Agreed????

calculus is hard

he sucks

he is a horrible teacher. nice guy but he gets lost in the middle of his examples. how can you know what hes doing when he doesnt even know. his quizes are easy, tests are impossible... do not take him

agreed lol

awful

okay... homework: impossible... cant say much else cuz ive been to one class..... counted the number of times he said "agreed" 70 times within an hour and 15 min, agreed? AGREED!!!

he DOES NOT teach;cant explain concepts;tutoring wont even help;he does 1 problem after another and when he gets lost in the calculations he tells us that the answer doesnt matter! text-(his own work) is very unclear! difficult h.w.; impossible tests.

I honestly can not stand his teaching. He is AWFUL!! He cant do a problem without messing up. You learn nothing and gives impossible tests with easy quizzes. Do not take his class unless u have to. If you do, teach yourself.

Agreed?

He has difficulty explaining what he is trying to teach us. He gives really easy quizes and impossible tests.

A nice guy but the WORST math professor I have EVER had! You start out linear algebra thinking this is easy. By 3rd week, you get to vectors, and then it's all downhill. His book is VERY BAD! His teaching is even WORSE! DO NOT TAKE HIM!!

anytime i see him on campus, he freaks me out. hes class was hard and he knows it. now its either precalc 1 or 2. they should have done tha t the first instead of dropping nearly te whole class or giving them fs. now they say they were not smart. leave!!!

hard as hell..DO NOT TAKE HIM

RUN !!! HORRIBLE !! MOVES TOO FAST !! RUNNN

Let me tell you, when this guy talks nobody really understand what he says. if you are very good at math, take him, if not dont even try, you will failed his class like i did.

This man is sooo confusing. He's not like a bad person, but unless you can totally teach urself...ur gonna fail.

He is hard to listen to, Enjoys talking down to the students and shows who his favorites are. If you want to pass any of your math classes STAY AWAY from this loon!

Horrible! Explanations, lectures, HW, reviews, etc. are just horrible. Spent 14 weeks studying more than 10-15 hours a week, 3x in the Math Center and still took an incomplete with him, couldn't pass. He sux! Can't teach, no help in his office hours, Sln. Manual is a waste of $$. Save yourself, Don't Take Him No Matter What The Other Reviews Say!!

Very very hard course. Gio is a nice, funny guy, but very unclear in teaching his course. The DVDs he offers help, but it is still a hard course.

Linear with Viglino = IMPOSSIBLE. unfortunately it's a requirement. probably 90% of the class had a 40 average for the semester...if you can avoid taking him for this class...do it!

Avoid at all costs! Had this guy for 3 classes and even went for extra help and still did not do well. Very confusing...messes up proofs alot. Linear = impossible.

Run for the hills. I took this professor 3 times (b/c i could not avoid him forever...I tried), I failed 2 of his classes and got a D in the 3rd. He is obviously brilliant but can't teach to save his life, not even from his own book. Run for the Hills if you can, but if you have to take him start crying from now.

MATH 101 isn't intended to be difficult. It becomes extremely difficult, however, when the teacher seems to understand it less than you do. Worse, he explains it like he has a Kindergartner's basic understanding of the material. This class was awful.

I highly suggest not taking him if you do not pick up math easily. He expects you to self-teach, and there is a quiz everyday, which are all realatively easy. The midterm and final are major parts to your grade, don't take him if you expect an easy A. Also, bring an energy drink, this man will bore you to death.

Be shure to avoid this guy if you have a hard time understanding accents, wrong examples and general dysfunction in the way the material is presented. I recommend learning everything one your own beforehand because he will be of little help to you.

Nice man but he's old and forgetful. I had to teach myself out of the book for most lessons. I find myself correcting him often. Its not that hard to pass though you get a quiz everyday and if you did the hw you can handle the quizzes (questions are directly from the hw, although he doesn't grade the hw)

Dr. Viglino is literally the worst college professor I could ever imagine. He wrote the books, and they not only have typos, but some of the answers are incorrect. He does not give any curves nor any extra credit, and does not help with the final (telling you what is on it, final review, etc.). Take Viglino if you want to contemplate suicide.

Worst teacher in the history of mankind. AP Calculus was a breeze for me in high school. Also, I earned a 3 on the AP exam. However, after taking this class, my ability and confidence in the subject has decreased significantly because of him. Never finishes problems, always puts two impossible questions on exams, no extra credit. Avoid at all costs

This guy is way past his prime. He says "agreed" ever five seconds. He doesn't even know how to explain his own material (he wrote the book also so that doesn't help any). He explains problems with terms that are unheard of in math such as: "the squiggly line". I wouldn't recommend taking this class with him if you can avoid it. Wouldn't recommend!

He makes no sense, skips steps in problems and you are lucky if you even finish the examples in class. I had to stop going to the lectures because they made everything more confusing. Doesn't take attendance and 1 quiz a week, midterm and final. Only got an A because I took this in high school. DO NOT TAKE IF YOU HAVE NOT TAKEN PRECALC BEFORE!!

viglino is a nice man but he shouldn't be a professor. he has dyslexia which makes it hard for him to go through problems without making a million mistakes. also his tests are almost impossible. DONT TAKE HIM

This man is by far the worst professor at the school. He wrote the textbook you use and there are many errors causing confusion. He does not reply to emails or help you when needed. He has a thick accent so you can't understand him. He'll give easy examples in class but then they are much harder on tests. do not take him unless you want to fail

This class was incredibly frustrating for me. He is terrible at explaining problems and makes more than a few mistakes. He also wrote the textbook you use, and it has many errors causing confusion. The grading criteria is also extremely unclear. Take someone else to save yourself from months of confusion and your GPA.

Let me start with, do not take him. He is unclear and not helpful. I felt as though I was wasting my time and money as the whole class did not perfom well on exams. He did not teach us what we needed to know and if we did not understand he did not explain. Please dont make the same mistake I did, take a different professor & save your GPA.

Seems like a genius, and knows a lot about the subject, but in his own head. Seems to be getting up there in years, and has trouble communicating his thoughts. He constantly messes up, and gives confusing explainations. He also wrote the textbook, so there's no outside clarification on the chapters. Will never take again

Makes dozens of mistakes during class on problems he expects u to know how to do, students will end up correcting him or he won't be able to figure it out. If u get the right answer but didn't do it his method he will take points off. Probably the worst professor I have ever taken. Only take if u can teach yourself or are naturally good at math!

He's a very nice man, but should not be teaching. Math has always been my strong suit, but he completely confused me. He made so many mistakes throughout class that I ended up changing my correct answers all too often. There are no other options for MAT101, so I would recommend going to tutoring a lot. He really is very nice, but frustrating.

This professor is definitely not the move, quizzes every class and can mess up grading your quizzes. Avoid him if you can, but if you can't study study study

If you have any other options, do not take him. He's a lot older so he tends to forget a lot of things, like adding students to the email listing. I never once received any updates and was unable to participate during class times. Complete waste of my time. He's nice but that's not enough to warrant the forgetfulness.

Prof. Viglino was overall a really nice guy and always offered help. However, his teaching methods were beyond confusing and never fully explained how he was getting the answers to his provided examples. He offers office hours but it honestly just makes what you were asking about more confusing. If you are not the best at math go to another prof.

RUN AWAY from any of his course offerings this guy is terrible. He tries his best to help you and he is very nice but he often stumbles on his own thoughts and if you ask him for help he will make you more confused if he is your only option and you have to take any of his courses that semester (and no one else is teaching) consider off campus study

RUN AWAY from ANY of his course offerings this guy is very nice and tries his best to help you but he will make u more confused. He should really consider retiring if you have to take a viglino course section and no one else is teaching it consider an off campus study (see the center of student success for details).

Professor Viglino is an extremely harsh grader, he doesn't curve, the only thing that counts is the final exam, The lessons are poor because he always gets lost when doing the problems he made up. I was one of 3 people who got a passing grade on the final. If you are a comp sci major looking for a math course like me, avoid viglino at all costs.

As some said, he is caring and tries his best to help, but asking for help would confuse you more! Often he skips steps when problem-solving and assumes we comprehend his approach. His quizzes are fair but based on homework + previously-learned material. His tests are something different. He does not follow his own syllables grading system.

The worst professor I have had. He is a nice old man who appears to care, but he is horrid at instructing. There is no point to go to class because he just reads for his incoherent textbook that he wrote, and makes the material more confusing. He once spent an entire class on one easy problem. Should not be teaching at his age.

Hands down the worst professor I have had here so far. He has been teaching at the college since 1974, and he honestly just needs to retire. It is impossible to follow him in class because he constantly confuses himself, and sometimes takes the entire class going over one problem. If you have to take him be prepared to teach yourself & good luck.

worst instructor I have ever had.

Very difficult to get in contact with outside of class. Jumps steps and doesn't explain what he is trying to teach.

Drop his class. The students had to correct him more then he corrected the students, especially during class and with his grading. You truly will learn nothing with him. Only positive things about him is how fast he graded quizzes and he would always answer any questions. If he says to meet him during his office hours he will be late.

handwriting is impossible to read, and about 80 percent of the time he'd spend a full class doing a single problem, only to go "oops I made a mistake" and redo it after we'd all spent an hour copying down this one problem. Students in my class complained to the dean who told him. He said we should just be better at math. used his own textbook too.

Very kind old man, but my goodness, he cannot teach. To put it into perspective, he is literally older than ww2 itself (born in 1936). He writes in hieroglyphs and often lose track in time and in his work. Whatever you do, do not take him

Nice guy I'm sure, but he just babbles the entire class and doesn't teach anything. He explains everything terribly and never back tracks and he made his own textbook so it just makes everything so much more confusing. he also never wore socks which isn't a teaching issue but it felt noteworthy to bring up.

100% avoid if you can at all costs. Very nice man in himself but terrible professor, messes up problems constantly and gets mad when someone points it out. Not helpful, not good at teaching, do not take overall.

Elderly man in his 80s teaches outdated math methods, causing confusion and frustration among students. Many drop out due to risk of failing despite self-study efforts. Offers partial credit but fails to improve learning outcomes. The course covers advanced topics. Health issues impair teaching ability, suggesting retirement.

Desires student success but teaches outdated, confusing methods. Numerous errors, struggles to clarify concepts, leading to high dropout rates. Attempts to aid with partial credit but ineffective. The course spans beyond basic math, making it difficult to learn. unless you are good at math and can teach urself don't take a class with this professor