he's awful and walks like a duck. he doesn't teach you anything, you learn it all from the book, his one example for things doesn't help at all. Fynewever, you rock!!

Casalnuovo was the hardest professor Ive taken so far. His quizzes were tricky and tough for me, and he is an extremely tough grader. Make sure you do well on your lab reports or else you will lose a lot of points which will hurt your grade. I guess if you truly know what you have to do, then you should be fine.

One of the hardest class I took. Read that he was nice, but he's more intimidating. Went to his office hours, but still had a difficult time understanding how to do lab problems. If you're struggling in chemistry, go to another professor. It'll benefit you and your grade.

Way harder than 1210. His handout notes are way too much to read and process. Very mean and makes you feel dumb when asking questions. Doesn't use blackboard, so seeing what you have in the class is not an option. If you don't get a 45% overall or higher in MC, you fail the class. I do not recommend him.

Probably the worst chemistry professor you'll ever take. His grading is unusually harsh and does not seem to care how students are doing. If the averages are so low, there must be something wrong with the teaching, not the students. If you can take any other professor, don't take this guy. He made chemistry the hardest class of my whole schedule.

One of the least empathetic professors out here during the pandemic. Makes chemistry way more torturous than it needs to be.

Extremely condescending and unhelpful. Rude during office hours despite encouraging you to attend them. Tests and quizzes only have a couple questions, which drop your grade enormously if you get one wrong. He curves, but he also spends the semester bragging about how many students he has failed in the past. Zoom lectures were unhelpful.

If you're a high achiever be prepared to be disappointed B) Insanely difficult to get an A in his class. Curve only affects low scores, bringing up the percentage required to get a C. 90% in his class is an A which again, is insanely difficult. Learned a lot, but really disappointed I could've taken a different prof and passed with an A.

Casalnuovo's online course set up was horrible. Hours of pre-lecture videos then his zooms were just the repetition of the videos. Shames you for not asking questions. Tests are nothing like the homework, and there are very little questions on his exams. Notes were too much to understand in given time. Curves due to his average failing scores.

If you don't know the basics and ask him a question he will call you out infant of the class. He can be rude I had friends going to his private office hour to ask him question and then he would bring up the fact that "some of you guys still don't know...". He does not treat students in a nice way. He teaches good. But personality 0/10. Hard quizzes

He is DISREsPECTFUL. Idk how he is still Professor at cpp. He makes students feel bad for asking him questions. He expects everyone to know the basics. He has trust issues. He does not meet the right criteria to be a professor. The whole time I was in his class I had anxiety. And he encourages students to snitch on each other. Not RECOMMENDED

WARNING!!! dont take his classes hes a tough teacher. all he does is wanna catch people cheat. even if you werent to cheat hell accuse you of cheating.

he is an awful professor. he expects people to know the basics and not everyone knows the basics. be ready to watch videos before class. he doesnt teach during his lectures he just goes over the videos he makes you watch. he brags all the time about how many people failed the class and how hes caught people cheating. dont take his class.

He has Trust issues. He casually thinks students are cheating in his class and he accuse students of cheating for no reason. He is also disrespectful.

Terrible prof. Accuses students of cheating for absolutely no reason, and he will report you after and ensure you fail. He only has a synchronous class to catch people cheating which he literally tries to flex, and he just makes us learn on our own. If you answer a question wrong or ask one he will make you feel stupid - don't take his class.

TERRIBLE. He constantly accuses people of cheating. His teaching is so bad that his class average is consistently UNDER 60% on exams and quizzes. His entire class would get Fs if he didnt do a heavy curve. He also constantly acts like his students are dumb, and acts extremely condescending. WOULD NOT RECOMEND TO ANYONE.

This was the worst professor I ever had at Cal Poly Pomona. He never wanted to answer questions and was unwilling to help. The grading criteria started from a 0 and built up. This course is fine to take if your a chemistry major because the way he teaches requires a background. If no DONT TAKE. He's sooo meann ahhhh

Even though I got a good grade in his class but im warning you this professor is delusional. I took him for credit and he failed half of the class. He has attitude. He will make you feel stupid for not knowing some basic infos. he automatically believes students cheat. he is rude and bad behavior. he doesn't even smile. SUPER TOUGH EXAMS.HARD GRADR

Just do not take him. Worst professor I've ever take in cpp. he teaches good. But his exams are 10 times harder. he is hard grader with attitude. CPP honestly need to find a better professor.

do not take him. Worst mistake of my life. I hate him and his lectures. Super rude. his classes are terrible. If you want a good grade for easy level course like this do not take him.The average in his hard exams are below 60 sometimes even 50%. which I heard that's how it is in ochem and it shouldn't be like this in basic level chem.

He will make you dumb with alot of attitude. such a bad personality. his teaching is not bad but when it comes to personality... terrible. His exams are really tough. alot harder than his lectures. Do not ask question in his lectures or he will make you feel dumb. I don't recommend taking him. there are better professors than him.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR unless you were an ap student in hs. This professors lectures are good but everything else is awful, he's great at teaching but EXTREMELY strict in terms of grading and cheating. Don't memorise your periodic table values because he changes them and will call you out for cheating if you use memorized ones. iDon't recommend

doesn't deserve to be a professor, this professor made notes 20 years ago and since then has been using them. He act like he doesn't want to be there and make you feel terrible about anything you do. I sincerely feel sorry for you if he is the only one available.

Avoid if you can lmao. Nice guy but his way of teaching isnt really effective, no lectures you have to watch videos before class. Lots of memorization and attendance is basically mandatory because you get quizes on the video everyday.

i have never disliked a professor more in my life, dreaded going to this class everyday and he was such a scrooge to be around. avoid taking him at all costs, he doesn't care about his students and just sits there during labs doing nothing while students are struggling and aside from that, he's a tough grader.

Tests are impossible, coursework is comically unfair. He is perfectly happy having a 50% class average. This is an awful professor

The way he teaches made understanding chemistry hard.There's quizzes every lecture class and he only gives 0 or full points. He leaves Mastering Chemistry to teach you most things, which takes a % away every time you get it wrong and only 6 attempts, which only lowers your overall grade. Passing seems impossible.

Passing seems impossible, he leaves mastering chemistry for practice however it will deduct a percentage anytime you get the wrong answer. You will have quiz every lecture meeting and he does not give any partial credit. He also does not accept late homework, so you will get a zero if you miss the deadline.

Last semester took 1220 lecture I will say this there was 150 students in the course, when it came down 2 weeks left till the final there was 25 students left, he says if your struggling to reach out to him and ask question he just tells you look at the lecture notes and its in the book, this teacher has a joy of failing students, i stuck it out

No clue why anyone would give him a single good rating. He doesn't teach in the actual class, he'll give you a confusing online video instead. Be prepared to self-study a lot, cause he's handing out quizzes and exams practically every week. This guy expects you to spend hours on a GE course, so start canceling plans and buy some tissue boxes.

he made me want to switch out of chemistry

It's like he's perfectly fine watching his students struggle and fail while he tries to make the material as challenging as he can. This is a gen ed class; not every student is going pursue chemistry, so there's no point to twist the knife every exam. Would not* take again.

This professor was awful, he makes you watch up to an hour and a half long video before the lecture, all the material is super hard and very wordy. you must memorize multiple charts and equations. Beginning of class most of the time there is a one question quiz on something random that happened in the video. I've never wanted to drop out more.

Stupidly difficult for a GE. Took his lab as well and the workload was insane. Lots and lots of notes and made chemistry my least favorite subject.

Respectfully, if you are reading this and considering taking the class, take another professor. Class is passable but impossible to get an A or maybe even B. Class average will be curved to a C, everyone is struggling together at like a 60 percent. Grading is harsh. No late work, miss class no makeup even for quizzes or midterms. Good luck.

Just drop the course and get another professor, hes a tough grader and if you have other hard classes to study for, he will not make your life easier. You will need to study and he gets overstimulated when you ask him a question but you can tell he likes what he does but it shouldn't be that hard. Just drop it save yourself the money and TIME.

Forces you to watch hour long videos before class and you take a Quizlet on a small detail from that lecture. Treats his class as if it's your only class you need to study for. Requires you to memorize many formulas and equations otherwise you will be punished. Only take if you have a light schedule.

He was a nice but literally the worst professor I have ever had for lab. He never actually taught anything just made you watch videos and wouldn't really go over what we had to do in lab, just very briefly. I would avoid him at all costs, if you have another option to take a different lab TAKE IT. Also, very picky on what he wants too.