He is HANDS DOWN the funniest/most inspirational professor/teacher I've ever had. Every single lecture is full of funny real-world examples of concepts that make 300+ students laugh. Everything is very applicable to your own daily life, and this class allows you to understand yourself and your life on a deeper level that VERY few classes do.

I really enjoyed having professor Cesario as a teacher. He made the material very easy to understand and was clear. His lectures were generally pretty easy to stay engaged in and he employed many real life examples. In addition, on many occasions he even engaged the class in different optional participation experiments to provide the class withdata

I loved this class! If you show up to lectures and take notes you should be able to pass easily. He is super funny, he cares about his students, and his lectures are easy to understand. Plus he gives extra credit and drops your lowest exam! He really relates content to the students. One of his GA's made a big google doc before exams that helped too

Super cool guy and gives interesting and funny lectures. Great professor!

Cant say enough about Prof Cesario. Great guy. Lectures are usually entertaining and fly by. Exam questions are pulled right from the lectures, and assigned readings. Highly Recommend

Really gets you involved and interested!

One of the best professors I've ever had.

Great class and subject matter, super fascinating and great for learning about the world. Teaches it well and genuinely cares about material. All lecture, lots of time to ask questions, no mandatory attendance, and does offer some extra credit. Grades based on open note online quizzes and a final. Reading not really necessary. Not too difficult.

Amazing lectures, very funny professor. Gives many extra credit opportunities, content is fun to learn about.

I'm a psych major, so going in I knew this class was going to be important to me. Cesario made lectures interesting and easy to understand, which made coming to his class even better. Show up to lecture and you're set. He also gives out extra credit for those who attend lecture on random days.

The only grades in this class are weekly quizzes and a final exam. Professor Cesario is a great lecturer and makes the concepts extremely clear. He keeps you engaged as well. I skipped a lot of class and still four pointed. As long as you study past quiz questions for the final exam, you'll be fine. It was a fine class, Cesario is a great prof.

It has been 4 years since I took this class, but it's still the first that comes to mind as my favorite. Cesario is a fantastic lecturer and the class is so engaging and entertaining. I wish I could take it again, no joke.

Cesario is one of the best professors I've ever had. He taught the highly politicized subject of social inequality in the most pragmatic way I could have imagined. Doesn't ask hard questions on the weekly quizzes, just make sure to pay attention in lecture. He definitely knows what he's talking about, and you'll get a lot out of his class.

I would highly recommend taking your ISS with Cesario, he gives great lectures and makes sure you learn a lot while having a light work load. I wish I could have him again for another class, Easy A and makes lectures interesting. Overall great prof

My favorite proffessor ever!! He is so nice and tries to get to know the students that show up and participate regularly. All lectures are posted online so you don't really have to go to class but I found it to be helpful because he'll often explain conepts more clearly and answers any questions you have. 10/10 would recommend this class!

Awesome guy. Straightforward class. He runs through all of his slides and gives explanations. There are weekly online quizzes and a final, which is composed of the questions from the quizzes. He sounds like Kermit the frog which made the lectures so much more entertaining. The only downside of Joe is that he says "ok" after every single sentence.

Professor Cesario is one of the best professors I've had. He is clear with what he expects, there are papers due but they couldn't be easier to write. The only downfall of this class is it was SUPER disorganized. Takes WEEKS to get exams and papers back, you're taking the next unit exam without having your grade from the last one. Overall easy A

It's making me mad that some of these people in the comments don't realize that professors are humans too. The way he taught material was phenomenal. He actually made sure you learned it. For those complaining that you had to show up to class to learn, what did you expect? I have learned some stuff that I apply to my every day life! Great class

Cesario is a super caring/nice guy. Online quiz every weekend of just 10 questions. Plus a final thats made of previous quiz questions. Thats literally all you're graded on, plus Extra credit if you want it. super easy A. he repeats himself a ton to get his point across

Genuinely one of the best professors I have ever had. 10/10

Easiest class I've taken. Lectures are kind of long, but it is extremely easy to do well in this class. There are 3 writing assignments and 5 exams (one is optional) and nothing is weighted. The writing assignments are over anything you have learned in class and only are a page long. Also a very interesting class if you need an elective.

Easily the best prof at MSU. Repeats himself to get the point across, but makes sure you learn something. However, you do have to go to class and pay attention to do well/

Hard class to teach, I can imagine. Don't go into this class closed minded, be open for discussion. Material can be hard to hear and understand but you have to separate opinion from statistics for tests. He is open for in class debates and very open to questions. Often times rambles on about one topic. Great class to be in, really eye opening

I love love love Prof. Cesario, he's funny and is great at teaching. Exams are super easy on one condition: attend the class, the slides are not enough. It really is an easy class, and he makes it fun by doing experiments on us and showing the class's data match the data of the experiments and theories he teaches.

My favorite professor from this semester! Lectures are not mandatory, but you should treat them like they are. He gives extra credit on random days for attendance points, drops your lowest exam grade, is super funny, and clearly loves his job and his students. If I could rate him above a 5, I would.

As a non-psych major this was my easiest class by far. Take good notes, come to class and you'll get lots of EC. Engaging material presented in an understandable way if you follow his train of thought, but can be hard if you zone out. Only complaint is that the TAs are not very transparent about their grading on the application assignments.

You can tell he cares a lot about teaching and some of his lectures were pretty entertaining. As long as you show up to class, actively listen, and do the study guide it is a pretty easy A

He's Awesome

Honestly a great prof. Just be prepared to put in actual effort when he asks you to read. Other than the exams, there's no other grades/assignments so as long as you attend class and read required reading, you will do pretty well on the exam. A lot of people complain but that's likely due to them not going to lecture enough

Professor Cesario is honestly a great professor if you take the class seriously. Lectures aren't mandatory but you will want to go anyways. There's over a letter grade's worth of extra credit if you put all the work in. If you go to the lectures and read the assigned readings the exams should be easy, even though they're really question heavy.

A lot of these reviews are negative but the content was very interesting and it's clear he cares abt his students. EC attendance is worth the same amount as a test question along w additional ec can bump your grade up a whole letter. Just pay attention in the lectures and do the readings. The exams are easy and self explanatory if you do that.

His format is based on test scores, supplemented by extra credit which you can receive by coming to lectures. Because the course is lecture heavy if you don't come and engage you won't understand material. He encourages people to come to class and is able to meet outside of lecture time. Material is not solely his own work, but recent research.

He is lecture heavy, come to lecture and take notes. Not mandatory attendance, but you get extra credit. He uses current and relevant research to guide his lectures, instead of a textbook. The only grades are exams, even if you get 80's on all the exams, you can still 4.0 with the extra credit. I advise going to office hours it helps

As long as you go to class (he takes attendance some days) and pay attention you will do well on the exams and 3 hw assignments.

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I genuinely don't know why people are dissing him. He is amazing! Love him and his class. No regrets for PSY 235 besides the fact it is making me question my individuality and existence as a human, but that is the class topic's fault lol. Study, and you will be fine. He is a lovely guy, and the class isn't difficult, but getting an A, honestly, is.

He is amazing!!! should for sure take his class. Best teacher ever

His class covered various aspects of social psychology and he always found a way to keep the class engaged and laughing constantly. His lectures were never boring and he offers extra credit points for showing up to class here and there although attendence isn't mandatory. Exams aren't too hard but study well.

Cesario is def my favorite professor thus far. You get extra credit on days he takes attendance, as well as extra credit for doing a 5 question optional quiz every week. There's 4 exams which are moderately difficult, helps if you go to his lectures. Sometimes boring, but he tries to keep you entertained.

I have very mixed feelings, because I really liked listening to his lectures, and I like him as a person. That said, it was incredibly frustrating that the tests (which were open-note) felt like they were worded in a way that was meant to trip you up. Not a bad class to fill some credit hours, but be warned that getting a 4.0 is an uphill battle.

3 or 4 exams (one dropped), 3 assignments, and extra credit on random attendance days. Pretty easy he just lectures the whole time while everyone takes notes. He's very interested in his job and goes over a ton of studies. You do have to read some articles before class sometimes but it's pretty easy. Exams aren't too hard either

This is the first time I've actually learned from a professor! I took the honors version of social psychology (in 2024), so it's a bit different from the regular one. The professor doesn't rely on slides; he wants us to take notes instead of just reading them, which is why I feel like I've learned so much! He's very charismatic and helpful. :)

This was my favorite psych class ever! Attendance isn't necessary, but you won't do well with the content if you don't go to class. He also gives a bunch of extra credit for just showing up to class. He is so funny, you won't regret taking this class. 5 exams, you drop your lowest grade (including the final).

My GOAT! Dr. Cesario is one of my favorite professors I've ever had. Dude is hilarious and insanely knowledgable on the subject, bringing in a mixture of his own views and others. If you pay attention to the lectures (hard not to pay attention) and take notes, you will do very well. Can't wait to take another class with him.

Left this class confused by the other ratings. I will say there's a LOT of reading but this is also a 300 level PSY class so I'm confused on how that's surprising. Professor Cesario is very smart, and gives great lectures that always make me think. If you attend class and do the readings you really wont have any trouble with this class. Lots of EC.

Dr. Cesario is very clear about what he expects from students, and I think that helped contribute to my grade in the course. You NEED to attend lecture if you want to do well in the class. You get extra credit for doing so, and majority of the content is not in the slides. If the content doesn't come easily to you, STUDY and go to office hours.

This class was one of the most interesting ones that I have ever taken. You can receive extra credit on random days for showing up (I recommend but you can still get a good grade without it) and there are several exams and a few other assignments to help your grade. There are also a few readings he posts but you'll have enough time for them.

Professor Cesario was my favorite professor at MSU, as a second year student. His lectures are engaging, as he does many class demos, and connects real time news with the topics. He is also just genuinely hilarious. His exams match his study guides, and he sets clear guidelines for the papers. I would 100% take him again as a psych major.

very engaging lectures, great at answering any questions

He is AMAZING! He is fully engaged and ready to get your brain involved; all you need to do is match responsiveness and readiness. However, I will halt my praise and say only one comment: the lecture slides he posts are sustainable for frequent absence, but attendance is SO beneficial to gain connections and associations and actually learn!

Very funny guy, will use lots of personal stories to explain what he's trying to teach. Tests are not hard or tricky at all. Will give you lots of extra credit for just showing up to class so a 3.5-4 is not hard to get in this class at all.

awesome funny guy, who is more than happy to explain a concept to you. I promise you if you do the readings and study based off of his LECTURE, NOT his slides, it will be an easy A for you. Show up to class!! It matters in this class!!

He genuinely does care about your grade, and always was willing to schedule appointments for office hours if you couldn't make it to the original time. A lot of your grade is based on exams, but if you attended lectures it was impossible not to do good. I finished with over 100% in the class, as he gives a lot of extra credit opportunities.

His lectures Are very engaging compared to other professors I've had. You also learned a lot about yourself in this class through the material taught. If you pay attention and take notes, you will be fine on exam exams. Highly recommend!