Paolo ROCKS! This was his first semester teaching and he made it so easy. Open notes for EVERYTHING, he posts his powerpoints online and you can bring them to tests and quizzed. Takes lots of Q&A's before the quiz. Assigns Homework, you do not HAVE to do it. 2 Tests and 4 quizzes all semester. Final day allows you to retake the tests to better grad

Paolo is the best. This is a class the everyone dreads. It normally has like a 40% dropout rate. I hate math and I've never taken calc before this, and it was so smooth and easy. Open notes for all the quizzes and tests. You can even use the old tests as notes. He posts his notes and you can use them and the book on the tests. Easy A.

He is Amaizing. Open notes on quizzes and tests...but even if it wasnt he is very clear when he teaches. Very helpful and understanding. he is funny too.

Paolo is a funny guy who cares about his students. Math is a lame and tedious subject but he made it fun. One of the best VCU has to offer. Do yourself a favor, and take this class!

This professor is awesome and makes the class alot easier! Take him!

Paolo Catasti is by far the best Professor I've had thus far and one of the bests VCU has to offer. He's passionate about teaching and genuinely cars about his students. Exams are difficult, he only tests you on material he has already taught. If you remotely try, you will do well. I highly recommend him. He has an AMAZING sense of humor too!

I got an A in this class by coming every day, taking thorough notes, and doing all the HW. I never once studied for a test or quiz. If you take notes you are set. Very funny professor, jokes most of the students and makes math actually fun to learn.

This professor is extremely helpful and he is a very fun and interesting teacher to be around. Easy A for sure.

I don't do these things at all, but making an exception because I think people should know... Might sound like an echo, but you can tell the professor truly cares about subject matter and students, not just collecting another paycheck. Professor Catasi made the class a pleasure to attend, he is an asset to VCU...

THE BEST ! take him for sure !!

Probably the best professor I've had at VCU. I'm not a math person at all but prof. Catasti makes the subject easy to understand and even interesting. Exams are difficult but quizzes are just like hw problems. Final is optional but helps if your grade is on the cusp. Don't need textbook, save some money. Highly recommend Catasti, he's great!

Paolo is an amazing individual, he is passionate about math, with the understanding not alot of the students are so he explains things with realworld applications/definitions so that we can better understand and grasp the material. test and quizzes u can use notes and the optional finals are great for boosting your grade if you want!

BEST TEACHER EVER!!! makes math fun and is very easy. pay attention and do the homework and you will do fine. Easy A

Catasti lectures without really explaining what he is talking about, but if you go to his office he will help you until you understand. He hates cell phones, don't text in his class or he WILL call you out. The exams are much harder than the quizzes. Buy mystatlab. Overall, he's a good professor, but definitely not the easiest.

Clearly the best teacher at VCU. Extremely dedicated, helpful, compassionate,inspiring, and sexy.

I took calculus in High School & thought MGMT 212 would be a breeze but I was wrong. You have to work for your A. His quizzes are easy, but the tests are hard. It's a real world type of class. He's extremely helpful, if you go to office hours! Do homework problems as practice for the test! Heads up: he likes to joke around a lot & might pick on you

his class is overall a good experience. You have only 2 exams, 4 quizzes and homework and attendance that make up your grade. The quizzes in his class were harder than his exams. Overall i think if you put in time you'll get a B but extra hardwork will get you that A

I would definitely recommend him. He does a good job of explaining the material. The quizzes are open notes and multiple choice, but still prepare for them or you will fail them. The test are 1 page cheat sheet and short answer, I found them to be the same level of difficulty as the quizzes. The final is optional.

Great professor! Really TEACHES his classes and wants you to learn the material. Tough class though, you really have to work at it!! No book use, just CourseCompass.

This guy rocks! I took a 5 week stats class, and he made it pretty bearable. The homework was a little much, but it was only a 5 week class. Buy MyStatLab! It will help more than anything! He is really cool, and funny. I got a B and I didnt even feel I worked that hard for it.

As an older student, I found his teaching and requirements not fair to those of us who work. I travel for a living and his manditory attendance rule made this class the worst. He is also not a very understanding teacher and spends too much time flirting with young girls. Unless you can be at all classes, don't take him.

Good teacher, class wasn't so bad

By far the best math professor at VCU. His accent is hard to grasp at first but after a couple classes you get used to it. His grading scale isn't conventional but if you do all HW and attend all classes it helps. Take him over stith-willis, kellet, really anyone at VCU. Paolo is the MAN!

If you are not a Maths person, the material is quite hard, not easy to grasp.His two trials test, attendance and online homework make it fair for students. You dont have to be in class, every session to get the material tough. But you NEED to study !

Prof. Catasti is the man. As long as you do the homework, attend class, and have a sense of humor you will do great. Most of the material he teaches is difficult so you have to pay attention but hey that should probably go for any class you take. Oh and dont use your cell phone in class HE WILL SMASH IT jk....YOUR THE MAN CATASTI

MGMT 301 winter session, 11 days! Take Prof Catasti whenever you can! He is clear and helpful for tough classes, will help you understand the concepts and do well, in exchange: expects you to pay attention, & do the homework. Math require's effort vs other classes. Grading is very fair. Your best opp. to get the material & pass is w/ Catasti

Great Teacher. No cell phone or laptop use. And attendance and homework are graded and mandatory. However, that helps your grade alot. Also an A is a 90, a B is a 75 a C is a 60 d passing is a 50. No book use only an online homework program. Easy B.

Does take attendance. The subject is kind of hard but if you keep up and pay attention you'll be okay. He's pretty helpful in class and pleasant. Homework is all online which makes it easy and you can use it to study. Don't need the book. Tests are fine if you understand the subject and study.

At first his teaching style worried me because it felt like he assumed that everyone had a lot of mathematic pre-knowledge which I did not. However once you get used to him and start asking good questions things get easier. I can also personally vouch for the fact that he takes your effort to be a good student into account when it comes to grading.

Test are too hard. I see why he gives an trial test. SMH.

Great overall teacher. Quizzes are easy if you take good notes and prepare slightly. Tests can be viewed as difficult if you don't study and prepare. Take good notes and you will pass easily. Cheat sheets for quizzes and tests. Easy B if you spend some time studying and Easy A if you really sit down and review.

Paolo is a great teacher and does a good job at explaining the materal, but his quizzes and tests are unbearable and they make you feel as though you haven't learned anything or studied at all. Attendance mandatory. No cell phones, laptops, or other electronics in class. Cool guy but I would take this class with another teacher if at all possible.

I hate math but he is def a good teacher. He has a great grading scale that literally helps everyone pass if they WANT to. You have to study and listen during lectures. No cell phones. Cheat sheet can be used on tests and quizzes are open notes/book. Awesome teacher, I am taking him for 302 as well! take him

Very engaging teacher for a math class. If you care about your grade you will do well. Participate in class, and it's fun. Great/entertaining teacher who actually cares that his class understands the material!

BEST STAT TEACHER AT VCU. Definitely take this professor. He makes the class enjoyable and the material easy to learn. The quizzes and tests aren't difficult because he makes it easy but that doesn't mean you don't have to study. Overall a great teacher.

Best math teacher I've ever had! Go to class and participate and you're golden. Attendance boosts your grade, and he attempts to make the class engaging and actually knows students' names. 4 quizzes- open note. 2 tests- 1 page cheat sheet. Optional HW. If you put in a good effort you can pass this class with a good grade

One of the best professors at VCU. Very sharp, he will catch you dozing off, so pay attention (it's worth it). He has an awesome Italian accent, easy to understand. Even though the course material is dryer than pinot grigio, Catasti is very expressive, you can tell he's really passionate. 10/10 would recommend. Show up to class. DO THE HOMEWORK.

He is very passionate about Analytics. He does go pretty fast in class because their is a lot of material to cover. Go to office hours. It is a difficult class, but manageable if you put in the time. Definitely a class to take to apply concepts to use outside of class. If you don't have a thick skin, he may not be the one to take.

Good professor, I personally liked him and you can tell he cares about what he's teaching. Can be rude by calling out people (usually students who aren't paying attention) and putting on a show. Take good notes, ask questions, and stay out of his way and you'll do fine.

Great professor who does not have much patients for students that do not care. He does go a bit fast at his lectures and he is a bit harsh, but if you show some effort you will be fine with at least a B. If you are often baked then you should not take this course because you will not be able to handle the material

This class is not the easiest, but if you follow along in class, do the homework, and ask for help if you need it, you will succeed and learn so much. Catasti can be a bit of a harsh professor as he doesn't put up with students that mess around and don't try, but he is intelligent and more than willing to help if you need it. Take him and try hard!

Favorite professor in my 5 years at VCU, and math was always my subject of least interest. Had him for two courses and he was the only professor I'd say hi to on campus. He's funny and even though he had to crack down on me fkin around on the computer from time to time (ADHD and not math-focused like I said) we established a good rapport.

One of my favorite professors at VCU. This class is not easy by any means but if you attend and pay close attention in class, do homework, and ask questions you can easily get a B. He does move fast and I would say he isnt very PC and can be a jerk but he knows his stuff and is an awesome professor. Ive learned so much.

I dreaded this class and was expecting to struggle to pass. However, the professor provided many resources to help you learn the material. You have to take all the assignments serious and put forth effort. The professor is extremely helpful even late at night. You can tell he wants you to be successful.

Look, if you don't study then you aren't going to pass. People are complaining that they had to study for hours... it's freaking college, not high school. This class was difficult, but Professor Catasti gives you literally all the information you need. He has a different sense of humor but that maybe Italian coming out of him. Just study!

Professor Catasti is great. I took him for Business Statistics II. He's a hilarious person that really tries to make the lectures entertaining. Warning, the tests and quizzes are the only grades are done through blackboard in lockdown browser, but he walks you through specific examples that are exactly like it. If you do optional HW you willdo well

One of the best profs I've had! He teaches a difficult class but does a great job explaining things. Make sure you stay on top of the weekly assignments. You just watch a 40-60 minute YouTube lecture once a week and follow along in Excel. Plug in the numbers from the HW and you get an easy 100%. Quizes are more difficult but he's always available.

Catasti is a great professor! SCMA 302 is a very hard class but he makes it accessible IF you put in the time and effort from the beginning. This is not a class where you can study before an exam and get an A, you have to prepare and learn the entire semester AND do your due diligence with the case study and quiz data before the exams and quizzes.

Go to the review sessions, and take notes! He allows you a "cheat sheet" so reviewing the chapters he mentions is really the key to getting a good grade. You'll be good for the tests if you remember and understand how to do the homeworks. Take NOTES during the review sessions they're VERY similar to the tests

Professor Catasti is an overall good professor. He sometimes directly targets students for not paying attention/being on their phones, which I think isn't very respectful. Other than that, the class is very straightforward. Most of the course is based on Excel, HWs have multiple attempts, he reviews HW answers in class, and tests are just like HWs.

You REALLY have to focus and copy everything he does during his excel lessons or you will fall behind. Other than that, Catasti's alright!

I struggled throughout the entire semester in this class but because he saw I was putting in a clear effort he opened up assignments so I could pass the class. Communicate with him and let him know when you're confused or he's going too fast. I know he comes off as harsh but he's a great professor. Participate in class!!

Dr. Catasti was a great professor in my opinion. He is very strict, but he does the assignments with you in class. If you remember the formulas and adopt the Excel tips he gives you, you will finish with an A in the class. He roasts you if you can't listen to simple instructions but I had a great time in his class because it came very easy.