Joe Trumino - St. John's University, Jamaica, NY

Professor: Joe Trumino

Department: Social Science

College: St. John's University, Jamaica, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SOC1000C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

SHOW UP TO CLASS. if your absent less than three times he gives you extra credit on the final. all over the place when it came to grading but he had very interesting lectures.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SOC1000C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

if you want your GPA get better, so do not take him. He believes that his class is the only one you have. A lot of reading and test take home but hello the other side, 30 pages for each one ( 3 tests). Also, service workshop paper. Not easy to get an A and survive in his class

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SOCIOLOGY1001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He was the man. He tried to make it interesting. He was super nice, he gave a lot of work though. Not a lot of assignments, they were just extra. But Im trash at managing time and I still got all his work done (but i was also in all easy core classes). Hes very understanding, great teacher, and good at prepping for the midterm and final.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SOC1170
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Trumino creates interesting class discussions and is a very nice teacher. He doesn't give a lot of work but the papers he does assign require a lot of writing and a lot of reading. He drops the lowest grade usually and gave only one in class test. The rest of your grades come from papers and take home essays.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SOC1170
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Honestly, I was intimidated by him when classes first started. His coursework is a bit much (20-30pgs), but if you truly do dedicate time and effort, you will do well. I've learned a lot in this course and I'm glad I took him. I ended up getting A although I didn't do that hot on the midterm exam. I showed immense effort, and ended up doing well.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SOC1170
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The worst teacher I ever had. He teaches nothing but give 4 or 5 really huge papers. Just do not take him or you will regret.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SOC1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This guy seems nice, he does a good job teaching sociology. I think he means well, but you will have to spend hours writing for his class. The amount of work, for this basic core class, is incomprehensible to most freshman in college. This class will most likely tear your GPA apart.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: 1000C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He doesn't give that many assignments but the ones he gives are a lot of work (22 page paper). He doesn't give any sort of outline or study guide for the midterm and doesn't give any homework to help your grade. Can be rude in class if you ask questions and doesn't stop talking from the minute class starts till it ends, also never answers emails.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 1000C
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I was a little taken aback by the amount of reading as compared to my other courses, but this is college and Sociology requires reading so I had to suck it up. It was a solid course where I learned a lot and knew that the class discussions would be beneficial if I didn't finish the reading or had additional questions about what I read. I liked Dr.T

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SOC1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I honestly hated this course. I was really looking forward to taking sociology, but this was absolutely the worst. He goes on with the same lecture for about 3 days. We go extremely slow, so we're not even on track in class. You have to memorize everything in the book for your exams, and lets be real, you cant remember every single little detail.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOC1170
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The amount of work he gives you for a 1,000 level course is absolutely ridiculous. Wanted to drop him the minute i saw the syllabus but couldnt due to scheduling conflicts. He gives you 6 assignments, 1 test and 5 papers that are hard and very very time consuming. Each paper will be at least 8 pgs. Avoid at all costs.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOC1000C
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Mr. Trumino is a very kind and hilarious professor. However he talks and doesn't stop from the moment his lectures start. Somedays they are interesting and others will put you right to sleep. He doesn't give homework or hard test, however the assignments he makes you do are a lot of work and writing for a intro class. Also understanding with you.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SOC2380
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you love sports, you''ll love this class with him! He wants you to do your best and will help you to pass the class. However, his notes aren't the best and his class is very informal.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SOC1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very distracted professor. Gets very sidetracked. 10% of material talked about in class is on the test.. the other 90% "you should just know" or, "read the book on your own." Not specific enough. Seems to think everyone had a course in Sociology before, when that is DEFINITELY not the case.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: 1000C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

His notes aren't very clear and you can barely read the what's on the board. He gets off topic a lot and expects you to know everything. He gives way too much work and not enough time to do it and doesn't grade too fairly, meaning if he doesn't like your paper in the beginning he won't finish reading it and grade you on what he read.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOC1000
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

This class is pretty easy but the workload makes it tough. This man thinks you have nothing else to do. If you think you are good at handling huge workloads go for it.. He is really passionate about this stuff but talks to much and barely ever finishes anything. The stuff is easy, its just to much to do with a busy schedule.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SOC1000C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I enjoyed class time with him because his lectures are pretty interesting and he is so enthusiastic about what he's teaching, but outside of class, the workload is unbelievable for an intro class. 2 midterms and 2 finals (10 page paper and in class exam), and 2 books (10 pg paper each). He really doesn't give the work in an adequate time frame.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SOC108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

While I wait for my grade for his class to show up, I guess I'll write a review on him. He really can be hyper sometimes, and his grading criteria isn't the best, but is fairly decent. My biggest problem with this guy is the workload. He seems to forget that we were taking a lvl 1 soc class and that some of us were taking other demanding classes

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 1000C
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very hyper but makes class interesting. Paper? More like Novels couldn't be a better description of the take home exams

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SOC1055
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Trumino is a great lecturer, however for an elective, his workload is a little over the top. His "short essays" are 8-12 pages and the take homes are sure to be at least 15pgs (you're assigned two of each) The papers are due a little too close together to get done without driving yourself insane. Only take him if you have a buncha free time.