Joseph Pitti - California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA

Professor: Joseph Pitti

Department: History

College: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST183B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Pitti knows so much about California History. If you want an easy class and to just know general stuff go elsewhere. However if you want to learn all sorts of interesting thing about California History, this is the teacher to have. Tons of extra credit availible and an easy teacher to approach and talk to. Great man to learn from.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST183A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Pitti really knows his California History. Not an easy class. However, if you do the work, you will get a good grade. Pitti offers a ton of Extra credit and if you take the time to talk to him he is very approachable and willing to help.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIS183A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He actually expects you to listen to the lectures, read his books and learn the material. If you can't do these three things well, don't take his class. If you want to learn California History, he is your guy. Many, many hours of studying, but well worth it.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

*Run* I started my MA work w him. He was never clear what he wanted, only gave me negative feeback and I literally cried in his office---he made me feel like an idoit--with a line of ppl waiting outside of his office.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST183B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor is absolutely horrific. What a nightmare of a class. You will be forced to read 1,000+ pages of lecture notes for his tests which will test you on random facts. Totally absurd expectations with no way to live up to them. AVOID

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST183A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Yikes!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIST183B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very good instructor, but unlike so many other history classes, you need to work pretty hard to get a decent grade.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST183B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Yes, Pitti is hard. But you are in college now!! He will not spoon-feed you the info, you have to do the assigned reading. The lecture notes are full of interesting information and a few dumb jokes. I really enjoyed this class. He gives pop quizzes or just has you write your name on a piece of paper to get credit for coming to class that day.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST183B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Second time taking Pitti (didn't do the reading first time around, which is essential to surviving the course). Called "No pitty Pitti" for a reason; very difficult to work with. Frequently runs behind in lecture, pop quizzes on subject matter only covered in the book/lecture notes, not the Powerpoint slides.Do all extra credit as one way to pass!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST183B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

What a joke.... Cannot effectively voice himself without using ah, um, frequently forgets and gets of tract. Very annoying and makes it hard to understand. Be prepared the reading is required in order to do well! its his lecture notes and his sons book, a dry read...

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST183
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Awful experience. First of all to have no other type of assessment other than a multiple choice exam is against all academic theory. Base the assessment on over 1000 thousand pages of dry reading and poor attempts at humor and it becomes absurd. I am now a teacher and would never subject any students such dinosaur pedagogy. Take 183B elsewhere!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST183A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you are going to take his class be ready to read! If you read and use his study guides you should do fine. I was afraid of him at first and really began to like him. Tough class but very well taught.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST183B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Pitti is the epitome of what a college professor should be like. I'm tired of hearing people complain about difficult professors. College is too easy nowadays. Pitti's class is TOUGH, but it's super fascinating, and I would LOVE to hear more about California history from him. Just be thankful you don't have to write the paper. I did!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST183B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class requires the purchase of three voluminous sets of lecture notes and a short book (ALL ESSENTIAL!). There are three, curved, 100 question multiple choice exams from the reading (hard), two multiple essay exams (NOT curved; moderate) and NO paper. You must watch at least 3 movies and write on them as well (easy!) Lots of extra credit.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST183A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Learned a lot from this class and the material. The lectures are rather boring, I'm a history major and love the subject but still found myself fighting off sleep several times. Rather nice guy though and gave lots of extra credit opportunities that were pretty easy. No paper, just 3 tests and he gives you a study guide to prepare.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST183B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His class is hard, but I didn't even read the last book & still passed with a C. Attendance isn't mandatory since you have all his lecture notes. His TA Luke was extremely helpful. He can be kind of offensive at times, he used the N word in class and when 2 students commented on it being offensive he basically said oh well..basically he's a jerk

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST183
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Pitti is a terrible lecturer but obviously very intelligent and witty as seen in his 1000+ pages of notes. Very difficult class - read the notes and study. His lectures offer no help at all - but his TA's are pretty good. If you are a history major then you just have to suffer through this class. . . sorry.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST183B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His nickname is No Pity Pitti. He has no pity for anyone. One of my tests was off campus & I didn't get back to campus until the final was half over -I had cleared it with him- but he still only gave me the class time to finish the final.Lectures are rambling. His voice is monotone and people fell asleep a lot.Just a bad class/professor overall!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST183A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Pitti is like a walking History book...though he tends to be kind of dry. Anyone can do well in his class if they input the time and effort. He gives study guides for each exam and the terms can be overwhelming. You need atleast one week minimum to studiy for one exam. Stay on top of the material and you will do fine.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST183B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

pitti is just not a good lecturer. stutters a lot and has many "uh's" and "um's". while i'm sure he knows what he is talking about, well at least i hope he does, he just cannot emphasize what is important. lectures were, at least i felt, extemely disorganized.