M. Cristina Zaccarini - Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

Professor: M. Cristina Zaccarini

Department: History

College: Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIS282
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Pretty okay professor. She's sweet but takes History very seriously and you probably won't enjoy this class if you're not a History major. She just makes things harder than they need to be. For a 50 minute class, it felt like hours. She will scream at you if you text or talk in class. Very uneasy woman but accessible outside of class if need help.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIS282
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very sweet and energetic woman who likes to have class discussion. Can sometimes seem a little disoriented, but she manages to hand back responses and grades in a timely manner. Gives you a chance to earn up to 10 extra points for an assignment if you do 10 reading responses. Midterm and final are both short response questions, which was not bad.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: GEN110
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof Zaccarini is very nice very energetic. wants you to just participate and understand the material. lots of work outside of class, you write responses every week and you have one final paper. willing to help you with just about anything

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIS101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great Professor! I had her for FYS Global spirituality . As long as you get the readings done and journals ( they are super easy) you'll pass. No tests or final, instead a 6 page paper on a topic of your choice as long as its related to what we learned at the end. She sometimes is hard to follow but she is so much fun and a caring professor.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIS104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Honestly take her any chance you get. You will have to do some work (paper, midterm, final), but she truly cares and is always there to help. She also makes class so much fun and exciting to learn. I would definitely take her again.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: AMERICANCIV1
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

For a required credit this class was extremely tough. Lectures are extremely rushed and packed. The textbook is a drag. Would recommend picking a class with a professor that is more understanding about the fact that most to all the students in the class don't have prior knowledge on this course. Does stress her office hours

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: AMERICANCIV1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Toughest professor I've ever taken.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST201SOPHSEM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great professor. Expects you to read what she assigns and be prepared to discuss it. Will always be available to help you. Won't write your paper for you, but will help you every step of the way until you get it. She is funny and energetic, and makes class interesting. Challenging but fair.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIS104002
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She's a very sweet lady but hard to follow. Always willing to help. Definitely need to read the textbook. Power points are very vague. Only moodle posts(which help), a final, midterm, and a paper. Make sure you get on her good side cause she has favorites. Can be kind of moody. Expresses her liberal views WAY too much but I would take her again.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIS102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Although her class is fun, she went on to many tangents, especially when it came to women. Almost every topic in the class had this. I understand that it's part of history, but there are more important things.

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

She makes you work.:(

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SENIORSEM
• 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:

by far the best professor that I have taken. She is just so willing to work with you and its clear that she cares about her students. She is entirely fair in her teaching and is good at it too. I wish Adelphi had more professors like her- an incredible woman.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: WOMEN01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She seems easy, and she's clear and interesting, but if you don't do the reading, you can't pass her exams - hard. This was my lowest grade last semester.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIS281
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Women in US I. Class just consists of a midterm, two papers, and a final. There is a lot of reading assigned, but you can probably make it through the class without doing all of it. She's a little crazy at times, but can be funny and overall is a nice professor.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• 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:

She's brilliant- makes history like a discussion; shows how it connects to us today, makes you care as much as she does.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIS103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Gives a lot of reading, but she doesn't really go over it in class, so if you don't do them, it's not a big deal. Tells you everything you need to know for tests. Only two tests, a midterm and final, and two papers where you can pick your own topic. Notes may be hard to follow sometimes, since they are mostly quotes. She's a nice professor overall!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Rather prone to moods. It is almost impossible to know this professor's expectations. Learned only her viewpoint and it was not easy to understand her grading procedure.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: US105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Stay away. She is extremely intellectual and there is lots of reading.If you want to read A LOT you could learn a lot. Also she wants everyone to do well though and tries to make time for everyone, but if you take Cavallo hes much easier. If you show interest she will love you.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHINA210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her office is always full of students because she is so helpful. She should not try so hard to help everyone.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIS107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

In my opinion she does have favorites in class. I would not advise taking a class with her unless you know her; also, don't ask questions in class she tended to frown on questions that she thought were easy. She did not have enough time to help me outside of class when I asked her...Cavallo was much better with one on one help.