Thomas Baldino - Wilkes University

Professor: Thomas Baldino

Department: TBD

College: Wilkes University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr Baldino has so much experience and makes his classes as interesting as possible. You name it hes done it, this really helps him tie the class into the real world. The 2 assignments were super short and easy. You wont regret taking a class with him!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PS111AND213
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The best PS professor at Wilkes. Extremely knowledgeable & nice person. If you are interested in PS you will respect Dr. Baldino. He is always being interviewed by many organizations for his opinions regarding politics. He can be boring during lecture but I found his stories quite interesting. Pretty fair grader & does give helpful feedback.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Baldino is extremely passionate about the subject material. Some may find the class boring, but it is not difficult if you do the work. He is an extremely fair grader and always willing to help if you ask. The tests are strongly based off the online quizzes. Overall, an easy B+/A if you put the work in and a super nice professor.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

DR. B is very smart but he is a lib. hardcore you will not need the book use the website for test.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Baldino is a nice professor but his class is terribly boring sometimes. He makes no effort to hide his raging liberal views, but I guess if you agree with that you won't mind. The class is mostly tangents that he goes off on so it's not always necessary to go, but you do need to read the book if you expect to do well on the tests.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I found Dr. Baldino to be extremely rude and condescending. I was more or less forced to drop the course after he ridiculed and insulted me for simply asking a question.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• 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:

Definitely a sweet guy. He's got a good sense of humor, and he's fairly laid-back, though he takes the material seriously. That said, it's VERY easy to distract him and lead him off-topic for a good half of the class - this can be both good and bad, depending on how tired you might be that day. A fair grader, and very clear and kind.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PS125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Overall, he's a good professor to take. He can get a little confused some times and forget where he left off, what he did and didn't say regarding assignments and things like that, but he's really open to questions. All you have to do is ask and he'll repeat himself.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PLSC120
• 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:

VERY intelligent, the man knows what he is talking about. As a political science major, gave me a clear cut idea of what American Politics is. Best professor I have had so far. Good sense of humor and is very helpful when needed!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• 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:

Hard grader but extremely fair and helpful. Good sense of humor. The course helped me understand American politics.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MANYMANY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

one of the best professors i have ever had! very helpful, and if you plan to pursue a career in the social sciences (grad school) pay attention because he will teach you things that you actually need to know!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

very funny

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• 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: N/A

Comment:

very informative and educated. takes attendance!! make sure to study for quizzes...midterm and final are open ended - def study

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• 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:

Extremely intelligent, but expects everybody in the class to be as knowledgeable as him. Very informative, but you have to read the book and do the online study guides if you want to do well. Admittedly a harsh grader, but if you work hard you'll do pretty well. Only take him if you like PS, otherwise take somebody else who's a little easier.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• 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:

Gives relatively hard tests. Grades essays pretty hard as well. One group project where you have to write one page, and one paper where you write a one page letter. Knows tons and tons about government but sometimes gets off topic, keeping you there until the last possible second. If your decent at this stuff take him. Otherwise, try someone else.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Class was boring, about as interesting as watching grass grow. He is an intelligent character, just has a problem conveying material to students. Quite a good lookin fellow..

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hard hard exams. Take lots of notes!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• 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:

Very very Harsh grader but very informative and will pass you if you work hard...likes to BS and get off the topic

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Baldino is really intelligent, which shows in his class, but makes it tough to understand him. Read the book to pass the quizzes, study the notes to pass the tests. The congressional paper is tough and worth 300 points, but you'll learn. Nice person though.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Harsh grader, but good professor. The class is very interesting and not difficult.