Alfonso Procaccini - Smith College

Professor: Alfonso Procaccini

Department: TBD

College: Smith College

Rating # 1

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Alfonso is the Virgil to my Dante. He opened my eyes and my mind to so many ideas, to a new philosophy on life. Alfonso is 10x more than a professor, and if all you're looking for is a class to fill some credit, don't bother; you don't deserve Alfonso. If you're looking to actually LEARN something, about literature and yourself, he's the one.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ITL252
• 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:

Best professor I had all semester! Extremely approachable and helpful and always sporting a cheerful disposition. I adore him!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ITL250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

a gem, kind of random at times, but his passion for all things italy is contagious.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ITL332
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

unorganized, repetitive, boring.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ITL250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

this class was a****show. no communication btwn the 3 profs and alfie's lectures were rambling. many people didn't come to class at all. we hardly discussed reading materials. he is charming for sure and tells great irrelevant stories about hitchhiking around italy in the 70s but is too absent-minded for my taste.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ITL252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

My prof and my adviser. Absolutely the man...and his office is a sweet hangout. Helpful, dedicated, fascinating and brilliant. Even if you don't speak Italian you can take his "Dolce Vita" class. Highly recommended.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ITL100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Inspired passion for the language and the culture. Loved his class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: DANTE1STHALF
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

A lovely man who will make you fall in love with Dante while reading about adultery together in the Smith gardens. But Federica should be teaching Purgatorio and Paradiso. Alfonso can guide you through the gritty, passionate, wild realms of hell, but you should be left with the stern maresciallo, the Beatrice of Italian profs, Fede (get it? Fede-ricca? unlike Federico the ironically un-rich-in-faith lord in Inf 13?) to go through the raffinamento of the most precise realms of Purgatorio . . .

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 2004
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

i lovee alfonso! he's the best!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ITA100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The perfect balance of fun and challenging. Very approachable, knowlegeable, and just plain nice.

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

not the most organized man ever, but he makes you love the material he presents to you. and youre guaranteed an end of the semester 'festa.'