I took Astro 5 with Professor Coroniti. I want to start off by saying Ferdinand is a nice guy. The class however was a blood bath. The tests are ridiculously hard and require a good background in physics and math. I mistook this for a good GE because Astro 5 with Mclean is easy but this class was terrible. I took this class as a third year with 3.9 GPA and got a C on it.
Avoid at all costs !

ASTRO 3 WITH CORONITI IS NOT AN EASY GE. He is a great guy and he is absolutely brilliant, but because of that, he makes the material 10 times more advanced than it should be. If you are not a science or math person, I would recommend taking this class with a different professor. When our TA realized the kind of stuff he was teaching and having us know for the tests, he held a 5 hour review session and ranted about how it wasn't supposed to be that advanced. I studied like crazy and got a B, which annoyed me because it was supposed to be a simple intro to astronomy class.
THAT BEING SAID, if this is your subj, GO FOR IT. He is brilliant, and willing to answer questions, and he tries to be funny which can be very amusing. It just didn't click with me.

== I TOOK ASTR3 WITH CORONITI ==

Cornoiti was good. His lectures are very detailed and you will have to know almost everything on them, so lecture is a good idea, even though he posts his lectures. His class is hard, but the grading is fair. He takes a lot of questions during class and never tires of it. He seems to really care that you understand all about it.
For the exams, seriously try to memorize (or at least be VERY familliar with) all the slides. I know that sounds ridiculous when you see all the data, but he will ask about almost all of it on the multiple-choice exams.

I took astro 3. Everyone recommended the class, but never said anything about professors. I just chose Professor Coroniti. He is fair, and understands that this class is challenging, so he grades on a B average. However I really did not understand his lectures, or understood anything really. After lectures, and I tried reading the power points again, it didn't make sense! The textbook makes more sense, and when my t.a. reviewed with me, he made it very clear and simple. The professor is a really nice guy, and knows his stuff, but he makes everything detailed, that it's a little overwhelming. The tests were extremely hard, and I didn't do well.

He is a nice teacher but he designs the problems that focus on reading his minds.Not kidding.

I TOOK ASTR 3.

ASTR as a GE class is not really easy. Although this astronomy class does not require much mathematics knowledge and is actually kinda interesting, YOU STILL NEED TO SPEND SOME TIME ON IT. There are many facts and theories to understand and remember.

Professor Coroniti may seems quite serious and terrifying, but he is actually helpful and knowledgable. There will be many unclear points in this class since physics is nothing without maths, but Coroniti still tries to explain them as clearly as possible. If you have questions, DO NOT HESITATE GOING TO OFFICE HOUR!

For Astro 5
He knows his stuff but he designed very hard test questions that drove me mad.All the questions are multiple choices.
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