POL SCI 111C
Late Modern Political Theory
Description: Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Exposition and critical analysis of major thinkers such as Bentham, De Tocqueville, Hegel, Mill, Marx, Nietzsche, Arendt, and Foucault and questions such as alienation, power, participation, and difference. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2019 - When I took this class it was Barker's first lecture at UCLA. Barker himself is clearly very intelligent, so intelligent that I found his lectures for the most part very difficult to follow, especially because he just reads off his notes and doesn't use slides or anything of the like. There was no midterm or final, just 3 essays that he graded pretty fairly, and pop quizzes every week on the reading so you can't get away with not doing the reading or skipping class. The quizzes were what lowered my grade, but as long as you do the reading or at least read spark notes on the books that have them the quizzes aren't that bad. If I took this class again it would be just to retake those quizzes, however his lecturing style really isn't my thing. Political theory is difficult enough without droning and monotone.
Fall 2019 - When I took this class it was Barker's first lecture at UCLA. Barker himself is clearly very intelligent, so intelligent that I found his lectures for the most part very difficult to follow, especially because he just reads off his notes and doesn't use slides or anything of the like. There was no midterm or final, just 3 essays that he graded pretty fairly, and pop quizzes every week on the reading so you can't get away with not doing the reading or skipping class. The quizzes were what lowered my grade, but as long as you do the reading or at least read spark notes on the books that have them the quizzes aren't that bad. If I took this class again it would be just to retake those quizzes, however his lecturing style really isn't my thing. Political theory is difficult enough without droning and monotone.
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Winter 2024 - 3 Keyword assignments that consisted of about 9 pages each throughout the semester, and a final 1,000 word paper where you write a response to a prompt generated by chat gpt. Panagia is very interesting but sometimes he would go on and on and I would lose track on his point, he is funny and likable and easy to talk to. Participation in lecture matters if you want a better understanding of the material but not for actual credit. If you have Vanessa P she makes you do all these extra assignments on top in order to earn that participation credit and the work is easy although it is time consuming, I spoke to other students who had a diff TA and they said all they did to earn participation credit was show up so I didn't think that was fair but it is what it is. She does not respond to emails. She seems to really know her stuff though so I did appreciate that from her.
Winter 2024 - 3 Keyword assignments that consisted of about 9 pages each throughout the semester, and a final 1,000 word paper where you write a response to a prompt generated by chat gpt. Panagia is very interesting but sometimes he would go on and on and I would lose track on his point, he is funny and likable and easy to talk to. Participation in lecture matters if you want a better understanding of the material but not for actual credit. If you have Vanessa P she makes you do all these extra assignments on top in order to earn that participation credit and the work is easy although it is time consuming, I spoke to other students who had a diff TA and they said all they did to earn participation credit was show up so I didn't think that was fair but it is what it is. She does not respond to emails. She seems to really know her stuff though so I did appreciate that from her.
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Winter 2022 - This class taught by professor Panagia was really heavily loaded in terms of the readings and concepts and the writing assignments were colossal in the totality. However it was a very interesting class and Vanessa did a fantastic job explaining the difficult concepts and was very willing to help students. She was also a lenient and flexible grader. I strongly recommend to have her as your TA.
Winter 2022 - This class taught by professor Panagia was really heavily loaded in terms of the readings and concepts and the writing assignments were colossal in the totality. However it was a very interesting class and Vanessa did a fantastic job explaining the difficult concepts and was very willing to help students. She was also a lenient and flexible grader. I strongly recommend to have her as your TA.
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