POL SCI 169
Special Studies in Comparative Politics
Description: Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Preparation: two courses in Field IV. Designed for juniors/seniors. Intensive examination of one or more special problems appropriate to comparative politics. Sections offered on regular basis, with topics announced in preceding term. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2020 - The topic for this quarter was "Global Health Politics." Dr. Csapo is one of my fav professors that I've taken! I love how knowledgable she is and her willingness to answer questions. The lectures and material were really engaging and I genuinely learned a lot. The workload was manageable, especially because all of the assignments/quizzes/midterm & final exams were due within a certain number of hours/days. The research paper (6-8 pages double-spaced) was really enjoyable because it allowed us to do extensive research on a country's health system. I also appreciated her helpful feedback on the assignments and research paper. Overall, this class and instructor are amazing and I definitely recommend taking a class with her if you can!
Fall 2020 - The topic for this quarter was "Global Health Politics." Dr. Csapo is one of my fav professors that I've taken! I love how knowledgable she is and her willingness to answer questions. The lectures and material were really engaging and I genuinely learned a lot. The workload was manageable, especially because all of the assignments/quizzes/midterm & final exams were due within a certain number of hours/days. The research paper (6-8 pages double-spaced) was really enjoyable because it allowed us to do extensive research on a country's health system. I also appreciated her helpful feedback on the assignments and research paper. Overall, this class and instructor are amazing and I definitely recommend taking a class with her if you can!
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Fall 2025 - Professor Lofchie is a great professor. He is pretty old but that doesn't seem to affect him too much. Your entire grade is based upon only the midterm and final which are both in class and 1-2 pages. He gives out 5 potential prompts before the midterm and final, and the exam is one of the prompts exactly. Attendance isn't mandatory but you will be better off attending. Everything you need to know for the class he teaches during the lectures as well is in the reading, however you can get away without doing it. He is actually pretty engaging as well. He does sometimes go off on tangents however, I did learn a lot in his class. Would recommend for anyone to take this professor.
Fall 2025 - Professor Lofchie is a great professor. He is pretty old but that doesn't seem to affect him too much. Your entire grade is based upon only the midterm and final which are both in class and 1-2 pages. He gives out 5 potential prompts before the midterm and final, and the exam is one of the prompts exactly. Attendance isn't mandatory but you will be better off attending. Everything you need to know for the class he teaches during the lectures as well is in the reading, however you can get away without doing it. He is actually pretty engaging as well. He does sometimes go off on tangents however, I did learn a lot in his class. Would recommend for anyone to take this professor.
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