POL SCI 50
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50R. Comparative study of constitutional principles, governmental institutions, and political processes in selected countries. P/NP or letter grading.
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Winter 2020 - After taking this class, I genuinely hate this man. Even though I got a good grade in the end, he was the most disagreeable person to learn from. He would get unnecessarily heated if someone walked in late to class and talked about life in the most grumpy fashion. Yes, he covered a lot during his lectures and I did learn a lot. However, he often rambled on about a topic or a single example for 20-25 minutes and that information ended up being useless. His graders were INTENSE and it was nearly impossible to do well on his essays. Another thing on those essays, the instructions are weirdly vague yet graded harshly. If I didn't love poli sci, this class would have made me hate it. I read the bruinwalk reviews before I took the class and decided to take a chance. DONT IGNORE THE REVIEWS ITS SO HARD TO DO WELL IN THIS CLASS.
Winter 2020 - After taking this class, I genuinely hate this man. Even though I got a good grade in the end, he was the most disagreeable person to learn from. He would get unnecessarily heated if someone walked in late to class and talked about life in the most grumpy fashion. Yes, he covered a lot during his lectures and I did learn a lot. However, he often rambled on about a topic or a single example for 20-25 minutes and that information ended up being useless. His graders were INTENSE and it was nearly impossible to do well on his essays. Another thing on those essays, the instructions are weirdly vague yet graded harshly. If I didn't love poli sci, this class would have made me hate it. I read the bruinwalk reviews before I took the class and decided to take a chance. DONT IGNORE THE REVIEWS ITS SO HARD TO DO WELL IN THIS CLASS.
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Fall 2018 - Well I took PS50 with her, but that is not what I am reviewing. I am going to review PS 166, which they don't have on this website for some reason. Don't take any class with her. She's confusing, she's mean and she literally will just not answer questions half the time. The material is already complicated and then she does not present it very well. She is condescending to students as if we should know everything she knows and we are stupid if we don't. If you ask a stupid question in class, she will make sure to publicly make you feel dumb. Or, she quite literally will not answer the question. She's not a bad person though. In office hours she's kinda nice. If you know how to phrase questions the right way and if you act a certain way. If you ask her a question that is even slightly stupid, or she thinks is stupid, then she won't treat you well.
Fall 2018 - Well I took PS50 with her, but that is not what I am reviewing. I am going to review PS 166, which they don't have on this website for some reason. Don't take any class with her. She's confusing, she's mean and she literally will just not answer questions half the time. The material is already complicated and then she does not present it very well. She is condescending to students as if we should know everything she knows and we are stupid if we don't. If you ask a stupid question in class, she will make sure to publicly make you feel dumb. Or, she quite literally will not answer the question. She's not a bad person though. In office hours she's kinda nice. If you know how to phrase questions the right way and if you act a certain way. If you ask her a question that is even slightly stupid, or she thinks is stupid, then she won't treat you well.
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