Professor
Andrew Apter
2 of 4
AD
Most Helpful Review
Winter 2023 - For the IDS senior capstone, I was a bit let down. It's not hard, you'll choose a week to present on the readings, and then lead class discussion. There isn't a penalty for participants to not do the readings & the class is fairly disorganized, so it can be kind of painful to get through 3 hours this way. Then there's a pretty hefty research paper requirement at the end, the subject of which is very open-ended. Overall wish this class had more structure and I ultimately felt like it was a bit of a waste of time. If you want to learn something new, take a different prof. Apter himself is an interesting person, I wish he had tied some more of his own research/insight into engaging lectures to help us build skills to go out in the world as development scholars. Instead he would sometimes give a lecture, sometimes join discussions if no one else would. Much more engaging in OH.
Winter 2023 - For the IDS senior capstone, I was a bit let down. It's not hard, you'll choose a week to present on the readings, and then lead class discussion. There isn't a penalty for participants to not do the readings & the class is fairly disorganized, so it can be kind of painful to get through 3 hours this way. Then there's a pretty hefty research paper requirement at the end, the subject of which is very open-ended. Overall wish this class had more structure and I ultimately felt like it was a bit of a waste of time. If you want to learn something new, take a different prof. Apter himself is an interesting person, I wish he had tied some more of his own research/insight into engaging lectures to help us build skills to go out in the world as development scholars. Instead he would sometimes give a lecture, sometimes join discussions if no one else would. Much more engaging in OH.
AD
2 of 4
