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Never went to class, still got an A-. He posts his lectures online and if you took AP gov in high school, this will be an easy class for you. Highly recommend as an easy GE.

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Professor Tausanovitch is decent. His lectures aren't incredibly engaging, but he does present most of the relevant information for the class in his slides (something that most professors I've encountered unfortunately do not do). His voice is easy to understand and he explains things in great detail, occasionally going on too long about fairly simple concepts. I would be all right with taking another class with him.

The textbook is useless. I opened it twice during the quarter, but both times it was simply to define terms; I could have used another resource. Still got an A. The content is fairly easy, especially if you've taken AP Gov in high school, and the tests were not very hard (though the preparation for them was fairly strenuous).

great class, very organized and easy to understand. Some of the readings were a bit long, but you can get by just fine by skimming those. Interesting concepts that tie in to everyday life.

This class wasn't as interesting as I expected ( I'm a huge gov nerd). Most of the course is like your typical high school American government class. However, Professor Tausanovitch tries to make the class as engaging as possible by showing pretty entertaining videos, like Obama "slow jamming the news." He's a funny guy, too, if you understand his nerdy sense of humor. I really enjoyed how he would tie in current events to the topic of that day's lecture, which made the material more relevant and interesting.

The class was straightforward and fair in terms of difficulty. The readings can be a bit tedious, but section is incredibly helpful in clarifying the main ideas of the texts. Both the midterm and final consisted of a few multiple choice questions, identification terms, short answers, and an essay. He gives you a list of all the possible terms for identification questions and previous midterms, though, so there are really no surprises.

Overall, the class was okay. It's not incredibly hard, but it's also not incredibly interesting.

I though Tausanovitch was a good professor. His exams were fair, and the grading isn't harsh at all. A lot of people had issues with time on the midterm, but I was not one of them. Even then, he offered extra points because some people thought the midterm was too long.

He's entertaining, and lectures are interesting. However, he does tend to be pedantic at times, and there is a LOT of information to digest. I have to admit, at times it is difficult to stay awake in lectures. But overall, this is a good class with him, and it's easy. Take it!

Maybe I'm the only one who found the reading to be a little excessive.
Professor Tausanovitch is the kind of guy that's super professional, is very young and seems new in the university education field. This is my assumption because I have found in the past that older professors go a bit easier on their students, and newer professors are a bit tougher.
I thought the exams were okay, not ridiculously hard but not super easy.
The content was somewhat interesting. I mostly took the class to at least be introduced to politics and learn about our country's government.
I ended up with a C, but I'm sure if you try a little harder than me, you can end up with a better grade.

I am not into political science AT ALL but I ended up with an A and overall his tests were very fair.

My TA didn't help that much with grasping the general ideas, but if you go to every lecture and take good notes you should be fine. I didn't read the text book all the way through, but focused on the intro/conclusion and learning the key bolded term which seemed to be enough. When it came to the articles, memorize the title/author and get a good understanding of the main points and you can use those as proof for the essay.

The test consists of term IDs from a REALLY long list so that just requires a lot of memorizing. Then there are two one paragraph answer questions, which require an understanding of important concepts. And lastly there is a debate essay where you have to take a side and use evidence to support your opinion. Thats when memorizing the articles comes in handy.

Overall not too bad, and I feel like I did learn a lot. The professor is new and young, so tries to seem tough, but he also adds funny videos and is a good lecturer.