I LOVED THIS CLASS. The readings were a bit tedious, and they took time, but Professor Trojan was exciting and really engaged with our ideas. One of the first Political Science classes where I felt like I was actually being listened to. The final paper was long, but there's a lot of flexibility in terms of the prompt/readings you choose to use. I struggled with the writing initially, but Professor T held extra office hours and met with me multiple times to review the paper and talk through it. If you like political theory, I would recommend at least one class with Professor T!

Trojan is goated at UCLA. He's one of the most funny and engaging lecturers I have ever had. He manages to cover topics in an interesting and clever way that makes you think differently than you might have before. This class was a really interesting deep dive into some of our founding documents that your previous American government classes probably didn't cover. The class itself was graded on Perusall annotations and two "Interventions," which are basically like mini essays. Definitely take this class if you want an easy A with a light workload, but also want to learn something and engage with the subject matter.

The worst professor at UCLA. He wants to get tenure and keep complaining about it in class. He actively participates in every RALLY AND BOYCOTT against anything UCLA. He cancelled classes just so he can attend those RALLIES!!!. Worst, he does not have good knowledge of what he is teaching. NO RECORDINGS OF HIS LECTURES, NO REFERENCES TO GO BACK TO FOR EXAMS...and worst HE COMPILED AND COPY ALL READINGS and sold it to students for $100.00 of essays by WEB DUBOIS etc that are available for FREE at the library. For a class of more than 100 students that is easy $10,000 TAX FREE for poverty-stricken students. And he will ask you (he asked me!!!) if you don't have a copy of his academic COMPILATION!!!!...He said he got permission to COPY AND SELL those copy righted works. He loves those students you followed him after class (I took his class twice and he never had a TA nor discussion section). Those students who join him in rallies GOT GREAT GRADES and if a student has a different point of view about those RADICAL AND VIOLENT RALLIES...HE WILL SUFFER IN GRADES. Pls investigate Cody Trojan.

This class was fun. There was a lot of group participation within the lecture. We went over readings and discussed ideas that we may not have completely understood. He really liked to listen to our ideas and take on cases. I liked to learn about important cases that set precedents. The class consisted of readings and annotations you complete online through a textbook before every class. Then you talked about that in class. The final was a 14 page paper. It was tough to get started and pick a topic or frame a thesis for me personally. But he set office hours for everyone where he helped me get an understanding of what I should be writing. I ended with an A. I would definitely recommend office hours if you want to get a good grade on the final. That's basically what your grade is composed from.

DR. Trojan is the sweetest lecturer in the department. Some of the students may have problems with his intervention assignments, but go to his office hours, and he will help you write your argument. He is really funny and a character for sure, so his lecturers are engaging. The class workload is kinda dense, but overall, it's not that bad.

Avoid this professor!! Moves too fast, doesn't post slides, doesn't record lecture, and explains things to you as if you are a law or graduate student. I only took this class because it was the last open class in the political science department. AVOID THIS PROFESSOR!!!!!!!!!

this professor posts fake reviews. his score is far lower than what it is now, and somehow, a few of my reviews were taken down... this guy is not a good professor. as other reviews indicated, he picks favorites. if you are not among the chosen few, you will not be getting an A. no matter how well you do. sorry. also, he was very passive aggressive in any emails he replied to, if he replied at all. often times I would send an email following up on something, and he wouldn't respond and would instead post an announcement to the entire class, and then reply after saying "go look at the announcement". overall was not that nice of a professor, readings were hard and a tad excessive, he picked favorites, and he would say some slightly controversial things in class. would not recommend. only take this class if you absolutely have to (or any class with him for that matter).

Easiest A+ in the department!

Well-balanced course overall and I got by without completing all of the readings. Highly recommend.

Highly recommend Trojan’s courses, the negatives reviews you see are completely false. The material is completely digestible to understand and Trojan is very approachable!