I really enjoyed Prof. Roberts, his lectures were super interesting and engaging. The textbook was also very strong. The use of podcasts and other supplemental media besides the textbook really reinforce what is taught. He’s also extremely approachable and willing to explain concepts. Especially today given things like inflation and interest rates being in the news it was really cool to learn how all these things work. Subjects like exchange rates and principles of comparative advantage are clearly explained and I personally enjoyed learning from him. Am going to take another of his classes after this experience

The class was based on two midterms that were each worth 15%, a final worth 20%, Inquizitives worth 20%, a Current Event Analysis worth 10%, and participation in section worth 20%. The textbook was available online for about $45 which was good, but you could also purchase the physical version if you wanted to. If you did that though, you would still need to pay a small amount to have access to the Inquizitives. The textbook was absolutely necessary to have as the whole class was based on it. The professor did lectures but they often were really just a repetition of the textbook, so I did not think they were necessary or very helpful to be present for. However, I think there were some helpful bits but if you stick to reading the textbook and doing notes, you should be good. There were a total of 14 chapters we needed to get through for this class and in the end it felt kind of rushed, making me a bit overwhelmed at times. After each chapter we needed to complete an Inquizitive, which I found really helpful in retaining the information and the main points we needed to be aware of. The midterms and final were all open-note and were done on our own within a certain time window, making them easy to access and fairly easy to find information if you forgot something. We had three options for completing a Current Event Analysis which required us to apply information from certain topics in the textbook to real world situations. You could do all three or just one and the highest score was applied. I thought this was a fun and easy way to look further into World Politics so I personally really enjoyed it. Overall, the class wasn't too difficult so long as you stayed on top of the textbook work and utilized the notes you took for the exams. The only critique I really had was that the professor's lectures weren't that engaging in my opinion and that the textbook seemed like a better way to understand the subject.

I never went to lectures, I took this class pass/not pass, and I was taking four classes at the time, but this class was the bane of my existence. So much tedious work, and you have to teach yourself everything. The most useless class I ever took. But if I'm being honest, if you're looking for a quantitative reasoning class that has no math, this is the class for you. I don't think I ever used my calculator; it's just not the kind of class.

Professor Roberts is incredibly enthusiastic and a fun professor to take a class from. I had him for PS 30 and he would show us clips from movies and have us make a game from them. He is definitely a nice guy and the class was easy as long as you pay attention.

Took Stats 10 with him - it was his first time teaching it. His lectures were all ppt based, and though he seemed to be engaged with the class, ultimately it felt like he's just reading off the slides and not teaching the concepts. If I hadn't taken AP stats, I would not have understand most of what was presented in class.
Course had weekly hw, biweekly labs, two midterms, final - there is no curve! final grade is what it is based on score on all assignments.

Professor Roberts is a nice guy. The class is pretty easy throughout. He doesn't always seem to know what he's talking about and him and his reader have way different standards of what assignments should be like. My issue with the class is that I received 98% and above on every assignment except the midterm (which I got 93%) and the final presentation brought me down to a B+ so I was pretty disappointed in his distribution. He gives templates for how to do assignments then his reader constantly calls almost every submission "minimalist" (for everyone not just me) and gives childish comments like "sigh....this is so minimalist." Other than that, it's doable and easy.

This wasn't my favorite class I've taken (I'm not a big fan of econ), but I definitely think the previous reviews are a little extra. This class had a pretty big workload with a ton of reading each week, reading quizzes before every lecture, research memos, problem sets, and a midterm and final (which I didn't take because it was optional). However, Roberts was really understanding about how overwhelming it could be and extended the due dates for problem sets and research memos a few times. In regards to the midterm, the multiple-choice questions are pulled from the quizzes and the other section is from the sets and memos, so as long as you make a quizlet or some form of study guide AND review your assignments (assuming you do well on them), you'll do fine. Just a heads up, he is a quick lecturer, but he posts the slides online and they're really detailed so you can always go back and review! Overall, I like Roberts and the material was kinda interesting (again, not a big econ fan to begin with), just beware that the class demands a lot, but it's definitely manageable.

There will be times when you don't understand the concepts and will have to ask your classmates. Make someone your study buddy. There are weekly readings for this class with 2 quizzes every week. The exam can be hard especially if there is not enough time. Good luck

Professor Tyson is a very kind professor and I enjoyed this class. The class consisted of homework, which was coding and creating basic graphs with simple code. I had some tech issues with the final and midterm but Prof Tyson was understanding. Extra credit questions were also offered. The content of this class was relatively boring, however since it is a major requirement for Political Science I would recommend taking this class with Prof Tyson.

I honestly thought this class was very difficult. I had taken ECON 1 and ECON 2 at community college before taking this course but still felt that the class was fast-paced for me without enough time for me to fully understand and be able to actually apply the material.

The class consisted of lecture quizzes, participation, research exercises, midterm, final, and a final paper. Both the midterm and the final were open-note, but even so I felt so underprepared and thought that the exams were very difficult, especially to complete within the allotted time. (The study guides provided were not very aligned with the actual exams)

I also personally did not really like his lecturing style as it was a little too fast and very often scatterbrained. The only things that really kept my grade together were participation, the lecture quizzes, and the research exercises (he also dropped a lot of the lowest grades of these assignments).

One thing I will give the professor is that he is very willing to answer questions and help students during office hours, but even so, I feel like the pace at which this class is taught requires that you either understand the information super quick or already have somewhat of a foundational understanding of the subject. I think I went to his office twice during his office hours over the course of the quarter (I would've loved if we could've gotten extra credit for even just doing that just because I was ever so desperate :/ )There was also 1% extra credit for completing the instructor evaluation at the end of the quarter.

Overall, I would not say that I strongly recommend that you take this class.