Professor Roberts gave engaging lectures and always asked if clarification was needed for any topic he had covered. He is funny at times and you do not feel uneasy asking him questions for anything from the class material to your grade. My TA Alex Munoz was amazing and I would recommend everyone get him if you can and consider taking Professor Roberts for this class as he makes the material fairly easy to understand. The only bummer is that I was less than 0.1% away from an A+ but only got an A. Regardless, this class was amazing and it is likely you will end with an A and if not the worst you will get is an A-. Try your best and do not slack off!

I thought that this class would be much different than it was. Be prepared to do most of your learning online as the lectures are online and in person meetings are just practice problems. Professor Roberts was especially helpful during office hours but be prepared to do a lot of work and studying for this class. He was funny and engaging during lectures, but I found the online portion to be overwhelming especially considering there are no TAs to ask immediate questions to.

I don't think this professor deserves as much hate as he gets. He is funny and doesn't really care if you come to class or not, but that being said, there was no TA for this class when I took it, and I truly believe that makes or breaks one's ability to truly grasp the class, which is why I wasn't able to get an A. I studied insanely hard for this class, and in the end, really, none of the in-person workshops helped anything. If I could say anything to those taking this class, it would be to watch the online lectures and practice the homework over and over and over. That's all that the tests will be on: problems just like the homework. Get the general idea from the videos, and just repeat the past exams and midterms until test day. Roberts is not very good at explaining problems. He gets jumbled and confused and never really answers the questions asked, but the class in itself is not that hard if you understand that the real learning comes from the videos, the homework examples, and if you can, the PLF for the course (which is especially handy if you aren't offered a TA like I wasn't). Don't be scared to take Poli Sci 30; it's interesting, and I am genuinely horrible at math and was able to get through it, but be prepared to work for your grade.

This class was fun and easy. Would recommend for any poli sci majors or if you are interested in the subject. I'm not a poli sci major but I took the class anyway as a prep class for my major and I found it pretty easy with a very manageable workload. You have a module for (almost) each class meeting which has a preview quiz, then some videos to watch and take notes on, then a closure quiz. Sometimes the closure quiz lowkey isn't about what the videos covered but most of the time it makes sense. There are 6 additional homework assignments scattered throughout the quarter, about 2 weeks apart from each other usually. These go more in depth with scenarios and more detailed situations than the closure quizzes. They are sometimes a bit long but they mimic the midterms pretty closely and end up being helpful. Prof Roberts is a super nice and funny guy, and clearly wants his students to do well. The 2 midterms and the final were pretty straightforward, and he gives lots of practice exams and study guides, and allows a cheat sheet on all of them so you will be very prepared. Lecture participation is recorded using poll everywhere so if you need to miss class you can just log on and answer the questions from wherever as its not based on accuracy. Overall a great class, sometimes in person class meetings feel unnecessary/a drag to get through, but fun and easy.

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.