AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Peter Haslund

POLS121 · POLSC121 · GLBSTU101 · POLISCI134 · PS121 · PS121GLST101 · PSCI130 · POLISCI121 · GLST101 · POLSC121GLST01 · GLOBLST · INTLRELATIONS · POLSCI121 · PSCI121 · GLBST101 · POLISCI121122 · POLISCI9799 · POLS120 · GLBLSTANDPOLS · POLISCI12 · POLSC101 · GLOBST101103 · POLSCSECT · POLI121 · PS122 · POLY121 · 42 lifetime ratings

AI rating
56/100
RMP rating
3.2/5
Take again
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Difficulty
2.8

The decision

if you value real-world political experience and can tolerate dry lectures and a self-focused style.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPolarizingExperienced StorytellerArrogantKnowledgeableTyped Notes Required
  • Students split hard between life-changing mentor and boring self-impressed lecturer.
  • some call him an an A.
  • Expect , and final rather than heavy quizzes.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

and As on all work, while others say the class is graded hard and an A takes real effort.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

Content ranges from easy intro global studies to dense international politics with and historical context.

; no online reviews were analyzed.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

48/100

, but students stress coming to class, not being late, and using office hours.

; no online reviews were analyzed.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

50/100

Roughly half the voices call him a ; the and boredom.

; no online reviews were analyzed.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

55/100

Comments and tough A, so outcomes feel uneven.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

48/100

Common load is typed notes turned in, , and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

58/100

Praised for deep field experience and passion, but many find lectures dry, scattered, or self-centered.

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Assessment mixes graded notes and and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

42 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person Global Studies and Political Science sections feel lecture-heavy, story-driven, and hit-or-miss on engagement, with and final.

Main concern

Many students call him arrogant, condescending, or boring despite praising his field experience.

What students said

“prof. haslund is an excellent professor with a lot of experience. his glst 101 class is mainly focused on guestspeakers”
GLST101
“bad teacher. far too self-impressed. nice guy but took too much time tooting his own horn rather than teaching.”
GLST101
“Haslund is very intelligent in the field, extremely eloquent. This class was graded very hard.”
POLS121

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and and at least one paper; proctoring details are not described.

Midterm and FinalGraded Class NotesPaper Assignment

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and papers without clear proctoring rules.

Midterm and FinalTyped Notes Turn-InPaper
“ and final.”
GLST101
“Midterm, Final, 1 fun paper, and you turn in your notes 4 times.”
GLST101

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Not sure why there's so much hate for him on here. Peter Haslund is the .”

Voice snapshots generated from 42 in-person reviews spanning 2002-2009, highlighting polarized teaching and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

58/100

“ . Very very committed teacher, extremely knowledgeable, passionate, smart.”

👎 Personality Friction

35/100

“extremely arrogant and self absorbed. ”

⚖️ Grade Effort

55/100

“An easy B but a tough A.”

📚 Workload Pattern

48/100

“u have to type ur notes and turn them in every other week. enough said”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He talks about himself and his experiences a lot, but is relevant to the class material.
  • . He is self-rightous and annoying.
  • makes political science human and understandable.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • if you need to sort something out.
  • This class was graded very hard. You really have to try in this class.
  • The class is not hard and very interesting

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He was one of those great teachers who changed my life.
  • , but that's just him masking his condescension.
  • Brilliant and friendly.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

42

Recent reviews read by the AI

42

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Forty-two detailed but very old reviews (2002-2009) with strong polarization lower consistency despite solid sample size.

Inside 42 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 517
4 out of 56
3 out of 54
2 out of 56
1 out of 59

Course coverage

GLST1019 reviews
POLSC1215 reviews
PS1213 reviews
POLS1212 reviews
POLSC1012 reviews
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POLSCI1211 review
POLSCSECT1 review
POLY1211 review
PS121GLST1011 review
PS1221 review
PSCI1211 review
PSCI1301 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not_Sure_Yet 1