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Political Science

Diane Yapundich

POLSC302 · POLISCI · PSCI301 · POLISCI301 · POLYSCI301 · POLSCI301 · HIST301 · POLS301 · POLS340 · POLS · POLSC301 · 46 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

Avoid if you need responsive teaching or clean online structure; only consider if and tolerate weak communication.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnorganized onlineStudy-guide examsLate gradingLecture heavyLow communication
  • Recent online and some in-person , and paid outside quiz tools.
  • Older in-person sections were often passable with , and .
  • calling content easy if self-taught.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Many older students got A/B by completing study guides and showing up, but , and messy online setup make the A unreliable.

; recent online grades and organization undercut Easy A claims.

Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

Intro poli sci content is not elite-hard, but , and lecture-test mismatch raise the real challenge.

Online often feels harder due to workload chaos; in-person difficulty is moderate if you use study guides.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Skip-class-you-will-not-pass tags and multiple comments say attendance counts and communication .

In-person is clearly mandatory; but structure still forces daily work.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Only about a quarter would take her again; recent .

Online recommendations are near floor; but still polarizing.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

48/100

Study-guide exams and can help, yet tough-grader tags and .

Format shift

harshness; in-person is more standard.

Workload

Heavy

35/100

Students report floods of , and frequent assignments especially online.

Format shift

Online workload and hidden textbook-site tasks are .

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

Knowledge of law/politics appears, but students repeatedly , and rude responses.

Format shift

Online teaching experience is worse; and weak communicators mixed.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

70/100

Several exams plus study guides dominate historically, with papers and .

Format shift

; online adds many textbook-site tasks and essays.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

38 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person POLS sections historically mix study-guide-based exams and with , and uneven professionalism.

Main concern

; and grade visibility can be late.

What students said

“Very easy A if you do the study guide.”
POLS301
“ so you literally dont know your grade until the end.”
POLS301
“Most UNPROFESSIONAL & CARELESS Professor I've ever come across”
POLS301

Remote format

Online

8 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

wrong due dates, ungraded work for , and students withdrawing.

Main concern

, and poor communication that can harm GPA.

What students said

“the way that this class is organized sets students up for failure. The ”
POLS301
“She waited forever to grade, so even if you wanted the ”
POLS340
“Uses an outside tool for tests and instead of canvas”
POLISCI301

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are usually standard multiple-choice or study-guide aligned; online sometimes forces a paid outside testing tool.

Study Guide Based ExamsMultiple Choice ExamsOutside Paid Quiz Tool (online)Papers

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams are commonly multiple choice based almost entirely on study guides rather than lecture, sometimes with a paper and .

Study Guide ExamsMultiple ChoicePolitical Event PaperExtra Credit
“Very easy A if you do the study guide. There are and you get a study guide for each one and the .”
POLS301
“ but r same as study guide.”
POLS301

Online

Online comments note easy tests from reading for some, but also paid external quiz tools and .

Paid Outside Test ToolReading-Based QuizzesEssays
“Uses an outside tool for tests and instead of canvas”
POLISCI301
“The and the answers are in the reading.”
POLS301

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 46 reviews (8 online, 38 in person), weighting recent online . Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Online Organization

20/100

“Honestly speaking, the way that .”

📘 Study Guide Path

58/100

“Very easy A if you do the study guide.”

📧 Communication Issues

25/100

“ send her with the same question & if she does it's RUDE”

👎

28/100

“ if you actually want to learn.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Lecture heavy
  • Talks a lot which makes it very boring
  • Lawyer with real-world stories
  • Liberal bias and tangents

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Study guides match the tests
  • Don't know your grade until the end
  • Lots of homework
  • opportunities

Theme 3

💻 About Online Experience

  • Waited forever to grade
  • Paid outside tool for tests

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

46

Recent reviews read by the AI

46

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

46 reviews spanning decades with strong sample size; recent online negatives and .

Inside 46 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
4 out of 510
3 out of 58
2 out of 59
1 out of 57

Course coverage

POLS30123 reviews
POLISCI3017 reviews
POLS3403 reviews
POLISCI2 reviews
POLS2 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

27 reported outcomes

A range

10

A+ 1 · A 6 · A- 3

B range

8

B+ 2 · B 6

C range

2

C 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

7

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 5