AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Gary Goodman

POLS102 · POSC102 · PLSC102 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
96/100
RMP rating
5.0/5
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Difficulty
1.5

The decision

if you want an engaging, low-stress professor who makes the subject click.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyMakes politics interestingLaid-back and approachableGreat everyday analogiesClass flies byTransfer-friendly
  • Turns dry political science into engaging, analogy-driven lectures students actually want to attend.
  • Laid-back, smart, and .
  • Students who expected a hard requirement found it interesting and manageable.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

84/100

Students expected hardness but found the class interesting and doable, with low reported difficulty overall.

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Is the course easy?

Introductory

86/100

Intro politics content is framed with everyday analogies and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

70/100

, but students say they actually wanted to show up because class was engaging.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

96/100

Every review and praises how interesting and approachable he is.

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

80/100

; the overall tone is low-stress and student-friendly.

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Workload

Light

82/100

Reviews emphasize enjoyable .

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Teaching experience

Excellent

96/100

Students call him cool, smart, approachable, and unusually good at making politics interesting.

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Assessment method

Balanced

50/100

Reviews focus on teaching quality more than a .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

and approachable, with long blocks that still hold student attention.

Main concern

Very few reviews, so and .

What students said

“Makes politics informative and interesting. He's one of the very few professors where I actually wanted to go to class.”
POLS102
“Class was four hours long but seemed to fly by fairly quick.”
PLSC102
“I was not looking forward to POSC because I thought it was going to be hard, but he makes it so interesting.”
POSC102

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

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Reviews do not clearly prove open-book, take-home, or strict proctoring policies.

In-person courseNo clear proctoring details

Assessment risk

Standard

75/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews praise class experience but .

No clear proctoring details
“I was not looking forward to POSC because I thought it was going to be hard, but he makes it so interesting.”
POSC102

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He's one of the very few professors where I actually wanted to go to class.”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 in-person reviews, highlighting engagement and approachability. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

96/100

“Makes great everyday analogies to help students understand politics better.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

96/100

“ ! Four hour class he made very intresting.”

😌 Low-Stress Vibe

84/100

“Laid back but extremely knowledgeable.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Makes politics informative and interesting.
  • Has a way of teaching boring history with a twist.
  • Makes great everyday analogies

Theme 2

❤️ About Character

  • Probably one of the coolest teachers I've ever had.
  • He is smart and .
  • Dr. Goodman is so nice and he makes his class fun.

Theme 3

📈 About Course Feel

  • Class was four hours long but seemed to fly by fairly quick.
  • Never knew much about politics until this class.
  • if I had the chance.

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

48/100

Evidence confidence

Only four highly positive in-person reviews from 2010-2011; consistent tone but limited sample and .

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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Course coverage

PLSC1022 reviews
POLS1021 review
POSC1021 review

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