PLPT 3010

I am not any politics related major, and this is my first politics class. Although the semester is not through yet, I want to say that Prof. Bird explains the concepts quite well. I have a hard time understanding The Republic by Plato by itself, but through his lectures and discussions with Sam (the wicked smart, charismatic and approachable PHD student and TA), I grasp most of the important concepts quite firmly. Moreover, Prof. Bird puts a lot of words on his lectures, which he posts after class, so it would be relatively easy to review all the material he covered in class if one does not catch it the first time.

The course is nowhere near finished, but the other sole review made Prof. Bird look really bad. Hence, I just wanted to put out this preliminary thought to let people know that this class is not as bad as the other person made it out to be. I'll edit this after the semester ends to reflect the full class. 9/30/24

stay away from this class- the worse class i have ever taken and the most boring too. Don't think you will take away anything- Plato and Aristotle will still be difficult to understand after you take this class- you won't become some yogi master by taking this class, it will deflate your GPA... #tcf2016