PLAP 2270

Easy class, but there isn't much content. Discussions are low-stress. Winter tries to keep things interesting, and he does a good job. Know the readings well, that's basically the entire course.

Great class! Professor Winter is funny and interesting, though the material isn't always very exciting.

I learned a little bit about a lot of irrelevant stuff. Winter is a decent lecturer, and getting a good grade is not too hard. The material is bland and tedious, but just know the main points.

Winter really loves this subject and tries his best to make it exciting. Going to class isn't entirely necessary but it's not horrible to sit through when you go. Readings are not difficult and there aren't too many of them. One big research paper at the end but it's on a topic of your choice and it's your own survey research rather than a lot of reading. Overall, pretty easy class in the Politics department.

This class was interesting but had a pointless research paper that took up a lot of time.

Pointless class. Extremely easy, except the grading can be stressful but if you work hard on you research paper, which is interesting because you choose your own topic, you can get an A. Emily was a good TA, she can be a hard grader, but she is fair. The class isn't time consuming at all. You only have to do work a few days before an assignment is due. Discussion was relaxed, except for the one obnoxious student who spoke way too much. Lecture is unnecessary and boring (you would have more fun watching paint dry while getting your teeth cleaned at the dentist). I recommend the class, but it was definitely my least favorite of the semester.

I second the below comment. It was a terribly boring, pointless class. A- is pretty easy to get, but you can easily find another class that you can do well that wont be so painful.

The material was kind of boring but I really liked conducting my own research project. No one attended lecture which I don't understand because the readings were pointless except to do response papers. But if you want a chill easy politics class, this is it. Nicole is also the best!

Professor Winter is really approachable and a reasonably good lecturer. Almost all of the grade is a research project. Not a lot of work on a regular basis, but the research project takes a lot of time spread out. Boris was a great TA.

This class will probably be better next time it is offered. Winter keeps changing the class every semester to make it what it really needs to be. It was not quite there for this semester. Winter is a really cool and funny guy who is passionate about this subject, but the tests were way too specific and unnecessarily tricky and parts of the workload were tedious and silly. However, in discussion sections, we did very cool hands on activities with public opinion that were really interesting. I did learn some things in this class, but I probably wouldn't take it again if I knew what I was getting myself into. However, it should be improving in the years to come.