Coggins is a great professor and this was a great class! Lecture content was very interesting. To get a good grade you have to go to lecture and write down what she's saying (bc there's not much on the slides). The people upset and w/ bad grades didn't do either of those things^ Lowest quiz score gets dropped and there's an EC quiz.

Professor Coggins has very engaging and interesting lectures. While it is true that her lecture slides aren't information dense, she relays the information in a very captivating way. As long as you're present, this class won't be a problem. The negativity stems from people upset about their bad midterm grade when the test represented the coursework

Very knowledgable professor, she taught well and knew her stuff. People are just mad she didn't post lecture slides and you had to actually listen and study what she was saying. Concepts can be complex but if you put in moderate effort an A is possible.

Made the mistake of taking her class. Lecture grading is not fair. Her slides are just visual place holders (can't rely on them to study effectively). No book to reference; all the material is from the weekly readings. 80% failed the midterm, which she tried to justify by blaming the students. Avoid Professor Coggins class.

Coggins is an interesting and intelligent professor who makes expectations clear, and if students do what's expected of them--go to class, take notes, complete readings, and study--success is more than possible. She is a bit of a tough grader but nothing crazy. I got an 89% on the midterm that everybody failed because of extensive preparation.

Yeah, taking this class was a brutal experience. Absolutely ZERO structure. Lectures had absolutely no slides to take notes on, pop quizzes were given randomly with the strangest setup. We were given a WORD SEARCH QUIZ that nearly the entire class failed. Nothing is scheduled, and her canvas is MESS. Miserable.

This is a hot take but honestly Coggins is not as bad as they say. Its not high school, no study guide should be expected at this point. I did ok on the midterm and felt like it was straight forward, but Im sure they graded tough. Go to lecture, write what she says, and study like an adult- youll be fine. Truly not awful if you care about the class

She has nothing on her slides and just talks which makes it extremely difficult especially at the speed that she talks and provides no guidance. I studied a lot for the exam but still ended up with a bad score, definitely the toughest grader I've ever had, if it doesn't meet her standard she'll give you a bad grade. Hated taking polisci 7 with her.

On paper this class isnt hard. the Concepts are pretty easy in my opinion. The readings are pretty easy/interesting. But her grading is harsh. I studied a good amount before midterm 1.I pretty much knew everything on the exam. but I got a 67% because it wasnt up to her standard. If i dont get into the Poly Sci Major its cause of her.

Absolutely, under no circumstance, should you take any class with coggins. Makes an interesting class unbearable and impossible tests. Don't do it, take it at CC instead.

Never had a lazier professor in my entire life. Has terrible lecture slides, sometimes a whole lecture is spoken with a slide with just a title. Figure it out coggins this is a terrible style of teaching no wonder 120 people failed the first midterm in this intro class.

coggins, girl. just admit that you messed up and make us a study guide. clearly your methods aren't working

Read reviews prior to taking this class and didnt listen to the warnings. So I am telling you now, DO NOT TAKE PS7 W HER. Wildly unclear on how to succeed bc of her refusal of clarifying anything, tangent filled lectures, and the most vague unhelpful slides. For those that need 2b taught entry level IR, you will not get the education you need here

278 Students, 178 failed. 0 A+, 4 A's, 6 A-'s. Places the blame for that on students. If 65% of your class fails, you have failed at the most fundamental part of your job, which is to teach. Then to turn around to place the blame blame on your students is honestly shameful. If you need to take this, I would recommend taking it at a CC online.

f you have 300 students in your class and 120 of them average an F on the midterm while only 4 manage an A, then the issue isn't the students, it's the professor. This class is a disaster. If you ask for clarification, expect a condescending response or none at all. She'd rather fail students than teach them. Avoid this class at all costs!

120 students failed her midterm and in her monkey brain it's because none of them were prepared instead of entertaining the possibility that it has to do with her inability to teach

coggins is actually an awful professor. She is not interested in helping students learn the material. Her slides often have few to no words with random pictures on them completely unrelated to the topic. She does not tell students what to prepare for on the midterms, then blames them when the class does poorly. She should not be allowed to teach.

Awful. It's beyond reasoning that a professor could treat their students this way, putting all the blame on the highest grade by a wide margin being an F on the students, when the common denominator all quarter has been the professor herself. Coggins is an absolute disgrace.

Prof Coggins literally makes the test so tricky and specific yet gives slides with 2 lines per slide in lecture and goes off tangents making it so hard to know what to actually study for. 120 got an F and instead of tryin to reevaluate her teaching style she used the same ol excuse "you guys aren't working hard enough"

She literally reads her lectures based off a script she wrote. Like even down to the jokes. A majority of kids in the class, i think over a hundred, got Fs on her midterm but she still blamed us for not paying attention. She did the same thing with her quiz, and had to make it extra credit because of how bad people did. Lectures super unengaging.

Felt like I had to teach most the content to myself. Wording on tests is confusing. Does a bunch of pop quizzes that aren't even really helpful to your understanding of the content. Only 4 students out of the 300 in the class got an A on the midterm, showing a clear widespread problem, yet she simply blamed students for not studying enough.

120 students (out of the 300 in the class) got an F on the midterm and she blamed us for not paying attention in lecture and not working hard enough instead of taking some accountability for the fact that maybe... just maybe.. she should reevalute her teaching/test if that many people are failing...

Many pop quizzes, a lot of reading, rambles through lectures, goes through slides far too quickly, blames poor grades on students, average midterm grade of 60%.

She does not care about her students and just throws you off the deep end of the pool. She could do so much more to help her students succeed and simply doesn't, she wouldn't even provide a study guide or any direction on the midterm and then is surprised when the midterm average is 62%.