Of the 100+ pages of reading assigned a night, he asks questions about specific material that may only be included in one line in the text. Quizzes will leave you feeling punished for having actually read the material, and rewarding those who simply search keywords in the textbook in order to answer quiz questions. Do not take this class.

Woolley is smart, don't get me wrong, but he is very uninterested in your academic success. In particular, with giving good feedback and enabling you to improve on your academic work. The problem with Woolley and this class is that it is not designed to gauge your retention of the information to the extent that it should, quizzes are beyond tricky.

Woolley is very dry, but his class is pretty simple. You don't really have to go to lecture to do well on the weekly quizzes, many questions are online on quizlet. He is a bit boring, but I don't think that he is a bad prof by any definition of the word.

Not sure why this professor receives so much hate. Initially these comments frightened and nearly dissuaded me from taking his class. At first I struggled, particularly with the weekly quizzes. However, Prof. Woolley extended the time limit for the weekly quizzes, and allowed his students to submit quiz corrections. He rewards earnest students.

Very smart but very, VERY boring. The material is already dry as is but his lectures... dear God. I sat in the back so I wouldn't get caught dozing off. I clicker questions were basically guesses by whole class because no one read unless needed for online quizzes. Final was take home. Sections were awkward too because no one read.

He's the most boring teacher I've ever had. He drones on and on and on about things that don't really matter. I slept through the whole quarter. There's a midterm, Final (which is 3 essays written in 3 hours), and an final paper. that's pretty much your grade. It's not very hard as long as you keep up with the current political climate.

Midterm was easy, quizzes are online and open book, but it's a lot of reading that is hardly talked about during class. He spends the majority of the class discussing day to day politics (I had his class fall quarter of 2016 during the election so all we did was look at the polling predictions/Trump) but he tries to be cool. iClicker was a drag.

He tried his best to be engaging but the class was still pretty dry. Midterm was easy and the final was open book. i'd say the research paper was the hardest part, get help from the ta's. We had weekly quizzes that were also easy. Don't put off the research paper till the last minute!!!

Although he can be a little boring he does a good job of keeping material relevant. We spent most of our time applying politics to the election. He loves what he does so give him a chance and his passion might rub off on you. Midterm and weekly quizze are fine but the essay and final are monsters and worth 60% of your grade. Reading is a must.

DO NOT take this class. It's Interesting but the class is COMPLETELY unfair. Midterm, long paper, final. Prof provides study guides for midterm & final but they are NOTHING LIKE THE TESTS. AT ALL. Past quarters were easier but he altered the course! I'm a 3rd year & have never been so distraught about a class. I'm very disappointed. Choose wisely

Professor Woolley was very open about his intention to reverse his reputation as an "easy A" by making an example out of our quarter. The midterm and final were excessively vague and incredibly difficult. Term papers were docked by entire letter grades for "style" without explanation beyond "punctuation choices" for most students I talked to. Awful

Honestly, by far the WORST class I have ever had the misfortune of taking. Besides the fact that the midterm, paper assignment, and final were all incredibly vaguely- worded and irrelevant to what was ever discussed in class and/or the readings, never once did I feel like Professor Woolley was actually interested in helping his students learn.