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.