BIMBER B
I LOVED this class. I took Pol 12 and Prof Bimber did a fantastic job. He's a great lecturer and organized presenter. Lecture flew by. There's lots of reading for this class, but the content's interesting so I didn't mind. Highly recommend!
Loved this class! You have to put in the work for an A and there is a lot of reading every week, but the content of the class was super interesting. I really enjoyed Professor Bimber's lectures! Take good notes in lecture, it will help for the tests. 3 easy writing assignments, 2 midterms and 1 final. The TAs were also great and super helpful.
Amazing professor! He made the material so interesting and knows how to engage you. There are 3 writing assignments (two of which are based on what is said in section). Two midterms and a final. They aren't crazy hard, the TAs are very sweet and want you to succeed. He does expect you to read an entire textbook and everything is said in lecture
Great lectures which exam SAQs always pull from, so take super-detailed notes. Quizzes are easy to pass. Readings are dense and not often seen on exams, but do them anyways. Covers very interesting modern-day material. Has definitely improved on making exam questions match lecture content — just pay attention. TAs are friendly and accessible.
I love professor Bimber. His class was so interesting and I learned so much. However, there is a big group project that is weighted heavy, but overall 10/10 class. He is so funny and a great lecturer.
Bimber was an enjoyable lecturer and professor overall. However, he said certain material would be on the exams and then used completely different material and blindsided everyone. Had 1 midterm and 1 final that were weighted pretty heavily and included MCQs along with SAQs. Felt like they were looking for pretty specific things on the SAQ portion.
I wanted to like this class, but I was told verbatim by a TA "we were only allowed to give out a limited number 10/10s" by the professor on tests, despite the accuracy of student responses. This was extremely frustrating and I would not take this class again due to his grading policies.
Workload is very easy and he is a great teacher. Grade is mainly based on mid term and final as well as a paper. The tests are moderately difficult but if you go to lecture and prepare they're not bad.
Supre knowledgeable professor, and clearly passionate about Poli-sci. Not an easy class though. Tough midterm and final, but the final project was easy. Make sure to go over ALL quiz questions (that's a LOT), as they will appear on your exams. The short response was easy as long as you go to lectures. Overall, learned a lot, love his style.
SO hard. Not even a poli sci major and took because 2 GE's. Technically got C+ but since not my major I just took a pass lol. So hard for no reason and very reading heavy. lectures are boring and tests don't exactly match up. averages always a C on midterm and final and no curve so everyone got a C or just took a pass. skip this class if possible
I really liked his lectures and the content he goes over and the way he presents it. He goes over the foundations of government while also tying in real world events and examples, such as the Donald Trump court cases. I didn't like the online textbook part because you HAD to buy it for assignment purposes. It cost $50 and expired in 9 months.
Prof clearly passionate & kinda funny. May bore you if you're not interested in poli sci bcs the class info is dense & memorization is needed for the tests. Was pretty easy conceptually bcs I took AP Gov (just not the test) which was a great foundation. Lecture attendance not mandatory but sections are. Put in effort & you get out what you give :)