Super useful, important class.

One of the best lecturers I've had at UCSB! She gave great presentations and I learned a lot in this course. A LOT of material is covered and the 2 timed written exams were definitely a challenge but manageable. She expects a lot from her students but I would take her class again.

Amazing engaging insightful lectures & content. Cares about students, our gen & future of earth. Didnt shy away from harsh truths but also gave insights & tools to understand the problem at hand & routes to tackle it that're practical and realistic. Didnt like exams or grading AT ALL but she is currently changing both & class performed well overall

This prof made me never wear my seatbelt to class. Grades based on tests and quizzes. Her in quizzes are hard and chooses specific questions to confuse her students? You either do really well on her exams or fail. Many of the students in that class wanted to unalive themselves. I wouldnt reccomend taking her class during summer. Chill lady though.

the professor is lovely and she is definitely passionate about her class and very kind, however, be prepared to read a lot, it seems like her paper is based mainly on memorization and gives a lot to write about in a short period of time. Her quizzes are the worst it is based on the most minor details. Never worked that hard in a pols class before

This class wasn’t easy by any means, but it’s one of my favorite intro classes I’ve taken. She’s a good professor and is engaging. You’re only graded on a few things but the tests are nice because it shows how you can apply the material and not remember every random detail. I took a lot from it, it’s a good required course.

content is heavy cuz she covers a lot of regimes in the class. one country per lecture or two. No actually rubrics but the grading is fair as long as you spend time in the paper and go beyond the lecture content, making clear arguments with evidence in readings she gave. Her class is organized and inspirational. the best professor ive had in UCSB!

Professor Moosbrugger is the best professor I have ever had not only in UCSB. She is a respected scholar and extremely passionate about the field and eager to make changes. I feel her lectures are powerful and her teaching is excellent, organized, and clear. You can really learn a lot in her class, a perfect class of intro to compols.

her lecture structure makes no sense, i only took the class as a major requirement but i literally would not take another one of her classes. she doesn't give a rubric for her papers, assignments are poorly written and purposefully confusing. i would recommend trying to wait for another prof to teach the course.

This class was very well structured and Prof Moosbrugger is so knowledgeable on the topic! It's only graded on 3 exams, so you really have to keep up with everything. Also, you can't just repeat everything from your notes on exams - you have to go beyond that. In this way, I'd say it's not an easy A. However, I highly recommend the class!

She's one of the best professors I've taken for POLS and is very knowledgeable about each country. She broke down the material into overarching themes that made it a lot easier to figure out what to focus on. I didn't do any of the textbook reading, studied her lectures/slides, and tried to learn more than just try to get a grade. Great TA, easy A.

Very good lecturer, good slides that make more sense if you go to lecture but she usually will post them online as well. There was lots of reading but the lectures really connected the material. Not a super easy class but she is a very good professor and the content is interesting! She can even make the class laugh too!