This guy is a nut. easy A though, can't complain.

Professor Nederveen Pieterse is truly a great professor I'm so happy I took his class! Globl 123 was informative and the readings were relevant and interesting to each weekly topic. He is an easy grader and just wants students to learn. also if you go to his office hours he's super helpful. Also his lectures were very clear to follow to me. 9/10

He is a kind man but not a good professor. He does not use lecture slides or anything; the class completely lacked structure. For exams, there were no study guides. Very dense readings would be assigned and not at all discussed or explained in lecture. It was very hard to succeed in this class, and I largely only did because of a massive curve.

This was by far the worst class I have ever taken. The professor seems like a good person, and is obviously very knowledgeable and well respected in his field however he falls short as a teacher. The lectures were unorganized and impossible to follow. Midterm was announced a week before, and we had no idea what would be on it. Dont take this class.

I only lasted 30 minutes in his INTRODUCTION lecture. He is hard to understand and cold-calls people to answer. He doesn't know how to use Canvas so it's difficult to find the resources he wants you to read. He assigned 2 textbooks. I tried hard to pay attention but he jumps around a bit so it's hard to follow his train of thought.

best professor in the globl departmart!!! so inspirational! wow!

He's the worse professor I've ever had! His class has no content at all, you will end the quarter without having learned anything. He is really unorganized the course has no structure (he has no slides or book). It's the final week right now and he still hasn't graded anything. He is rude and not helpful if you try to reach out to him.

Everything this man says is incredibly convoluted to the point where it loses all meaning. He constantly contradicts his own arguments and is pretentious. Do not take.

Listen, if you want an easy upper div class, TAKE GLOBL 123! There are no tests, lecture is not mandatory, and all you are graded on are your discussion posts each week (that correspond to readings). I skipped every class and was able to pass. You grade your own discussion posts btw, so easy A! His lectures are pointless tho

He seems like a good man, but he is not a good lecturer. His lectures are not cohesive at all. I'm not sure how in-person classes would be, but online classes were reasonable when it came to difficulty. Do the readings and read his lecture notes and you should be able to write strong essays. He does give extra credit opportunities as well!

Nederveen straight up CANNOT teach. His lectures have no clear format and either gives attitude if a student asks a question or pushes it onto the TA, who has no idea what's going on either. Also, he was quick to blame our class for getting overall low grades on his test when he is not helpful whatsoever when we sought help.

Smart man, Terrible professor. Get ready to teach yourself.