I honestly loved Prof Coggins, her lectures were really interesting and even though we had to miss a few weeks because of jury duty i learned so much. Its a hard class and you will have to work for the A but her midterm and final are really straightforward. The papers were tough BUT go see your TA!!!!!!!!!!!

She is one of the worst professors I've had. We covered some interesting materials in the class, but I would not retake her course. She did not provide clear grading rubrics for the papers we had to write, and I did not know my grade towards the end of the quarter. Also, she gave poor-quality feedback on our papers.

The worst professor of all time, no exaggeration : avoid at ANY cost. Doesn't care at all about teaching, awful lecturer, no structure of class, inexistent guidelines to succeed, always passive agressive, not understanding, not humble, not caring, power complex. The most passionate IR kid will want to become EECS Major after this.

I am not exaggerating when I say she is the worst professor I have ever had. She does not care about the class or helping her students succeed. I got zero feedback throughout the entire quarter, and this made it extremely tough to write a 8 PAGE SINGLE SPACED PAPER. She is a nice person, but I would change my major before taking her class again.

Prof. Coggins is a good professor but the class is very vague so attending lectures matters. She has no slides and sometimes the material is not very clear because of this. A lot of people are saying there's a lot of weekly readings, I actually found the readings pretty light. Overall I enjoyed the class and did not find it too hard

This class was way harder then it should have been. There was no structure and no communication between her and the TAs so it was super confusing all the time. The readings are very hard to understanding and we never went over them. She is very nice and passionate about what she does but the way she teaches makes it hard to grasp the material.

No structure to the class, too many readings, and no help whatsoever with what to study for the midterms.Slides are blank so everything is said and talks too fast, blink and you'll miss it. Only positive thing was TA's tried to help as much as they were allowed.AVOID taking this class with her if you can!

Don't even THINK of taking PS7 with Coggins. One of the worst professors I've had at UCSB. Her lectures are all over the place and she only puts one or two sentences per slide (doesn't post presenter notes). Graded only on participation, 2 midterms (tricky, specific questions), & a final paper. Weekly readings are so long and don't make any sense.

Do not suggest taking this class, the professor does not have lecture slides or study guides. Long poly sci readings every week without clear explanations.

Professor Coggins is great. She is really caring and likes what she teaches. She is super understanding during Covid and has great async lectures that you can tell she is interested in teaching us. There is participation on Nectir, no zooms. Two midterms and a paper that you have the whole quarter to write. Would definitely take again!!

Genuinely one of the worst classes I've taken. We had a texting group chat for our "discussions" which made it super difficult to follow along and her lectures were boring and hard to follow. International relations is such an interesting topic but this class made me hate it.

I personally dont think its that hard of a class at all, the lectures were brief and to the point. My advise is to listen to the lectures and really study those and have a general understanding of readings. She isnt a bad prof, just the class structure is confusing sometimes.