This class would not have been that hard and mentally draining if it weren't for the HORRIBLE TAs, this class drained me because the TA graded so harshly, was always late, had no clue what was going on, and was just rude to me.

Horrible grading criteria and graded assignments either a 0 or 100. The TAs were hardly any help especially Noosha! She was not helpful at all and rude . Did not want to help and had attitude all the time

First ever negative grade I've ever received at UCSB and I genuinely tried in this class. Professor and TA did not care whatsoever, lacked consideration, and gave out 0's over the smallest mistake. The TA does not know how to grade and will knock you down to a 0 over the smallest things. Don't take this class especially with the TAs this quarter.

The amount of work and effort I put into this class would have been fine if not for the lack of consideration from TA's when grading and helping out with the class. Horrible TA's and poorly designed course. Each week there is multiple writing assignments which you are either graded 100% or 0%. Make sure you choose the right TA when taking the class

Julia is a great lecturer but this class was so unclear. The simulation and mocktrials were disorganized and they did horrible at explaining what we were supposed to be doing. The TAs hardly knew themselves what we were supposed to do.The grading criteria was so absurd and made absolutely no sense.

Extremely hard grader, uses a totally different grading system where assignments get marked down 50% if you have any mistake whatsoever. I was sick and it brought my GPA down because she refused to give me an extension which made the difference in my final grade because any mistake on any assignment results in a 50%. Grading is incredibly unclear.

So many assignments due every Sunday, loves to spring an extra assignment to ruin your day, gives you a 0 often with no consideration for students, harsh grader depending on TA. Disappointed by this class! Never had such a poor experience with UCSB Poli Sci Dept.

It was a cool class but there were so many "busywork"assignments and she gave us 3, an extra assignment than usual,the Sunday right before finals week on top of an extremely harshly graded essay due a few days later.There is very little consideration for anything else going on like if your sick or anything,no extensions&you will be marked down 50%

Assigns so many random assignments that have nothing to do with IO's. Has no consideration for students that are struggling and promotes her book every chance she gets. TA literally does not care if you need help and will just give you a 0, cares more about looking good in front of the professor.

This was a very difficult class but I loved the lectures and professor. I enjoyed coming to lectures as they were fun and interactive and Morse provided incredible insight into understanding the world. I would highly recommend this professor but the class exams and essays are graded harshly and are difficult.

Super great and engaging lecturer even though it wasn't mandatory, I'd recommend to go. You def don't have to read the book but it made all of the work really easy and went into a little more depth than her lectures. Midterm we were able to redo one part and get full credit on it that made it super helpful

Literally just here because its insane people are dissing Marc Anthony. He is the most helpful TA I've ever had, he truly cares for his students and if you show up to office hours you would see that. Harsh grader, but that is controlled by the professor. Definitely take him if you genuinely want to improve as a student.