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.

I only knock off points for the grading system and TAs. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS W MARC ANTHONY he was mean, degrading, and nothing you want in a TA. Class is a weeder and TAs have to reduce grades to meet the curve. Textbook readings are dense. However, Prof Morse makes lecture interesting thru discussions and she made the content clear for me.

Professor Morse was detailed, organized, and included references to memes and other relevant events to explain a lot of IR-related terms easily! Do the readings, take notes in lecture, and don't be afraid to ask questions - she explains a lot of concepts really well if you do. Class based on midterm, final, two papers, and two reflections.

Interesting lectures by professor, but assignments and grading were hard. I am not a Poli Sci major and it was especially difficult, probably should not have taken the class. Seems dependent on TA, so pray and hope you get lucky. Morse is helpful during office hours.

ATTENDANCE MATTERS. Morse is a great lecturer but her class is especially difficult and the grading criteria is very difficult. The department seems to be turning this into a weeder class for the major. Read the textbook and go to lecture, best way to pass the class. Pray that you don't have Marc Anthony as your TA

Morse is a wonderful person, but her class was especially difficult.

Very tough course, I struggled heavily despite doing all the readings and going to all lectures.

Prof Morse is the best professor UCSB has ever seen. She is so smart, well educated, and good at her job. She really cares about her courses and the students. She cares about each student and is so understanding and I finished UCSB literally because of this woman. Class very engaging - graded off 3 policy papers and a project. 100/10 amazing.

We did have to read from the textbook, but she allowed reading an earlier edition if that's all we could find for free. There was 1 research paper and 1 midterm. There are 3 reflections throughout the quarter. For the final, it was a take home essay that she gave us like 5 days to write with no time limit. AMAZING PROFESSOR.

This class was great. It was in that golden zone of requiring effort while still being very manageable. Her lectures were super engaging and digestible as well, I was saddened to see how few people went towards the end (it was spring quarter so..). She also clearly cares about the material as well as her students. I hope I can take her again!