He was fine. Your grade isn't made up of much. He doesn't grade Packback posts until after the final so you literally have no idea what your grade is the entire semester. Lectures were pretty short. Lots of reading if you're actually gonna do it but its a political science course so you're voluntarily signing up for reading. Not his fault
I don't agree with the other posters. I really enjoyed this class and professor. There was a lot of reading but it is a political science class so reading is expected. I really liked how engaging he was and he did offer extra credit. Show up to class to get hints on how to write your essays.
Ugh. Dr. MG was a cool guy, but the readings were way too heavy and the lectures did little if anything to help clarify them. Section was not really helpful either for this particular class. This class made me lose all interest in political parties :(. Hopefully in the future he can refine his course design to be more effective and engaging.
I hear all of the concerns others have posted on this page. However, overall I do really like this professor and would recommend him to others (with the caveat that there is a LOT of reading). I find the class to be engaging and if you go to his office hours, he's more than willing to help with questions about the papers.
All I can say is this class in not it. I was interested in political parties and my enthusiasm has gone out the window. He knows he is not doing such a hot job teaching but brushes it off his shoulders while our grades take the punch. As a recent college grad I expect him to understand that his work load is too much and those readings are too long.
This is the first class I have taken where I want to quit school and never return. He gives out way too many readings that are too long. We have to do an annotated bibliographies with 22 citations and most of them we wont even use in our final paper. If he is serious about teaching he needs to notice that his teaching strategies dont work.