AMAZING professor. I could not say more good things about Professor Keum. Please take her!! This is a VERY reading-heavy course, but I truly have learned so much from this course. The grind is REAL but so rewarding. Her grading standards are so fair, her canvas is extremely organized, and she is so understanding, kind, and approachable.

her lecture style is pretty boring a times, says uhm between every single world and goes over the material in a low voice. The readings are super long and dense. Super hard grader, you'd think philosophy is more subjective, but she wants you to give very specific answers. Take POL S 6/7/12 before this.

3-5 readings given before each lecture 20-50 pages long. Professor Keum should be more aware that no one is reading all of the pages based on the lack of participation. Dense, long readings prevent students from deeply engaging with them. Prof. Keum rambles the entire time and doesn't provide the slides from class not that they'd be very helpful.

For POLS 1: Class is very confusing with tons of reading homework that is expected to be read but nobody actually does it. Classes are very boring and hard to sit through. Exams dont seem very difficult but the expectations are unclear and grades are always much lower than you expect. Do not take this class other polisci classes are much better

Pols 1: Lots of reading 80-100 pages a week. A lot of the reading was repetitive and unnecessary. Lecture attendance isn't mandatory, but section is. Grades are all based on participation, midterms (there are 2), and final, are multiple choice, on demand essays, and short responses. Other pre req poli sci classes are easy and much more enjoyable.

This is for POLS1. If you can take this class with a different professor, do. You are graded on 3 huge exams and attendance. Her lectures are not very helpful, and she goes on long tangents. She assigns huge readings (hundreds of pages) that you have to complete twice a week. Exams are only on readings which makes lectures extra unhelpful.