Liked her but unfair grading

As long as you paid attention in lecture, you'd be fine. People just hated her because she didn't put a lot on her slides, but you're in college you shouldn't expect to just be able to copy off everything on the slides and not have to think for yourself. TAs were really helpful, the readings were light, she even gave extra credit opportunities.

thinks she's THE chosen one in political science and not having any words on any slides and no clear grading criteria, fair because "she said so!".

just no, she's awful... thinks she's too good to respond to emails as if a student doesn't pay thousands of dollars in tuition already.

I had Coggins last quarter(yes the infamous failed first midterm), and I want to emphasize that she is not that bad. While she was kinda mean, she ended up allowing us to drop our scores. Never had issues with emailing/office hours were helpful! She is passionate about her subject/seemed frustrated by people skipping section and not doing readings.

boring lecturer, her slides consist of irrelevant images, her quizzes consisted of inaccurate answers, and she was a nightmare to contact (the first email she EVER responded to was 3 weeks AFTER THE QUARTER ENDED about a grading discrepancy). midterm: 120 F's, 58 D's out of 279 total students. class is not hard tho just know what a tariff is lolz

She is probably…no the worst teacher at UCSB. She is very unhelpful, super sarcastic and doesn't really care about the class. Like 70% of the class failed the first midterm and had the audacity to blame the students. NEVER take any pol s class with Coggins.

Worst professor I've had so far. While she's passionate about the subject, class is extremely unstructured, which leads to inconsistent and unfair grading. She's on a power trip rather than genuinely wanting her students to succeed. If you want a class that feels like trying to solve a puzzle and read the professor's mind, then take her class.

She got a lot of hate about the midterm but kind of made up for it by allowing you to make your final grade count as your midterm grade. Her lecture slides contain no info tho so you need to pay attention in lecture, which is hard as she goes off on random tangents, so you don't know what is important. She's nice and passionate about the subject.

Coggins isn't as bad as people make her seem. You must attend lectures and do the weekly readings to grasp the concepts and do well fully. Your grade honestly depends on the TA who grades your work :/

I don't think Coggins deserves the hate she is receiving. While I did not love the structure of her lectures (she talks a lot more than what is written on the slides, which can lead you to miss information), she is passionate about the course, and I found many of the lectures very interesting. If you go to all of the lectures, you should be fine.

Coggins' class is unstructured, the slides are posted but they are worthless to study off of. Everyone bombed the first midterm and she blamed the students for needing to provide a curve. Lecture attendance isn't mandatory but there were like 4 online pop quizzes. Very doable class even if you don't read but its just made harder than it should be.

you have to attend every lecture because all information you get in this class is just her talking. She gives access to slides but they don't have infos on them. Strict grader and you never really know what you're doing tbh.

Her lectures were lackluster and confusing. She would go very fast and the slides were always empty and had no content on them. Even when I consistently went to lectures and paid attention, my notes would be difficult to understand. Over 50% of the class failed midterm 1, and she blamed us and refused to change anything for midterm 2 or lectures.

I took Prof. Coggins' class after forgetting to drop it, using it for 12 units. It was okay, but make sure to pay attention to lectures. I spent about 30 minutes per week outside of class on work. I took it pass/no pass and am pretty sure I passed. Overall, the class was fine—very doable, not impossible. I think others exaggerated its difficulty.

Poorly structured class just attend lectures

Coggins is a great professor and this was a great class! Lecture content was very interesting. To get a good grade you have to go to lecture and write down what she's saying (bc there's not much on the slides). The people upset and w/ bad grades didn't do either of those things^ Lowest quiz score gets dropped and there's an EC quiz.

Professor Coggins has very engaging and interesting lectures. While it is true that her lecture slides aren't information dense, she relays the information in a very captivating way. As long as you're present, this class won't be a problem. The negativity stems from people upset about their bad midterm grade when the test represented the coursework

Very knowledgable professor, she taught well and knew her stuff. People are just mad she didn't post lecture slides and you had to actually listen and study what she was saying. Concepts can be complex but if you put in moderate effort an A is possible.

Made the mistake of taking her class. Lecture grading is not fair. Her slides are just visual place holders (can't rely on them to study effectively). No book to reference; all the material is from the weekly readings. 80% failed the midterm, which she tried to justify by blaming the students. Avoid Professor Coggins class.

Coggins is an interesting and intelligent professor who makes expectations clear, and if students do what's expected of them--go to class, take notes, complete readings, and study--success is more than possible. She is a bit of a tough grader but nothing crazy. I got an 89% on the midterm that everybody failed because of extensive preparation.

Yeah, taking this class was a brutal experience. Absolutely ZERO structure. Lectures had absolutely no slides to take notes on, pop quizzes were given randomly with the strangest setup. We were given a WORD SEARCH QUIZ that nearly the entire class failed. Nothing is scheduled, and her canvas is MESS. Miserable.

This is a hot take but honestly Coggins is not as bad as they say. Its not high school, no study guide should be expected at this point. I did ok on the midterm and felt like it was straight forward, but Im sure they graded tough. Go to lecture, write what she says, and study like an adult- youll be fine. Truly not awful if you care about the class

She has nothing on her slides and just talks which makes it extremely difficult especially at the speed that she talks and provides no guidance. I studied a lot for the exam but still ended up with a bad score, definitely the toughest grader I've ever had, if it doesn't meet her standard she'll give you a bad grade. Hated taking polisci 7 with her.