I regret taking this class. Professor Coggins is unclear with her grading criteria and your grade depends on only two midterms and a paper. The lectures are confusing and we use Nectir for discussions which are disorganzied. I will not be taking a class with her ever again.

I will not be taking class from Professor Coggins ever again. As long as you show up to class and do the readings, you will be fine, but the workload is not the problem. The class itself and the way Coggins structures her classes is the problem. Her lectures are not helpful, and the are just her rambling. This class was terribly boring.

If you literally tried even a little it was a fine class. Yea it's not riveting but it's online college. I spent around 45 minutes a week on this class and am expecting an A. Piece of cake.

Avoid this professor if you have to take her online. She is not clear in her lectures and is the most boring professor. The two good reviews on here for this quarter are false. She hasn't posted grades yet and one has already stated they got an A. Like what? She is also not clear with her grading structure.

I do not recommend taking class with Professor Coggins. Her grading system is very strange, and I never knew what my grade was because she never posted any graded assignments. Her lectures are confusing and lack substance (theyre brief and dont cover everything we need to know/they dont clarify the readings).

Honestly such a low key prof. Her lectures are brief and to the point, no random nonsense to fill the time. Minimal assignments. No lengthy miserable Zoom sections. Really glad I took this class bc I learned what I needed to learn for the major, without the stupid online forums everyone else does. Very chill class & easy to pass if you arent lazy.

Coggins is actually a great professor. The negative comments are just from people who wanted to be spoon-fed info and not read anything. This class took very little time, was incredibly manageable, and it was clear what the important concepts were. She's a sweet person and gets straight to the point. Easily my favorite online COVID class. Easy A.

I do not recommend taking this class or professor especially if you have to take it online. She is not understanding of current situations plus never answers emails. Not accessible outside of class. Does not communicate with her TAs well. She uses nectir too and it's a JOKE. Synchronous class? no. Considering switching my major because of her.

Dont take PS7 with her. Please save yourself. I have never met someone who could make such an interesting topic so blatantly boring. International relations is such a cool topic, but she explains in in the worst way possible. I was thinking of majoring in IR before this class. Clearly not anymore

PROF COGGINS IS NOT A GOOD PROF. She always contradicts herself. Her communication with her TAs are so off that some will say that a deadline is on a different day than the other! If you are taking this class online during COVID, listen to the prof about the midterm, but listen to the TAs about the paper. Hopefully she will stop teaching this class

This quarter was online and Coggins was not ready for it. Her lecture videos were just her reading off a script overflowing with information. You had no idea what was important or not, and she did not clarify in any way during our nectir sessions. Her midterms were confusing and she was not clear on grading criteria at all. The class was a mess.

This class isn't ideal for online structure. There are ab 300 students in the class which makes live zoom lectures impossible so instead she uses nectir chats. She is wishy washy in her expectations of u in the course. Very little grade cushion. Not too much work to do, but bc of that preparing for midterms is hard bc u have no idea what she'll ask

While I've seen great things about Professor Coggins's work in-person, I must say that the online platform is not her forte. The class was asynchronous, with its sections being on a platform very similar to discord. There were no zoom meetings; just a big group chat with over 200 students to discuss that week's lecture... Very disorganized

Avoid this teacher. It's impossible to reach out to her. Not once has she responded to a single email I've sent her. This class was supposed to meet remotely and yet both class and office hours are on a stupid group chat (BTW there's a quarter of thousand people in this group chat). Even there, they'll pick and choose what questions to answer.

Very nice lady but would not recommend taking this class remotely. Only hour long discussions twice a week that couldve easily been completed in a 15 minute zoom. Grade based on participation, essay, midterm, and final. Extra credit offered which is nice but I wish there were more resources available. We had to set up zooms with each other.

Do not take this class online. Her lectures are super boring and ridiculously confusing. She doesn't make PowerPoint slides with important information, she just rambles and it's impossible to know which concepts and details are important. No study guide is given for tests so we had no idea what to study, and what we are tested on are small details.

Prof Coggins is by far one of the worst professors at UCSB. The midterms are graded harshly and are worth far too many points. When we ask questions through Nectir, only some are answered (a select few that aren't even the important questions). She claimed that this class would help people and make it less difficult, especially now. She LIED.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS ONLINE. We were supposed to meet through zoom since it is a synchronous class but never met. We used nectir in where she never gave us direct responses to our questions. She doesn't bother to make her lectures interesting, her lectures are so boring. Do not recommend taking this class.

I am really mad that this synchronous course did not meet over zoom. Our "Synchronous" portion of the course was literally a nectir group chat where it was impossible to understand what was going on with 270 students sending messages into the chat. Her slides are also very poorly made and she makes zero effort at emphasizing concepts in her slides.

I don't think I've ever seen a teacher make such an interesting topic seem so boring. She puts little to no info on her slides and it's impossible to know what the takeaway for each slide should be. It felt more like a philosophy course than international relations. I also hate how this course was supposed to meet over zoom and yet we've never met.

Coggins was a solid professor. The first half of the class was really interesting but the second half was pretty dull. If you are interested in the topic of civil wars, I recommend you take this course.

Coming into this class, I thought it would be easier than it was. Make sure you attend lecture & take good notes, otherwise you will become completely lost. Bc the midterm is only 15 questions (but worth 100 pts) each question is graded heavily, so it's easy to lose points. Other than that, there's only 5 pop quizzes, a 2nd midterm & a final paper.

You need to go to class to get the material or you will be confused. Made me switch out of the political science major. Very theory based, not a lot of practical application of concepts. A TON of reading and pop quizzes in section made sure you were on top of it and reading the New York Times every week. Got an A, but really had to work for it.

If you are thinking that this class will be an easy A / good basic background info sort of class, you are SADLY MISTAKEN. I'm a 4th year Global Studies major and this course should have been easy peasy but it WAS NOT. Don't take this if you're not going to put in MAJOR effort / if its not required.