Avoid this professor at all costs!! Incredibly condescending and holds grudges against her students. Lectures useless and boring! large part of the grade is a group project; when group had conflict she kicked me and i got an F for 30% of my grade. Constantly cancels office hours, and ironically was 3 weeks late in submitting our final grades

She is the absolute worst. Yes she is very smart and knowledgeable but her grading criteria is ridiculous. Her readings are another level of difficult and the quizzes are way too specific. Her class is also super boring. She doesn't really care if you do well or not.

She's an okay professor but her workload is unrealistic. I don't know how she expects her students to juggle her class along with other classes. You have to but in like 10 hours for a reading and the quizzes are still hard after all that workload. She has no sympathy towards her students and if you do bad she doesn't really care.

She's great at int'l theory, but too demanding for undergrad. The grading system is horrible. She takes points off for minute details. Her syllabus/essay rubrics do not reflect what she actually wants in assignments. GO TO OFFICE HOURS. If you plan on going into IR, definitely take it. Just know that you have to put 110% in all semester long.

Unrealistic amount of reading assigned, with quizzes given that still arent simple following the readings. Assignments given with unclear rubrics and tests with no review sheet and little to no idea as to what will be on it. Avoid this class for a Gen Ed.

The hardest tests ever. Really irritating. Grating on my will to live. She scared so many people out of studying political science. WORST CLASS.

I came into Binghamton wanting to be a Poli Sci major and this class made me change my mind. Not only was it the hardest class Ive taken this semester, it will probably lower my GPA significantly. She makes the course unnecessarily hard for an intro freshman class and teaches us as though were grad students. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS PLEASE!

Not an easy class. Her lectures are difficult to follow because of the way she presents the information, really boring, and often rambles about unrelated topics. She expects a lot from of students in an intro poli sci class. If you get a good TA, it makes this class easier.

Awful class! I came into Binghamton wanting to be a Poli Sci major... well that has changed. I attended every lecture and was bored to tears. She rambled on about random topics that didnt pertain to her slides and messed around with different data generators instead of teaching. If you can avoid taking a class with her I would!

Professor Licht knows what she is talking about, but teaches like she is standing in front of graduate students. Lecture is boring and tests are impossible. All she does is mess around with data generators and answer random questions. Save yourself and dont take this class. It brought my GPA down by a lot...

Professor Licht teaches lectures as if she was teaching graduate students, shows some videos and expects u to remember one specific 15 second part of the hour long video. Lots of pop quizzes and hard tests but final was easy. Dont take the class unless its necessary.

Her tests are ridiculously unfair even if you study for hours and hours, which I did. The questions on tests were incredibly specific and hit upon topics that i studied but were incredibly irrelevant. The specificity of questions on her exams even have TA's confused as to why she's asking them. Avoid this class. However, it's not impossible.

Prof. Licht is awful and seriously so mean. The class is a 100 level but she teaches it way above that. There are pop quizzes every other week in discussion but they aren't even based on large concepts that are crucial for your understanding, instead on minute facts from the textbook that makes you read to memorize instead of to learn. STAY AWAY

There are no words to describe this woman. She honestly just really confuses me. Her tests are absolutely impossible and she teaches way above the course level. All of the TA's clearly did not like her and helped us out by grading leniently. I just do not understand her has a teacher or human being. Simply do not take any of her classes.

Licht destroyed my freshman year. Her lectured were interesting but incredibly dense and .01% of the material was actually on the test. Keep in mind, this material was so specific that the entire lecture hall would just look around and see if everyone was as confused as you during the test. Treats 100 level classes as 400 level classes. BEWARE

Do not take this class unless you need it. She teaches like you're a grad student and have time to spend hours reading and memorizing footnotes for pop quizzes. Literally, small phrases within 30 pages and then she has said she wants to trick students on pop quizzes. If you're an IR student, it is a gateway to what's coming in 2 years.

She is literally the worst, does not teach and kills my brain cells

By far this was one of the worst professors I have ever dealt with. Quizzes are basically impossible and have trick questions, and doesn't really teach and just has a Slack discussion board. Also - not very lenient given the whole global pandemic/online learning, would not even give an extra two days for a paper. AVOID!!!! She's also a bad grader

Do yourself as favor and avoid Licht as much as possible. You can expect to read all day for a quiz and then fail that quiz bc they just make no sense, same thing w the exams. Lots of headaches, stress, etc. Don't put that on yourself, find another professor.

Literally a bruh moment of college, she is the worst

Terrible

Professor Licht is the worst professor I have ever taken at Binghamton or elsewhere. She is cruel, unforgiving, rude, and overall a total pain. I had the misfortune of taking a class of hers last year too and I regret taking this one as well. AVOID HER AT ALL COSTS SHE IS AWFUL.

Horrible. She doesn't really care if the whole class is doing doing poorly. She told our TAs to grade us harsher than they initially were and even went back to lower our first essay grades. We had to pay $35 for this "real world" simulation that barely even worked half the time and taught us absolutely nothing. Stay away if you value your sanity.

DO NOT TAKE THIS FOR A GENED Please only take this class if you need it for your major. This class is literally impossible. There were timed reading quizzes every week that I would still do horribly on after spending hours on the readings and notes. There are two hour-long recorded lectures a week and she is terrible at explaining, and UNEMPATHETIC

Prof. Licht is a good person at heart. That being said, she should not be allowed to teach any intro-level courses. She is a very harsh grader. Her quizzes consist of weekly textbook readings of around 60 pgs where her quizzes are multiple answers of random tidbits from the book. She also pulled a lot of shenanigans with assignments and grading,

She expects too much out of her students. Readings are too long, and difficult to read/follow. She is also rude. Her pop quizzes are way too specific for such long readings. Maybe things would have been different if the class was not online, I don't know, but I would not risk your GPA for this class.

She acts like she knows everything and doesn't promote a good discussion environment. The class was boring and way too hard for a 100-level class. If she wanted to prove she was smart to a classroom full of students instead of teach them, she's doing the right thing

She is extremely harsh and rude with her comments. If you don't want to feel like you are nothing, avoid her because she will make sure to destroy every bit of confidence you have and make you feel like you shouldn't even be in the school. Avoid her at all cost.

She always make you feel like nothing and loves to tell you how much you suck or are not capable of something without recognizing the hard work you've put in. Will never recommend her. This is hazing. She should not even be a professor.

She makes you feel like you are nothing and her words are so mean that it affects my mental health. She appears to be nice when you talk to her, but she is just faking it. Her words are harsh and she does not care about student's feelings, only hers.

She is not good at lecturing and expects more from students. Not a fair grader too.

Avoid her classes

Extremely interactive with students and constantly pushing for more out of them. As someone who prefers remote learning, I participated heavily throughout the semester. I missed the final presentation due to contracting COVID and she dropped my final grade by almost two letter points and would not reconsider.

Class is so bad! Do not take as gen ed! So hard for no reason like I don't want to be a political scientist it needs to calm down!! She doesn't even teach and then doesn't even post slides. Class resembles grad TA's class. It's literally a 100 level class-

Avoid this class at all costs. Tests are impossible, the midterm average was a 66% which she blamed us for, and unclear essay instructions with points deducted for unknown expectations. Vital TA feedback was blocked leaving us to struggle on our own. She treats the course like a 300 level, and it feels like she actively wants students to fail.

This professor is a professional yapper, you will learn nothing in the lectures and the TA I had was no help whatsoever, the quizzes are random and are unnecessarily difficult.

Do not. Do not. DO NOT take this class. It is absolutely terrible and will ruin your freshman year and freshman year GPA. Please do not make the same mistake that I did. Being a stem major and needing to fulfill the G-credit, this

The professor teaches the course as if it is the 300 level, the course material is heavy and when she explains material its as though she expects you to have background on the lectures and be aware of what she is talking about. Tests are difficult and lecture based so in that sense attendance is mandatory.

Honestly, if you need it for the gen ed just stick it out, otherwise avoid it at all costs. The class is decently considered difficult. The lectures are a lot and oftentimes just way unclear and confusing. Tests are hard, in my opinion take advantage of office hours with the TA, textbook helps but honestly is more secondary for the exams.

Professor Licht is one of the most unfair professors at Binghamton. Her lectures are purely conceptual and her tests are nothing like the lectures. Do not take this class. :(

She just has no chill and is making this class way harder then it should be. She also annoying but the TAs were very good.

Professor Licht is the worst teacher I have ever had. PLSC 117 is supposed to be an intro course but she treats it like a graduate level course. She somehow manages to make genuinely interesting material tedious and boring with her long-winded lectures. I cried 16 times during the semester I took the course, and 15 of those times were from her.

Absolutely terrible teacher. AVOID THIS CLASS DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE THAT I DID AND TAKE IT FRESHMAN YEAR THINKING IT WAS A GOOD INTRO COURSE. Awful teacher and the TA's know less than me. Amanda Licht should be fired and banned from ever teaching again.

Awful Professor

Avoid her at all costs. She has stated in her lecture that her grandfather is a nazi... yikes. ummm yah. She wasted lecture time to explain how much money she makes and to complain about her children. She expects that everyone magically understands politics before taking an intro class and blames the class for failing her impossible tests.

ridiculously hard 100 level class. my ta said it was the hardest one hes ever seen. the lectures are boring, the textbook readings are ridiculously long, and her tests are so hard that everyone fails and then she blames us for not studying. by far the hardest 100 level class ive ever taken. helps if you have a good ta which i did but avoid if u can

Please do not take this class, the tests are absolutely impossible and the teaching style is so unfair and complicated. She is not a nice teacher and you could easily study for hours and not know nearly enough material for this course. If you want to take a political science class avoid this teacher at all costs. This is considered graduatematerial

Extremely difficult professor. Treated this intro course like a graduate level course. Tests are nearly impossible and she blames students for failing. She is filled with nasty comments and snarky remarks and is reluctant to provide assistance to students. The TAs were sympathetic and the only redeemable aspect of this class and this professor.

Avoid at all costs

The hardest class I have ever taken. Extremely lecture heavy tests even though you have to read the textbook anyway and she yaps for the entire lecture. Her grandfather was a nazi, you take pop quiz essays in your discussion section, the TAs are no help, do not take this class at all.

Professor Licht is very knowledgeable about political science but she should not be teaching a 100 level intro class. The tests were insanely hard, the class average on all the test were Ds. She teaches the basics of IR too quickly and goes into specifics when the foundation is shaky. Do not take this class if you dont have to.

Prof Licht honestly treats the class like a higher-level course. She doesn't post lectures on Brightspace& tests are lecture-heavy. The class is very boring and I ended up teaching myself everything. She's the yapmaster and treats class time like a therapy session yapping abt her life and family (grandpa was a nazi..). Avoid her.

Worst Class I have ever taken at BU, It was ungodly hard for a 100 level course and She provides no extra help to the student, she doesn't post her lectures anywhere. The way she grades is super strict and you can lose points for SO many things, I recommend NEVER taking a course with this professor if you have the choice.

She is not meant to teach a basic 100 level course. My recommendation is to show up to lectures and pay attention. In addition, make sure to read the textbook heavily. Unfortunately, there is a lot more to lose than to gain with this professor.

While Dr. Licht is very knowledgeable about political science, her grading structure and teaching style do not do her subject justice. She has consistently come across as condescending and unhelpful over email and in response to questions in class. The class is graded on a curve and quizzes measure your test-taking ability than the content.

You'll either really like or dislike Licht. She's a ridiculously strict grader. Regardless if attendance is mandatory or not, you really have to go to class because you might miss a quiz that can really hurt your grade. You must pay close attention to everything mentioned in the readings because her quiz/test questions are so specific.

Makes ridiculously hard tests that hours on hours of studying barely help.

For an intro level politics class this class is insanely hard. Profesor Licht teaches almost none of the test materials. You can study for hours and still feel lost on exams. If you want to teach yourself an entire course this course is for you. Avoid this course and professor at all costs. DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I MADE.

Perhaps the worst political science course I've taken here. She is ungodly difficult for an intro-level course, the topics are very simple too, she just overcomplicates them for no reason. Just a weird lady, her grandfather was a nazi,she talks a lot about that. Don't take her, Kranso's 111 plsc course is much easier. Recommend that one

I should have listened to all of the people who told me not to take this course. It is an intro level course, yet it is extremely hard to do well and the professor is rude. Weekly, 50+ page textbook reading, none of which are tested so they are useless. Paper worth 30% and is extremely hard. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!

AVOID. the worst class i've ever taken. regardless of your major or if you need the G credit for a gen ed, find something else. find anything else. TAs aren't great, either. forces you to read from textbook but tests are all based on lecture. yaps the whole time about her nazi grandparents or her toddler. insanely harsh grader. gpa killer.

what can very easily be a free 100 lvl gen-ed is turned to an overcomplicated slobber of useless information. the stuff she teaches can easily be condensed into 1 hr lectures twice a week, instead of 3 hours a week. her lectures are boring + her tests don't prove anything about your understanding. they just suck, no reason to be this hard, useless.

I hated going into her class. She wouldn't explain things well for students. She doesn't post the slides or provide any review so it makes it harder to even be able to study as she expects you to write down what she says while she's talking at a million miles per hour. She only provided the essay prompts ahead of time for the final so I was lost.

Your gpa might take a hit but if you really paid attention then you might learn something, but there's likely better options. Also textbook is too expensive.

The worst professor I've had through college so far. She's not a understanding professor. Only exception will be for an extravagant event like a death in the family. The TA grades everything. Doesn't post the slides not that they're much help anyway. She expects you to write down everything she says but that's not doable with how fast she talks.

A scourge on this earth. Expect questions on the unnecessary hard test on topics that were covered on the lecture for a grand total of 5 minutes. The lectures also cover some unimportant topics which were just a time-waster. I learned most of the class from my textbook.

Professor Licht is condescending and makes her lectures overly complicated. She treats the class like a level 400 class rather than a level 100. She can be nice but shouldn't be teaching a level 100 course.

Not a good teacher, no one got an A, save your GPA, tests impossible even with studying for days

A bad professor; she is rude to students and asks questions that are oddly specific on exams.

Impossible exams and irrelevant lectures. Disrespectful to students.