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Decent course, but attending lectures was exactly the same as reading the book and she took attendance.

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I think she is very engaging and, especially if you attend review sessions, she is helpful.

The class is taught in joint with her husband (Gerald Wright). Both are great lecturers, are very experienced in the field, and while lectures cover a lot of info, they keep you interested. Not the easiest POLYSCI class out there, but a very interesting one.

She is a very demanding teacher, but she gives ample opportunity to receive help. The class is easy if you do the work. She is a very forward teacher, but she doesn't seem rude as long as you give her the respect she gives you.

Professor Barbour is a smart lady, but not exactly the best professor out there. She wrote the book and has way too many small details that aren't on tests. Multiple choice on the tests are impossible and doing the IDs sucks. Shes okay. I didn't really like her or the class and my grade isn't what I hoped for.

I thought she was a cool prof. I'd recommend her.

Honestly, this class is not as bad as everyone says. Read the book and you'll be fine! If you actually interested in politics (like me) go to lecture...shes goes on tangents but its usually about current events, etc. Exams are pretty straight forward and it's all common sense stuff...though there are a few poorly worded ?'s Be detailed on ID's

Makes class too hard with ID's. Attendance not required, but this class should not be this hard. Not recommended.

Barbour is a fun teacher who is VERY passionate about political science. I took the class in an election year, so we spent a lot of time on current events. She and her husband wrote the textbook for the class, which makes it very easy to catch up on exactly what is going on in class. I highly suggest her.

She is a great professor, also read your text book.

You do a lot of reading in this course. The text book was written by the professor.

She isn't exatctly the greatest professor, but really knows her stuff, and is passionate about politics. I recomend her.

She is easier than everyone thinks she is, I mean she is a college professor. The tests are not that hard as long as you read the book, and study the ID's you should fine.

Class was fine, though lectures focused too much on current events & not enough on material. Definitely read the textbook. My AI (Nate) was pretty helpful though.

I don't know why everyone talks so bad about her. Fun teacher for a fun class. Assignments aren't very hard, but do take your time if you want to get a good grade.

As a 100 level class, her tests are extremely hard. the first test had an average of D- and she said it didnt surprise her about the scores. It is insane what she expects from her students on the tests.

I don't understand why everyone is bashing her. She is incredibly passionate about what she does; the textbook was written for this course so of course she's going to ask a lot of questions about it on the test. Study the IDs, keep up with the blog and you you'll be completely fine.

There is a lot of reading, but if you do the work you will do fine on the exams. I really like her and she really knows what she is talking about. however, she is obviously biased towards democrats and is hardcore liberal

It's not a class for non-majors, but it's not difficult if you have a basis of information on the topic before you go in. She wrote the textbook, so you have to read, but it's written at the level of a high school government book, so it's not difficult. I pulled a 98 percent. Definitely not impossible.

In order to do well in the class, you must read every chapter. There are a ton of questions from the books as well as current events and classes. If you study, read, and pay attention, you will do well. She has a very liberal view on politics which can be annoying. But she is very well informed.

Pretty cool class not that hard. She is very concise. But she takes attendance, normally the class isn't very hard.

I agree with some of the other people who said the people who gave bad reviews had to have been incredibly lazy. The tests were based on the books and the lectures. If you don't go to class and don't do the readings, then don't expect to do well in her class.

Tends to get off topic and tangents when talking about current events. Yet still teaches well, and is good at explaining things.

All you have to do is literally memorize the book and you will get an A. The problem is that you have to literally memorize the book.

Textbook is used frequently because she herself wrote the book. Book is somewhat repetitive, but informative. Excellent lecturer, and an excellent interpreter of current events. Tests are reasonable, sometimes her current events questions are extremely obscure or specific though.

Great professor, interesting class, easy if you read and study, helpful teacher, engaging, intriguing and very helpful! Love her1

She is a great teacher and the textbook for the class, which she co-wrote, is one of the best textbooks I have ever read. It is informative and actually interesting. She doesn't get to cover all of the material in lecture though, so keeping up with reading is important, and sometimes it ends up being a chapter or two a week, so don't fall behind!

It's a fairly easy class if you just do the reading. I thought she was a decent professor. Just your typical liberal professor. The book was pretty interesting, but she just struck me as average.

Really loves talking about politics, which are rather boring for me. Her lectures were well done/clear, but you really need to read the book closely to stay on top in this class. The tests were multiple choice and identification of key terms, and contained questions of "which is MORE right". Overall, not the worst professor but not the best

She is fantastic!

This is an introductory course. Some students struggled because they weren't used to doing a lot of work, but the lectures were interesting and if you studied the textbook and made flashcards for the Identifications and Significance of them it was very manageable. Make sure you watch the EC movies. Helps a lot.

The class was fairly easy if you know anything about American politics in general. Class attendance isn't recorded and isn't necessary for most. She knows her viewpoint very well, but also makes some pretty partisan statements in class and the book she co-authored is quite liberal leaning.

Great professor! really gained my interest in politics. because of this class i have changed my major and gained a much better interest in this field. she is super clear and tests fairly on the material you read in the book which is also pretty entertaining. offers extra credit and study sessions.

I was actually surprised to see Barbour had such a low rating online. She is extremely passionate about what she teaches and makes you interested as well. She is very liberal though. Attendance is not required except for discussions and overall a pretty easy class. Only one complaint- the written identification on the exams is pretty subjective.

I really like Prof Barbour. She really knows what she is talking about! I thought the class was very relevent to what is currently happening in American Politics. It was an interesting class.

She offers many opportunities to discuss terms and provide help. She is eloquent and a great lecturer.

This class is easy if you study the terms in the book. That's about all you have to do along with listening in class.

Professor Barbour is a Political Scientist. She is so knowledgable not only on Poly Sci, but U.S. history. Her lectures are very fluid and she will make this topic very interesting, if only you mentally and emotionally buy into the lectures. 100% do the readings. Get involved. Broaden your horizons.

I personally liked her but she would go off on tangents that put the class behind schedule. To make up for this she would shorten lectures or skip whole chapters. This wasnt so bad though because the class is basically AP Gov in college. She also has movies that you can watch and answer easy questions for EC on every test. These can be very helpful

I loved having Professor Barbour and she was very easy and fun to talk to outside of class.

Barbour is an amazing professor. She is very liberal, but the tests are very easy and her lectures are amazing.

Great teacher.

Barbour is great - pay attention to definitions and you will go far! Realistic comments on current political events that some conservative students have a hard time with, but definitely worth the class in spite of the general student body from IN!

It took me a Couple weeks to understand her style but once I did I realized the class wasnt just about history and current events but it was to help you learn how to think. Professor Barbour definityexpresses her opinions but I felt like she made then understandable even if I didnt always agree. I Felt like a learned a lot actually.

She is amazing. I took her class as dual credit with my high school, so we watched her lecture videos. Her lectures were amazing and I watched them several times over just because they were so good. The biggest plus, she's non-biased with politics, and won't sway left or right with things.