This guy is a nasty piece of work. In the case of papers, he gives everyone the same grade and takes points off for things such as omission of page numbers. Worst of all, he dodges questions in order to avoid showing his ignorance/stupiditity on a topic, which is most of the time and ridicules students for things like having an uncommon name.

The teacher had no importance in my training he was just a teacher, his classic method is unsatisfactory and can not disrespect the host material.

All his quizzes are from his lectures, but he picks the smallest details that he barely mentions to put on the quizzes. Also he isnt very helpful when you ask him for help in the class. awful class. take someone else if you can.

"The best you're probably gonna do is a 7 or 8 out of ten" - Dr. Adkinson to our class, concerning the weekly journal we had to write

He was a terrible teacher. I have never struggled in class like I did in this one. Record the lectures because you won't use the book. He doesn't give you grades, and the first test is going to be all essay. He uses off the wall questions on tests so remember the little things. I would just recommend a different teacher, anyone is better than him.

Doesn't follow the syllabus and literally took the whole class to bash on Trump. The tests have no relevance to what he talks about in class and I have learned nothing about the government which is what he is supposed to be teaching.

never ever take a class with him

This class was awful. His note were all over the place, and it was not clear on what to study for the tests. He Should NOT be a teacher. He uses his opinion on most things. sells books more than the topic of the lecture. what he writes on the board is not what he talks about.

Its mainly based on lectures and the only grades you have are 3 exams and the final. He about failed my entire class.

This class was an honors add-on, he showed up to class asking where we left off instead of having a gameplan before coming to class, all over the place in lectures.

Sometimes Dr. Adkison would come to class unprepared. For example, he'd ask "what did we do last time?" The phrase "all over the place" doesn't give justice to the disorganization of his lectures. You don't get many assignments/quizzes during the semester, so make them count. The final consists of responding to two prompts in essay form.

This prof doesn't even teach. He doesn't include any kind of material during his lectures. He often rambles on unnecessary topics that have nothing to do with the content of the class. I find myself sitting in class doing absolutely nothing because he doesn't teach any kind of actual information.

His online section consists of poorly filmed youtube videos in which he rambles for a minimum of 1 hour. He'll bring up a topic, ramble about nonsensical things for 30 minutes and he MIGHT circle back to the topic at hand. He doesn't reply to emails and the textbook is a waste of money because his exam questions are obscure and unrelated.

Dr. Adkison is the most scattered professor I have ever had. His lectures are almost unbearable. They are 1 hour long lectures but could easily be 30 minutes if he actually stayed on topic. The textbook is a waste of 87 dollars because he doesn't ever reference it or use it on the tests. Do whatever you can to avoid this class. You've been warned.

Lectures are scattered, no slides & he tends to go off on tangents to brag about himself. Basically your only grades are exams which are 2-3 essay questions each. Literally dont buy the textbook its worthless. Nearly impossible to make an A if you bomb the first exam and he will laugh at you if you ask how to get an A in his class.

Pretentious. Not afraid to say things like "well I'm an English prof and you're not". He gives 0 guidelines on essays, then will grade them as if it were a structured English course. Will count off for writing styles that differ from his, really, he corrected many of my words used in essays to direct synonyms. for any reference, I am an A student.

Zero structure on canvas/syllabus making it difficult to plan due dates or know what to read exactly and when. Gave an exam the first week with no exact details on the exam material; emailed the day before that you have until 8:30pm the next day to complete. This felt completely messy especially since I work full time and got no preparation time.

I have never written a bad review about a professor but he was terrible. Lectures were boring, no visual aids for visual learners, and tests were literally opinionated. Just take another professor.

Extremely unorganized. Lectures often are side tracked and have nothing to do with the material or quizzes. I shouldn't say material because there is none, I wouldn't be surprised if he was improvising the entire semester. He doesn't even use canvas. You will be miserable if you take this class, change it or withdraw at all costs.

Absolutely do NOT take this professor if you aren't a Political Science major. If you are taking it for "fun", PICK SOMETHING ELSE. I can't even lie and say "Oh well, he was nice so this class was worth it." NO.He graded ONE test from Sep. and didn't grade anything else until he released FINAL GRADES IN DEC. This class was a complete waste of time.