Prof. Hays is a good guy who treats students with respect. He's very willing to answer questions and hold a discussion even if it means skipping some of the lecture material. The big downside is the readings he assigns are VERY long and dense. But before a test he gives you a study guide so its easy to just look up what to take a closer look at.

Jude is the best. Super easy going guy & very interesting. Assigns a lot of reading but as long as you skim them its fine. Tests were hard unless you really studied for them but he curved a LOT. Everyone thought they were failing at first but no one ended up with lower than a C. No text, just articles posted online which I loved not paying for.

He's a nice guy but this class is extremely boring. The second half material is more difficult but the tests aren't too bad since he gives you study guides. The final is an essay and that was the hardest part for me.

Jude is too smart to be teaching an intro class, but he explains material extremely thoroughly. The recitation was pointless, but Jude was very clear in everything necessary to get an A, especially with the study guides. The book and lecture overlapped so much, I think I could have gotten away with paying attention to just one.

Jude is far too smart to be teaching an intro class. He's an absolute cutie. The recitations were useless, but in lecture, Jude was extremely clear on what's needed to get an A, especially with the study guides. The book and lecture overlapped a lot, and I think I could have gotten away with only doing one or the other. Easy A, somewhat boring.

Dr. Hays is really a smart man. His class, however, was pretty boring. I really like the content, but in lecture, he just read from powerpoints verbatim. He also posted them all online beforehand. So lecture is unnecessary. He provides study guides a week before the exams. As long as you read and use the study guide, you should get an A.

Professor Hays was great. Lecture outlines were emailed before every class as well as study guides and essays for the test. Professor Hays also has review sessions the night before a test. He's a great guy and even though the lectures can be boring I never skipped class because he was such a good person. The recitations are a little more involved

Prof Hays really knows his stuff and explains ideas well. His tests are fair. If you keep up with the readings and review your class notes moderately frequently, you really do not even need to study for exams. I would recommend him to anyone.

This class is easy if you read the text book, attend lecture, and participate in recitations. There are two midterms and a final. Before all of these exams he gave us a study guide of what we needed to know. He is a really chill guy who loves what he does. Pretty easy if you put in some work.

seems like a nice guy. lectures get long and boring and multiple choice on his exams are hard. essays on exams are given ahead, just prepare.

Absolutely no reason to go to lectures because he posts them online and reads basically directly off them, but going to recitation is a must! Read the book, go over his lectures, and go to recitation (participation is actually graded) and you'll do fine on the tests.

Took him for 0500 and liked him, so went back and took two of his upper level courses. Wants his students to do well--provides very clear preparation for tests, including essay prompts. Multiple choice is tricky. Very methodology and econometric-heavy poli sci so take if that appeals to you. Might be kind of dry otherwise. Challenging but helpful.

Challenging material but made easy by prof hays' willingness to help

Love this guy! Super friendly and teddy-bear cute. Read the book, lectures slides are posted online. Very very smart.

Easy class, and seems like a nice and intelligent but very dull.

very knowledgeable, friendly, and approachable. lectures are a bit boring. tests are easy. textbook isnt really necessary as long as you listen and look over the powerpoints. all the info is basically from the powerpoints. long articles to read for recitation though and attendance matters. Best and easiest professor for this class overall

Loved this class. Would recommend as an easy and interesting class. Recitation attendance is mandatory

Great class. He has a good voice to listen to and a wonderfully dry sense of humor. He puts all the powerpoints online so you don't have to attend lecture if you don't want. Exams are easy as long as you put in a good two hours of studying right before each one. Virtually no homework, just skim the recitation articles and you're good to go.

One of the more difficult intro-level PS courses, but it's still very easy to do well; grading is based on three exams and recitation participation. Professor Hays provides review sheets for all exams and manages to make the class as interesting as possible. Lecture attendance isn't mandatory. All slides are posted, so the book isn't necessary.

Interesting material. Attendance and *frequent* participation is essential for recitation, but not for lecture. Tests are fairly easy, MC questions are based on slides from lecture and recitation readings (do them!!). Essay Qs are given beforehand--writing and re-writing each essay topic until you have each one memorized is very helpful.

Tough grader but if you study you'll do well. Posts all his lectures online so you can reference them.

He uses online lectures which can be sometimes difficult to follow, but if you reach out for help he is very good at explaining the topics. He understands that the information is hard, but gives a lot of resources. In-class problems are very similar to the ones on the quizzes. He tells you exactly what will be on the quiz which is very helpful.

Secretly funny as hell, no idea why this man gets so much crap on here. A real genius in high level IPE as a discipline. Used WAY too much R in the class, but still learned a ton. Helped us every step of the way. Can say I actually understood at the end how economics and politics interacted throughout history. Don't be scared, take this class.

Man, was this hard for an intro major level statistics class, but he tries to really help out students as best as he can. Split class format was really great, and the TA was amazing. Not sure I'd use R again though. Overall still recommend, obviously he knows his stuff. If you're a freshman you might be intimated.

Much love for Prof Hays. Concepts are presented clearly in online lectures, and he tells you what information you need to know on the quizzes. If you have an A, you don't need to take the final, but if you do take it, it's just like his quizzes.

Awesome professor. Uses online lectures and then uses class time to practice the concepts. You only need to go once a week. If you do well on the quizzes, you don't have to take the final. If you don't do well on the quizzes he drops the lowest one. The hardest part of the class is the recitation which isn't taught by him and covers R.

JUDE HAYS IS A GEM AND IS COMPLETELY UNDER APPRECIATED. Dude I am the WORST like the ABSOLUTE WORST at math. I had to take algebra 4 times in my life. This man got me to pass a MATH BASED CLASS WITH A B+. You don't even need to watch his online lectures, he takes the examples from class for his quizzes. Same answers, different numbers. Protect Jude

I thought he was a solid professor to take. Yea during lectures, he can be very dry and frankly I had a hard time paying attention. In terms of grading, I always thought he was a really easy grader. With our foreign policy, I got a 100 even tho I should've got a 50 or something. Quizzes, he gives us study guides that kinda tells you everything

Because the class was remote, I felt like I had to teach myself especially because I never took a stat class before. With that being said, during class, Prof. Hays was always there to answer our questions and always held review sessions for the quizzes. This is a class that is hard but you'll do well if you put in the work. Highly recommend.

Professor Hays had very informative lectures to the point where you could get away with not reading if you paid close attention in lecture. However, he does use coding in his class via r studio. For me that was the one drawback and primary source of stress for the class.

Jude Hays is a kind professor that cares about his students. His lectures can be a little dry, but his classes are interesting and enjoyable.

Jude is an extremely down to earth, calm mannered guy. If you have questions, he will answer them cut and dry. The highlight of this class for me was Valentina (TA). The entire class is based off of 6 quizzes, and if your average is 93 or better, youre exempt from the final. Valentina is the GOAT. My advice: Study the review sesh, ace the quizzes.

A super nice professor who makes himself available to students. He posts slides the night before the lectures as assigned reading but then uses the exact slides to lecture which feels like a waste of time. Got rid of coding with R so the class is very straightforward and not too difficult.

Professor Hays is a great professor. He is very accessible if you're struggling and the TAs are also amazing if you ever need help. A fair amount of reading but he posts the lectures the Sunday before classes. I would still recommend going to the lecture because it will help a lot.

Professor Hays is an incredible professor, he is so kind and caring and wants everyone to succeed. One of the TAs, Perisa, is the best-I went to office hours and she gave me specific feedback on how to improve my foreign policy memo. The other TA, Murat, is definitely nice and helpful it if just that Perisa is a lot better.

Professor Hays is a very good and understanding professor. He is very helpful during office hours, responds to emails quickly, and has a lot of knowledge about the subject. The quizzes are a little difficult, but just read the book and make flashcards on the ideas he wants you to know, and you'll be fine. Would def take again.

cares about his students. very smart and knowledgeable. material and quizzes can be difficult if you dont keep up.

Sweet professor, lectures can be dry but you dont even have to go, you can just watch online lectures in your own time.quizzes and assignments arent too bad, especially since in quiz review sessions he lays out the answers very clearly, but they take a little time. and in my experience not hard to get points back from TAs. great professor

Professor Hays is a good professor, but I seriously regret taking this class. The TAs were such harsh graders (they do all the grading) and they expected too much out of people with little experience in the realm of political science. The tests are fair however and manageable to do well on.

Professor Hays is the man! Had him for IR and he was super accessible outside of class and genuinely cared about his students success. Highly recommend taking him.

Professor Hays is an awesome professor! He is caring and kind, and always listens to his students. His lectures can be a little dry but he is very informative and helpful.

Posts the lectures the day before class so you don't need to go to every lecture to do well. Grades essay questions fairly tough but the quizzes are not very difficult. Assignments are relevant and well-connected to content.