I found her difficult to understand at the beginning of the year, but I've gotten used to it and actually find her lectures interesting and informative now. She is very knowledgable and I enjoy the material.

you have to get used to her teaching style. overall, very smart and she did a better job at explaining the eco stuff than my eco textbook.

quite an articulate and engaging professor. the type that tries to use examples that can relate to the student body (although silly most times). overall, an easy course, although not posting the slides made things a bit more difficult.

I think her accent's been commented on already, so I'll keep it brief. It's extremely annoying... actually it's not just her accent, but generally the way she talks... Other than that, she's a great lecturer who is really clear and easy to understand.

Prof Gilady is so bright and creative, but I also did not feel intimidated by her. Her style is quirky, but I like it. This is my best class so far.

Professor Gilady was very interesting, and the course material was challenging enough to maintain students' interest.

I had no interest in IR before this class but she makes it worth attending. I would recommend any class taught by her.

good teacher

An excellent professor. She presented the material in an interesting manner. Bravo.

A great prof with an interesting world view, although somewhat intimidating to approach. If you end up attending the majority of the classes you can learn a great deal from her. The multi-media she presents is great, and reveals a weird sense of humor...make sure to turn off your cell phone!

Very knowledgeable professor who tries to raise interest in IR. I'd say the tutorials and readings are the most important to achieving a good mark. The final exam is heavily weighted towards knowing the readings in-depth.

Lectures were great. Gilady can seem intimidating with a cynical sense of humour but she's worth learning from.

Good Lecturer but the grading scheme was absolutely ridiculous. Did anyone get an A? Probably has more to do with my TA at the time.

She is the best teacher to introduce IR, but the highest grade you can hope for is a B+ since she reserves A for the exceptional student with true dedication for the subject. All things said, she's great, but if you feel she grades too harshly, try talking to her. Her classes are entertaining, informative and transformative. Don't miss a single one

Considering the content of the course, I think she is very good for that. She dedicated enought time to ensure that everyone got what she was talking about and was not afraid to go over it again if need be. Recommended!

Extremely knowledgeable! I'm her biggest fan!

Prof. Gilady is really knowledgeable and I found the lectures to be easy to follow. The final exam is fair and she won't attempt to trick you, but make sure to do all the readings, as any article could be fair game (though there is choice when it comes to final exam questions). In my case (2006/2007 term), TAs were responsible for all the grading.

great prof for introducing the theoretical foundations of international relations. integrates video clips into lectures and ensures that lectures are enjoyable. unfortunately had to leave halfway through the summer session for unforseen circumstances. readings are a crcuial element

Great prof. Extremely intelligent and engaging. She gives some of the best answers to students questions that I've heard from a prof. Relatively unbiased compared to other profs I've had in POL/SOC.

Can be entertaining at times, and explains concepts clearly. Readings are crucial and the exam is mostly based on them.

Very good lecturer who explains all concepts thoroughly. You'll learn a lot in this class.

Awesome prof! Great use of media in class. The assignments are clear and straightforward. The midterms were alright. The majority of the class got confused on the essay question. TAs are fair.

Readings are crucial for success. She's extremely knowledgeable about the subject matter, and you WILL learn alot about IR. Will take consistent effort to pull off good grades though but as a prof, I highly recommend her.

Good style, engaging, interesting - a little fast and heavy on content but overall good.

The class was very interesting, and the professor gave a lot of examples. The readings were very long. The final exam grades were higher then expected, but the Quizes throughout the year were more difficult then expected. Each quiz seemed to be about random information. Doing the readings is most important because a lot draws from them.

Honestly, I felt that Gilady did an excellent, if not the best, job at adapting to the online platform. Her lectures were entertaining and informative plus the syllabus is on a cute website that's easy to navigate. She does async and sync (optional) lectures as well as individual office hours. She seems really passionate in what she does!

Professor Gilady is LOVELY!! I took her class during COVID. She put so much effort into her lectures, included funny clips, high quality editing, etc. She often assigns movies or tv shows instead of readings. Super well organized course.

Her lectures were VERY interesting, filled with relevant examples, movie clips, some jokes, and good music (her editing is fab). The course had very clear grading criteria, however, your grade depends entirely on your TA.

Taking POL107 online with Prof Gilady was a pleasure. Accessible prof (go to office hours!), interesting lectures, and reasonable assignments. My only complaint is that lectures were quite long (2 hrs of videos/week, admittedly watched on 1.5x or 2x speed) and sometimes not entirely relevant or helpful to the essays that make up most of the grade.

You don't need 100% of the readings for TUTS but know what they cover cuz you'll need them as sources for the essay. Remember examples the prof mentions (wars, operations ) to use them as examples in discussion posts and essays. Always make connections with course concepts in everything you write to get the best mark. So make sure to note them.

An Awesome professor, with a good sense of humour and great lectures. My favourite part! her dog lola

I took this class as a life sciences student, and I ended up loving it. She put so much effort into the lectures, and was also really approachable and considerate. The content was interesting, and she engaged different topics. Watching her videos didnt feel like a chore, and more like something youd do for fun. Would totally recommend.

The course I had involved a lot of interactions with T.A.s and not so much directly with Gilady (hence I can't for certain give her a 5/5). Her lectures however were phenomenal. Very active and interesting. There is a lot of reading, but the readings were not always needed in order to do well, so pick your battles wisely.

Although the course was content-heavy, the lectures by prof. Gilady were amazing: they were funny, well-explained, and provided many real-life case studies. The final grade was graded by many things, so there were many opportunities to redeem if you mess one thing up. The readings were very heavy. but interesting. Highly recommended!

Prof Gilady made really interesting and fun lectures. I thought the course was well made and useful. Would highly recommend.

I can see what some of these comments are saying, I find the lectures fun, way better than a boring monotone voice in the background. Some people may find it too much but it kept me engaged through online school. However, you do have to pay attention and get a good TA. My advice: take lecture timestamps in your notes on concepts and revisit them.

Best professor I have had so far, and the course was incredibly interesting. Have to watch the lectures but don't have to do all the readings. Actually, I would actively discourage you from doing the readings, as they are usually incredibly long and a lot of the time useless.

Whether enjoy her lectures or not really depends on your interest. It was lengthy but inspirational. And you have to go through them for the take-home test. Anyways, Jose was my TA and he was generous in grading.

Professor Lilach Gilady is a passionate instructor. Her passion is evident through her animated lectures (where she even uses green screen)! One downfall in my POV is that the lectures are very long. I feel like she could have condensed her lectures, but other than that, she is an amazing professor who truly cares for her students.

She tries her best to keep the class engaging but the lectures can be too content heavy at times. The Head TA Gamal is a gem though. Very easy course, try to get easy marks from the podcast, discussion board and tutorial participation and you'll be fine.

Professor Gilady makes course material a really attractive blend of dense political concepts, concrete examples, and personal witticisms. I personally loved how the grade was deconstructed with different non-paper evaluations that really allowed me to expand my abilities and try random stuff. Take this class.

I'm not entirely sure why professor Gilady has such a poor rating. Yes, this class is hard, it is not a bird course by any means, you will have to put in decent effort. Yet, it has been my favourite and most insightful course. Tips to doing well: attend all lectures and tutorials and write notes in an organized manner.

While it's true that we started tutorials later and had unclear grading criteria for the midterm, if you put in some effort you will be fine. I completely missed the mark on the essay and still got a B. Her lectures are super engaging, she puts a lot of effort into them (which lots of profs wouldn't do), and she seems to care about her students.

Professor Gilady's ratings from other POL107 ppl here are pretty bad, but I completely disagree. Although she was disorganized and had a bit of a temper, I find her dedication to the subject so respectable. Yes, it was a bit of a difficult first year course, but if you actually studied for this course, you'd find the material really manageable.

While it is crazy to not have our grades back yet (deadline was 12th), this class was still really interesting. The course content was really engaging, and the analytical methods were interesting. The tutorials were easy as long as you knew your stuff, and while the grading was pretty brutal for the first essay it was still a cool class.

Professor Gilady is smart and witty. I really enjoy her lectures.The course content is a little dispersed. Nevertheless I suspect that the purpose of the course is not really about the course content but about the development of the ability to think and analyze using some of the course concepts. Great class.

Very interesting lectures. Teaches you concepts you can apply outside of the course and really become more politically aware. I would say that she doesn't rambl. She might just explain each concept with a bit more detail than what is on the slides. If you attend lectures and participate, expect a good mark! She cusses sometimes and its funny lol.

Not sure why people are blasting this prof with so much hate. Lectures were very entertaining and she used hilarious and mindblowing real-life examples to explain different concepts. She teaches concepts that you can apply in real life. She had no biases whatsoever imo even when she talked about israel and palestine, despite her being israeli.

High quality very engaging and interesting lectures. The content was a great mix of history and politics and concepts were explained very well. Fairly disorganized and assignments have very limited instructions.

Lectures were excellent and well-taught, but the course is disorganized, as we never received a final breakdown of our marks. There isn't much of a rubric, but as long as you are a good writer and go to office hours it's not too bad. Exam was fairly easy, having mostly long answer questions alongside some short answer and multiple choice.

One of the best profs I've had so far. AMAZING lectures, fascinating readings, and the claims of bias are false. The main complaints are things I found to be non-issues; even though there was no rubric or grade breakdown it was easy to do well and the exam was a total breeze. I respect her for discussing Oct. 7 tactfully even though she's Israeli.

Had a terrible TA, but Professor Gilady was awesome, her lectures are great, and the content was very interesting even for someone not particularly interested in polsci. quite a bit of reading, and relatively few assignments that are worth a lot.

The Professor was good, and the lectures were engaging. The only reason I may not suggest this class is the incredibly terrible TAs. No one I have talked to in this class has liked their TA. The way they grade varies tremendously, so if you get a bad TA, you'll get a bad grade. One TA even assigned random weekly essays to his students.

I truly do not understand the criticism of Professor Gilady. I took her class for the first time in my fourth year and was nervous after the RMP reviews. She is extremely knowledgable of the readings and topics that are discussed in class and facilitates a healthy learning environment in which all perspectives of an argument are considered.

I don't know why her rate is so low, but I took her International Security class and every time I was at class I enjoyed it. It is definitely not boring, also her grading is not harsh, rather generous compared to other political science courses. I hope she has other 300 level courses available. The only thing is she is not very tech savvy.

Class was structured fairly, she was engaging and kind, and she did an excellent job encouraging discussion (which made up most of the class). However, we received basically no grades until the final mark was released and she was not always the easiest to reach by email.

I was worried about taking a course with Prof. Gilady because of her ratings, but honestly she's a great professor. Her lectures are super fun and engaging, and the content is really interesting. However, your TA makes or breaks your grade. As long as you keep up with readings and get a good TA, an A is totally doable.

I found Prof. Gilady to be a very engaging lecturer. The class was interesting and I genuinely learned a lot. The assignments were very clear and rather simple but with lots of room to be creative.