he's not interested in helping you at all. the exams were impossible. i regret taking his class.

He is completely unorganized, and his class is insanely hard! Nothing on the study guide is on the test, and he asks rediculous questions like "how is our burreaucracy not like McDonald's?" I hate his class, and even though we got to pick our exam, it wan't worth it at all! Don't take his class!

Nice Guy but he dosn't really follow any real path while teaching. His test are hard essay there is only 3 and they are very difficult never really knowing what will be on them. I didn't learn anything in his class this semester, and reallhy did not enjoy it at all...if you can avoid him..do.

He was a nice guy and the class seemed easy until the first test..which was the day after the last day to drop classes. The lectures and the study guides don't help. DON'T TAKE

do not take him. He is extremely hard and does not explain very well. he picks favorites

Very nice guy, terrible professor. Spends the vast majority of the class making clever jokes and seeking approval. Has almost no insight into ConLaw. Writing a hypo test takes a brilliant prof, and he simply isn't. Your GPA will suffer from his incomprehensible hypo exams where he is more concerned with humor than law.

Worst teacher i've ever had. His discussions in class are always off topic and he answers questions with questions- making everything confusing and useless information.He definitely picks favorites.His midterm was long essays and he grades harshly. i'm an A student..and his FYS killed my GPA of 4.0 Steer clear of him at all costs- seriously.

Devious professor who isn't helpful or clear in his classes. Do NOT ever take him. Both you and your GPA will regret it. No matter how hard you work, he ends up picking favorites and giving out grades based upon who he likes. His tests are easy if you can apply what you know to the books, but it's a terrible FYS.. never take him. He is very unfair.

If you enjoy bad humor, misleading class discussions, favoritism, being bored and confused,an FYS that is a waste of time, and having you GPA suffer tremendously, then take this class. If you take his FYS or any Political Science class you will regret it until the day you graduate. terrible teacher who is contradictory and legit insane. DONT DO IT.

He's a stubborn political scientist. Enough said.

Always unprepared for class but expects the students to be over-prepared. Tells awful jokes all class, tests are completely impossible and he does not read the material he tests on. He is an awful teacher who is completely oblivious to his own ineptitude. Taking his class is like giving your GPA the bubonic plague on purpose.

Worst professor I've ever had in my college career! Always unprepared, doesn't give exam reviews, won't tell you whats on the exams. For your own sanity, do NOT take Nathan Griffith. This man needs to be fired as he knows nothing about the politics of the EU.

terrible person&overall a terrible teacher. if you take him, i wouldn't do anything but laugh at his stupid jokes. if you don't, he won't like you then he will just give you the grade he wants to give rather than the grade you might have actually earned. steer clear of him if it's possible. your GPA will thank you.

The very very worst teacher ever! Trust me and all the others who are warning you now! DO NOT TAKE THIS PROF!!!! Don't do it! Just don't!, for all the same reasons all the other victims of this incompetent teacher. If you want to like school stay away from Griffith. Uni-bomber smart=Uni-bomber craizie!!!!

Worst decision I made was taking First Year Seminar from Griffith. Unclear, unprepared, rambles, picks favorites. First B I've made in my entire life. He doesn't care how you do, he just wants to beat his ridiculously useless ideas into your head. Don't take any of his classes if possible.

Absolutely awful. To all the incoming freshmen- He is not conventional and his discussion based class is extremely off topic (not in an interesting way) and it's just plain confusing. Political science/FYS with him was a waste of time. No amount of sucking up to him will get you an A. Avoid him!

Seriously the worst. He's an okay guy. I feel a little bad for him. But do not take him ever. Literally ever. I have an A in every single class other than this one. I'm barely hanging on to a D. He will ruin your GPA. His tests don't make sense and neither does anything that comes out of his mouth. I want to sob every time i have to come to class

He thinks he is funny but he is not. He is just annoying. He does not teach, he just voices his opinion.

Do NOT sign up to take American Government with Nathan Griffith. Even if you think you did well enough in high school that you should be fine, DON'T DO IT. He digresses from the topic every five seconds so we are always behind on learning. He also wrote a book that is our textbook and main source of learning and fails to explain things thoroughly.

Nathan Griffith is one of the coolest professors just to have a conversation with. He is very funny and easy to get along with. However, his instruction style is very poor. He gave little to no instruction as far as expectations for papers and was very disorganized. We once had 2 days to write a paper and got it back 2 months later.

If you take this class you will absolutely hate yourself for it the rest of the semester. All he does is rant about his political views and veer off topic the entire lecture. If you don't agree with what he says, you are murdering your grade in his class. Do everything you can to avoid this professor, your gpa will thank you later.

Took methods. Deep down hes probably a nice person. But he is a HORRIBLE teacher. Is not helpful at all. Doesnt give good feedback. And is condescending af. You basically have to teach yourself. His classes are the hardest classes Ive ever had to take and he does not make it fun or easier on you. Pray for your GPA. Avoid at all costs.

Professor Griffith has a good heart, but really needs to reevaluate his teaching techniques. Students are expected to teach themselves everything, which is okay as this is college, but he never give lectures that comprehensively review course content. His class needs more structure, and he needs to cover reading material for review in class.

Do not take this class. It is so much work, and you are left alone with no help to teach yourself everything.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. you will ruin your GPA and get no help

He means well, and is a good person, but simply not a good teacher. I think he is burnt out and just needs to find a job he enjoys more.

He's literally the worst. I have taken so many classes with him (NOT by choice) and I need to tell all future students DO NOT TAKE GRIFFITH. He will RUIN your GPA. He sucks. All he does is talk talk talk and never teaches and he needs to do something else with his life. He gives you TERRIBLY constructed exams that are worth SO MUCH of your grade.

Yikes. Dr. Griffith could not focus his lectures on the topic of the class and did not guide learning well. Often I would do the readings and go to class just to spend the whole time talking about something completely unrelated. The only things in the gradebook are the midterm, final, and two essays. Try and avoid his class if you can.

Griffith is a nice guy BUT his class was terrible/HARD. Nearly every student that had him as a professor failed. The lectures were not clear and the exercises per week made no sense/didn't go with the lecture. He claims he wants to help but doesn't explain anything if you meet with him outside of class. Your GPA will go down if you take this class.

Terrible professor. Talks too much about other things that even he forgets sometimes what he was trying to say. Very confusing lectures, and his book is super wordy for not reason as well. No study guides, because our notes are supposed to be sufficient while he doesn't give us proper information to even take notes over. Joke of a class.

if you take a class from him, good luck! my entire class had a group message and we took a poll of the class average for grades and it was a high D, low C. If you want to keep a good GPA avoid him at all costs. Kind man but as a professor he doesn't have any power points or structure to his class, his lectures do not help for the tests at all.

This class sucks- Comparative Politics. Do not take this class with Griffith! The midterm exam alone was completely traumatizing, he gave us no guidelines to prepare. I studied for 8 hours and probably failed. He makes you write weekly single spaced papers after reading 100 pages of a god awful boring book. Avoid this professor, I couldn't.

terrible

If he likes you, he'll make time to meet with you outside of class. If he doesn't, good luck. Quite possibly the worst course of the major requirements. He's a dry lecturer and wonders why no one answers his questions. Provides minimal feedback on assignments and grades everything at the last possible second.

Griffith grades case briefs based on what he thinks is correct, rather than what is fact. It's fascinating how the legal question of a case can be given word for word in the opening on the opinion, yet he will claim that is not the question and alter the entire case to be something of what it is not. He makes everything abstract and vague.

Poor feedback and a lack of clear grading criteria. His syllabus will provide an objective rubric for grading, yet grades subjectively. Zero enthusiasm and seemed to hate the material he was teaching.

griffith is the worst the political science department has to offer. everyone complains about him and he is a nightmare to deal with. his teaching methods are terrible and is classes are a constant struggle. he will ruin your gpa for fun. he singlehandedly made me regret choosing belmont. good luck, youll need it

Worst prof at Belmont. He doesn't really show students respect when they try to reach out for help. Avoid him at all costs.

operates a flipped class model of teaching - you teach yourself the content + submit assignment before coming to class AKA he doesn't teach in any meaningful way. classwork disproportionate to credit hours/other courses of the same level. Only class I've ever received lower than an A-. Tanked my GPA. Will not help. Made me regret choosing Belmont.

Made me regret choosing Belmont. I am not lazy. I am not unintelligent. I have the aptitude and did what I needed to do. Nevertheless, of the three times I have taken Nathan Griffith, I have gotten the worst grades of my academic career. You can only do well in his class if you lose all of yourself to become him. The man has too much honor.

I am now enrolled in Griffith's class. If you are a student with a job outside of class, or any life outside of school do not take these courses. I have to have three jobs while attending school to survive, and the work is so rigorous and abundant that I drowned in the class. The semester is not over, but I will be failing the class. 0/10.

horrible professor but you can't avoid him if you're any sort of political science major.The reviews are correct, he wants you to become him. He is the worst the department has to offer in regards to actually learning anything from his teaching, he is harsh and condescending. You can tell he is knowledgable but shouldn't be a teacher. worst ive had

He needs to be fired the fact he provided three tests no homework or study guide. Whole class is failing and he decides on the last day of class to end it because no one read his book. No test review like he wants the whole class to fail. Alot of his teaching is off topic majority class got low test scores and he doesn't seem concerned.

He is the devil

This professor shouldn't teach students. I've taken his classes several times and it seems that he wants students to hate being at Belmont. He is very scattered and unfocused during class and inaccessible when you need help outside of class. Beware and maybe choose a different major, because taking his classes will tank your gpa!

I took this for a social science credit because I have previously taken American Government and enjoyed it. I did not like this class. Only three tests for the semester is not fair to every learner. The lectures are wordy and honestly just all over the place. The focused concepts of the course are useless in the grand scheme of American government