The best advice for college: Do. Not. Take. Sara. Henary.

This woman is without a doubt the worst teacher I have ever had in my entire life. I am not a straight A student but I have only received one C in college after three years of full course loads. This is the first time I have ever graded someone on rate my professor but this woman is so awful that I felt that I had to warn others. Be warned.

She literally has no idea what she is doing. She can't explain the difference between an A and a B paper. Her lectures are extremely boring. I will concede she does a decent job of explaining points in the lecture but at the point where she can't even begin to remotely justify her own grading I have to give her a 1 on clarity.

If you get Professor Henary I would advise you to change professors as soon as possible. She is a very nice person and is helpful in her office hours, except that when you ask her a question she "beats around the bush" and never fully answers your questions. If your'e the type of student who loves politics and/or loves reading then take this class.

Prof Henary seems like a nice person, but cannot teach to save her life. She assigns a ridiculous amount of reading for every class period, and only 4 grades count for the semester. I went over an essay in office hours with her, she said it looked great, but gave me a B when I turned it in.

You would be better off transferring to a different school with a single credit needed, as opposed to taking Sara Henary's PLS 330. It is the absolute worst class of my entire life. I am a good student and a PLS Major. This class made me dread going to school. She is the worst teacher in the history of college professors.

Prof. Henary's class was the worst class that I have taken at MSU. It is a very lecture heavy class with extremely long reading assingments. Grades you recieve are only from her essays and finals which she is very picky about grading. It's an extremely difficult class which I would reccommend avoiding at all costs. It's near impossible to get an A.

Class was very difficult. I honestly didnt do the readings but went to class everyday. Make sure to mark quotes she mentions because you will have to explain every detail about them on the tests. Take good notes, mark the quotes, & you should be fine. But STUDY.

This was the hardest class that I have ever taken. I dreaded going, and it sucked. There are only four grades. I got a 72% on the midterm (I left feeling good about it). When I went to ask her about why my grade was so low/what should I change for the final, the explanation didn't really make sense. It sucked because I liked the lectures.

i was gonna take this class because i needed another honors class, but i dropped because her class was so ridiculously hard. there's two/three papers, and then a final. she does extra credit quizzes every once in a while, but you need to get 8 questions right to get ONE POINT of extra credit. papers are worth 25 and 35% of your grade. DO NOT TAKE

Do not take this class if you work a job, hate reading, and/or aren't in love with Poly Sci. This is by far the worst class I have ever taken. All lectures were completely verbal besides an outline. She always continued to talk after the time was up for class. She was not helpful when it came to the paper. Her lectures are extremely hard to follow.

Expect to read a ton or else you will have issues in class. Difficult grader for how confusing the lectures are

most difficult professor I have ever had, and I'm an A student

You are asking for a C just signing up for this class. Shes a horrible teacher.

She does not provide good notes or study guides A lot of hard reading is required but she is scattered in the lectures and fails to articulate what is most important then gets mad when the whole class fails the tests. She is kind-hearted but she is not organized enough to help her students succeed.

Every class is the same long and boring lecture that does not seem to benefit anyone in the class given that 95% of the class failed the first exam. If you express your frustration about the class and see her during office hours for help she will only suggest that you be able to teach yourself the material. Out of class work is long & not retaught

One of the worst teachers I've had. Tests are unnecessarily hard, and when you ask for help, all she does is tell you to go over your notes and readings more, even if you've already done that multiple times. There are no study guides or additional help. She does not understand her student's needs. I'm sure she's a nice person, but as a teacher, no.

The way she teaches this course should B taught to Master's Degree students, NOT 100 level undergrad gen eds. WAY 2 much 2 often. Readings R extremely intellectual & frustrating. She also lacks compassion 2 give U guides on what's important 2 understand. Not a good leader. Tests r specific, info is extremely broad, lectures disorganized/dont help.

**DO NOT TAKE** Save your money, this is the absolute worst professor at Missouri State. Tough grader, she is also all over the place in her lectures.

She is a horrible professor, all over the place in her lectures. I have never tried so hard in a class and failed. She is really no help in office hours either.

Withdrew from the class last week because I was failing. I showed up to every lecture, went to office hours, and even sought help outside of the class. I felt like I was doing everything right. Yet when the time came, still failed the test and essays. Dont take Sara.

For the love of all that is holy, do not take Professor Henary. The amount of required reading is ridiculous, there are only 4 grades for the entire course, 2 of which are essay exams that are graded as harshly as essays written over the course of a week. The lectures are also completely useless. Professor Henary does not know how to run a class.

This class alone is extremely difficult, pair that with the professor's inability to organize the class effectively, and it is near impossible. On top of the unorganized environment, the professor grades like it is a graduate-level class, and if you do not live by the books assigned, you will not pass. If you take this prof, good luck.

Not a good teacher overall. Gives bad lectures and expects you to remember small details from the readings. Class is scored entirely on tests which she doesnt help you prepare for at all.

She gives no study guides or homework its all just lectures

You are harshly graded on 2 tests (essay format), 2 essays, and random pop quizzes that focus on the smallest details of the readings. This class drowns you in readings that are hard to understand. Her lectures have no clear format and she is hard to follow during them. It's very easy to fall behind and not understand the primary focus of the topic

I have taken about every single political science class at Missouri State, this one is my least favorite by far. She is a very nice person, but her grading is extremely hard (especially on the essays). She takes what is an interesting class and makes it where you dread going to it. Unfortunately, she's the only one who teaches this class.

I took this class a semester ago and i’m still fired up back here to make sure that nobody has to go through what I did. I am an intelligent student with a fierce work ethic, and let me tell you, I did absolutely everything in my power to do well in that class. It seems you don’t even learn anything in the lectures, it’s all opinionated talk.

Here I am again for the third time now leaving another review from a class that I took a semester ago. I am a cell and molecular biology major with a what should be 4.0 gpa if it wasn't for Professor Sarah Henry. I have straight A's in classes 10x harder than PLS yet somehow I managed to collect my first C in a gen ed class.

Terrible class. Highly recommend taking it elsewhere or by another professor. The worst grade I have ever gotten in a class. Expects you to read 30-plus pages a night. Most of the readings are not comprehensible. Good Luck if you're taking it.

Entire Lecture is a yap sesh. The entire class is 4 tests. Good luck anyone taking this class.

Absolutely horrific professor. I would avoid this class at all cost.

Avoid at all costs, as she says "anything I say or in the book goes", described the class average being 60% as disappointing because we missed questions which were "low hanging fruit" - that class average was after a curve by the way...

This is by far the hardest class I've taken. Unclear and often conflicting grading criteria. Unhelpful during office hours. Will never be able to tell you why she graded how she did. Too much reading, unorganized lectures, does NOT teach the material. Missouri State needs to reevaluate her immediately. Only 4 grades for the whole class.

Genuinely this class could be really fun and interesting, you will essentially be teaching yourself by reading 5 different books and then expected to take exams and write essays based on little to no prompting but get graded as if there was. Anytime I've talked to her outside of class it has been 0 help. I'd rate in the negatives if I could.

Tough class and breakdown. 4% attendance, 24% exams (4 total). Very lecture-heavy, super boring, and not fun or engaging. Tests you over mainly the textbook which can be hard to follow with lectures. Plan on basically teaching yourself the material.

Professor only gives grades for the 4 exams and does not give study guides. Lectures are boring, and there is minimal student interaction. Regurgitates the textbook. Has a lot of court cases on the exams. Memorize all cases mentioned in the textbook and class. Don't take unless you're okay with teaching yourself and good at multiple choice tests.

I found this professor very hard to follow in class and the only grades you get from this class are test grades. There is so much material to cover and we are given little to no guidance on what to study so you need to be prepared for anything and everything to be on the tests.

She is a very nice person but, the class isn't very well structured in my opinion. What you need to study is very up in the air and the lectures are hard to follow. There are only exams in this class, no assignments so, if you don't do well on the exams then you're going to fail.

She only has lectures in class and she writes her points on the board and just lectures at you for the whole class. There are only 4 grades and they are the 4 test you take. The content on the test can be anything that you read in the textbook or what she says in the lectures. Take notes and read your textbook!

Absolutely dreaded this class every day. There was lots of reading and your only grades in the class were four tests that were extremely hard. You had to keep up every day or you would have no idea what was going on. The only plus side was that there was a curve on tests.

You have no idea what's going to be on the tests, there's no study materials or assignments to go off of. She doesn't even write anything except for four points on the board and half the time you never know what point she's on. She just stands there and lectures and I would not recommend this class to anyone. Take a different professor if you can.

Do NOT recommend. Entire grade is dependent on 4 grades. Midterm/Final were handwritten, timed/seated essays. Papers were graded harder than my actual English class. A lot of reading is required, so if you like to have any sort of free time, choose another professor. Going to office hours did not offer enough feedback to improve my work.

She only graded you on a total of 4 tests you received, I ended with a 69.40 and she wouldn't round up so I could pass, reading HEAVY, no study guide either which was tricky!!

If you find yourself in ANY of Henary's classes, drop out immediately or pick a god and start praying.