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“Professor Frames lectures are always interesting and he's always willing to help if you put in the work”
PS1 - 5.0 rating“I took Stew this semester and i love him”
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Reviews (99)
nice guy bit boring take it with a friend and its cool, overall id reccomend it you maybe bored but better to be bored than overworked
comes off like a total had as*, jsut wait out the first week and youll find a caring teacher, he grades VERY easy a bit boring and brags a bit but underneath it he seems to be a cool guy easy A
Ok he makes you work as far as writing goes but the test are cake, he just wants you to show interest if you do that youre fine easy C work for an A/B
Very Fun and loves politics- Anyone can get an A or B in this class with little effort. It can be a bit boring-especially lectures led by group projects.
Yes you can get an easy A in this class but that doesnt mean you learn much! He doesnt teach at all rather students simply get bored to death with presentations other students give. His jokes are lame and needs to keep liberal views to himself!
i took this course a year ago and the class gets too boring.
Stew Frame loves politics. He is a democrat and passionate about his issues.He is a great teacher and you will enjoy his class.The student envolvement is the best part of this class for anyone who really cares about politics.
I found his course to be fun a bit boring but I was impressed. I find that learning is up to the person not the teacher stew presents the information however if you dont learn anything that may not be his fault
He is really cool, and he is not totally easy. Because you need to write 10 page papers. Besides that if you show up late he marks you absent, no excuses aloud. Overall he's the best to take, just dont be late.
i love this teacher!! he is moody sometimes, but very understandable. presentation required.
Very enthusiastic teacher, opinionated (Howard Dean fan), likes when students challenge him. A lot of work involved in the summer semester. Former students rated him as an easy A since he offers extra credit, he didn't like that, no longer easy A, workhar
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Ukiah or bust!
He is kinda boring hwoever the debate is ussually fun and you learn some stuff. I also like how if you argue with him he gives you more points he may be liberal as heck but he is also very open to everyones opinion.
OK, he is so so hard dont take his class if you just want an easy A.....haha. He dosent like being cald an easy teacher!But what can you say. I guess I can say you cant fail.
This is a easy class, you gonna have to try real hard to get lower then a C. Class is extremely boring, but Frame is trying really hard to make it fun for students.
He talks a lot. Study the pages he gives you to study.
An AMAZING prof, Stew is one of the reasons I am a PolSci major today. He loves his subject and makes you love it too. Encourages discussion and classes are never dull.
dont listen to all the others talk about stew like that he is the man. ultimate. so easy it was ridiculous. puts all assignments up on the board 1st day and tells you how many points you need to get an A. mad extra credit and he is a very very intertaing speaker
This guy rocks! He is awsome and really cool. Take his class in PS 1 and MUN, it's all fun.
Good guy, funny, discusses controversial subjects, very likeable, interesting, easy B.
He has good answers for questions.Has lots of knowledge that he thinks no one understand. Show him in your papers that you have something to say in the world of politics, and you have opinions about politicians and their policies. Give him solutions and what can be done to improve current situations
he gives you A LOT of extra credit assignments (if you do all of them, you'll most likely get an easy A in the class)... and they're not hard at all. he does expect you to show up on time (which is also a big portion of your grade in the class). take this course if you want an easy A.
He's an overall great guy. He cares about politics and his students. Lot's of classroom participation.
Great teacher, and interesting lectures. He hates it, but he is an easy grader. Just make sure you do the homework and the extra credit!
cool guy the extra credit helps and its simple. show up to class on time and he pretty much guides you through the rest...way nice guy
EASY A!!! Just show up on time (1/3 of grade) and he tells you the answers to the tests! How simple could it be? Also, he is rather "open" so if talking about gays or men having sex together bothers you, don't take his class or tune him out. He likes to talk and loves an audience. Oh, he also spends about 20 min each class period bagging on Bush.
Stew could be called slightly neurotic, but that doesn't take away from the fact he is a great teacher. Super liberal and will make it known throughout the class that even though he thinks he would get along with Bush (they would probably be drinking buddi
Cool guy. Show up on time, do the work and pay attention you'll do fine.
Terrible professor. Scarce knowledge of the subject. Highly neurotic. Does not like another person's opinion, nor is he willing to listen. You will be kicked out of the class if you disagree with him. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS! THE MAN IS AN IMBECILE!!!
The man is a complete lunatic, the only reason that he is still teaching, is that most kids in the community college system, don't know what a good professor consists of. The class is very easy, because he regurgitates opinion and forsakes knoledge as a way of educating the students. He does not consider another persons opinion, just his own. I per
This must be one of the easiest As u can get. Just show up to class and do ur work. In his class its all about quantity not quality. Such a joke.
First of all,that poster who posted below doesn't even know how to spell knowledge,so he's immediately discredited.Frame is alright,he is opinionated,he's NOT afraid of making waves,which is good because too many so called Professors will forsake the truth in fear of getting into trouble.Frame tells it how it is,and apparently these guys are jrGOP.
He never teach in class
EASIEST CLASS IN THE WORLD. GIVES UP TO 75 POINTS FOR EXTRA CREDIT AND THEY'RE SO EASY. A IF U DO EVERYTHING,U'LL PROBABLY GET A B EVEN IF U SLACK OFF
I took Professor Frame as much as I could. He wasn't the best professsor but he was sure easy! You will for sure get an A unless u are a complete moron. I was also in MUN which is really fun, you get to travel around the US for free and learn about the United Nations. I went to New York, Vegas, San Francisco... TAKE HIM!!!!
Very entertaining lectures, class is never boring. grades pretty easy on essays but tests are very challenging. A great teacher. take him!
The best class I've ever taken. Easy and every class meeting was a lot of fun, never boring.
This guy is the most incompetent organism at IVC (earthworms included). Hold on, I regret comparing him to earthworms, I respect their kind nature. This man takes the science out of political science; no he even takes out the "poli" and the "al" out of it too, which leaves tic, a bloodsucking creature. He Framed roger Rabbit. Get it?
Comments below must have come from a student who pissed off professor Frame. Frame gets mad when students use their cell, come late, or talk disruptive in class! Frame is OK. Grades pretty easy, helpful attitude.
if u take him, get ready 2 spend a lot of classtime discussing things not in the textbook. if u want 2 go 2 class & learn about politics and be able to remember what you learned after the course is over, take prof dianne chang. if u want to have a fairly easy class with a fairly easy prof & dont mind hearing a lot of random rambling take frame.
If you can get past his rude/**** comments then I would assume his class is easy. However, be prepared to hear things that don't relate to Political Science, or **** comments/jokes. I kept a tally mark during one class of all his **** comments, and it totaled about 20 in 15 minutes. It's ridiculous!
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aiite professor.. talks about his life every freaking time no boring who cares about his life damn.. gosh on and on trying to be funny but he aint. he is easy but he is very immature and talks too much
If you want a class and Prof. that will be really challenging , then take Prof. Frame's 3 hour class. As a person he's different then the instructor in his classes.
oh my gosh... total ass. he is the biggest gerk. if i didnt have to take the class to transfer i would have droped it the next day!!!
He's easy, but the class is tedious, the 3 hours felt like 6 hours. If you're not looking at him while he's talking, he'll make sure you do. It's tough just to stay up. He hardly uses the book. We touched on the book maybe twice the whole course time. He likes to talk about women, bush, rep./dem., his retired cop friend..
Absolutely, the worst teacher I have ever had. Not once did he relate the subject to the book, the premice of the class solely relied on his opinion, which consequently is not based on his experience, only on his huge ego and his political stance. He translates the subject through his bitter, political opinion, so do not disagre with him.
Really wonderful professor. When I took his class, I disagreed with almost everything he said, and we got on wonderfully. If you can back up your stance intelligently, he doesn't mind being challenged. No, he doesn't use the textbook a lot, but I read it for tests and learned a lot. And who likes to be lectured at from a text anyway?
he seems like a nice person but he is a hard grader. Didnt make the class very interesting. It felt a lot like high school.
The man is an Idiot. Unfortunately, there really isn't much else to say. The entire class is based on his opinion. He is unoriginal, has virtually no people skills and he flirts with girls in the class. Don't take this class!!!!!!!!
Class is only as good as you make it. SPEAK UP! say what you think, opinions count. It makes for a very interesting class if you truly explore what political views and beliefs that you have or could have. HAVE AN OPEN MIND. The teacher was HILARIOUS, and jokes around alot about how old he is and what women he dates. Its pretty entertaining.
I heard the same, He Accidentally told us one time in class, not a very smart man as you can tell, dont DON'T TAKE ANY OF CLASSES, he is the wors teacher ever.....
if you are late or miss class he will make your life hell, this is obviouslywhat happened to the students with negative comments.Frame is this the man. Unless your a retard and need someone to read the text to you take this class. classes are enlightning as they are open for discussion on the topics in the book.
Professor Frame is one of the best professors i have ever met. I am not just saying this because I got an A in his class, but because i like the way he teaches and his personality. He is not a guy who will fail anyone and he believes in giving people chances because back in the day other professors gave him the chance to become what he is today. A+
Professor Stew is a really great professor. He is willing to help students in anyway he can. There are lots of ways to earn extra credit points. For people signed up for him during the Spring semester, or any other semester, you will learn a lot, and get a good grade.
He's a cool professor. I got an A+ without getting stressed out over anything. Class was very open... you can voice your opinion anytime. Be sure to come on time :] he doesn't like tardies...
I took his class over summer and I'm glad I did because it was quick and easy. He is very helpful to the point of giving you answers for the test, so it's hard NOT to get an A, but gives you time consuming assignments. Good for summer, I'm glad I didn't have him for an entire semester. Oh yea, and be on time for class. He hates tardies
Great professor! I learned so much from him. I wish to take it with him again if he is offering other PoliSci courses. He is funny too ^0^
Its super easy to get a A+ in his class. If you do not recieve "A" in his class, you fail at life and have no use to continue schooling. Only time consuming assignment you might run into might be the multiple essays he assigns
Really, all you can say is, incompetent imbecile.
Hes no harm; just an old man that says watever he wants. His class easy & quite entertaining b/c of all his nonsense jokes, which are funny sometimes. I liked the guy, but some ppl just take him TOO SERIOUSLY. getting ALL OFFENSIVE about EVERYTHING he says. All that matters is that his lectures are straight forward & the class is organized. EASY A
everything he says he means well and not to offend anyone he makes silly jokes and goes off topic all the time his class is an easy A its not even time consuming he has alot of related and unrelated stories to tell you but you'll get a good laugh attendance is MANDATORY 100 points he grades you down when your absent so go to class!!
He will give you answers to every...single...question on his midterm and final. He just tells you where to find them in the book. He's hilarious but very liberal. You can get an A without listening to him in class at all, but attendance is mandatory!
Dr. Frame is the best professor on this universe. explains the subject clearly.All these bad comments writers are a complete losers and lazy students. Dr. Frame treats everyone with respect and he is the best. I took him in 2006, and he is great.
Many people don't find him funny but I think he his very entertaining. Loves to talk all the time way off subject but still interesting. Makes you do a speech which he ends up talking for the whole thing ( Makes it way easier for you) Gives "hints" and page numbers for all the tests! Just show up to class and your golden! :)
He hired somebody to read our midterm paper and that somebody is like an english teacher who grades on your thesis and stuff.. i thought that she will read what i say about political stuff..so i didn't organize it like a writing class. neways, he is really nice but then do not go against him when he goes off topic..he got really mad afterwards!
Frame is an old man who talks about lots of random crap. He is woefully incompetent and is really not a great teacher to take if you want to actually learn something(from a teacher). That being said, his class is incredibly easy and the only hiccup is you have to listen to him speak as attendance is mandatory. Also there is a 5 pg. essay S.S.
Extremely funny. Loves to debate. Easy class. Take him!!!
Pretty entertaining teacher. He gives you all the questions that are going to be on the test so if you are willing to look up the answers for them you will do fine. Extremely easy C, easy B, fairly easy A with some effort.
Awesome professor. Class was very enteraining for a 3 hour class it went by faster than my hour long classes. If you are an A-B student an A should be no problem. Gives you all the right things to study and is very clear on what you really need to know for quizes and tests. =)
Easy class to get an A. I failed this class twice before and i still got an A. Attendance is not mandatory but recommended to get an A. Just show up to class and study his hints and you're pretty much guaranteed an A.
this class was actually easy even though he changed somethings around. I got an A in the class. he gives out hints to quizzes and test so make sure to attend classes. theres a 5 page essay but not too difficult. i got an A on it and didnt start it til the day before. hes pretty entertaining and funny. just dont piss him off! :]
Incompetent imbecile, there isn't much else you can say about frame. If you want an easy A, however, definitely take this class. It was a monumental waste of my time. The entire class was based on his moronic opinion. He did not use the book, Just argued with other students.
He is a sweet guy who really passionately cares about the topic. All the commenters here complaining that he voiced his opinion too much need to not take political science, because thats all it is! also i had an essay that i thought deserved a better grade and i took it to him and talked about it with him, and he changed my grade! he's a sweet guy!
stupid teacher. very liberal only looks at things from his side. easy A, he thinks hes hard now but hes easy, only one hard term paper in his class, gives u answers to tests
I thought Prof. Frame was nice! His pet peeve is tardiness...don't do it! He gives hints to quiz and finals early on in class! Midterm is writing paper and quiz. Do your work! I enjoyed the class and would highly recommend it! Prof. Frame is cool! I would definitely take him again!
A lot of people drop in the beginning because he comes off as being hard and crazy. He does have two 5 page papers you must write, but that's about all you do. His lectures are almost pointless, but you need to go to class for quiz's, and he gives you bout 5 questions each week for the tests. Do the papers, and you'll get an A in the class.
he's done with IVC. fall 2010 was his last semester... so who cares about what comment i write anymore? lol ...
if you didn't take political science with this guy then you were missing out. stew frame is an awesome professor. He is involved with Model united nations! highly reccommended. you would of loved his class!
He picks his nose right in front of you. Gross!
Sure he's annoying but I thought his class was interesting and not uber hard. Take this if you're a poli sci major
I took Stew this semester and i love him!! Yes he is super opinionated and way too liberal for my liking but his class is actually super fun! IF YOU ARE NOT A POLI SCI major take this class you will get an A!!!
Best professor ever. Professor Frames lectures are always interesting and he's always willing to help if you put in the work.
Very lenient with grades. He really loves teaching about issues that are happening now, very interesting professor and jokes around a lot. There's no reason why you shouldn't get at least a B in his class.
He is a good teacher. His class is easy, and there aren't a lot of points that go into it. Not much homework, except for a couple really long essays. Did not open the textbook even one time. Tests are easy; he gives VERY good reviews leading into them. Pretty much every class is lecture from beginning to end. There can't be an easier PS1 class!
He only really cares about his own opinion and will talk non-stop. Also you either have to ask lots of questions in class or write a 7 page single spaced paper as part of the final
An easy professor. If you want to stack up on points then you should be an activist (talks/asks questions a lot in class), a techie (someone who's good with computers to help the old dude out), or one of those people who take attendance every time there's class. He does go on a tangent most of the time but at least he gives you answers to tests.
Two 10 pages paper, one midterm and one final. Too much work. But he is nice.
Yes he does go off on tangents but if you listen to him and his test review you should easily be able to ace it. If you attend class and actually participate in discussion, the class is very engaging and you'll actually learn something. He is a nice man and a straight forward grader so if you do all your work you'll get an a.
He talks about his life stories a lot and some are entertaining. Overall great class and very easy to ace. Highly recommending taking this professor for poly sci.
Attendance is basically absolutely mandatory but aside from that, class is a breeze. Zero homework, he gives you the answers to the midterm & final, and grades VERY easily on the two papers you're assigned. Downside is his class can be boring and his lectures are often tangents but it's bearable if you want an easy A.
If you actually want to learn, DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS. He tells stories for the most part, and covers very little material in class. You're better off reading the book. The class itself if an easy A, but he doesn't even grade his own tests which is unfair to the students. Will call you out for coming in late, but will waste your time with stories.
When you're in class, it's really hard to shape your head around the fact that it's real life. The class comprises of him telling old college stories and going on tangents about whatever upsets him that day. Grades by just looking to see that you did something and gives u an A. Also spends the last 2 weeks before a test giving you answers. 12/10.
real nice guy & super funny
if you're actually into this subject, then I suggest you don't take his class. Honestly, half of his reviews aren't here aren't even accurate. He does however go off numerous tangents, you dont learn a thing unless hes angry about something. also he does give you the answers, but he isnt clear on them and goes off tangents while he gives them out.
The class was honestly dreadful to sit through but if you just need the credit like I did it's not too demanding. He literally gives you all the answers to the midterm and final which makes it impossible to do poorly on. You do have to come to every class to earn the 100 participation points, otherwise you have to write another 10-page paper.
Poli sci is an utterly useless subject to my major (biology), therefore, what would be the point in me taking this class to challenge myself? Okay so if you're like me, then take him bc you will learn nothing and get an A for it! It's simply amazing. But if you're actually taking poli sci to learn, then his class isn't for you.
This was my first 8 am class and I would say worth. This man will help you out with any question and even slip in a few answers here and there. If you help him out, he offers extra credit! Although lectures can be dry, very nice man and reasonable amount of work to do for this class. Two papers, mid term, and final! Show up to get points!
Class Info
Attendance Mandatory
94%
Textbook Required
53%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
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POLISCI3
5.0
(1)POLITICAL
5.0
(1)AMERGOV
5.0
(1)PS201MUN
5.0
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5.0
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AMERGOV
4.0
POLITICAL
3.0
POLYSCI1
3.0
PS302
3.0
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