Reviews of professor Joshua Meyer-Gutbrod

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He was fine. Your grade isn't made up of much. He doesn't grade Packback posts until after the final so you literally have no idea what your grade is the entire semester. Lectures were pretty short. Lots of reading if you're actually gonna do it but its a political science course so you're voluntarily signing up for reading. Not his fault

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He would go on tangents that really had nothing to do with his tests. One midterm, one final, and an essay. He assumes you know everything about politics like an upper div (this class is open for everyone). The midterm was stupidly hard and there was no study guide. He is the worst professor at UCSB. Don't take.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Ugh. Dr. MG was a cool guy, but the readings were way too heavy and the lectures did little if anything to help clarify them. Section was not really helpful either for this particular class. This class made me lose all interest in political parties :(. Hopefully in the future he can refine his course design to be more effective and engaging.