Reviews of professor Kim Dionne

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
PLEASE READ! she is smart and the content is interesting but not worth it. A lot of reading, pop quizzes, harsh grading on tests. The biggest reason I will not take this class again is her...rude, unprofessional, condescending, and not accommodating. Maybe she's a good person, but did not experience that side of her at all

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Amazing lectures, she had a quiz every class based on reading which is usually 20-30pgs but shed give you a reading guide with the exact questions on quiz, so i skimmed thru reading and still got good grades. And gives you (2) midterms in advance and you make an index card as cheat sheet. As long as you make an effort youd pass with a good grade.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The readings for this class was ridiculous... it was so long and almost half of it didn't matter sometimes. Quizzes in every lecture AND discussion and if you miss more than a couple of quizzes you just end up failing the class. She is an okay lecturer, but she puts a lot of her political views onto you which made me uncomfortable at times

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Daily quizzes in lecture based off readings. The readings were kinda long (30-50 pages), but worth it at the end since a big part of the tests were based on the terms in the readings. Tests were easy as long as you did the readings and took notes in lecture. Professor Dionne is really caring and approachable !

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Dionne is single-handedly one of the best professors at UCR. She makes class fun and learning about boring topics so interesting. Like no joke, I wish I had her for all my political science courses. She's bomb and I could see her lectures going viral online if they were ever posted!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class was very manageable. Those who complain about the reading forget that the class is 5 units and thus you are expected to do 10 hours of work outside of class. She assigns 30ish pages per lecture and breaks down the content. She cares about the students and honestly is undervalued. She does get political but she respects other peoples views

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She gives the exams ahead of time so there is really no reason to fail them. The class wasn't bad it just seemed like she tried to hard to appeal to the hardcore polisci majors . I also found this professor somewhat condescending towards students she didn't know.