Reviews of professor Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Take this class if youre looking for a POLS102 course. Seriously the best Professor ever. A ton of extra credit, participation matters, about 5/6 quizzes, a few tests.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Gonzalez O'Brien is solid. But, I recommend Pol S 102 ONLY if you are interested in politics. Usually one day is lecture and other day is discussion. Weekly readings and podcasts. Mandatory participation. Quizzes every 3 weeks. Choice of essay or in-class testing. Graded based on points instead of weighting. A lot of material but doable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
really cool prof and knows how to lecture. he does take participation and makes it easy to talk. get ready to read and fully understand the material. hes a tough grader but his expectations are very clear. a couple short writes, midterm, discussion boards, and a 10pg final paper. definitely take this class, pretty eyeopening and worth the effort

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Gonzalez O'Brien is one of the best professor's in the POL dept. He's a tough grader and he does expect a lot but he's willing to work with you. If you don't understand something, he will go over it with you. His lectures are engaging. What he asks of his students is what he also gives. He is however not the best at responding to emails.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Gonzalez O'Brien is my favorite professor so far. He has highly entertaining semi-socratic lectures, and encourages discussion amongst the class in order to drive concepts home. He also knows his stuff, and has some slight experience in politics! He has two major papers, and 3 smaller quizzes which are not bad if you pay attention.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I had a really difficult time last semester and Professor Gonzalez O'Brien was very understanding and did what he could to help me pass the course. He is also very down to earth, funny and knowledgable! Definitely recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lecture notes help with the quizzes a lot, and the readings/videos he assigns throughout the week are necessary for the quizzes. There's a lot of readings, but you don't really have to read the book, so just the articles and videos. There are small group discussions that are mandatory but aren't intense. He's super funny and smart, recommend fs!