Reviews of professor Patrick Schoettmer

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing lecturer and a super nice guy. His page on canvas is outdated and his is not very accessible outside of class. He takes forever to grade but in turn accepts late work which I find fair. Sometimes assignments are a little unclear.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This was my first poly sci class and he was a great professor! He talks a lot but he always kept the class interesting. Attendance is graded and there's daily quizzes over the reading, but they're open note and usually pretty easy. Gave a great review for midterm/final! I recommend taking any class with him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Schoettmer was an amazing Political Science Prof! I had him for U.S. Politics and it was just a great class overall. He is a very engaging lecturer and always finds a way to keep the class involved in the material and drum up class participation. There were daily reading and daily quizzes but they were open book quizzes so they were easy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
3 major discussions about a book and movie paired together, you have to write a paper answering 3 questions about the book and movie. You have to make a presentation with 3-4 other people about a week's topic and read some academic articles. Then write a 2000-3000 word final paper and an artistic thingy for finals. Prof makes bomb brownies tho!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Schoettmer was super knowledgeable about so many different topics. The class has a bit of reading and a lot of discussion posts. There's also a fair amount of writing but you learn a ton in the class overall!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'm not a PLSC major so his PLSC3090 Local/State Politics class was a little difficult for me. He worked with me though to make sure I was able to succeed. This course in particular used a student constitution, in which we decided the course layout and he gave lectures. He's a good professor, VERY knowledgeable and brought snacks on the last day!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had Professor Schoettmer during Covid and I can say he is one of the best, most caring professors I have ever had. He was so understanding and makes class fun and enjoyable (even on zoom!!)