Reviews of professor Ashley Anderson

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Sneaky hard class. 2 papers, weekly take-home quizzes, midterm, and final. Matters what TA you get for your papers. I thought prof Anderson was a very strange professor. She offered 2 extra credit opportunities, but they were a random competition for a song, and if the class could guess the race of celebs (wtf??) MC sections were vague & confusing

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is incredibly passionate and knowledgeable about political science and comparative politics. Her lectures are engaging and easy to follow. She has a "song of the day" for each lecture, and students can submit a song related to the reading for extra credit. The extra credit can be beneficial at the end of the semester, so it's worth doing it.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She had strict grading criteria, but would dissect papers you submit and still give you a reasonable grade. She had us write an essay as part of a test. She's lenient with her grading criteria. However, it's significantly harder than any of the TAs in the larger section will ever grade a paper. The class environment is extremely uncomfortable.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Amazing lecturer and makes content interesting. Grades papers harshly. A lot of reading.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
You can tell Professor Anderson is passionate about her lectures. Readings for each class vary in length but are sometimes long. You can kind of skim them and be fine. Papers are based on lectures/readings so its important to take notes. Midterm and final were manageable if you took notes/review lecture slides. Overall a great class.