Reviews of professor Eric Arias

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The syllabus and literally every reading looks daunting upon first glance. Professor has high expectations, but you can rise to the occasion. He has a slightly dry sense of humor and sometimes it is hard to tell if he is joking or if he just dragged you in front of class. I was definitely exposed to new way of how to think about the world.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Eric is your guy If you want to deeply understand politics. The readings ARE tough. But they are not mandatory and the lectures do a great job of picking the readings apart. When you finish this class your worldview will be different and this will be the context you compare your other gov classes to. Enjoy!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Arias isn't afraid to "get real" in class, to be funny or to prove a point. This earns him respect, but the difficulty of his classes doesn't. Each week's reading included dozens of pages of academic work that, by his own admission, was loosely related to the course. Furthermore, he's a tough grader because he doesn't specify what he's looking for