Reviews of professor Calvert Jones

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
if you do the readings and take notes and just study your notes you will guaranteed get an A in her classes. I've taken 3 classes with her including upper electives, and they are just as easy (same format) as her GVPT200 class. She cares about her students and even lessened work load this past semester to relieve pressure from COVID.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class is not an Easy A but as long as you study and know the gist of the readings you will get an A for sure. She is very intelligent and gives great lectures

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Terrible professor. Refuses to posts slides online because they are copyright protected while standing next to the slides forcing students to copy them down verbatim without explaining them first. Grades arbitrarily and harshly despite teaching basic IR theory.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Don't take Jones if you're just trying to learn more. Her teaching inferred that all students know everything about IR already. TAs grade and Sean was horrible. He was too particularwould take off points for no valid reason. I was laughed at when I asked questions. They expected you to know real examples without teaching them in class. Horrible.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Jones was a good teacher and genuinely interested in her topic. The exams were a breeze. First one was lecture heavy and second was more reading heavy. DO THE READINGS, they actually help. Paper isn't bad either. I'd take it again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Jones is really passionate about her classes and has extensive experience in her field. Although her class is reading heavy, the readings are not too hard and I found them really interesting. She really encourages her students to think for themselves on class topics and is even open to having discussion about these topics with students.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
WAY too much reading and lectures are supplementary to that reading, not complementary. You don't have to read or go to class to get a good grade but you do to actually understand the material. Jones isn't sympathetic of students' desire for good grades and instead encourages them to spread themselves thin to devote themselves to this course

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Lectures were rather boring, but it's entry-level so that was ok. Attendance was mandatory because professor Jones WILL NOT record lectures OR post slides. There were also only like 5 grades for the entire course (3 midterms, participation, and a short paper). TA's do all of the grading, so just reach out to them.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Absolutely do not take this class unless youre extremely interested in international relations. I took it as a gen Ed - huge mistake. This class made me cry more than once. It is really advanced material for a 200 level & I dreaded the exams. Way too much reading & the lectures were super vague & not very helpful. Prof. Jones knows her stuff tho.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lecture and reading heavy, not much heavy thinking just show up and read and you should be fine