Reviews of professor John Steinmetz

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not POLS 100     POLS 380- Foundations of Political Theory
I very much enjoyed working with Jay in this course. Although this course is very reading-heavy, with Jay asking us to read like 6+ books, several other course readings, and two movies, Jay's lectures were very intuitive and designed for our success as students.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Jay is a good professor, I just don't like his style of teaching. Class is very lecture heavy but Jay is very knowledgeable & tries to keep class interesting. All required materials were online! I think I would have enjoyed the class more if I had time to read everything but the class was very reading heavy. Would recommend for upper division POLS.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Jay has funny stories but I did not learn much about government from him. The class is general ed requirement class that is easy. Do the work and you will get an A. I dont remember anything he said about politics. Going online was not good because we could not talk like a group. Other teachers had more fun online classes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The syllabus is not very helpful. Not clear about what we actually have to do to get an A.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
His classes were VERY reading-heavy. You are expected to complete 5-8 hours of reading per week, and the exam questions come from the reading. His lectures are often just reviewing and discussing the reading rather than teaching new material. But if you do all the reading, you can easily get an A. He is also very nice and supportive.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Cool professors to take classes with, course material was a bit heavy but he made sure to cover things thoroughly through lectures.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you have to take this class save money take it at community college. The pass credits will transfer over. I do not know much about the professor. He did not interact a lot in blackboard so never contacted him. Dull lectures so do not expect to remember anything once you are done.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Jay is very passionate about what he does, and it comes through in the classroom. His class was reading heavy, but I felt that all the readings were necessary. Not an easy class, but one where I really learned a lot and was challenged. He is also great at helping you improve, and intellectual debate with him is very fun and challenging.