Reviews of professor Egor Lazarev

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Can't get worse, lack of knowledge on the material being taught, too much focus on methods/methodology in a content-based course. He's new in the poli sci department so perhaps that explains his lack of teaching skills. Class discussions based solely on the text and NOTHING else. As long as you memorize the readings you will be fine. Dissapointing

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
What differentiates an effective and enriching seminar is not only the number of students who are constantly and actively participating in class discussion, but also the extent to which discussions generate critical questions and meaningful debates that go beyond the assigned material. Unfortunately Professor Lazarev's course lacked both