Reviews of professor Sara Niedzwiecki

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Sara is a great professor who is clearly passionate about her work. She is crystal clear about all assignments, prepares you for them in advance & sends reminders through email too. Her lectures are heavy and a little fast paced but she always ask for clarifying questions after each slide. There is a lot of reading but it's all relevant/ on exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I love her! I wasn't too knowledgable on social policies until I took her class. She is very communicative, understanding, and she is very fun to talk to. She always recommends essential readings outside of the course that benefit your essays. I do plan on taking another one of her courses because she is that amazing!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Niedzwiecki was amazing and cares about her students so much. even tho I took her class on zoom it was still inspirational and engaging. there's weekly reading hw but you can take small notes and TAs grade. the midterm and final are short essays and defining key terms... so easy (would've got an A but I'm lazy didn't turn in reading hw)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She was amazing! Im a politics major so I'm really interested in what she teaches but it's aslo a great GE class. There are lots of reading but if you have the general idea and pay close attention to lecture you'll be fine. Her lectures are so interesting and allows for a lot of discussion

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Niedzwiecki is probably one of the best professors I've had at UCSC yet, she is extremely passionate and educated on politics in Latin America. She explains concepts extremely well and is very accessible outside of class. Beware of two finals and weekly assignments, but they are all fairly easy if you pay attention.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This course was hard, however, she was very understanding and always open to questions and feedback. I went to every lecture because I enjoyed them so much.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is kindest lady ever who is extremely knowledgeable on Latin American politics. There is lots of reading, but once you get it done and discuss it, you feel like you learned a lot. Very clear and engaging lectures, and such a fair midterm! Take this class; you won't regret it because she truly cares about her students. Tiago was also a great TA!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Best politics lectures I've had.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took POLI61 and POLI120 with Niedzwiecki. She is an amazing lecturer and passionate about her work.  She tends to assign a lot of reading but you can still be successful without completing every reading. She is incredibly kind and is genuinely invested in the well-being of her students. 10/10

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She is a great and sweet professor. She makes the class fairly easy but I know that I'm still learning. She takes lecture attendance through index cards where you put your name on and answer a question given before or after the lecture or both. If you go to lecture and pay attention and do occasional readings you should get an A.