Reviews of professor Jonathan Hartlyn

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Personal experience throughout Latin American countries' elections and political movements, scholar of the region, extremely concise and articulate. Interesting content and history, various viewpoints of analysis on political situations, opportunities to form analysis of our own on complex topics through project, term paper, classroom discussions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class was very hard to understand conceptually, and there was a LOT of reading and class discussion involved. Professor is very nice and clear he cares we did well in the class. However, a lot of class lectures are difficult to understand.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
It is the class that you have to take if you want to learn about Latin America. Dr Hartlyn is great man and professor, always support me outside of class in my research and give very useful feedback.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is a very tough teacher but you will grow as a student! Come to class at least semi-prepared and participate a couple of times. He's very lecture-intense and it can be boring, but just stick with it. If poli sci/ social sciences really aren't your thing, pick a diff seminar!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I went to Professor Hartlyn for help on a paper on Colombia this semester and I'm not even currently in his class. He has written and experienced so much on Latin America his input is invaluable, he hooked me up with all kinds of people, books, and articles in about 30 minutes. He (and profs like him) are the reason UNC is worth attending.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This was the most difficult class I took this semester. There are two readings assigned each week that are wordy and long. Hartlyn's lectures can also get boring. If you don't give him the right answer he can be very condescending. Assigned multiple essays and provided long yet unclear instructions. Find another first-year seminar.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very difficult class for a first-year seminar. He teaches this class as if it were a 300 or higher level course. Many pages of reading are due every class period, and you must have a full understanding of the readings to contribute to the in-class discussions. Also, every lecture is very long and consists of him speaking for almost the whole period

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Hartlyn is clearly interested in the content of this course, sometimes the lectures can get a little dense though. The grading criteria is kind of confusing so you don't actually know what your grade is until the last few days of class. If you do the readings and listen in class you should be okay though.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
BEWARE: Don't take this online. Quizzes, assignments assigned mid-week due 5pm Friday (sometimes in groups), group work (powerpoint), news reports. Hard exams (so much material is covered), lots of readings. Prof gave little accommodation; I suspect essay ext. was because of huge demand. Wait out COVID-19; you'll learn more, hate this class less.