Reviews of professor Andrew Vitek

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Vitek is a really good professor. I think his biggest strengths remain the way he facilitates debate, as well as his commentary. He has a lot of knowledge on foreign policy and terrorism. On the other hand, the reading is substantial. The quizzes won't be hard if you do the readings. But, the readings can be lengthy and dry. Overall, good prof.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Vitek is a great guy and a fun professor. I do think that overtime his lectures became dry, but this also could've been due to the fact that I am not passionate about political sciences. There are weekly discussions and a few papers. TA's graded our classes and they were nice graders and always willing to help. He is a very likable prof.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Pop quizzes on the readings. As long as you do the readings you're good, and you don't have to read every word just the important stuff. 3 papers, two small, one large at the end. Fair grader and accessible outside of class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Vitek is my first Poli Sci professor at PSU and I couldn't of had a better introduction to the program. His classes are discussion heavy and it seems he cares about everyone's opinion. Readings are distributed daily but the quizzes are pretty easy, just make sure to read them. I would take this class 30 times over.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I have had Dr. Vitek for two classes. He's a brilliant academic, an amazing professor, and a genuinely nice guy. He loves paper-based classes, and is in no way an "easy-A" grader. I'd recommend starting things beforehand, and bringing your ideas to him during his office hours and you'll set yourself up well. You won't regret taking his classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Vitek was an amazing professor. He is by far one of the most intelligent professors I have ever had. He knows exactly what he is talking about and is passionate about it. He is accommodating to students needs and gives amazing lectures. The material is pretty clear and as long as you take notes in class, you can easily finish with a good grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He loves the material and has a million different ways of teaching so there will always be something that he does that sticks with you. I would 100% recommend talking with him if you're confused about something. He really wants to help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The topic of the class was super interesting, and Professor Vitek's lectures were very clear and informative. He always was available for office hours to help with writing papers, which were the main assignments. All of the readings were worth reading, and there were sometimes quizzes over them. Overall great class and professor!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
In PLSC 3, his lectures are awful. Many slides are unclear, having organizational errors like misuse of bullet points. He basically sources 100% of material from a textbook, and lecture is pointless, esp because many of the asignmnts lean entirely on the text. Quiz unclear, unnecessarily difficult. I prefer learning in lecture rather than from text