Reviews of professor Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Gonzalez is my favorite professor at SDSU. His lectures are engaging, he is hilarious, and the workload is manageable. For once in my life I actually felt excitement every Tuesday and Thursday because I had his class. The campaigns and elections course he teaches is unmatched, I recommend him and this course to anyone and everyone.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His class can be tough with all the reading and content, but it was very fun and insightful! He often talked about current events before his lectures, which I personally really enjoyed.
For anyone curious, I think he leans a bit left politically, but he was NEVER biased and frequently encouraged us to listen to different opinions.
Very funny too!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great Professor, super interesting lectures and out of the two classes per week one is discussion. Lots of participation point but he gives you two opportunities to earn these points. Make sure to read and watch/listen to the videos and podcast he gives you because they will be on the tests.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor expects way to much work for a 100 level class. Makes you read four articles a week that aren't addressed in lecture and expects you to remember them for tests. Extremely biased toward the left side of the political spectrum and doesn't even talk about a republicans viewpoint. Would strongly suggest not taking his class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's very nice to his students. He does put in effort which I appreciate because he holds live discussions once a week and has amazing lectures. He also grades discussion posts good if you put in the effort and gives you second chances.