Reviews of professor Samantha Vortherms

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I really enjoyed this professor she is so smart and the lectures really support that. There is a lot of reading and the Midterm and final are hard because of the way she words the questions, she just really wants us to understand the concepts. She's very caring and flexible if you just email or talk to her.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Weekly easy quizzes and discussions (both live and alternative if you couldn't make it). The midterms and the final is what hits hard because those are more based on subjective than objective to prove you did the reading. Honestly just make sure you do discussions as those are worth a lot. Extra credit is great too, so take advantage of it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She know what she is talking about in her lectures. Her tests and quizzes are relatively easy if you listen to her lectures and take notes and read books and have some knowledge about politics. It is only heavy on reading, but guess what, its college, so..., but the readings are very easy to read. She gives out outlines that are adequate to get a B

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Extremely knowledgeable, but her lecture notes will not help you on the exam unless you write down her side spiels VERBATIM because she isn't going to slow down. Exams are difficult, conceptual & she tries to get you in a "Ha, I got you moment", as the wording is very tricky. There's a lot of material to know for the final. Not an easy GE.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
GOOD professor!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Vortherms is by far one of the best professors there could be in the political science department. The classes are information heavy and if you don't attend then it will be difficult to do well on the midterm and final. The class is a bit fast paced but if you ask her to explain something she will always go back. Really recommended!!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Failed to be an intro course, was very dissatisfied with her method of teaching. She goes over the slides super fast so she expects you to be a fast typer. Very complex exams, she literally told us that the final would be harder than the midterm. Lots of reading, 5 quizzes drops the lowest score, 1 group project, 1 midterm, and 1 final.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
BEST professor at UCI hands down. She is extraordinarily smart and knowledgeable, but also cares a lot for her students. Her office hours were very helpful and her lectures were very informative. She's great and I highly recommend taking her classes!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Consists of a midterm, partner project, reading quizzes and a final. She doesn't post lectures and doesn't allow photos but goes pretty fast. Her study guides are not helpful at all, puts over 100 terms to know for midterm & over 100 more for the final. Final is cumulative. She's knowledgeable and nice but makes class more difficult than needed.