Reviews of professor Azamat Sakiev

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took him for an online summer course and even though i didnt quiet understand politics or the readings majority of the time, he was understanding. Hes very kind and I enjoyed taking his course. Hes quick to reply to emails and answers any questions of yours. There were a lot of readings and discussion posts to do.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's ABOSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!! He assigns quizzes every week, in order to pass you have to read the chapters assigned. He usually assigns 2-3 chapters per quiz ...(BORING) and they are about 25+ pages long PER CHAPTER. There are no study guides for the quizzes he expects you to remember all the info for 10 question each quiz. Office hrs doesn't help!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gives the MOST difficult bi-weekly quizzes, unreasonable grader, unhelpful during office hours, lectures only 1 day a week because of a nearly semester long group presentation project, hands out 100 term study guides for 50 question exams, unclear and disorganized lectures, poorly utilizes class time. Sakiev truly sets his students up for failure.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ive never failed any midterms or finals at West Chester but Sakievs were by far the most confusing and difficulty worded exams Ive ever had to take. The final was supposed to be just all the recycled questions that students got wrong on his weekly quizzes but it ended up being a mess of a final. Using his study guides dont help at all.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He shouldn't have such a low score. Honestly, his class isn't that difficult, and he curves the quizzes, tests, and papers according to how well students do on it. He seems tougher than he actually is, but he really does want students to do well in the class. If you do the readings, show up to class and give some effort you'll do absolutely fine.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Never in my entire college career did I have more difficulty with a professor. Every quiz is open-ended including your exams. No multiple choice with a broad range of topics to have to know detailed enough for open-ended tests. Don't take him and save yourself

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He gives an 18 question quiz every other week based on the chapter reading. You're responsible for reading the entire chapter and memorizing all of its content if you even want an 80 on the quiz. The quizzes are ridiculously hard and the questions are phrased like trick questions. Lecture from Sakiev doesn't provide much context for the quiz.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Sakiev is another great Poly Sci teacher here. He's super knowledgeable and his views on Europe are interesting, coming from Eastern Europe. He says the book is needed, but you only use it for the bi-weekly quizzes. However, if you pay attention in class you don't really need to read. There's also a group powerpoint which was fairly easy.