Reviews of professor Charlotte Samuels

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Samuel's is legit, to say it plain and simple. Her classwork and policies are straightforward. She makes textbooks and course materials easily accessible (ex; using A.G. Openstax free online text), always taking into consideration students financial limits. She is very funny, specific and makes learning about POSC relevant and enjoyable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Shes has tough tests, but shes passionate about the subject and tries to make lecture fun. She is very understanding and reasonable which I appreciate

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She was a great professor. I actually learned a lot in her class. The class was a hybrid, so we met every other saturday morning. There are 5 group activities based on the lecture, 2 papers, 2 midterms and 1 final. The 20 points extra credit is only available for students who turn in every assignment. Highly recommend her class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Genuinely nice person and accessible out of class. However, very unorganized curriculum/grading. Would arrive unprepared and postpone the assignment, then add extra requirements for it. I spent more time being confused than learning. Good class convos, I don't recommend you take her during the pandemic b/c she still makes classes discussion-based.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Samuels was my favorite professor. I took her online class, cheap books, great lectures (written and recorded) and I got a really good grade that Im proud of. I learned a lot in this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Samuels is awesome. Her passion for politics is contagious. She's funny and makes topics relatable while encouraging participation during her lectures. Asking questions gets you points! Tough grader? Nope: she explains any pts lost on essays, tests are mc and easy if you read the books and study guide, and she offers 20 pts of extra credit.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Doesn't follow her own syllabus. Unapproachable and rude. Instructions for assignments say one thing and she grades based off whatever she feels like. Not an easy A. Exam questions are spun around and barely correlate to her lectures/ the textbook. NO CLEAR CUT CRITERIA, GRADES HARSH ON ANALYSIS. Coming from a student who gets mostly A's