Reviews of professor Jen Sidorova

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Good at explaining stuff, and gives a lot of useful resources for essays. Her tests are very difficult. Recently, 40% of my class just got an F in one. It focused on small details about the creation of theory, not the theory itself. Textbook is 100% mandatory, class doesn't cover everything. Class discussions also take too much time.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
 She's very nice but this course was awful. Her lectures were confusing. Course seemed way too difficult for only being a 300 level, introductory course. Two midterms, a 10 page paper, and a written final. The grading scheme was also super harsh. Tests had grammatical mistakes in the questions. Do yourself a favour by not taking this course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Jen teaching an amazing IR course she's a young and very talented Russian PHD candidate. The Cold War is her best lecture she gives a great unbiased perspective you will have a hard time finding a better prof.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Jen's lecture style is highly structured and organized, with many interesting and thought provoking examples. Participation marks came from in-class quizzes. Having a list of pre-approved essay topics to choose from was very helpful. Jen inspired me to take two additional political science courses.