Reviews of professor Maurizio Viroli

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Viroli is an amazing professor, but his TA Derek Foret ruined the class.He's an extremely rough and vague grader (1 A on the midterm) I would love to take Viroli again without a power-tripping TA.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor viroli is an intelligent and passionate professor. However he was one of the most boring professors I've had in my four years at UT. He speaks super slowly, and it is almost impossible to pay attention to him. Also, you'll probably get more information and faster by doing the readings than by listening to his lectures.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Viroli is a phenomenal instructor and I would love to take more of his classes in the future. He is very knowledgeable and passionate about his work and his class truly reflects that. His TA, James, is awesome as well and he gives constructive criticism for writing essays. If you go to lectures and read the books, you can get an easy A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Took him for the Fall 2019 semester (UGS303: Justice, Liberty, Happiness). 2 free absences + mandatory attendance. Canvas discussions about every Monday. Funny prof, pleasant lectures. TA (James) is great. No phones rule is very strict! Don't have to buy the books, really. Two take-home essays about class readings. Pretty easy A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I used to have Bs in every GOV I took at UT (with the exception of a summer course). The professors were dense and I couldn't resonate with the material. Not Viroli tho. Readings were *actually* doable, lectures were well-paced for handwritten notes (no tech in class), and Viroli's fun. He's the top scholar of Machiavelli for good reason. Take him!