Reviews of professor ERIC MERKLEY

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Class was structured well, and homework are designed to force you to learn the material and prepare you for the final. Fair marker and gives clear grading criteria. Great prof, would definitely take again.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures are decent at providing information but incredibly mind-numbing. Course material isn't even necessary for the majority of assignments, and a lot of information is common sense within the Canadian political discourse. A lot of importance is placed on (optional) readings, but in reality, only these readings provide important insight.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
extremely heavy course load: three-hour exam, final research paper, three assignments, essay outline, and a peer review workshop. The workload is just outrageous, but the content is good- prof has about 55 slides per lecture and boldens virtually every other word. It would be a great course if it were reorganized. Don't take it

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A great professor who made the class easy to follow. The lectures were engaging and the homework was applicable to real world issues, which made it really interesting. He's also very helpful and kind when answering questions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Terrible professor

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Grading was not clear, expectations were high. Used us as a captive audience for his unpublished work which was well above a first year level. Made many self deprecating jokes and other dry humour.