Reviews of professor Michael Jones

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Inconsistent with grading. Fairly easy teacher but some feedback doesn't make sense. He seems to copy and paste his responses. Follow the grading rubric and you should be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Jones is obviously very interested in what he is teaching and he is easily accessible to answer any lingering questions about the lectures during class. He mostly lectures during class and uses readings as supplements to what he is teaching but he makes everything very digestible, even if you are not one to love political science.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a nice guy. I didn't love that classes were 100% lecture based with nothing visual. He isn't that clear with his grading and took weeks to grade. Other than that, the material was usually interesting. It's a no laptop class, but some people used them anyway.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Jones is very knowledgeable about IR, and I found his lectures interesting. However, he gives pop quizzes on the homework, which range in specificity. While I enjoyed his class, he took months to return assignments and papers. The paper that I wrote in February was not graded until April, making it hard to know where I stood in his class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great Professor. Interesting lectures, though sometimes rather dry, but clear that he cares about his students and the subject matter. Very fair grader.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I loved him as a professor, he really taught a lot and was very understanding. Be prepared for surprise quizzes and def do the readings- and trust there is a lot.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is an insightful and genuine person. He brings an honest perspective to international development, which is refreshing. Sometimes his lectures are dry, but he always tries to make them engaging. There are pop quizzes, but if you are informed about international development and pay attention in class, you can pass them without doing the readings.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took Professor Jones in Spring 2023 and he was absolutely amazing. He is such an engaging professor and keeps it real with his students. I enjoyed his class so much, that I am taking another one of his classes this fall and planning on taking one in the Spring 2024

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Enaging expert in political science. However, he only provides an outline while lecturing, which might not fit your learning style (visual people). Tests are 10 definitions followed by an essay. Lots and lots of readings with pop quizzes (stay clear if you aren't into that). Overall great professor besides his organization.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great guy, reading every class but skimming it before is plenty, pop quizzes come at random but are rarely difficult. An A is definitely attainable if you put in a decent amount of effort. Nice funny guy, hope to take him again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Jones is such a nice guy. The content in the class is boring but he knows that and genuinely tries his best to make it as interesting as possible.