Reviews of professor Jorge Saldana

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Pretty laid-back professor but lectures can get boring. Weekly online quizzes that are easy & 2 essays with prompt of your choice. The only test is the final, which covers a lot of information so I did not know how to prepare for it. Didn't do too great on the final but still managed an A.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Attendance isn't mandatory and lectures are boring. Would cancel Fridays and had extra credit. Final was random but basic gov/history facts. 2 essays were due but he gave no clear criteria or grading scale. I had got low b's and idk why but i had enough extra credit to get a 100 in the class. MUST BUY CENGAGE! Weekly assignments from here!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
In this class, all you have to do is the assignments on Cengage every week and there are only 2 exams throughout the semester. He does take attendance through Cengage, but it is not mandatory. He only takes attendance so that if someone is doing bad in the class, he would look back to see if that person attended class and he'll help them out.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class itself isnt hard but it became a problem to push myself to go to class when his lectures started to drag about things we already read in the textbook. I feel like it could have been structured differently and I would have probably enjoyed the class a lot more.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Will cancel class on Fridays if he finishes teaching. Gives lots of extra credit. No tests just weekly quizzes that can be found on quizlet. will have to pay for cengage. attendance isn't mandatory but takes it on mindtap. 2 essays due. He reads from the slides but likes class discussion. Not sure how the final will be bc its alot of info from ppts

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I had Saldana for POLS 1336 and got an A. 60% Cengage weekly MindTap online 20% 2 essays, the prompt is on the syllabus and it's due on the last day 20% Final , the only exam for the entire course . I got a 50 and still passed the course

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Saldana is a nice guy who genuinely seems to want the best for students: all of his lectures corresponded to the chapters for the week, making the weekly Cengage quizzes easy. However, he doesn't require attendance so by the second month of school lots of people didn't show up and his guidelines for our 2 papers weren't the best.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
If you want a relaxing class with a laid-back professor, definitely choose Prof. Saldana! Attendance isn't required and he cancels classes on Fridays often. Mostly lectures off powerpoints but encourages class discussion. Relatively new professor but he seems to care about the course and his students. A few essays and assignments are mostly online.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Class was super easy. 2 tests for 40% of the grade and the other 60% is HW. Easy A just do the work and pass. Literally don't even have to study for the test because there is sm extra credit.