Reviews of professor David Gordon

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
A pretty cool guy, but most of his class is spent critiquing students' papers. His class isn't really interactive, and you're only really participating for the beginning of class and when he critiques your paper. But you can tell that he really cares about his students, and he truly is a great person, and his class is a super easy A (just show up).

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Cool dude, lectures were entertaining, and class was interesting. Hw is just ungraded inquisitive assignments, and the midterm and final are a couple of essays about current events/class. It was pretty easy, and the TA I had was helpful and cool. Sometimes things got a bit off-topic and Dave ran out of time, but still would take him again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
my only complaint is the fact that we had to pay $22 to just be able to do the homework. otherwise, prof gordon is so cool and always kept me intrigued. i REALLY like the material and his teaching style is great.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took his international world poli class...not sure why it wasn't an option above. Most of the time his lectures are so theoretical that they are hard to visualize and difficult to write about. He is also the slowest speaker I have ever heard... Other than that he seemed very nice just definitely not my ideal class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Great professor. My only negatives are from the TAs and even then he did his best to find a solution that makes everyone happy. Lots of lectures, but assignments are super duper easy and help with understanding of what is covered in the lectures.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This professor is pretty chill. The lectures were pretty interesting, sometimes a bit boring. He records them and posts slides. The readings are long but the quizzes on them are graded on completion and help with understanding. The midterm and final were both long & short written answers. Open note and easy to answer if you go to class and section.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Gordon inspired me to take more Environmental Studies classes after I took Global Political Ecology (Poli 174). He did not give quizzes or tests in our class, only 2 essay assignments and one research paper. His lectures are long but engaging, and there is a lot of class discussion, so classes don't get boring.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
i've taken his classes before and they are all climate change-themed. i took this class last spring quarter and it wasn't too bad of a core class. the textbook is online, and there were only 3 short and simple essays to complete. he's a pretty chill guy, funny, understanding and gives extensions. also TAs were nice

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor gordon was a phenomenal lecturer and would explain course concepts in an easily digestible manner.  This class has only three writing assignments, and the rest of the homework is just reading. His lectures are useful and cover all important topics from the readings. He reiterates many ideas to help fully cement course concepts.