Reviews of professor Michael Bufano

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This course is not too difficult, but there is a large amount of coursework. Discussions, quizzes, exams, and projects will make up your grade. Michael Bufano is extremely caring about his students and always tries to give feedback. If you do poorly on an assignment, visit him during office hours and you can discuss and fix it for a better grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
great prof! poli sci major here and is the best prof for the course taken. Kind of more work but makes it clear and is very flexible and often worked around student schedules and pushed back things when needed. great guy.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Michael Bufano was very knowledgable and his course was self explanatory; however, he made me feel like an idiot if I didn't know the answers to questions he felt were common knowledge (they were not). He literally said to me once, "you have no knowledge at all." If you ask for help in his office hours, prepare to be belittled.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
While I haven't finished my semester with Professor Bufano yet, I can't stress how amazing he is. He's a really engaging lecturer and is very passionate about Comparative Politics. Course seems overwhelming Syllabus Week but is broken down into fair pieces. He is flexible and understanding. If you go to class, pay attention--if not it can upset him

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Bufano is awesome. I would highly recommend going to every class and doing all the extra credit for at least the first 6 weeks of the semester b/c if you build trust with him he gives you some leeway and is really supportive when things get hard later. His quizzes are super easy and straightforward, and his lectures are so engaging. Take his class!