Reviews of professor Robert Ballingall

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
While I very much appreciated Professor Ballingall's style of lecture teaching, and the material discussed was interesting, the amount of reading necessary for this class is immense. Over the semester-long course, you were required to read a good portion of 5 books, only one of which was provided free via an online link. Beware, lots of reading.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I was a bit surprised by the number of very low ratings for prof. Ballingall. 

Yes, the lectures could get boring but they are generally fruitful as to the content of the reading material. He does, however, seem to play word games on the quizzes. 

There was little to no feedback. 
He does have passion for the material.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I think Professor Ballingall is an awesome professor. The lectures are very heavy and long but rewarding if you have any interest in politics, ethics, theory, or philosophy. I am taking him again next semester and I hope I have as much fun. I struggled with the prelim exams but I think I am bad at taking tests. BE READY TO READ

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
For the course that I took with Professor Ballingall, POS201, the class was structured as following: read a section of text on your own, write a weekly 300 word min summary of a section of assigned reading, and then attend the detailed lectures over the readings. There were 2 tests and a final. His lectures are very mentally fulfilling.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
While the lectures and readings can be challenging to follow sometimes, Prof. Ballingall is a remarkable professor and always does a great job teaching the material. He has changed the way that we observe and experience life. If you are willing to put in the work, you will learn so much.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Harsh grader on exams. You could word for word explain an idea based off his lecture notes and hed still mark it wrong. Lectures are boring, he encourages participation but only few do because the majority is struggling to grasp the ideas cause he explains them in very complicated ways. Talks loud & fast. Does not make the material understandable.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Got points taken off for yawning too much. Dont this class if you don't love to read.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is the embodiment of an alright professor. You have three things you're graded on: attendance, reading digests (weekly), and exams. There are two exams that are disproportionately graded, not in a good way. He is knowledgeable, though is dry, I noticed a lot of sleepers in the class. Incredibly lecture heavy, that's all he does throughout class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class isn't as bad as many reviews make it out to be, the readings are difficult and heavy sometimes but as long as you do the readings, participate in class, and occasionally go to office hours you should be good.