Reviews of professor Bumba Mukherjee

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is my second time taking this course. The first time I took the 412 class, my professor was Robert Packer, and it was a very bad experience so I dropped that. Bumba saved me this semester! In contrast, he was the perfect professor, and his class was well organized and easy to understand. He is not a tough grader. Take him!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Bumba is a really great professor. He cares about his students and genuinely wants you to learn. He strongly encourages participation, even if youre wrong hell talk it out. Only thing I dont like is the way he grades - not tough but a little weird. If youre interested in polisci / history - definitely take his class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Mukherjee is an outstanding professor all around. He's caring, straight up and direct, and effective; especially in one-on-one sessions during office hours. He's got a great sense for the class, is knowledgeable, personable, flexible, and willing to make adjustments that are in students best interest. I recommend taking any class he instructs.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class was very fair especially for a 400-level course. You do have readings to read for each lecture, but they are very short, usually around 5 pages, and you could read them all the night before the exam if you really wanted to. There is no final, just a paper, and the topics you discuss are really interesting. He is a great professor!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Bumba is an outstanding professor. He genuinely cares about the success of his students, and is always accessible. You are graded on 5 things (3 exams and 2 assignments) plus participation/attendance, but the exams and assignments are all take home and mostly essays. Interesting course with in depth material. Take his class!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Bumba is a great Professor, and definitely one of the best Ive had during my time at Penn State so far. He makes fairly difficult content extremely digestible and understandable. As long as you go to class and take notes, hell provide you with everything you need to have success on the exams and papers.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
In typical university fashion you will learn close to nothing, but a very easy class and likeable professor nonetheless. When you consider the atrocious political science department here at Penn State you might as well just forget about learning and load up on free credits, and this guy is a great choice for that.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
So far he has been one of my favorite professors at Penn State. Two assignments, about two tests and a final, and a group presentation along with attendance and participation are what make up your grade. He is INCREDIBLY knowledgeable and there are usually short readings for class. VERY reasonable and fair for a 400 level. Cannot recommend enough