Reviews of professor Andrew Pierce

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You will be much better off taking another professor for POLS1101. Pierce only teaches one day in class and it is very vague and misleading when it comes to the tests. You have to read around 30-50 pages from the textbook for weekly quizzes that are incredibly difficult. Save yourself some trouble and do not take Pierce.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Weekly reading "challenges" where the average was usually around a 60, and it's 30% of your grade, boring lectures, and an INSANE amount of reading--usually 40+ pages a week from the textbook, which we were expected to know well enough for the reading "challenges." I didn't get to actually enjoy the material based on class format.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly I thought Dr. Pierce was a good choice. The readings for the quizzes are longer and you'll spend a good amount of time on them. Quizzes are nearly every class, but the group quizzes are weighted more, which you take after individual quizzes. If you put in a decent amount of time, an A is honestly achievable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class was the most helpful political science class. By far the most real life application I've ever experienced in a class. Also because of this class I was able to add a lot of new skills to my resume because of learning them in class. I would take a higher level of this class if I could!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Wish I could take him again. Great class structure and teaching