Reviews of professor Justyna Zajac

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures cover only same material read in textbooks, very redundant. She eliminated an entire session for our class. Your grade is also based on five assignments and a final exam, all of which are fairly difficult. She takes points off for arbitrary things. I do not recommend taking her class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed Professor Zajac's class! Lectures can get a bit boring at times, but her slideshows were very informative and she provided a lot of good insight into the topics we were studying.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Extremely respected in the intl sec community (read her academic papers). The AI (Prof Xia) is your best friend if you are genuinely interested in the topic. Few grades, and the quizzes are pretty tough ngl. Use the study guide she provides and make a point to ask follow-up questions abt current events or lectures. She writes good letters of rec.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is one of the best professors I have had at Indiana University. Her lecture slides were clear and very to the point. She is always available if you struggle with something, and she makes complicated topics easy to understand. Also, the class I took with her definitely involved a lot of writing; writings were the majority of the grade.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Zajac is a great lecturer and she really knows how to engage her students. The course topics were interesting, but it was difficult to stay engaged since all the "tests" are open book and online. If you are good at self motivation you can still learn a lot though. It truly is what you make of it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super sweet. Polish accent but still easily understood. She is super nice, but very few points. Lectures were optional. One paper, 3 quizzes, and a final. The quizzes/exams are all open note but timed. Not terribly difficult but some questions are vague. If you email her, she will sometimes give you points back if you send pics from the notes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The way she lectures is great, she has clear powerpoints and the tests are fairly easy if you study. A very sweet woman and would recommend her classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Zajac is amazing and one of the few that really stands out at HLS as caring, inspirational, kind, and unbiased in her teaching! She makes lectures fun by incorporating current events and some of her own experiences. Her class is well-structured, not stressful, and easy to be successful in!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class is not too difficult but there are a few things to be aware of. The class is out of 100 points and 45 of those points are these short free-response questions that are almost impossible to get a 100% on. So make sure to try your absolute best on each assignment because due to the grading system it is hard to get an A.