POL SCI 111C
Late Modern Political Theory
Description: Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Exposition and critical analysis of major thinkers such as Bentham, De Tocqueville, Hegel, Mill, Marx, Nietzsche, Arendt, and Foucault and questions such as alienation, power, participation, and difference. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2019 - When I took this class it was Barker's first lecture at UCLA. Barker himself is clearly very intelligent, so intelligent that I found his lectures for the most part very difficult to follow, especially because he just reads off his notes and doesn't use slides or anything of the like. There was no midterm or final, just 3 essays that he graded pretty fairly, and pop quizzes every week on the reading so you can't get away with not doing the reading or skipping class. The quizzes were what lowered my grade, but as long as you do the reading or at least read spark notes on the books that have them the quizzes aren't that bad. If I took this class again it would be just to retake those quizzes, however his lecturing style really isn't my thing. Political theory is difficult enough without droning and monotone.
Fall 2019 - When I took this class it was Barker's first lecture at UCLA. Barker himself is clearly very intelligent, so intelligent that I found his lectures for the most part very difficult to follow, especially because he just reads off his notes and doesn't use slides or anything of the like. There was no midterm or final, just 3 essays that he graded pretty fairly, and pop quizzes every week on the reading so you can't get away with not doing the reading or skipping class. The quizzes were what lowered my grade, but as long as you do the reading or at least read spark notes on the books that have them the quizzes aren't that bad. If I took this class again it would be just to retake those quizzes, however his lecturing style really isn't my thing. Political theory is difficult enough without droning and monotone.
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Spring 2022 - Vanessa was my TA for 111C with Professor Panagia and she is frankly great. The bulk of work in this class were 3 open ended essays where you discussed terms and concepts from Political Theory. Vanessa made these very difficult seeming essays seem super accessible and was greatly helpful in reviewing your ideas or drafts. In addition, she makes the main concepts of some pretty hefty readings extremely clear in her slides and discussions. If you see Vanessa listed for this class or any other class (I had her as my TA for Polisci 10) I greatly recommend you try to get into her discussion.
Spring 2022 - Vanessa was my TA for 111C with Professor Panagia and she is frankly great. The bulk of work in this class were 3 open ended essays where you discussed terms and concepts from Political Theory. Vanessa made these very difficult seeming essays seem super accessible and was greatly helpful in reviewing your ideas or drafts. In addition, she makes the main concepts of some pretty hefty readings extremely clear in her slides and discussions. If you see Vanessa listed for this class or any other class (I had her as my TA for Polisci 10) I greatly recommend you try to get into her discussion.
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