<p>With regards to the decision between taking 91 and 93, I’ll put it this way: 91 is a snooze-fest, but super easy. My friend who has NO political background/knowledge of current events coasted and got an A. I, on the other hand, took 93 fall of my freshman year and nearly died. My grade was fine, but it remains the most work I’ve ever done for a class, and I’m a rising senior. Heavy reading load (most necessary) and weekly current events quizzes. However, I maintain it was one of the best classes I’ve ever taken at Duke–it “woke me up,” so to speak, to actually-tough college classes, forced me to stay in-the-loop with regards to current events, and I took it with Peter Feaver, who is an excellent lecturer (albeit fiercely conservative, and this bleeds through his course). This course is the reason I am a polisci minor now.
If you’re willing to put the work in, take 93.</p>