<p>List them, please!</p>
<p>Teo Ruiz (History)</p>
<p>Wolfenstein (my friend recommended him)</p>
<p>Poli sci:
Walker
Zaller
Thies
Rogowski
Wolfenstein
Honaker
Tsebelis
O'Neill
Groseclose</p>
<p>History:</p>
<p>Huang
Phillips</p>
<p>Now, keep in mind that I'm not recommending all of them because they're easy/"fun." Thies is regularly considered the hardest professor in the UCLA poli sci department. However, I believe that the professors I listed will offer you the opportunity to actually LEARN a lot about what you study.</p>
<p>That's worth more than an A in the long run. A B+ in Thies means As in the rest of your poli sci classes. Trust me.</p>
<p>UCLAri... what was your experience with Walker like? I'm thinking about taking him for Poli Sci 10 next quarter. Originally Poli Sci 10 was going to be the poli sci class I wasn't going to take but I'm sick of trying to get into Poli Sci 20 and not getting in. The subject doesn't sound incredibly interesting to me but I had a really boring philosophy teacher. How is Walker as a lecturer and how difficult would you say his class is?</p>
<p>SoCalGal,</p>
<p>Walker is a fantastic lecturer. I mean, dazzling really. A bit "professorial" by some accounts, but clearly one of the most engaging and interesting people in the department. And you get the extra joy of hearing his occasional Canadian accent come through. It always made me smile when he said "aboot" instead of "about." :)</p>
<p>As far as the material goes, I thought it was pretty standard boiler plate political theory: Aristotle, JS Mill, Thoreau, Confucius (he loves Chinese political thought for some reason), etc. etc.</p>
<p>He also assigns very interesting papers. One paper I did was on whether or not Tony Soprano (of The Sopranos fame) was an ethical person based on the Nicomachean Ethical standard. Very interesting. The year before me, he did Homer Simpson.</p>
<p>UCLAri, have you heard anything about Deborah Larson? She teaches US Foreign Relations (120A).</p>
<p>I took Larson. She's a good lecturer and her readings are interesting enough to not induce sleep. But I wouldn't go jumping for joy over the class. I'd give it a 7/10. :)</p>
<p>'interesting enough not to induce sleep'- that's always encouraging haha. What about Orren?</p>
<p>Never had Orren, so I can't say much. </p>
<p>Oh, and don't be discouraged by texts that don't induce sleep. Despite my real love for the field, I find that most political science is VERY poorly written. That's why I love The Economist so much. It usually has the social science acumen of political science but very little of the awful jargony convoluted sentences.</p>
<p>What are you poli sci majors taking this quarter?</p>
<p>PS 120A- Foreign Relations and PS 140B- The Presidency. how about you?</p>
<p>awesome... i'm in 120A too as well as PS40.</p>
<p>I can't believe how quickly PS classes are filling up...ridiculous. I should take PS 10 (Theory) sometime before I graduate though, lol.</p>
<p>Has anyone taken Takeuchi?</p>
<p>120A and 140B are already closed...:(</p>
<p>lynn vavreck lewis is a really awesome professor. perky, cute, clear, not too hard</p>
<p>I took him for a day, but dropped him right away. He was really boring and his accent made it difficult to follow along.</p>
<p>What other classes are you guys looking at?</p>
<p>PS 154B- Government and Politics of South America w/ Geddes...if I can manage to get into it.</p>
<p>Well, I managed to get into PS 154B w/ Geddes...does anyone have any info on her?</p>