Dietlind Stolle - McGill University, Montreal, QC

Professor: Dietlind Stolle

Department: Political Science

College: McGill University, Montreal, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Stolle was one of my favourite professors at McGill. She is caring, compassionate, and loves to hear from students on interesting ideas for research projects they have. Loves what she teaches and is incredibly helpful in providing feedback. Clear grading criteria and very approachable for extra help. Easy A if you do the readings.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Best class I've taken so far at McGill. Different from other Poli Sci classes in a good way. This class puts the "science" in political science. Loved loved loved Prof Stolle -- she knows her stuff and is great at presenting it. My only issue with the class was the amount of guest lecturers. I understand why she does it, but I wanted more of her!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Easy relative to other poli courses. The polling she uses for attendance broke a lot. Most of the class is taught by TAs so go to them if you have any other questions: they are super helpful. Stolle is also extremely knowledgeable and experienced so even though its TAs marking all your stuff, she's great to talk to if you're genuinely interested.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Overall a pretty average prof. She's extremely smart, kind, and has a good sense of humour; but often spends too much time on in-class surveys. Uses many guest lecturers, which can detract of the continuity of the course. Gives many small-medium assignments & weekly reading quizzes, as well as participation marks, so your grade is well spread out.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Worst prof I ever had at McGill. She doesn't even teach half the classes, which makes it hard to adjust to the various teaching styles presented throughout the semester. For the classes she does teach, she focuses 90% of her time on turning point and is very unclear. Don't bother going to her office hours either, she's rude and unhelpful.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Only take this class if you need it for honours, because the material is boring. Prof Stolle is clearly super smart but isn't great at explaining some basic research concepts. I actually liked that there were so many SPSS assignments because it makes the final assignment easier to complete. The reading quizzes also made it hard to fall behind.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

she's an alright prof. The class has so many little assignments that take way too long to complete for it being 2% of your grade. It would take months to get the smallest assignments back. Lectures were alight.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I found the SPSS program that we had to use really difficult. There are a lot of readings and small quizzes/assignments throughout the semester which can be good since not all the weight is put on the exams, but also means you're putting a tons into the class throughout the semester. I like Dietlind as a person but dreaded her class

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dietlind was nice and funny but the course content was just so boring. SPSS data program was so hard to use and the TA's didn't do a great job teaching it. Would never take this course again but would take another one of Dietlind's classes.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dull material. Takes a month to get the midterm grade back. Weekly quizzes and assignments. Updates the syllabus an excessive amount of times and yet it still isn't clear. SPSS program is taught in conferences only, which are dull, unclear and very unhelpful. Don't take this class if you can avoid it.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: POL211
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She is truly one of the nicer professors at McGill, tries to have a true interaction with the class and is very clear even though some of the material can be difficult, it can be overcome easily by working and going to class AND conferences. However, the course is divided in a way you can get an easy A or A- with reading tests and participation.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: POLI211
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This class was very dull-unless you need to take it, I definitely wouldn't suggest it. LOTS of guest lecturers, often took away from the cohesiveness of the material. When she is lecturing, it's pretty easy material to follow and she isn't bad at her job, but there were way too many assignments and attendance is 15% of your grade which sucks.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Course can be a bit boring and basic at times, but I found the tedious assignments to be quite relaxing. Proff Stole might not be the best teacher in the humanities department, but she does a good job and is clearly passionate about what she teaches. Now the second midterm was soul crushingly hard espetialy compared to the first, so be aware.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: POLI211
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dietlind is one of the most passionate professors and loves what she teaches. The class is interesting and informative but you have to keep up with all the readings and homework. A lot of assignments on which you will spend a lot of time but if you want to do research later on then take this class. Don't take it out of fun.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: POL210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The prof is great and caring, but the material is so boring. Wouldn't have taken this course if I knew how much assignments count. Word of advice, if you want to be able to do the assignments, be present at the conferences.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

To summarize: The best thing about this course is that there are so many assignments that your midterm and final are not the only things that matter. The worst thing about this course is that there are so many assignments that your midterm and final are not the only things that matter. p.s very boring material but great prof.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Poli 210 is feasible. What I regret was to wait until the end of the semester to seek help. But GET READY TO WORK. You'll have various chapters to read each week and be expected to know them by heart for the midterms. Plus assignments each week and quizzes. But the good thing is that she doesn't put 75% of the class grade on the final.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

A lot of people complained that she assigned too much work, but guess what - welcome to college! I found the class very straightforward, and if you did all the readings, came to all the lectures and didn't spent the entire time on Facebook, you wouldn't have a problem doing well. Plus it's apparent she loves her job as a teacher.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Stolle's a great person - really caring and helpful, whether it be in person or online. She clearly wants her students to do well and she's so bubbly, it makes classes (slightly) more bearable (the content is just so, so dry). The TAs, on the other hand, aren't so great - 1 page assignments take 3 weeks to grade, feedback is vague and unhelpful.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: POLI210
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is very engaging, enthusiastic and seems to love what she's teaching. She's not only very helpful in person, but also via email. She usually responded within an hour all the time. Would recommend, and would definitely re-take a course with her.