T.V. Paul - McGill University, Montreal, QC

Professor: T.V. Paul

Department: Political Science

College: McGill University, Montreal, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: POLI349
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

One of the best professors I have taken at McGill. He was engaging and funny. The lecture slides gave an outline of how to learn. So that was helpful in the exams

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: IR6038
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Many readings and he doesn't do presentation decks- you are expected to take notes. Alot of material is covered in each class. He is a funny guy so if you catch his attention, he will similarly engage you further and this help with the participation grades. He seemed like a tough grade but I did alright overall -I believe the participation mattered

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: POLI349
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Thoroughly enjoyed his classes. They are inspirational and if you attend & listen, you gain a lot of knowledge- sure to help in the long run in IR/Asia. He's really knowledgeable &makes the ideas coherent to understand and grasp. +Funny. Best part: adds an academics perspective at the end of each class. One of the best professors I've had in Poli.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: POLI360
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

PRO: Hilarious and smart prof, very nice as a person, makes you participate in lectures, interesting content overall. CONS: Lectures often unclear. Don't always have time to take notes. Also, as he reads his speech and does not give a lot of visual content (1 slide / class), hard to stay focused. Tough exams (super specific IDs) and many readings.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: POLI360
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are at times unfocused, but nevertheless essential to succeeding in the course, in addition to the coursepack. Brilliant professor who clearly knows his material. That being said, although his book was excellent, I would have liked to study more recent cases as well. Looking into his upper level seminar class

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: POLI360
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Really nice and funny prof, always ready to talk if you go to office hours. His lectures are fairly interesting, but he goes by pretty fast and when its 8am and he talks with a bit of an accent, it can be somewhat difficult to get everything down if you're a slow note taker. Overall really good class, go to lectures and skim the readings.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 360
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Agreeable prof. Lectures were fairly disorganized and hard to follow, their "objective" wasn't made clear enough, but it is possible to do well if you are interested and study regularly.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: POLI360
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He prepares his lectures last minute, so his lectures are only really decent when it's based on his own work;smart and interesting. However, based off the actual classes, we weren't really prepped for the final exam worth 50%. Most of the IDs were obscure from the lecture, and much of what we studied was not broached. Still interesting an class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: POLI360
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

A course with so much potential, but such a disappointment. He talks about security, but does not use any current literature or case study. the most current case was probably the Vietnam war and most articles you have to read were written before the cold war ended. so much good stuff has ever since been written about security in the last years.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: POLI349
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Really approachable professor, but not the most clear lecturer. Exams are not too difficult, and material mainly comes from the readings.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: POLI349
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy and approachable. Class will give you a general outline of a story the ID portion of the exams will come from here, so go to them. As for the essay part: read the course pack. You'll be good if you do, since the TA mostly marks exams and he/she will mostly derive most of the theory from there. Overall, you'll learn a lot from this class

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: POLI349
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Really knowledgeable professor.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: POLI244
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Cute and affable exterior, but avoids every concievable point of interest in the course. And he's got himself a clever little scheme; the reader he makes you buy (his won, naturally) is re-released every year with minimal changes, so used ones can't be re-sold in the book store. Major ripoff.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: POLI244
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Seems to go out of his way to pick the most confusing readings and never really elaborates. He's highly disorganized and very boring in lectures.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: POLI244
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

TV Paul is one of the best professors at McGill, very sweet and solid. he knows his stuff He is very approachable and really helpful if you go speak with him. His lectures were clear and organized as long as you were still awake.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: POLI244
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

absolute crap. i don't know who let this guy become a professor, but he has no business being in the education profession. the course was unorganized, with lots of irrelevant or incomprehensible material, and way too much to learn. if you have to take it, do 243 first if u want to keep your sanity.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: POLI244
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I thought the course was interesting but lectures were quite boring. The Midtern marks were EXTREMELY harsh whereas the FINALS were rather lenient... Heavy emphasis on Readings, an A IS possible without doing them however ;)

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: POLI211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Funny guy. class is pretty hard though.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: POLI244
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This is definitely a hard intro course, and though dry at times, worthwhile. TV Paul is a lovely, widely-accomplished man, and enjoys the material and his students. In class and when studying, go by his outlines. The conferences are a must, and studying for exams in a study group is ideal.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: POLI244
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

T.V. Paul is a very good professor. Although the readings were often boring and the subject matter very theoretical, T.V. Paul always gave interesting lectures, and I looked forward to going to class.