Christine Di Stefano - University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Professor: Christine Di Stefano

Department: Political Science

College: University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: POL201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

STAY AWAY from this class. Lecture is extremely boring as she only read off slides (that she has been using for the past 30 years). Also stay away from Seth, one of her TAs. He grades very unfairly and is not helpful at all. I don't even know why he is a TA or at UW at all.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really liked her and enjoyed the class because of it. It's clear how knowledgable she is about what she's teaching. She always had great answers to questions in lecture. There are no tricks on her exams; if you go to class, you'll find the tests to be a breeze. She also gives a great test review sheet that will really help. Wants you to succeed.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: POL201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I love professor Di Stefano! She's incredibly well-informed and truly cares about her students. The best advice I can offer would be to make use of office hours if possible. Though sometimes her lectures were a bit monotonous, I learned a lot and her class has been a positive experience.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: POL201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Just stay away at all costs. Don't get me wrong, the class is fairly easy but man oh man is she the most boring prof I've had in a year and a half at UW. She reads off her slides like she's memorized them for 30 years with no emotion or excitement at all. Honestly if you want to take 201, just wait another quarter if she's the assigned professor.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Di Stefano is a wonderful lecturer and is great with questions, but I was cursed with an awful TA who completely ruined my experience. Overall, this class wasn't what I was looking for, more oriented in philosophy than in poli sci. Still, I don't (completely) regret it, nor do I regret my experience with Dr. Di Stefano.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Shes a cool professor. Her lectures are easy to understand. Unlike other professors, she knows how to connect what you read outside of class to her lectures very well.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Di Stefano is one of the better professors I've had at UW. If you have the chance to take a class with her, do it! She knows her stuff and makes lectures interesting and easy to understand despite that fact that the material is often difficult. Not an easy class, but worth the experience.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Definitely one of my favorite classes. Not an easy class, but if you attend class&quiz section you will do well. You don't have to do the reading very thoroughly (tho you do need to know the authors' style well since she tests quote identification). The midterm and final was a lot easier than I expected. She also has pop qzs,so attendance matters!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This was my first class on a college campus, and I enjoyed it immensely. The material was engaging and interesting, and the professor was very concerned with her students understanding the topics covered.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

First professor in my first quarter at college, and I don't think I could have had it any better. Interesting subject matter, passionate instructor, captivating lectures.. I had a great time.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: POLSAF
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class was NOT what I expected. A bunch of stuff about the state of nature and whatnot from various political philosophers. I'm not very pleased with my TA for this class because he gave me a much lower grade than I deserve. Overall this class is super boring and not what you would expect; I was interested in pol sci until this class.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: POL201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

BORING. I think she has her slides memorized? Very monotone with very little expression, I want to fall asleep every lecture. She knows her stuff, but does not communicate it effectively due to her lack of enthusiasm. She makes you go to lecture because she assigns pop quizzes, but other than that lectures are somewhat pointless. Mediocre overall.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She knows the subject very well and is an excellent lecturer. However, my time could have been better spent elsewhere. The study of anarchism, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau largely consisted of living in make believe land while making sweeping judgments about the real world. This is a philosophy course, more or less.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: POLS310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is the most boring lecturer alive. She also grades harder than any professor in the world. I'm getting a 1.0 in her class when my overall GPA in 300 level Poli sci classes is a 3.7! I had to take the class as a S/NS because I didn't want it to bring down my GPA... Don't take her class! So much reading! Everyone's failing in my class!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Went over the major authors quite a lot: I didn't read most of the material, but because I listened in class, was able to still catch everything. She is eloquent, if a bit formal.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I am really enjoying this class so far. I feel that concepts of political legitimacy are relevant to real life and make you smarter and more aware of current political issues. My TA is a hard grader - it's articulating the concepts in the correct way not knowing them. Lectures are interesting and she makes key points very clear in overheads

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The readings are dense and many, but the lectures disseminate them in a very digestible and interesting way. She has a subtle sense of humor that's there if you look for it (makes the class more interesting). Answers questions, but will limit them to what is offered in the readings or to fill in missing context.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She was really clear in the lecture and read textbooks before class will help a lot.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• 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:

She's smart, but her lectures can be really boring. She spends a lot of time on some stuff and glosses over other things. The material is interesting though, so if you read the assigned texts, go to lecture and quiz section you'll be fine.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: POLS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

OMGG! suuper boring teacher. her lectures are soo boring and very hard to follow. seems as though she is reading straight from her paper. doesnt answer questions. take a later quiz section so you can get answers from friends in earlier QZ. all QZ have the same test. her grading scale is wack. she has hella pop quizzes.