John McIver - University of Colorado - Boulder, Boulder, CO

Professor: John McIver

Department: Political Science

College: University of Colorado - Boulder, Boulder, CO

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: GOV350K
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

this class is really hard. there are three exams and the average was always a low c or even d. i feel like for a basic class he made it harder than it had to be; however, he was enthusiastic and not too boring.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: GOV350K
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I've never been more confused on what a class is about. He talks in circles, says mmk every other word, and his lectures will bore you to tears. I wish I had taken a different STATS class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PSCI1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Rummor is that he is modeled after Mr Makey in South Park and he does say mmK a lot. Overall the class sucks, but its political science so what do you expect? Its supper easy, got an A on a paper I did the night before and a B+ on the test I didn't study for. I never even bought the book for the class. Lectures are dumb, just a bunch of pics.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PSCI1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easist class i have taken in college. Hs tests are so easy it isnt even funny. Basically a a high school govt. class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: POLI1001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

though he is a nice guy, his lectures are extremely boring, i have never seen so many students on facebook in class. I got and A on one paper I didnt try on, and a C on another that was 10x better than the first. His tests are WAY too hard, but he does grade on a curve. The final is almost impossible.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PSCI1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

boring lectures and papers are busywork and graded hard. interesting class if you read the text

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PSCI1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

All I have to see is mmmmmkay

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSCI1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

HE IS SO BORING! I went to class a lot at the beginning of the semester but started not going towards the end. He says "in essance" after every slide and it is really annoying. The papers are ridiculous and they are basically the same thing for each one. The power points are just lots of pictures and names, not very helpful.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSCI2481
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His paper topics are really hard and he grades hard on papers especialy grammer related errors.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSCI1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

nice guy, doesn't do the best with this class. very little use of the textbook, and if you go to class, most of it will just be slideshows of pictures with a few text-heavy slides that you will be expected to copy down in under 15 seconds before he moves on. the papers are also RIDICULOUS... busywork that teaches you nothing and wastes your time.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PSCI2384
• 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:

A really nice guy but after all these years still gives off the nervous vibe when giving a lecture. He had a lot of good info for the class that was not in the book and if you took time to go to office hours he was really helpful

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: POLISCI
• 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:

MCIVER= BORING... LEAVES NO DESIRE TO GO TO CLASS AND LEARN.... TESTS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH LECTURE.. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.. UNLESS U WANT TO SLEEP A LOT AND GET BELOW AVERAGE GRADES.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSCI1001
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures will lull you into a coma. I never woke up.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PSCI1011
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Really boring, did not go to class too often, but then again you didn't need to. I got a B with no problem

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSCI1101
• 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:

M'kay, this guy is awesome, m'kay. Great subject, good delivery.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSCI1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Agreed upon that McIver does say "ok" or just "k" tons of times after EVERY sentence!!! NO JOKE, it is a distraction from lecture! But still a good speaker of the topics.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSCI1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Boring.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: APS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Kind of dull. Say's "Okay" a lot so you end up counting how many times he says that and not paying attention to the lecture. Good guy, I think, but not too cool.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PS400
• 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:

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Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PSCI1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

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