Mark Kemper - Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA

Professor: Mark Kemper

Department: Political Science

College: Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PO342
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very liberal and unorthodox when it comes to his courses. He recognizes that 95% of the people who take his course are Poli-Sci majors who want to be there, and therefore he trusts theyre interested in the subject. He assigns very few quizzes, no homework, but a bunch of reading. If you care about the subject, you will learn a lot and do well.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: POL285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He didn't post anything for weeks at a time. Gave ZERO response to discussion boards. Gave back one grade by May 1st. You have no idea how you are doing in the class. What a waste of $$$!!! How can a person learn with no feedback?? What a joke!!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: POLI285
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Makes you feel stupid when grading work. Did not grade anything until the last day of classes so you had no opportunity to fix how you did your work. Has absolutely no respect for students. Horrible professor. Will never take him for another course again.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: POLI285
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

There are some people who are smart in their subject, yet cannot teach. Kemper is one of those people. He teaches his intro law class as if all of his students are experts of law, asking difficult and vague questions and overly critiquing everyone's answers. He might be a good professor for higher level classes, but definitely not intro classes.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: POLI285
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took this class to see if I would be interested in law. I really regret taking it with Kemper. He's a smart guy, but hes ALL OVER THE PLACE. One minute he would be discussing the material, and the next, he would start quoting irrelevant 80's movies. Its a shame, because I really wanted to learn about law in this class. Not a good teacher at all

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PO285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Never turns grades in, swears up and down in class. All around horrible professor!!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: POLI285
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The absolute WORST professor I've ever had at Bridgewater. Please BEWARE. I wish I would of read this before I took his class. He lectures alot, it is very difficult to take notes because he is so off topic. He grades NOTHING. 5 quizzes and I've gotten 2 back in 4 months. He is very disrespectful to student. Makes you feel very dumb in class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PO285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This man should not be a professor. His lectures are very hard to understand and hard to take notes. But he gives random pop quizzes that are very difficult. The questions are very wordy and hard to understand. And he makes the student feel very dumb if we get answer a question wrong. Oh and he only gave us one graded quiz back, out of 5.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PO285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

DO. NOT. TAKE. THIS. PROFESSOR. Honestly, he is one of the worst professors Ive ever had. I dont think I learned one thing from his class. His lectures are very disorganized and not helpful. Its very hard to follow when hes teaching and he doesnt write down any notes. After 10 mins of the class, I had no idea what he as talking about.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: POL285
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Kemper is probably the worst professor at BSU. You dont do anything in that class besides listen to him lecture about off topic things rather than what you should learn. He gives pop quizzes that are super long questions that dont make any sense because you have no idea what is going on. WORST PROFESSOR!!!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PO285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is way off topic 24/7. Gives pop quizzes and the quiz question doesn't even make sense because his lectures were so off topic. Will never take a class of his again. Worst professor I've had at BSU.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: POLI542
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Kemper is a stand up guy but clearly overwhelmed with work. Class was a bit unorganized, syllabus was useless. No exams, just case readings and short essays as assignments. Longwinded lectures but also complex and valuable discussions around the constitution. Defnitely take his grad class over the alternative, he definitely keeps it interesting.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PO285
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great professor. Older comments say the final is an oral argument, this isn't the case anymore. Just pop quizzes and a final exam along with a final paper.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: POLI344
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy is a genius. His lectures are fun and he really makes you stretch your mind. You need to make yourself known in the class. The lecture is really dependent on class discussion and if you don't speak up then you are unlikely to do well. You also need to stay on top of the readings because there a lots of surprise quizzes.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PO174
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is a nice guy and clearly very intelligent! But, his class is very unorganized and the class is basically just talking about cases. I wish we talked more about the actual judicial process. We were graded on about 4 pop quizzes and one final. If you answer a question, prepare to have an explanation! Overall, pretty decent class and learned alot!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: POLI285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took is 285 online class-- HUGE MISTAKE! He sends the most complex syllabus you'll ever see. He cancelled over half of our assignments in the semester, which made random quizzes worth a huge amount of the class. He didn't give feedback on a single assignment, so at any given time in the semester you have literally no idea how you're doing

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: POL285
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Kemper is a pretty solid professor. He breaks up lectures with jokes and movie references (impress him with knowledge of rock n roll and 1980's movies!) He gets off topic pretty easily but the class always gets back on track. He is very open about expressing his own views and publicly challenging those of students, so be aware of that.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: POLI285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took this class to fill a few requirements but i am not a CJ major, so it was incredibly difficult for me to understand. He doesn't actually teach you material, he gets lost in conversations about politics but never about what we are supposed to be covering. I would not recommend taking him at all.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: POLI285
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

There is a boatload of reading required for this class. If you miss class you most likely will not pass. Not many tests but the final is a 50 minute long oral argument one on one. But also a great professor - you will learn a lot just a LOT of work be prepared

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: POLI341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Kemper spent maybe a month and a half actually teaching and discussing the case law we use on an important final paper. Learned nothing this semester. What he did talk about went over 90% of the class's heads. You cant write a coherent paper on concepts you were never taught.