Andrew Sobel - Washington University in St. Louis

Professor: Andrew Sobel

Department: TBD

College: Washington University in St. Louis

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: IAS4141
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

An amazing professor for anything regarding political science or international relations. Well-respected at WU. Typically his upper level classes involve writing a one-page reflection paper graded just for completion each week and two long essays, which he grades very easily. Participate a little bit, and you will get an A. Lectures can be boring.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: L32103B01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Excellent professor, I learned a lot from the upper-level courses taught by him

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: INTPO01
• 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:

Sobel was a great professor. He lectured a lot but the way the class is structured, you can either only go to class or only read the book and still get an A. Tests are easy and he is lenient when it comes to grading. Take this course.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: POL103
• 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:

Learned a lot, great introduction to international politics.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: POLS103B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

easy class but very boring. definetely more of international economy than international politics class. lectures almost word for word from the textbook that he wrote himself. can get him into an interesting discussion if you ask questions.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: INTPO103B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Ok professor, nice guy, pretty arrogant, but he gives easy tests and is usually available for questions after class. His lectures are very dense and can get quite boring!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: IS103A
• 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:

Great professor, great class. Lectures were interesting and the class was pretty easy, too. The TA's were pretty terrible though.

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

All he does for his lectures is is take powerpoint slides straight from the book that he wrote. The class is an easy A, and you do learn a fairly good deal. You just won't be too interested.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: IS160
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Can come across as arrogant, but a nice, helpful guy. His lower level classes are boring, but he knows his stuff.

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

One of the best professors in the school. Not the best organized, but if you can deal with that you will learn so much. He cares about your progress and is more than willing to meet with you. He is great at synthezing ideas.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: 103INTLPOL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The biggest clown, Why do people like him?? Would waste lectures on crap, was arrogant and bragged about how he didn't have to teach anymore because he was tenured. His class was almost insufferable and full of slackers, including him. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING WITH SOBEL EVER.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: POLISCI103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lectures come straight from the book, which he wrote himself, and he gives random pop quizzes, so you have to go to class. Comes across as arrogant, but he is intelligent. I'd take 103 from a different prof if I had the chance.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: POLSCI103B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Bright, but sometimes boring and redundant

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: INTLPOLITICS
• 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:

comes across as really arrogant, seemed to me completely unhelpful

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: INTPOLITICS
• 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:

I hated this class. I dreaded going bc I knew for a hour and a hlaf I would be doodling in my notebook to keep me awake. Pop quizzes worth 40% of class grade so you have to go to class. Not hard material, but Sobel rambles on about things that he could sum up in 3 pages, not 300. DO NOT TAKE.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: POLISCI103
• 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:

He's mean and insensitive. And he can't write. Plus, his lectures are only his book, in spoken form. I hear he's better for upper level classes.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: WORLDPOLITICS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The lectures may have gotten boring but sometimes they were very interesting, especially when we went on tangents. True, the textbook was poorly written, unfinished, and unorganized, but the chapters did a decent job of explaining what thye were supposed. I would not recommend the class though.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I learned a lot in Sobel's class, although it felt unstructured at times. Sobel is very good at clearly explaining difficult concepts and making them more relevant and interesting.

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I did not enjoy this class at all. The text was horrible (he wrote it himself) and he only lectured out of the text. It was exactly like his 200-student lecture class. This freshman seminar was not a good use of 3 hours of my life. I would not recommend this class to anyone.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: INTPOLITICS
• 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:

His textbook (that he wrote himself) was horribly written and extremely boring. In class, he lectures by simply reading from his textbook. The tests are easy but the material he provides is not at all interesting and involves lots of economics.