Lisa Nelson - University of Pittsburgh

Professor: Lisa Nelson

Department: TBD

College: University of Pittsburgh

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: LEGLS1210
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Best professor, shame she isn't teaching any more. Great person with a lot of guidance to offer along with interesting teaching methods and engaging lessons.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PS1213
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great professor, a shame it's her last time teaching an undergrad course. Really very knowledgeable about the law, respects her students and provides genuine interest and insight into the topic. Class was as hard as you made it, just a few grades, definitely rec.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PS1213
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor Nelson is my favorite professor. Truly respected, her classes aren't that difficult and you'll get out of it as much as you want.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PS1213
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lisa was great. She provided very constructive feedback, and was always wonderful to have in class. Presented all topics as fairly and unbiased as possible, which is commendable. One presentation and two papers made 90% of my grade, but you can submit drafts for comments. Just put in the work and don't slack off, and she is great! Would take again.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PS1213
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Tough but fair. Addresses political issues without the usual academic bias.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: LEGLST1210
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures could get boring but I really enjoyed this class with Prof. Nelson. She made it interesting and involved students. There is one group project which is styled as a debate. A lot of papers but if you submit a draft it really helps because she gives feedback on how to improve them and get a better grade. She is funny and knows the material.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PS1213
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The entire grade is based on 4 assignments: 3 papers and 1 group round table discussion. I recommend the class to anyone with an interest in constitutional law. Her lectures were super interesting, discussing modern constitutional questions about WikiLeaks, police search of cell phones, etc. Fair grader and I felt like I learned a lot.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PS1213
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Intelligent but tough. Take the class if you want to learn. Don't take the class if you want to work.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: LEGLS1210
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Fair and objective. Not an ideologue like some other professors

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PS1213
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Super tough grader on papers and doesn't give clear instructions on the structure of the papers. Super vague on assignments doesn't help the grading. Lots of reading and gives excellent feedback on papers. Very helpful if you don't understand a concept. Still would not take this class again.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PS1213
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Classes were kind of boring and attendance is mandatory, but overall you learn a lot in her class. She doesn't give out any tests, just 2 papers at the midterm and 2 at the final that are supposed to be 8 pages long. If you don't mind writing, it's a good class to take.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PS1213
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Nelson's Law and Politics class was enjoyable We did one group project and four 8-page papers. As with any law class, reading and writing consume the most of your time.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PS1213
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Put in the work, and its an A. Very exciting professor; keeps you awake and alert the whole time. With her, you give what you get. If you're putting in effort, your grade will easily show. Highly recommend.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 1213
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Nelson's law and politics course is just what is, but more about specific legal issues regarding individual rights. Nonetheless, she is very intelligent and her course consists of 1 group presentation (spent 2 hours preparing for) and a total of 4 5pg papers (not too difficult).

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: LEGLST1210
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fairly easy class 5 page midterm paper and a 5 page final paper along with 2 roundtable discussion papers which were 5 pages each as well. Long lectures but she's passionate about law so it's not terrible. Interesting topics if you enjoy law but can get extremely boring and confusing if you don't. I'd only take it if you really are set on law.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PS1213
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

4 10pg papers and 1 group discussion/presentation. 1 paper topic in each weekly class so plenty of topics to choose from. She directs you towards sources and gives you a general guidline of how to form your papers and discussion. Very easy grader. She shows how con law precedent applies to modern day issues. Interesting class and an easy A

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PIA2400
• 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:

One of the few innovative profs at GSPIa. Lots of reading which I exected for grad sch kioooo nj

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: LEGST1210
• 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:

Easy class, claims to take attendance but did for one or two classes tops. Requirements include 3 summaries of debates from classmates, and one summary of your own debate. I felt like she gave me a B+ no matter what. I felt like my first paper was horrible and just wrote down crap, and thought my last paper was stellar, and got a B+ on both.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PIA2100
• 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:

AMAZING prof, will challenge your perception of privacy rights. A must! Went in thinking it would be a boring IT class and instead (given her law/policy angle) it is my fave class at GSPIA. A bit challenging without a law background, which I don't have, but manageable (A so far) if you do the readings, panel/papers, & engage in class discussions.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PS1213
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very nice person. However, her instruction lacks preparation and she seems extremely disorganized. That said, take the class if you want an easy A.