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Michael Lofchie
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Winter 2021 - Professor Lofchie is easily one of my favorite professors I have ever had the pleasure of taking in my 6+ years of college across multiple campuses. Professor Lofchie is extremely knowledgeable and has immense experience over countless disciplines. He is very friendly, welcoming, and understanding. With that being said, he is an older gentleman with a more old-school teaching style/expectations. If you attend lecture, keep your camera on, and ask questions, I assure you you will do just fine. Student participation in this course for some odd reason was extremely low with two cameras on and the same two people participating which was slightly disheartening for myself and the professor. One important thing to note is his hesitation to record lectures in an effort to maintain a higher student turnout during his live lectures was surely influenced by this low student participation throughout the quarter. This personally did not affect me because I attend lecture regardless, but I understand this is a deal breaker for some students. Professor Lofchie took into consideration the accommodations some students required, and went ahead and began recording lectures for these reasons. This quarter's workload consisted of multiple readings (of which he provided free of charge), and was graded on only two reasonably sized essays that drew from the knowledge and experiences from both lecture and the readings. Professor Lofchie has a great heart and much to share. He really does his best to ensure his students learn something valuable. I would highly recommend any poli sci or economics student take at least one of his courses and develop a great relationship with this man who has much to share and give. It truly was a pleasure.
Winter 2021 - Professor Lofchie is easily one of my favorite professors I have ever had the pleasure of taking in my 6+ years of college across multiple campuses. Professor Lofchie is extremely knowledgeable and has immense experience over countless disciplines. He is very friendly, welcoming, and understanding. With that being said, he is an older gentleman with a more old-school teaching style/expectations. If you attend lecture, keep your camera on, and ask questions, I assure you you will do just fine. Student participation in this course for some odd reason was extremely low with two cameras on and the same two people participating which was slightly disheartening for myself and the professor. One important thing to note is his hesitation to record lectures in an effort to maintain a higher student turnout during his live lectures was surely influenced by this low student participation throughout the quarter. This personally did not affect me because I attend lecture regardless, but I understand this is a deal breaker for some students. Professor Lofchie took into consideration the accommodations some students required, and went ahead and began recording lectures for these reasons. This quarter's workload consisted of multiple readings (of which he provided free of charge), and was graded on only two reasonably sized essays that drew from the knowledge and experiences from both lecture and the readings. Professor Lofchie has a great heart and much to share. He really does his best to ensure his students learn something valuable. I would highly recommend any poli sci or economics student take at least one of his courses and develop a great relationship with this man who has much to share and give. It truly was a pleasure.
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Fall 2021 - Professor Lofchie is a nice man and his class was okay. His lectures are long and he sometimes goes on a tangent. I wish his slides correlated more with his lecture as he would often jump back and forth. between different slides. Your grade is based only on two 800-word papers. The midterm is worth about 33% of your grade and your final is worth about 66% of your grade. However, this was not clear till after our midterm was graded so I wish he gave us more clarity on that. Go to office hours, he may give you extra credit. There is assigned reading every week that does not take too long, but to be honest, I stopped reading during the last 4 weeks and did fine on the final. I am not sure if he did this to everyone but he did bump my grade from an A- to an A without me asking. Overall a good class, as long as you put in the work!
Fall 2021 - Professor Lofchie is a nice man and his class was okay. His lectures are long and he sometimes goes on a tangent. I wish his slides correlated more with his lecture as he would often jump back and forth. between different slides. Your grade is based only on two 800-word papers. The midterm is worth about 33% of your grade and your final is worth about 66% of your grade. However, this was not clear till after our midterm was graded so I wish he gave us more clarity on that. Go to office hours, he may give you extra credit. There is assigned reading every week that does not take too long, but to be honest, I stopped reading during the last 4 weeks and did fine on the final. I am not sure if he did this to everyone but he did bump my grade from an A- to an A without me asking. Overall a good class, as long as you put in the work!
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Spring 2024 - I highly recommend taking this class. It is very straightforward, with light coursework, and by light coursework I mean there is no homework. Your grade is made up of one midterm and one final, but it is not as scary as it sounds. The midterm can only help you, not hurt you. So, if you score higher on the Final than the midterm, the midterm is dropped. If you score higher on the midterm than the final, it is factored in to help boost your grade (or something like that). And, the midterm and final are both one essay question each that you answer, and he releases 3 potential essay questions a week before each exam so you can prepare. Either way, Lofchie is extremely reasonable, and should I say, an easy grader. I am sure anyone who puts in some effort and comes to class gets an A. He assigns readings but even that is not necessary to do because he goes into them in lecture. Just show up to class and utilize OH. Really, really easy class, and Lofchi is extremely knowledgeable in his field.
Spring 2024 - I highly recommend taking this class. It is very straightforward, with light coursework, and by light coursework I mean there is no homework. Your grade is made up of one midterm and one final, but it is not as scary as it sounds. The midterm can only help you, not hurt you. So, if you score higher on the Final than the midterm, the midterm is dropped. If you score higher on the midterm than the final, it is factored in to help boost your grade (or something like that). And, the midterm and final are both one essay question each that you answer, and he releases 3 potential essay questions a week before each exam so you can prepare. Either way, Lofchie is extremely reasonable, and should I say, an easy grader. I am sure anyone who puts in some effort and comes to class gets an A. He assigns readings but even that is not necessary to do because he goes into them in lecture. Just show up to class and utilize OH. Really, really easy class, and Lofchi is extremely knowledgeable in his field.
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