You need to take this class. Professor Chwe is so cool. He has all this technology that he uses during lecture on ZOOM like a camera that follows your movements and this board he had that allowed him to write on the camera screen (?), I don't even know. It was cool. He is also in a choir I believe. Class was so easy. No exams. None. You learned game theory which is so interesting and fun. Changes how you think of things and how you make choices fr. You just had weekly homework assignments that were for completion not correction. And, you had to make flipgrid videos of you explaining problem sets for your final. One of my favorite professors. Only take Poli Sci 30 with him!

I loved having Prof. Chwe! While I took his class online, I'm sure it would be just as fun and engaging in person. Assignments were set up through H (homework), X (example), M (movie), and P (past exam) problems, and his syllabus described specifically how many of each we would have to do to get a specific grade. Grading was based mainly on completion and comprehension, which was easy enough if you paid attention in class. I'd recommend Chwe to anyone completing the pre-poli sci major or for anyone looking for an engaging GE. Definitely will require either math skill or work ethic, but was significantly more enjoyable than some of my other writing-based classes.

He's a really awesome professor! I highly recommend this class. It is more math-based so having a good TA is really crucial to this course. That being said, Yana is the BEST. She is super helpful and really wants you to succeed. There is a lot of work because there are no midterms or exams. I would definitely NOT take this course in person because he posted the past exams and they look pretty tough. The work is doable, but try not to fall behind in class and leave all the work till the very end. Take this class!

I love Chwe as a professor. I am taking another game theory class with him right now. That being said, PS30 is VERY hard if you are not a math person. It is entirely math. Having a good TA is crucial to your success in the class because with the large lecture hall, it was difficult to understand the material presented (I never ended up going to lectures because my section was more helpful.) Posting past midterms and finals is extremely helpful. Do every practice test 2-3 times and understand EVERYTHING. Even then, Chwe will throw in "trick" questions to help curve the class, making you come out of tests feeling like a complete failure (fear not, you likely did not fail.) There are much easier Political Science lower division classes. Nevertheless, I would still recommend PS30 because it is a course that will teach you concepts few other classes will teach you.

I really enjoyed this class with Professor Chwe. It was probably one of the best and most interesting classes I've ever taken. Chwe is a funny guy and I really enjoyed his lectures. It could get boring sometimes though. There was a midterm, a final, and 10 homework assignments for this class. The homework was a little hard but we barely got any homework in that class so it wasn't too bad. Unfortunately, the TAs weren't very helpful. It's really important to do/turn in your homework though because it really helps your grade if you do poorly on the exams. Chwe also has this policy where the top 30 percentile of students in the class get an A+ which i thought was pretty awesome. The lectures don't have attendance and are on Bruincast video so I used to skip all the time (he posts the slides online too). I personally thought the videos were more helpful than the lecture because the material is hard and it took me some time to process it so I could pause and rewind things on the video, instead of asking questions in front of the whole class lol. I really enjoyed this class and i would recommend it to others! Prof chwe is pretty awesome and I'd definitely take more classes with him.

I honestly do not regret taking this class. I thought I would hate it and I took it because all the other lower div pol sci classes were full by the time I was able to enroll. With that being said, I can say that this has been one of the most rewarding classes I've taken. It wasn't easy and some of the concepts were a bit confusing to grasp but the professor definitely helped in clarifying various questions we had. Everything you need to succeed is accessible to you its just the matter of putting in the hard work. I had to practice on a lot of the past midterms and finals he posted online in order to pass with a satisfying grade.

Easy class in terms of homework, as well as Professor Chwe being a funny and easygoing guy. However, the tests are ridiculously hard. I did every homework assignment and actively paid attention in class, but he makes the tests purposefully terrible to make sure you know the material inside and out. Best part about the class was not having to buy a textbook.

I got a B- in this class and I could have very easily gotten an A if I had done my homework. The best advice I could give is DO THE HOMEWORK. Not only is it worth 20% if your grade, but it is also good practice for the midterm and final. The class is curved and the curve only helps you. Professor Chwe is entertaining and clear. He uploads all the midterms and finals of the previous years width their answers so you know exactly what the tests are going to be like. The class is also podcasted so you can watch all the lectures if you miss any or want to review what he said in class.

Entering this class I was not sure how exactly it would go. I wouldn't say that the class is tough. But the professor knows how to teach it so its interesting. Once you grasp the material, everything else is a breeze. There's homework every week but you get credit simply by attempting it and it is not graded. The midterm and final are both difficult and Professor Chwe knows it; however he posts every final and midterm from previous years and they are all about the same stuff. He makes it difficult to make sure you actually know the material. The grade curve is very useful and ill bump up your grade if you don't do well on the final/midterm. I recommend this class to anyone interested in the topic and not just taking it for an Easy A

I just don't understand why the rating is so low. I will definitely take class with Professor Chwe again (which is what I am doing right now). He is a very good lecturer and always tries to make the contents interesting using a lot of funny examples.
There is no textbook so it is very important to pay attention in class. Homework is not easy but not too hard. Discussion sections definitely help! To be honest, it is an easy class as long as you go to the class and do the homework.