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This class is to get credit for internships, so I assumed most of it would be pretty chill, but she gave a lot of work. Most of it is busy work so don't stress. She also grades everything 100% so its hard to fail this. She also doesn't penalize you for being late. I turned something in a month late and she didn't care.Rate My Professors ↗
This class was a decent amount of busy work, expect mostly weekly discussion posts to do with the professional world and politics plus some occasional projects. She is organized, understanding if you have a lot going on, and I recommend this class for easy Poli Sci credits and it's not hard to get a good grade.Rate My Professors ↗
For PS315, I spent around 3 hours per week completing assignments for this class. Because I took it to get credit for my internship, to which I had already devoted so many hours, I was surprised it added more work to my weeks. They are all busy work and are graded easily, but something to be aware of if you plan on taking the course.Rate My Professors ↗
Easy credits and easy grade. But busy and very very unnecessary works. It is an internship course, I am already doing enough but useful tasks at work, stop making the students do stupid discussion posts that you don't even bother to look at. You just make the students burn out on unnecessary assignments.Rate My Professors ↗
Dr. Gangl supplements the 3-credit internship course with lots of online discussion posts, weekly check-ins, and other assignments that take up time but offer only limited insight. The course is useful for the credits but somewhat tedious. However, Dr. Gangl is overall very nice and is very approachable for questions.Rate My Professors ↗
This is an online class but it requires you to work in an office of some sort. I worked for a legislator and you have to put in (I think) 6-8 hours per week. It isn't bad at all and you learn a lot. I recommend this experience to anyone interested in state politics. There are a project and a paper due at the end of the semester based on your work.Rate My Professors ↗
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Introduction to Political Psychology examines the psychological aspects of political behavior among individuals in various contexts.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025 · limited samplePOLISCI 315 is a legislative internship providing practical experience in a legislative office, policy research, and readings on the legislative process.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Amy Gangl is praised for being organized and understanding, with students recommending the course for easy political science credits and learning about state politics. Reviewers note the workload involves busy work, with one finding it adds to existing internship hours and another describing the office work as manageable at 6-8 hours per week.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026POLISCI 682 is a senior honors thesis course focusing on political science thesis research and writing.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
A seminar for senior honors students to conceptualize, design, and write their political science thesis.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
A seminar for senior honors students to write their thesis, focusing on research design and political science issues.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleDirected study projects for juniors and seniors as arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
POLISCI 699 offers directed study projects for juniors and seniors arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | POLISCI 206 | Introduction to Political Psychology |
| Fall 2026 | POLISCI 315 | Legislative Internship |
| Fall 2026 | POLISCI 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | POLISCI 683 | Senior Honors Thesis Seminar |
| Fall 2026 | POLISCI 684 | Senior Honors Thesis Seminar |
| Fall 2026 | POLISCI 698 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2026 | POLISCI 699 | Directed Study |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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