Jerry Sanders - University of California Berkeley

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Jerry Sanders - University of California Berkeley

Professor: Jerry Sanders

Department: Peace & Conflict Studies

College: University of California Berkeley

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: PACS100
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

As a lecturer, all he did was ramble from tangent to tangent, read aloud from the NY Times, and push his own theory of Cosmopolitanism. I knew better than to ask for guidance on papers from him, but I had several peers claim that when they came to him with their own ideas, he would shoot them down in favor of his own "solutions." Awful.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: PACS100
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took this course many years ago, but still remembers clearly how helpful, knowledgeable, and accessible Professor Sanders was. Topics in this course were controversial and must have been difficult to manage for the teacher, but Professor Sanders did an excellent job. In addition, he was very helpful when I asked questions during office hours.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: PACS100
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I loved this class. Was it challenging?yes,but ultimately what I learned has helped me understand concepts in other classes. For this class I did all of the readings and studied a significant amount for the tests (which were hard). What helped was to go to the review sessions with the GSI's..don't miss those!

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: PACS100
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I love this class. I think the professor is really passionate about everything he teaches. For the test you have to study really hard; yet its not impossible. I would recommend this class to anyone who is interested in how policy is shaped.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: PACS100
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Sanders is a very intelligent man. He is extremely knowledgeable on the subject that he teaches. His lectures are dry and it can be boring, however, if you listen intently you will actually learn a lot of things! My suggestion: visit him during office hours! He's a nice guy and will be very helpful as long as you go see him.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: PACD100
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A good class. Starts mediocrely but is improving strongly during the semester. Take him seriously: if you read all the material intensively, you'll get much out of the course. Good explanation of complex theories. Sometimes I missed a more critical account of his own views but he is definitely open for critique. More discussion time would be great.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: PACS125
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Sanders is the reason why I, a liberal, started to dislike Berkeley. He is so biased and his class is so boring that most people surf the web and later switch to P/NP, after getting killed on tests by unqualified, bratty 'readers.' The 2nd worst class I took as undergrad (1st one being R. Holub's class). Don't take it or drop it like it's hot.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: PACS100
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Sanders is an inquisitive and interesting professor. Definitely go to office hours because that is where you will learn the most. Despite previous comments, Sanders is the most humble teacher I have met on this campus. Really. He knows his stuff and stands by it, but maintains humility. He would carry your bag for you if it was too heavy.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: PACS100
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The worst class I took at Berkeley. He can spend the entire class rambling, yet never clearly explaining the idea. The reader is almost useless because it is so vauge. This class had so much potential, and I was so excited to take it, but now I'm just glad I'm almost out of the department.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: PACS100
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Any one who can keep him/herself fully participated in this class from day one to final is GOD! Because this class is SOOOO boring and Sanders is without a doubt my worst professor at Cal. And the fact that such person can be the chair of the dept. is just the misery of the US education system.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: PACS125
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Rambles a lot, a lot of the lectures follow the readings but very boring unfortunately, mid-term is take home, final study questions are semi-helpful, there is a lot of reading. On the tests, and the paper, grading is very subjective.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: PACS125
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Sanders is a partisan, but he is hardly arrogant and never cruel to his students. What does merit criticism are the films he shows in class. They are freaking depressing! And the grading is a little harsh, but acceptable if you have done the work. I suspect that the spiteful posts have been written by students who performed poorly on the exams.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: PACS000
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

As an unbiased student, I feel that this professor is the ultimate ****. Not only is he affected by the Napoleon complex, but his arrogance is crippling to his teaching quality and the learning environment. He commonly takes pride in humiliating students- his sense of humor is at the expense of his students.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: PACS100
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are unstructured and insubstantive. He claims to be "outside the box" only to spew Obama rhetoric and pretend it means Gramsci; deconstructs absolute Truth only to assert his own discursive regime. Leaves behind solid analysis of either theory or events to evangellicaly self-affirm his camp. Extreme lack of nuance and earnest reflexivity.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: PACS149
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The class deals with real issues the world is facing and people must confront. Some of his students apparently can't face that reality. Sanders is a great teacher. Lectures are fascinating- my friends even sit in on them. Readings informative & equally as interesting. Sanders is very fair. Opinionated but welcomes challenge. Helpful, if sought out.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: PACS125A
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:

Lectures were interesting. Great readings, but can get tiring after a while. Made me think. But, Sanders is an ****. Is arrogant, condescending, self-righteous. No one is allowed to disagree with him. Treats students as if they are ignorant and inferior Believes his word is law. At times scope on subject was limited. Easy but be cautious of him.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: PACS125A
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I agree with the guy below me. I'm in his class now and maybe he's cleaned up his act, but I find the class really informative and not as slanted as everyone claims. It's not a boring class at all because he gives you history from a different perspective. The midterm was rough though..at least for me.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: PACS125A
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I am in his class currently and I guess I don't think he's as bad as everyone else does. I have learned a lot about American hypocrisy and violence, and I think he does a great job of supporting his lectures with articles, quotes, historical documents, etc. He is pretty extreme, but I think taking a critical look at American history is important.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: PACS149
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I did not learn one piece of information from that class and i went to class everyday. He is extremely boring. This is by far the worst class i took in my entire time at Cal.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: PACS100
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

stupidest class i've ever taken. honestly, this was a waste of time. his lectures have no structure. he just rants. i can't believe this guy is department chair.

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