Theodore Davis - University of Delaware

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Theodore Davis - University of Delaware

Professor: Theodore Davis

Department: Political Science

College: University of Delaware

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: POSC220
Grade Received: C-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof Davis was extremely disorganized - he sent out zoom links that didn't work and attendance was mandatory so just getting to class was difficult. He doesn't respond to emails, or when he does it's after a week and one-sentence responses. He never recorded lectures, gave unhelpful study guides, and made the 3 exams artificially difficult.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: POSC220
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Had him for online and he was the best! My advice is take good noteshe has live lectures (where he teaches specific info found only on the final) and posts recorded lectures (that only stay up temporarily). The study guides are useful and tests are open notes. Just pay attention, take good notes, and go to live lectures and you'll be fine.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: POSC220
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Davis is a good guy but a horrible teacher. His test questions are so vague that sometimes you have no clue what he is referring to. He also takes down the recorded lectures after we have an exam on them but then expects us to know all the materials for the final exam without the chance to review old lectures. I DO NOT recommend him.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: POSC220
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Davis is a really nice guy but it's hard to recommend him. He is an awful lecturer and is very inaccessible outside of class. Do not count on him to respond to your emails. Structurally, this class is so unorganized and it's hard to know what he wants from you. If you have the option to take anyone else, do it!

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: AFRA110
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The only good thing about this class is it was an easy A, so I thought. Going into the final I had a 97 in the class with attendance already calculated. Somehow the final grade I received was a B. When I emailed him asking him what grade I got on the final he never responded. I would have had to get a 50 on the final to wind up with a B.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: POSC220
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is one of my worst teachers as a freshman at UD. During his recorded lessons, he repeats himself and rambles on without ever defining any terms or giving concrete information. He uses things like "who get what, when, where.." etc to describe terms you never heard of before. One of the most boring teachers ever. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASSES.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: POSC220
Grade Received: D
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Davis came off as a cool and funny guy, yet turned out to be quite the opposite. He deducted an absurd amount of points from my overall grade for missing very few classes and his study guides for the exams were beyond useless. The exams were unbelievably challenging as they were often 60 open ended style questions. Cool guy, bad professor

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: POSC220
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not really a fan of him as a professor, can get distracted. He didn't really pique my interest in public policy. Make sure you understand his attendance policy! Exams are super easy to study for, but a good amount of studying is still required to do well.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: POSC220
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Davis has interesting things to say but often goes off topic so it felt like we had to rush through the lectures by the end of the semester. Exams are harder than they should be but still fair, and there are opportunities to gain bonus points. Also he has a detailed study guide for each exam. Go to class because slides are not on canvas.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: POSC220
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I respect professor Davis because I think he gives good insight about life, but he really just isnt a good professor. He gets off topic a lot during lectures and is very unclear about whats expected for exams, which are the only things youre graded on.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: POSC220
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

It's actually a really easy course but what you learn in class has little do with the exam except for the short answer questions which there are 3-4 and you pick 2. I had the course during the election year so it was more current events and watching debates. As long as you study definitions and the structure of the government you'll get at least B.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: POSC220
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Davis is enjoyable but is unclear about almost everything relating to his class. Most of the class is used to discuss things that aren't course material and he gets off track often. When he says the exam is a matching word bank format what he means is the word bank will have little relevance and most answers will have to be recalled.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: POSC220
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's a good guy but gets off track during lectures easily talking about things that don't pertain much to the lesson. Discussion heavy; make sure you're taking notes b/c he doesn't post them online. Tests are hard, mostly fill in the blank/short answer but he gives you a study guide & a partial word bank. Can get a good grade if you study hard.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: POSC411
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH THIS MAN... Dr. Davis is a extremely personable man. I respect him very much as a man, he tries very hard to allow students to voice opinions and attempts to be fair. However, he is VERY disorganized and unclear with everything he does, unless you meet with him and get to know him you will probably get a bad grade.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: POSC150
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 Davis was my first Political Science professor, and he remains my favorite. Class is mandatory, however the lectures are mostly either basic topics or discussion. The discussions are well done and he encourages students to offer their own opinions and debate as long as you are respectful. He doesnt assign any papers and exams are easy.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: POSC150
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I don't understand why Professor Davis has such low ratings. I took him last spring and got an A relatively easily. He offers extra credit, and is very helpful at office hours. You have to study, but isn't that to be expected? He's nice, funny, and I genuinely enjoyed going to class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: 150
Grade Received: D+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He goes on long rants that don't haven anything to do with anything on the exams. Exams are absolutely impossible unless you memorize the textbook. In that case you MIGHT get a C. I stress MIGHT.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: POSC150
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

HARDEST 100 LEVEL COURSE HE EXPECTS WAY TOO MUCH FOR EACH EXAM; THEY ARE ALL CUMULATIVE, CONSIST OF EVERY KIND OF QUESTION.. SHORT ANSWER, FILL IN THE BLANK (NO WORD BANK) , MULTIPLE CHOICE, TRUE FALSE QUESTIONS SOMETIMES DONT EVEN MAKE SENSE ALL MEMORIZATION I DONT EVEN THINK HE WOULD PASS HIS OWN EXAMS FINAL IS THE SAME FORMAT

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: POSC150
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Cool guy but wouldn't recommend. You have to do A LOT of work to get a B+ He often goes off into long opinionated discussions but takes up too much class time and rushes through notes. If you want to have an actual grasp you'll have to read the text book on your own. Exams are ALL ABOUT LECTURE NOTES and a few key terms from the text

Rating # 20

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

He is hilarious and tries to connect to his students but he enjoys debating a lot more than actual lecture. But if you have an inkling of how to study and the how to ask for help if you need it, you will be fine

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