Ajay Verghese

Professor Verghese is a great professor, and also a very understanding one as well. Every class structure is the same with a lecture and a bit of discussion, and he notes that it is understandable not to speak in each class, and that he does not count attendance, but it is on students to do so. The class is very calm, but also he makes it engaging enough to want to participate. I would take it again.

Professor Verghese is a great professor, and also a very understanding one as well. Every class structure is the same with a lecture and a bit of discussion, and he notes that it is understandable not to speak in each class, and that he does not count attendance, but it is on students to do so. The class is very calm, but also he mak …Read more

My favorite course at Middlebury - so much so that I intend to write a thesis on it. Class meets once a week, so its fairly common for an entire book to be assigned for the next class. I found it manageable and immensely enjoyable. You have one paper that's work half your grade and the other half is a very easy discussion post and participation. I am pretty sure most people got a good grade.

My favorite course at Middlebury - so much so that I intend to write a thesis on it. Class meets once a week, so its fairly common for an entire book to be assigned for the next class. I found it manageable and immensely enjoyable. You have one paper that's work half your grade and the other half is a very easy discussion post and pa …Read more

Great course for learning about comparative politics. I'm not sure how relevant the information we covered in this class will be buy Professor Verghese is super clear, relaxed, and knows all about the subject. The grade consisted mostly of weekly discussion questions, which I actually found trickier than expected because asking questions requires you to understand the readings better than writing a summary does. Aside from that, there were two papers and no final. I highly recommend for an easy way to fulfill the PSCI intro requirement and still talk about interesting studies and concepts.

Great course for learning about comparative politics. I'm not sure how relevant the information we covered in this class will be buy Professor Verghese is super clear, relaxed, and knows all about the subject. The grade consisted mostly of weekly discussion questions, which I actually found trickier than expected because asking quest …Read more