Mark Williams

Profesor Williams is very passionate in his teaching of international politics and makes learning it very interesting at times. However his lecture heavy classes can be hard to follow and boring at times. Almost your entire grade relies on three essays that he graded very harshly. I would recommend this class for someone interested in the topic but not as a means to fufill a distribution requirement.

Profesor Williams is very passionate in his teaching of international politics and makes learning it very interesting at times. However his lecture heavy classes can be hard to follow and boring at times. Almost your entire grade relies on three essays that he graded very harshly. I would recommend this class for someone interested i …Read more

I thoroughly enjoyed Professor Williams course, while it is very lecture and reading heavy I found his lecture's surprisingly engaging if you want them to be. He often poses questions and if you engage with them it can show the value of the material from both his lectures and readings. That being said the midterms and final are very difficult, with short word counts but a TON of information expected to be communicated. If you have some interest in poli sci and are willing to do most (don't necessarily have to do all) of the readings outside of class then I think the material can be very valuable.

I thoroughly enjoyed Professor Williams course, while it is very lecture and reading heavy I found his lecture's surprisingly engaging if you want them to be. He often poses questions and if you engage with them it can show the value of the material from both his lectures and readings. That being said the midterms and final are very …Read more

Mostly lectures, as long as you read and take notes well, it's quite easy. The only challenge is the papers due to trying to fit all your thoughts into such a small word limit, the majority of the time