Matthew Dickinson

This course was very interesting and not super hard. One paper, one midterm, and one final exam were the only opportunities for evaluation, and each were worth a lot of your final grade. Be prepared to not get the assessments back. This is a lecture-based course where you will learn a lot about how Congress functions, and it is ok if you fall behind on readings because there is no assessment on homeworks, but you will need to do them for the midterm and exam.

This course was very interesting and not super hard. One paper, one midterm, and one final exam were the only opportunities for evaluation, and each were worth a lot of your final grade. Be prepared to not get the assessments back. This is a lecture-based course where you will learn a lot about how Congress functions, and it is ok if …Read more

I was not given the tools to succeed in this course, nor was I given the opportunity for improvement/growth. Matthew Dickinson is more concerned with making niche movie references and letting people know he attended Harvard than displaying any genuine interest in Bureaucracy. It is unfortunate because the content is very relevant to our contemporary political context, but the lectures were dense and often confusing. There are weekly reading quizzes and Dickinson takes pride in the fact that the majority of the class fails them. However, you'll never know where your grade stands because Dickinson provides no feedback nor does he return midterms or quizzes.

I was not given the tools to succeed in this course, nor was I given the opportunity for improvement/growth. Matthew Dickinson is more concerned with making niche movie references and letting people know he attended Harvard than displaying any genuine interest in Bureaucracy. It is unfortunate because the content is very relevant to …Read more

Dickinson has lost whatever it is a teacher is supposed to have that makes them love it. He only lectures for the whole class time, and fair exams but is a bit of a tough grader because he nitpicks. The content of the class was kinda boring. The weekly quizzes are a pain and he asks such specific questions that only he would know since he has read the material many times. He also likes to make weird jokes. The class was challenging but I would not recommend at least not with Dickinson.

Dickinson has lost whatever it is a teacher is supposed to have that makes them love it. He only lectures for the whole class time, and fair exams but is a bit of a tough grader because he nitpicks. The content of the class was kinda boring. The weekly quizzes are a pain and he asks such specific questions that only he would know sin …Read more