UMPI Class Review Master Thread

[ss20ts]

It will be interesting to see how classes change with the move to Brightspace!

[loops77]

It will be interesting to see how classes change with the move to Brightspace!

i thought it was delayed again

[ss20ts]

It will be interesting to see how classes change with the move to Brightspace!

i thought it was delayed again

It was delayed. Check the date. The post you responded to is from almost a month ago - before UMPI announced they weren't moving yet.

[Jwheels27]

Im just going to do reviews of courses that Rbxfunrocks didn't already cover previously, however I took each one of those courses and think they're spot on!

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Name: POS 101: American Government 
Subject: Political Science
Semester/Term: Fall 2
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 4
Type of Milestone Activities: Brief written answer, paragraph or less. 
Type of Final Assessment: Essay 1500 words
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Just a basic overview of the Government, Bill of Rights, Constitution, etc. Very quick and basic course.

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Name: POS 332: Constitutional Law 
Subject: Political Science
Semester/Term: Fall 2
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 3
Type of Milestone Activities: 500 word essays 
Type of Final Assessment: Essay 1500 words
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Overview of Constitution Law topics such as Freedom of Speech, Federalism, Executive Privilege, etc. Interesting topics, pretty quick course.

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Name: ENG 211: Creative and Critical Thinking
Subject: English
Semester/Term: Fall 2
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?: Long
Number of Milestone Activities: 3
Type of Milestone Activities: Paragraph or less 
Type of Final Assessment:  8-11 page essay
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Course ended up being much longer than expected, there are a lot of quizzes. Regardless, pretty basic material. 

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Name: POS: 301 European Governments & the European Union 

Subject: Political Science
Semester/Term: Fall 2
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 2
Type of Milestone Activities: 500 word essays 
Type of Final Assessment: Essay 1500 words
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Fast course, cover topics revolving around the EU, like Brexit, Climate Change, immigration, etc. Enjoyed it.

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Name:  HTY 454: Slavery in the US
Subject: History
Semester/Term: Spring 1
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?:  Long
Number of Milestone Activities: 5
Type of Milestone Activities: 500 word essays 
Type of Final Assessment: Detailed 25 slide Powerpoint, 2000 words in notes. 
Notes & Overall Thoughts:  Interesting topic, quite a bit of material to cover. What really makes it long is putting together the powerpoint and writing up the notes for each slide. Final is listed as an essay on Course Details list, ended up being a Powerpoint. 

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Name: HTY/POS 370: Topics in Non-Western History: Native American History 
Subject: Political Science/History
Semester/Term: Spring 1
Instructor: Sebold
Long or Short?: Long
Number of Milestone Activities: 5
Type of Milestone Activities: 500 word essays 
Type of Final Assessment: Essay 2000 word essay
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Covers each era of Native American History in the US from first European contact to Wounded Knee. This was the only course I took with Professor Sebold, she is great! Detail oriented.

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Name: HTY/POS 371: International Relations & Modern Conflicts 
Subject: Political Science/History
Semester/Term: Fall 2
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?: Long
Number of Milestone Activities: 4
Type of Milestone Activities: 700 word essays 
Type of Final Assessment: 25 slide powerpoint with 2000 word notes.
Notes & Overall Thoughts: This was my first class that didn't consist of an essay final, so it took me awhile to finish. Fascinating course though, cover WW1, WW2, and the Cold War. Also first course I ran into that lists its final on the Competency Details as an essay when it's been changed to a Powerpoint. 

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Name: POS 211: Intro to Political Thought 
Subject: Political Science
Semester/Term: Fall 2
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 3
Type of Milestone Activities: 300 word essays 
Type of Final Assessment: Essay 1500 words
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Covers basic social science theories and civics, pretty short course.

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Name: POS 343: Marxism 
Subject: Political Science
Semester/Term: Fall 2
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 2
Type of Milestone Activities: Paragraph or less essays 
Type of Final Assessment: Essay 1500 words
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Short and easy course. Basic overview of Marx and Communist ideology, how its been implement throughout history. Not a fan of any of it, but interesting nonetheless. 

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Name: POS 335: Modern Political Thought 
Subject: Political Science
Semester/Term: Fall 2
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 2
Type of Milestone Activities: 500 word essays 
Type of Final Assessment: Essay 1500 words
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Overview of differing political ideologies and thought such as Marxism, Anarchism, the Enlightenment, etc. Good course, pretty short.

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Name: POS 493: Political Science Capstone
Subject: Political Science
Semester/Term: Spring 1
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 0
Type of Milestone Activities: N/A 
Type of Final Assessment: Essay 1500 words
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Easiest course I took. I was expecting a crucible with the capstone, and to my relief it was basically just an essay.

[bjcheung77]

Wow snap! You took so many courses with Zaborney! No wonder you mentioned the professor along with Cody, Jessica in the other thread.

[Jwheels27]

Wow snap! You took so many courses with Zaborney!  No wonder you mentioned the professor along with Cody, Jessica in the other thread.

Yeah I literally only took two courses with other professors, the Native American History course with Sebold that I listed and Modern China with Professor Defelice. Every other course I took was Zaborney. He really is a great teacher though, leaves good, honest feedback!

[PrettyFlyforaChiGuy]

Yeah I literally only took two courses with other professors, the Native American History course with Sebold that I listed and Modern China with Professor Defelice. Every other course I took was Zaborney. He really is a great teacher though, leaves good, honest feedback!

Thanks for contributing your HTY/POS reviews. What did the essay for your POS capstone involve? And I know that RbxFunRocks posted reviews for Arab-Israeli Conflict, Modern China, and Films of the Cold War, but how did you feel about the course content in each of those? They're also on my list.

[Jwheels27]

Yeah I literally only took two courses with other professors, the Native American History course with Sebold that I listed and Modern China with Professor Defelice. Every other course I took was Zaborney. He really is a great teacher though, leaves good, honest feedback!

Thanks for contributing your HTY/POS reviews. What did the essay for your POS capstone involve? And I know that RbxFunRocks posted reviews for Arab-Israeli Conflict, Modern China, and Films of the Cold War, but how did you feel about the course content in each of those? They're also on my list.

Its just a 1500 word essay in which you identify a political issue in the US and another country. Using your understanding of both governmental systems you explain ways in which to engage and influence governmental policy on the issue in each country. I chose China, because its such a contrast from the US in terms of government. 

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Name: HTY/POS 370 - Topics in Non-Western History: Arab Israeli Conflict
Subject: History / Political Science
Semester/Term: Spring 1
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?: Short 
Number of Milestone Activities: 2
Type of Milestone Activities: 500 word essays
Type of Final Assessment: 1500 word essay
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Pretty fast course, basically an overview of the Israeli-Palestinian/Arab conflict from the World Wars to the modern day.

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Name: HTY 439: Vietnam Wars
Subject: History / Political Science
Semester/Term: Fall 2
Instructor: Zaborney
Long or Short?: Short
Number of Milestone Activities: 2
Type of Milestone Activities: 500 word essays
Type of Final Assessment: 1500 word essay
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Even though I listed this as short, for me it felt a little longer. I hadn't done a ton of research on the Vietnam Wars prior to this. So it took me a tad longer than the other "short" courses. I was wrong to ignore the Vietnam War, it's a very interesting topic. 

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Name: HTY/POS 377: Modern China
Subject: History / Political Science
Semester/Term: Fall Term 2 2022
Instructor: Defelice
Long or Short?: Long 
Number of Milestone Activities: 5
Type of Milestone Activities: 500 word essays
Type of Final Assessment: 1500 word essay
Notes & Overall Thoughts: Long overview of Chinese history from the Qing Dynasty to Maoist China to the modern era. Its a pretty interesting class packed with a lot of info, like the Vietnam Wars I knew very little Chinese history outside of Mao. Professor Defelice is great!

[Infinite-Telephone52]

Has anymore taken BUS 240- Change Management that can share their experience, or know if the final is an exam or paper? Thank you!

[ss20ts]

Has anymore taken BUS 240- Change Management that can share their experience, or know if the final is an exam or paper? Thank you!

It was 2 papers when I took it a few years ago. A 5-7 page paper and a 1-2 page paper.