UMPI Class Review Master Thread

[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!