UMPI Class Review Master Thread

[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.

Zaborney is god sent! Even though his replies are short, he is such a quick grader. From what I discovered, he always replies early in the morning around 6:21 am. Dude never rests haha

Zaborney is the man!! Grades stuff so fast, gives good feedback! Best teacher at UMPI!!