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John McCauley
GVPT354 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/01/2022 |
Wow. Not only did McCauley learn the names of everyone in our 60 person class and make sure to talk to those that came to class a bit early, but also genuinely knew so much about the topic of development and aid. He works on development professionally, so I feel there is no better source of information on how it works. It is an almost two hour lecture and I am engaged the whole time (rare; he is just that great). The class was easygoing, but that is not to say I did not learn much; we had readings due every week (that we had a short quiz on) that covered a variety of topics and we completed multiple issue and conflict briefs on topics of our choice. We had every opportunity to explore our areas of interest. Rarely am I ever given this much freedom in a class, and I appreciate Prof McCauley for that! Take a class with him if you can, you won't regret it. |
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John McCauley
GVPT210 Expecting an A- Anonymous 02/18/2022 |
Professor McCauley is a great, charismatic, easy-going, and empathetic professor. Doesn't make the class harder than it needs to be and is very engaging. He very clearly cares about his students and his work and is flexible. Great guy and great class. |
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John McCauley
GVPT289L Expecting an A Anonymous 05/07/2020 |
Prof McCauley is the man. GVPT289L was one of the favorite courses I took in college. McCauley is a very talented and charismatic lecturer. He learns the name of all the students in the class early on, despite the lecture being fairly large. Each lecture is a different topic relating to government and religion where he surveys different views and opinions and sometimes builds an argument. Often he tries to make a novel point that is interesting and thought provoking. Week to week the class has very little work. There are a couple of interesting readings each week. 25% of the grade is based on participation during discussion section. My TA made sure that everyone participated so that they got 100%. There is a midterm based on class material and readings that is pretty straightforward. The big assignment for the class is a essay on any topic you want that relates to government and religion. McCauley is genius because he basically wants to limit the amount of work in the class and just give students the ability to explore their passions and write their own essay. I thought that it was a pretty cool opportunity. However, you may not like it as much if you don't like writing. I highly recommend this class with McCauley. |