Robert Marshall

Decent professor. I skipped almost every class and got a good grade. I feel like the material would be boring to a lot of people but I liked it. Easy grader if you follow instructions well. Read the book early! It's quite long. Book/essay was the only hard part of work, every other assignment was very easy, including a short take-home final exam.

Nice enough guy and pretty decent lecturer. The material is dry but he does what he can to make his lectures engaging. As another commenter said, it's a bit annoying that he cancels class constantly. He seems to have legitimate reasons, but still. Out of 10 lectures, he's cancelled 4 (so far). The readings are a bit much. Fairly easy marker.

Cancels classes every other week then complains when the class doesn't do good on the midterm. Lectures are boring and doesn't give a clear study guide for the midterm.

Cool class, but heavy on reading. Start reading the book as SOON as possible because you have to write about it. If you're interested in his class, this should be easy for you, but if not, it will be really painful.

Very easy course. All assignments were posted before the first day of class. Free marks if you write with good grammar and follow his simple instructions. There was no lecture, just long notes that were posted in advance which added up to a lot of reading. If you read the course book and lectures this class is an easy mark booster.

If you're taking the condensed version of CPOL507 that is 6 weeks instead of 12, beware that it's really really fast pasted and reading intense. The prof sounds strict over announcement but he's just specific about the way he likes things done. I found him to be a pretty generous marker.

might sound biased, but enrolling in this class not knowing the whole course is about writing is a pure torture. The content is quite boring and he doesn't go live, but instead uploaded 20+ page text-only slide per lecture for us. He isn't horrible and did give out a good amount of time to complete the work, but too much writing in general.

he was probably one of the best profs in the politics department because his assignments and exams were all accommodating and easy. i feel like he genuinely cares for our well-being and doesn't want to burden us + his lectures and content were quite interesting. he is a great guy and i would def recommend his classes!

Professor Marshall's class is amazing! He does such a great job of clearly outlining exactly what he expects for assignments and the final paper, which makes everything so much easier to understand. He's also incredibly accessible outside of class, always willing to help with any questions or concerns.

I didn't go to his lecture at all as it ended soo late. Lucked out cause this was such an easy course. Robert marks extremely fairly and provides clear instructions for all the assignments. He's nice in his emails and is always willing to help. Overall easy course to boost your GPA, I highly recommend taking it.