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Efren Perez
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Spring 2025 - This class was very boring. The subject material is quite dense and research-heavy, so if you do not enjoy reading research papers on political psychology, I would avoid this class. Additionally, Perez is not the best lecturer, presenting in more of a meandering lecture style. What he presents in two classes, the TA's present better in one class. However, it is not impossible to get an A in the class. Perez gave up to 3% extra credit (meaning a 90% could turn into a 93%). Your grade is based on the following: Attendance 10% (section) Quizzes 20% (completed during section) Short papers 40% (20% each) Final exam 30% Attendance is earned by showing up to section, the quizzes (given every 2-3 weeks) can be challenging so make sure to do the readings, the papers are manageable although the prompts can be unclear, and the final was a take home paper where we had 12 hours to answer 2 questions. The first was more general and we had to answer it in 2-3 pages while the second was more specific and we had to answer it in 1-2 pages. Overall, this class isn't too difficult but it is fairly boring. I will say that if you want to get involved in research, you should take this class as Perez is known for being a professor you can somewhat easily do research with.
Spring 2025 - This class was very boring. The subject material is quite dense and research-heavy, so if you do not enjoy reading research papers on political psychology, I would avoid this class. Additionally, Perez is not the best lecturer, presenting in more of a meandering lecture style. What he presents in two classes, the TA's present better in one class. However, it is not impossible to get an A in the class. Perez gave up to 3% extra credit (meaning a 90% could turn into a 93%). Your grade is based on the following: Attendance 10% (section) Quizzes 20% (completed during section) Short papers 40% (20% each) Final exam 30% Attendance is earned by showing up to section, the quizzes (given every 2-3 weeks) can be challenging so make sure to do the readings, the papers are manageable although the prompts can be unclear, and the final was a take home paper where we had 12 hours to answer 2 questions. The first was more general and we had to answer it in 2-3 pages while the second was more specific and we had to answer it in 1-2 pages. Overall, this class isn't too difficult but it is fairly boring. I will say that if you want to get involved in research, you should take this class as Perez is known for being a professor you can somewhat easily do research with.
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Fall 2019 - I really enjoyed this course and it was really great first-hand experience on conducting group research. In the first half of the course, you're working with your group to write a research proposal. Once the class votes on which proposal to use for their papers, the professor sends it to the IRB and they find people to take the survey. During the second half of the course, once the survey results come in, the professor and TAs taught everyone how to use R Studio (which can be difficult, but don't worry, the TAs are really helpful and smart!) so we could use that data for our group paper. Applying the data to our paper was really fun and we were able to draw a ton of conclusions from it since there was so much! Like any group project, there's a risk of being put into a bad group and having to do more work than others, but you get to grade your other group members at the end of the course and your feedback is factored into their grades so just make sure the assignments are done well and you'll do fine. Overall, I enjoyed this course and I definitely recommend it to anyone interested in research on racial and ethnic politics.
Fall 2019 - I really enjoyed this course and it was really great first-hand experience on conducting group research. In the first half of the course, you're working with your group to write a research proposal. Once the class votes on which proposal to use for their papers, the professor sends it to the IRB and they find people to take the survey. During the second half of the course, once the survey results come in, the professor and TAs taught everyone how to use R Studio (which can be difficult, but don't worry, the TAs are really helpful and smart!) so we could use that data for our group paper. Applying the data to our paper was really fun and we were able to draw a ton of conclusions from it since there was so much! Like any group project, there's a risk of being put into a bad group and having to do more work than others, but you get to grade your other group members at the end of the course and your feedback is factored into their grades so just make sure the assignments are done well and you'll do fine. Overall, I enjoyed this course and I definitely recommend it to anyone interested in research on racial and ethnic politics.
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