PLIR 3010

I was initially skeptical of the organization of the class--I hate group work, but it really worked in this class.

Legro is entertaining although I found the papers to be a bit difficult.

Legro is a great professor! He really knows what he's talking about and manages to lay all of the arguments out so that they are easy to remember. He makes the class into a discussion which I love; it breaks up his lectures and there's no need for an actual discussion section. You get to feel pretty comfortable with your group members which makes class a lot more fun.

take it if you want to ruin your GPA

This class was really good. Legro is a great professor and can make the material interesting. Having a small discussion group made the class better as well. This class can be difficult, but I don't think it is as hard as Legro makes it seem to be. Just make sure you do your theory journal every class and stay on top of the work.

Good class, professor was great, TAs were good, reading was a bit challenging, but overall material was well explained

This class had good days and bad days. Attendance is mandatory. The key to this class is to copy the diagram of the arguments discussed in class and understand the argument. You'll need them for the papers and the exam.

Very Difficult, especially the two papers. However, I've learned more in this class than any other at UVa. Makes every other PLIR class much easier.

Prof. Legro has done an excellent job keeping political theory interesting. This class is easy to do well in if you keep up with the short readings assigned each week. The lectures themselves have debates, simulations, and q&a sessions built in. Legro can be funny/sarcastic, and gives an entertaining lecture. The class is split up into small groups so you also get to work on stuff with classmates fairly frequently.

Stay away, so much work

Great class. Only a little bit of reading each class, but you've got to do it. Make sure you go to class, you'll learn the material really well, and he checks your theory journal randomly. I actually learned a lot in this class, I definitely recommend to any politics major.