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Phaik Lim
Professor (2008 – 2012)
Texas A&M (A&M)
POLITICAL SCIENCE
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3.0233***
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Rated by 43 students
2.52
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across 3 classes
Spring 2012 Schedule
POLS 207 - STATE & LOCAL GOVT
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POLS 206
POLS 207
POLS 329

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4****
POLS 207 - STATE & LOCAL GOVT
Awesome prof! Knows what she is talking about and has the facts to back it up. Warning: if you're conservative, dislike opposing viewpoints, or have delicate ears, steer clear. She is more than happy to debate you so long as it is on topic. H...
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Professor rated by: BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE Student on 11/16/09
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3***
POLS 207 - STATE & LOCAL GOVT
She is hard to hear/understand in the big lecture halls unless you sit close to the front. She also goes has a hard time managing time during lectures. This class is a lot of memorization and self teaching. Tests are partially from the lecture, bu...
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Professor rated by: AGRONOMY Student on 3/10/09
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
4****
Awesome prof! Knows what she is talking about and has the facts to back it up. Warning: if you're conservative, dislike opposing viewpoints, or have delicate ears, steer clear. She is more than happy to debate you so long as it is on topic. Her tests can be difficult, so read each chapter at a bare minimum of 2 times; 4 or 5 would be better. Attend lectures; you'll grasp the material better and get a good show if someone tries to argue with her.
Professor rated by: BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE Student on November 16, 2009
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
3***
She is hard to hear/understand in the big lecture halls unless you sit close to the front. She also goes has a hard time managing time during lectures. This class is a lot of memorization and self teaching. Tests are partially from the lecture, but her lecture is straight from the book, she just adds a few things in here or there.
Professor rated by: AGRONOMY Student on March 10, 2009
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
3***
Pros: Lim doesn't give a final. She usually repeats things over and over to signify that it's going to be on the test. She does many controversial things that makes this class interesting, but may offend people. Finally, she gives some extra credit.
Cons: Her class is pure lecturing, which is a bit bad since she has an accent and often goes on tangents. After the second test, she puts her notes online, but she tends to make up questions during lecture that are not found in the book/slides. The book was a bit dry, so only focus on the graphs and the things she talked about in class.
This class usually isn't interesting to those not majoring in POLS or something related, so the subject itself may be a bit hard to learn. With Lim, knowing the general idea of the graphs and chapters makes this a doable A with some effort. Focus on the stereotypes surrounding politics/races/states and find out which are true and which aren't.
Professor rated by: BIOLOGY Student on December 6, 2010
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
4****
Prof is good though I stopped going to class after the 2nd exam. During the semester I had her she gave us 51 questions each worth 2 points so there was always a 2 point "curve." However, once people stopped showing up for class she took away that curve lol. I made an A but I did have to spend a good deal of time looking at her powerpoints and reading the book several times. If you don't do this you will get a B or C.
Professor rated by: BIOLOGY Student on December 5, 2009
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
2**
It is really hard to understand her sometimes and some of the questions on the tests can have more than one answer. If you read the book along with the lecture notes you will be ok.
Professor rated by: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Student on March 18, 2009
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
3***
Read over notes and book several times before the test, some questions come from lecture and some are obscure details or questions seem to have multiple answers
Professor rated by: PSYCHOLOGY Student on December 10, 2009
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
3***
Don't take the class for granted. It seems really easy at first, but she asks obscure questions on the tests....
Professor rated by: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Student on December 8, 2009
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
4****
She can be hard to understand in a large lecture hall, but she tries to make class entertaining with her sometimes out there comments. She uses powerpoints as a guideline for her lectures. The class can be pretty dull but GO TO CLASS. Alot of people choose not to attend after the first test because it's pretty easy, but she makes them harder throughout the class. Keep up with your textbook reading-reading the chapters multiple times is helpful but not completely necessary to pass. I recommend 4.0 and GO review sessions.Go to class and read the material, otherwise the workload is pretty light.
Professor rated by: INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES Student on April 29, 2010
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
4****
Pros: She only gives four tests and no final. Her tests are fairly easy if you read the book and take notes. you do not always have to go to class because the material is right out of the book and she goes on rants about things for like 30 minutes at a time. I would recommend her for the required POLS classes. She is the easiest of all the POLS teachers
Cons: She is kind of hard to hear because of her accent but its alright if you sit near the front
Professor rated by: INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Student on November 13, 2010
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
1*
Cons: can't understand her at all and she gets so side tracked in class that she ends up going over like 5 slides and thats it, and still expects you to know what she didn't talk about. Also, she says the test will come straight from the book, but I read the chapters every time, and I still could not make higher than a C on the tests.
Professor rated by: BIOLOGY Student on December 13, 2010
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
1*
Pros: Class is not necessary, especially if you cannot stand a single-minded person. Just read the book and show up for tests!
Cons: When you study for her tests you have to think like her...like a liberal. So basically "think" that government should be big and Texas has it all wrong and you should have a 4.0 in the class.
Professor rated by: BIOLOGY Student on April 22, 2010
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POLS 206
AMER NATNL GOVT
4****
Pros: Exams reflect the chapters from the text book and questions from the text book companion site practices quizzes are on all four exams.
Cons: She randomly puts questions from her lectures that are not in the textbook on the exam so if you don't go to class you could possibly miss at most 5 or 6 out of a 50 question exam
Professor rated by: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Student on May 18, 2010
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POLS 329
COMPARATIVE POLITICS
1*
Pros: Attendance not mandatory
Cons: Horrible prof. Definitely one of the worst teachers I've had. Tried to tell me Saudia Arabia was in sub-saharan africa and other things that were blatantly false. This class should have been called "East asian politics and sidestories" because that's the only thing we ever learned about.
Professor rated by: HISTORY Student on April 20, 2011
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
3***
Pros: Should be easy
Cons: It gets a bit confusing knowing what she wants us to study exactly
If you have friends who have taken her, they should be able to help you get a better grade in her class. She might give some bonus questions or extra credit throughout the course.
Professor rated by: GEOSCIENCES Student on December 5, 2010
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
2**
Pros: Don't really have to go to class..just go to the 4.0&Go session before each test.
Cons: LOTS of information. She is foreign and nearly impossible to understand so it is pointless to go to class. I learned more from the 4.0&Go tutor than this professor.
Professor rated by: COMMUNICATION Student on December 21, 2010
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
2**
Pros: No material Hw, Just reading.
Cons: No test review, test are pretty difficult, with fairly specific questions on data from class and book.
Class is based of Statistical data gathered by the author, and the class is based off what the cause could be.
Professor rated by: MARKETING Student on November 30, 2011
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
1*
Very liberal and not very friendly. She provides notes that are exactly over the book, but her tests are over one-liners in the book.
Professor rated by: ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING Student on December 12, 2009
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POLS 206
AMER NATNL GOVT
3***
will not change any grade or give any curve unless she has made a calculating error. don't even ask.
Professor rated by: BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE Student on April 29, 2009
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
2**
Pros: Her lectures are a replication of the book.
Cons: You really have to read the book multiple times to do well.
Professor rated by: BIOLOGY Student on October 10, 2010
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POLS 207
STATE & LOCAL GOVT
2**
This prof is not good.... you cant understand anything she says and the tests are simply too detailed.
Professor rated by: BUSINESS (GRADUATE COURSES) Student on January 14, 2010
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