Again, I took this course out of interest as I found PSCI 150 to be an excellent course. However, I think that PSCI 281 was not as great as I thought it would be. Topics mostly consisted of theories of world politics including realism, liberalism, neoliberalsim, marxism, constructivism, and post-structuralism. I felt that the classes covered too much theoretical material, making it relatively dull to absorb. I thought that this course would instead focus on the current issues regarding world politics, but I was clearly wrong. The course have been greatly improved with some good present-day case studies. Again, I had Dr. Veronica Kitchen as my professor. She ran some interesting tutorial sections, and was certainly quite helpful during the extra exam review session she held. The course evaluations consisted of a large group project, class and tutorial participation, some map quizzes, 2 small essay assignments, and a final exam. The essays were marked quite hard (I only got mid 70s on both of them; few people got above 80). Luckily, my group members were all amazing people and we scored quite high on our final project. Although I did well on the map quizzes, I felt like these were quite unfair to students. The quizzes were not based off any course material, but instead tested you on knowing the geographical locations of countries on a world map. You could be tested on an easy country like China, or you would be expected to know the exact location of an obscure country like Guatemala. Luckily, I happened to be a whiz at remembering locations of countries, but many students performed extremely poorly on these quizzes. The final exam was marked quite easily, although it covered a broad range of topics. Dr. Kitchen also gave out up to 4% extra credit through various small assignments. I managed to score a 91% as my final mark, but I suspect that the extra credit and possibly even a bell curve helped me greatly.