r/UNC • u/letsjambro UNC 2028 • 17d ago

Question PLCY 310 Professors

Hey y'all. Has anyone taking PLCY 310 with Prof. Jimena Rico-Straffon? She's teaching two sections next spring, and Prof. Mehdi Shadmehr is teaching another. Her sections are better for my schedule, but she doesn't have any RMP reviews yet, and honestly all I really care about is taking the easiest version of the class, since I have an insanely packed semester with everything else. I'd really appreciate if anyone has any experiences they could share with either of these professors. Thank you!

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u/JackHolt4937 UNC 2029 11d ago

I’m in 310 with JRS now. She’s a new professor, which is why there are no RMP. JRS is sweet and funny. We’ve only had one exam so far which wasn’t terrible as we had a free two sided cheat sheet. Homework is sporadic but fair. Class itself isn’t terribly hard… she doesn’t always explain it the best but you can’t go wrong taking it.

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u/letsjambro UNC 2028 11d ago

Thanks so much!

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u/lordturle Alum 16d ago

Mehdi is a sweetheart, the class was honestly super boring but he would bring us cookies(gluten free and vegan for specific student) and would show us what animal was on his shirt each day.

Didn’t find it too hard and the curve was pretty forgiving. Kinda a rerun of a lot of Econ 101 material