Branislav L. Slantchev

Courses & Instruction

"The vanity of teaching often tempteth a man to forget he is a blockhead." George Savile

Teaching Schedule

Course Title Course Number Time Place

WINTER 2008

National Security Strategy POLI 142J Won/Wed/Fri, 9:00a—9:50a Ledden Auditorium

SPRING 2008

Game Theory POLI 204C Tue/Thu, 10:30a—11:50a SSB 104

FUTURE

International Security POLI 243 Tue, 12:00p—2:50p SSB 104

Formal Models in International Relations POLI 247B n/a n/a

Introduction to International Relations POLI 12 n/a n/a

Course Title	Course Number	Time	Place
WINTER 2008
National Security Strategy	POLI 142J	Won/Wed/Fri, 9:00a—9:50a	Ledden Auditorium
SPRING 2008
Game Theory	POLI 204C	Tue/Thu, 10:30a—11:50a	SSB 104
FUTURE
International Security	POLI 243	Tue, 12:00p—2:50p	SSB 104
Formal Models in International Relations	POLI 247B	n/a	n/a
Introduction to International Relations	POLI 12	n/a	n/a

Course Evaluations

Let no one say that your professor is not paying attention to what students think! Here's some pretty darn good evidence of me being corrected by student feedback. (No, it is not the case that I eased up on the exams... so one cannot argue that I bought the improvement in the evaluations by bribing the students. However, I do admit to one thing that changed between my first year at UCSD and the rest: I stopped wearing suits. Perhaps if I start teaching in flip-flops, I will hit 100% approval?) Anyway, my first year was abysmal in terms of teaching evaluations in both my undergrad classes. I redesigned the courses after reading the evaluations, and it seems it actually worked. So here we go. The two crucial questions are at the bottom: do students recommend the course and do they recommend the instructor (me).

142J (National Security Strategy): Fall 2002, Winter 2004, Winter 2005
12 (Intro to International Relations): Winter 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005

Obsolete Courses

Intro to International Relations (POLI 12, Spring 2003, obsolete)
International Security (POLI 243, Spring 2003, obsolete)