Ahsen Utku is a Political Science professor at Northeastern University rated 4.0/5 by 6 students, with 1.8/5 difficulty and 67.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Ahsen Utku professor reviews and ratings: 4.0/5 from 6 student reviews at Northeastern (67.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
I unfortunately have a low GPA& had to do this compulsory class. Contrary to what I expected, Prof Utku was amazing&replied very quickly to my emails with a lot of tips&patience. She uses contemporary real-life examples in her teaching-I got B+ instead of failing as I had worried! Thank you Prof Utku for being so supportive&helping me do well !POLS1155 2023-04-29 12:12:56 +0000 UTC
Absolutely amazing professor: interesting and informative lectures, class is clearly organised, easy homework. Finally a professor whose exams are ACTUALLY based on what she taught in class! Many struggle with the research proposals because they can be confusing, but I attended her office hours and she is very helpful and will walk you through it.POLS1155 2023-01-09 19:44:16 +0000 UTC
Comparative politics is definitely worth taking. Prof Utku is one of the nicest most caring professors I've had. She is very helpful, informative, encouraging loads of discussion. An eye-opener for me; I actually had to use my brain to think, rather than just memorise for exams. Learnt a lot, and enjoyed her use of current affairs (very topical) !POLS1155 2023-01-02 02:02:02 +0000 UTC
Prof Utku is super nice and knowledgeable in the area. Homework was straightforward and easy, no more than 20-30 mins a week; but research proposals that were worth 20% of the overall grade had unclear instructions and no feedback given to help improve your grades, pretty strict grader for the lack of instructions given, take-home midterm and finalPOLS1155 2022-12-19 21:54:27 +0000 UTC
Class was really chill and not very stressful. Ahsen is super nice and honestly really cool with dope style but her lectures are boring and some are not structured well at all. Readings are long but mostly unnecessary. Homework assignments were easy but the research proposals were never really explained. No essays just two take home tests.POLS1155 2022-05-09 18:52:46 +0000 UTC
Professor Utku is super easy-going; midterm and final were not difficult, and she grades leniently. The homework assignments take about 20 minutes per week. Her class was structured very linearly, which fit my learning style. I never did any of the readings because her lectures provided you with all the information you needed to know for the class!POLS1155 2021-12-20 07:28:41 +0000 UTC
Ahsen Utku has an average rating of 4.0/5 from 6 student reviews. 67.0% of students said they would take them again.
Ahsen Utku's classes have a difficulty rating of 1.8/5 based on student reviews.
Data updated July 2026.