<p>Take Intro to IR if you have any interest in majoring in IR. If you make it through the grueling semester and still adore IR, congrats, you know what to major in. I took it with Taliaferro last semester and I would recommend him only if you can tolerate an arrogant attitude and accept that you’re not going to get an A (seriously, this makes most people not take it with him, but I learned a TON in that class because he really is brilliant).
Some of my friends took it with Eichenberg first semester last year and couldn’t say enough good things about him, although he does give somewhat excessive amounts of reading (often 200 pages for one class). I have heard such good things about Eichenberg that I’m taking Public Opinion and Foreign Policy with him in the fall (I’m a poli sci major, not an IR major. I just don’t love it enough to do all those requirements!)
Mufti is not a professor I’m very familiar with, although I know several people who decided his reviews made him a worthy professor to take it with in the upcoming semester.</p>