SOC 2052

I am a sociology major and this is my least favorite sociology class I've taken. Overall an easy class, but there are many other easy soc classes I'd recommend over this. 45% of the grade is a group project completed over the whole semester that only very loosely relates to the course material, and your grade/enjoyment depends on if you get a good group or not. Honestly, the project would have been easier and more enjoyable as an individual project. iClicker quizzes on the readings that were ridiculously difficult even if you did all of the reading. Final wasn't bad aside from a LOT of writing. Like I said above, easy class, but there are more enjoyable and interesting classes out there.

I took this as an easy class, it was not that easy. Lectures are somewhat interesting but there is a lot of reading and a good amount of writing.

DO NOT RECOMMEND. Be mindful that this course has changed. The structure and professor is different than other years so be careful when you see the high marks and positive comments. I took this course with Professor Pugh and it was TERRIBLE. Coming from a sociology major, do NOT take this class. Excessive amounts of busy work, trivial reading, a pointless discussion section, and she never ties the themes together. The exams are extremely detailed and she intentionally gives exams that you will not finish on time. Beyond this, she is unapproachable and rather pretentious about her views on Sociology. Don't expect an easy A or even a good class.

Professor Pugh is a decent lecturer and her midterm and final aren't crazy hard, but that's about all the positives there are. The TA's grade extremely harshly on the 4 papers you are assigned for the semester. Also, there is a lot of unnecessary reading, I cannot emphasize how much reading there is that is completely extra. While some of the readings are kind of interesting, there are some that are extremely boring. Pugh also makes you purchase 4 books, one of which is hers, which means she is forcing you to give her money if you think about it. Also, there are these dumb reading circle assignments each week which Pugh kept saying helped to synthesize our readings but I didn't feel that way at all. I felt like they were a waste of time. Overall, it's a decent class but if you can find something better to take I would do that instead.

I took it with Pugh and it went okay. It was my first sociology class, and I learned some really cool concepts such as the marriage-go-round. I just didn't enjoy the class that much because a lot of the readings had to do with theories rather than actual stats. I had a hard time accepting some of the theories just because a lot of stuff was based on interviews and personal anecdotes, which the authors generalized to a group. In addition, the professor didn't post slides so it's much harder to catch up when I miss a lecture because I'm sick. The exams also didn't have clear grading lines. Granted, I'm a CS major, and I'm more used to concepts and guidelines that are more clear and less debatable.

I took this class as my first sociology class and found the concepts really interesting. This class doesn't focus on stats, it's more about case studies and understanding generalizations and trends in groups of people. If you are not willing to commit a large amount of time to readings, don't take this class. The readings aid comprehension by providing trends through anecdotes, and they seem excessive to a point. Overall, I very much enjoyed the class because I put the work in, but if you are looking for an easy sociology class, this one isn't it.