SOC 3020

Necessary class for Soc Majors & Minors. Though lecture was at times boring and dull, the material was interesting. Exams are VERY easy (and open notes) so as long as you take excellent notes in class you will do just fine in this class. Make sure you are caught up with readings and get the main points from discussion as those do come up in exams as well.

I took this course in Spring 2009. This isnt' a particularly hard class since the midterm and final are open notes. As long as you come to lecture and pay attention, you should do well. Fuch's strong German accent made everything he said seem really important and kept me more engaged than I otherwise might have been.

Fairly interesting and easy class. Fuchs is a no-nonsense type of professor. When he enters the classroom, he immediately launches into the material without prologue, which can be a little disconcerting to students who want a bit more personality in their professors. That said, his delivery of the material can be theatrical at times, which is occasionally very captivating. Fuchs carries no notes with him, so he will frequently go into tangents that are not particularly important. Grades rely solely on discussion participation/performance, midterm, and final, which consist of free-response questions. Overall, I would recommend this class.

Professor Fuchs is a brilliant guy. he comes to class with no notes and just sounds so knowledgeable about everything he lectures on. this class contains pretty hard concepts and theories so i was worried about it at first, but they make up for it by grading very easily if they see that you put effort in.

Overall an excellent class. This is required for sociology majors but is useful in all related disciplines. The class focuses on the theories of foundational social thinkers and Fuchs does an excellent job of drawing out the nuances for Marx, Weber and Durkheim. He says most points at least twice in different ways and given the often opaque nature of the material is very useful. I highly recommend this class for politics majors of any sort, as well as economics and psychology majors. This class can provides a great view of perspective of sociology which is useful for any field relating to people.

Professor Fuch's German accent helped me to pay attention... but I felt like a lot of the lectures were a little over my head on philosophical level. I'm kind of a soc nerd, so I loved the readings, and did enjoy the lectures to an extent, I just wish the class was a little more structured. Huge props to my TA, Burner, for basically running every single administrative aspect of the entire class. He was a much needed translator and really helped us out!

Really easy class if you go to lectures. Fuchs talks nonstop from the beginning of class to the end, but he is a good lecturer and material is pretty interesting. Grade is based on 2 midterms and a final, none of which are very difficult. Easy A

Very light work load, but if you don't pay attention in class you won't know what is going on for the midterm/final even though it is open note. Paul Rosenstein is the MAN. Great personable complement to Fuch's air of untouchable genius

This course is required for sociology majors, but I think it would be interesting for non-majors as well. The class focuses on the "classics" of sociology (Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Simmel) and discusses sort of the philosophies at the core of sociology. Readings are dense, but Mr. Fuchs does a great job of explaining them. Sarah Mosseri was a great TA, making reading guides and worksheets for us to keep track of what was going on. Mr. Fuchs is clearly a genius, and I think this intimidates people from approaching him about questions they have, and so having a more approachable TA was a great thing. Tests are open book, open note (although you can't use a computer on the final), and essay format, so they are fairly easy. All in all, I loved this class and highly recommend it!

Fuchs is very smart, very dense in his lectures. This class points out some interesting social theories and t=focuses a lot on the classics. Not a bad class, would recommend.