Professor
Isaac Speer
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Fall 2020 - TAKE THIS CLASS! As a transfer student I was nervous about the transition from a Community College to a 4-year University. Professor Speer made sure that my experience in this class was a positive one. I will admit some of the readings were difficult, but Speer went over them in class and discussed it until everyone understood. Such a caring and understanding person in light of everything going on. I really wanted to take him for Sociology 182 for Winter 2020, but the class filled up so fast, and rightfully so. Speer is hands down the BEST professor in this department. Honestly, the BEST professor at UCLA!! Also if you're good he'll show his dogs Bogart and Nyla.
Fall 2020 - TAKE THIS CLASS! As a transfer student I was nervous about the transition from a Community College to a 4-year University. Professor Speer made sure that my experience in this class was a positive one. I will admit some of the readings were difficult, but Speer went over them in class and discussed it until everyone understood. Such a caring and understanding person in light of everything going on. I really wanted to take him for Sociology 182 for Winter 2020, but the class filled up so fast, and rightfully so. Speer is hands down the BEST professor in this department. Honestly, the BEST professor at UCLA!! Also if you're good he'll show his dogs Bogart and Nyla.
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Winter 2023 - Professor Speer is a great professor here at UCLA. In this class we are graded on participation in discussion section, homework assignments that are graded based off of completion in discussion section, midterm and final, a paper, and course evaluations. Professors Speer teaches with lecture slides that were clear and helpful but also he was great at making the complicated theories easier to understand. The homework assignments were dense and time consuming, but completing them and doing the readings for them are really helpful for studying for the midterm/final. With the midterm/final they are easy if you study and he does not try to trick you on them. Ultimately, this class is easy to pass as long as you keep up with lectures, homework assignments and study! Note: Professor Speer does not record lectures so going to them is very important to understand the material!
Winter 2023 - Professor Speer is a great professor here at UCLA. In this class we are graded on participation in discussion section, homework assignments that are graded based off of completion in discussion section, midterm and final, a paper, and course evaluations. Professors Speer teaches with lecture slides that were clear and helpful but also he was great at making the complicated theories easier to understand. The homework assignments were dense and time consuming, but completing them and doing the readings for them are really helpful for studying for the midterm/final. With the midterm/final they are easy if you study and he does not try to trick you on them. Ultimately, this class is easy to pass as long as you keep up with lectures, homework assignments and study! Note: Professor Speer does not record lectures so going to them is very important to understand the material!
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Fall 2020 - Professor Speer was such an amazing professor - he was very understanding and approachable. The class was recorded and attendance was not mandatory. The material was very interesting and applicable to what is currently happening today. We had weekly readings and reading questions to turn in. The questions helped me understand the main points of the readings. There was supposed to be a midterm, but he canceled it last minute and instead we had a cumulative final. We had to write an 8 paged literature review on a question we created in the beginning of the quarter. The final exam was take home.
Fall 2020 - Professor Speer was such an amazing professor - he was very understanding and approachable. The class was recorded and attendance was not mandatory. The material was very interesting and applicable to what is currently happening today. We had weekly readings and reading questions to turn in. The questions helped me understand the main points of the readings. There was supposed to be a midterm, but he canceled it last minute and instead we had a cumulative final. We had to write an 8 paged literature review on a question we created in the beginning of the quarter. The final exam was take home.