Not sure why there aren't more honest reviews about Sigmon. He's the worst sociology professor here at UCLA. Avoid him at all costs. His lectures add no value because he just reads off his slides in a monotone voice making it very hard to stay engaged. Sigmon doesn’t believe in using technological devices so be prepared to take notes with a pen and paper. Worse of all he is very unaccommodating to students who’ve gotten covid and have shown no empathy.

Majority of the lectures were online but this class is really straightforward. The reading and lecture slides go over the same things and the test questions were taken directly from the lecture slides. He showed a lot of cool videos and told a lot of stories that were really interesting. There was a short summary of the readings due every week and one short paper at the end of the quarter where you interview someone about their job. Overall, I learned a lot and it's a pretty easy class. I would definitely recommend taking it!

Overall, I don't think Sigmon is a bad professor, but he's not the best by any means. His lectures in person were definitely more interesting than online, as we had online lectures for the first four weeks of the quarter. He basically just reads the slides and adds a few comments here and there. The midterm consisted of writing five short essays, and for the final, we had to write six. We also had to write a term paper due three days before the final. The TAs made us take difficult quizzes every week before we were lectured on the material which created a very stressful environment. I would spend all my Sundays on these quizzes, and though I did fairly well on them, everyone was extremely stressed, and the average of the quizzes were consistently low. The quizzes were only worth 10% of the final grade, but the TAs expected so much from us. I somehow managed to snag an A, but this was probably the most stressful class I've taken at UCLA so far.

Professor Sigmon's lectures are VERY informative, precise, and explain the theorists perfectly. The course itself is difficult, one midterm one final both written exams on blue books in person. However, if you have a good TA, you're set. He also gave a list of subjects that were on the exam a week before the exam.

This is my second time taking Professor Sigmon and I enjoyed it! The class itself is broken down into discussion participation (for discussions + weekly writing assignments), midterm, paper, and a final. Lectures are non-mandatory where Prof Sigmon goes over the slides, which he makes available at the end of each week on BruinLearn. I think you can do just fine with the slides yourself, but going to class really helps with retaining that information and he does expand on concepts, so if you're confused, that's helpful. He bases his lectures on weekly readings, which are also what your writing assignments will be based on and what you'll discuss in discussion sections, where attendance is mandatory. The readings can be big, but they're interesting, and that's kind of to be expected in any Soc class!

For this class, the topics were always engaging and reflected past and current trends in the sociology of work. The paper requires you to interview someone about their job to determine if it is "good" or "bad" based on provided criteria. It's fairly straightforward and not too hard. The midterm and final both had mostly multiple choice and T/F with one or two written answer questions. Some of the questions were phrased a little weird to me, but if you're taking notes in lecture / on the slides and reading the materials, it's not hard to do well. It's a really interesting class and Professor Sigmon does a good job of making sense of readings that are particularly dense or hard to navigate.

I loved this class. Professor Sigmon made it beyond doable. His study guides were just like the midterms and finals. I got a 100 on the MT but havent gotten my final grade back yet. I feel pretty confident I got within the 95-100 range again. He wanted to see us succeed and did what he needed to do to get us there. He was really quick with replying to any questions and emails and was genuinely just a happy, nice professor. I would recommend this class with Professor Sigmon to everyone.

Super light class. Midterm and final were so easily as long as you study and do the readings. Readings weren't bad and were doable. He provides a study guide for midterm and final. He's chill and a funny professor.
You have weekly discussion posts based on the readings ~500 words.
1 midterm
1 5 page paper on someone's job [also super easy]
1 final
10 discussion posts

This was my first class ever at UCLA, and though challenging, I really felt like I learned a lot in this class! The TAs and the professors were super helpful, you just have to be willing to put in the time and energy needed in order to do good in the class! :)