DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. Takes points of even though you follow all instructions. Graded my extra credit assignment 1.5/3 saying I did not dive deep enough into my insight and used external resources when she provided those resources to us and I spent hours going through watching a 2 hour film, saving every timestamp to reference, connecting them with provided resources and more. Told me I did not cite correctly even though how are you supposed to cite your own ideas? Somehow extra credit made me drop 7%. Do not take this professor. Ignore every other response here.

Highly recommend taking this GE and it's super easy to get an A. My class was asynchronous except for zoom discussion. The points were based on weekly discussion posts, weekly readings, a few quizzes, zoom participation, one midterm essay, and one final essay. As long as you did the work and followed the rubric for the essays it seemed like you could get an A.
As for the professor, she wasn't the greatest. Her essays/rubrics were very unorganized, which was surprising for a class where she reused the content every year. I took advantage of my TA most of the time since she was the one grading everything. Also, some of the content was super outdated and a lot of the work was busy work that had nothing to do with quizzes or essays or even the discussion for that week.
I would recommended this class if you're looking for a 5-unit GPA boost, but beware that it is time consuming!!

Asynchronous class so you definitely have to stay on top of it. A lot of busy work but never anything too time consuming. Overall good class, just lectures were not too engaging.

Asynchronous class so you definitely have to stay on top of it. A lot of busy work but never anything too time consuming. Overall good class, just lectures were not engaging and repetitive

I really liked this class. The workload wasn't insane, but you actually have to pay attention to the readings, and my ta graded a little hard. The material is actually interesting, as are the lectures. The final is also a paper instead of an exam and there's no midterm which is good.

BEST CLASS EVER! I'm taking this class asynchronously and it's just amazing!

The lectures are so clear, so awesome, and I'm learning so much from them. The homework consists of a discussion post and replies to two comments which is not only easy and a light workload, but I actually learn so much from it.

This class made me fall in love with Sociology and I'm thinking of changing my major to it now. Take this class and pay attention -- it's so valuable!!!

As my first ever sociology course, I was not disappointed. I loved how interesting her podcast-style lectures were to listen to. I probably would have processed it more if I didn't save all of the recorded lectures (typically two per week, twenty-forty minutes MAX each) better if I did not watch all of them in one day, haha! I did enjoy the freedom of asynchronous classes and felt that all of the deadlines were paced well, coming from a working student.

Textbook: I'm sorry, but you do need it. The author states how he wants it to read 'like an actual book,' at the beginning, which is funny because it is so obviously not the case, but the technical language is well defined with plenty of modern-ish examples and interesting theories! Taking reading notes and watching the lectures genuinely prepared me very well for the final!

Quizzes: all multiple-choice, timed. As for the quizzes, I did not like how each week's quiz would ask cumulative questions instead of sticking to what we learned within that week, as I often confused my information. They weren't extremely difficult, but I did feel that the questions, being based on cumulative info, were repetitive and tricky to narrow down sometimes. HOWEVER, this was a tolerable nuisance since we did not have a midterm and the final was a paper instead of a test.

Final Exam: Again, it was a paper instead of an actual test, the prompt is intimidating at first but I reached out to my TA and we just talked out various points which was super helpful! The professor offers plenty of office hours options as well, although honestly I never made time to go and still processed the information relatively well.

Dislikes:

-I would say that I did not enjoy needing to respond to other's discussions post every single week, it felt highly unnecessary on top of the lengthy posts themselves. The prompts for discussion would make you think half the time, so not necessarily boring but tedious.

-I did not like that for the final we had to cite a high number of readings and discuss the films-the films was not very engaging and more time-consuming on top of readings and writings. Again, highly doable within two-three days, but tedious.

Likes:
+The professor and TA were amazing! From excellent breakdowns to clear class outlines, I never felt lost in this course! Would take a class with this teacher again!

If you're looking for a light GE to take this ain't it. The material itself isn't necessarily challenging, but I took this class with upper divs for my major and found myself spending more time on this class than any other. The work isn't hard but it is A LOT. I was a bit frustrated that by week 8 and 9 she was assigning us up to five hours in lecture videos, plus additional reading assignments for our discussion posts. I was beyond frustrated because these weren't things you could skip without your entire grade suffering. I spent way more time for this class than I ever should have to for a GE.

This class was super interesting and engaging! Prof. Anderson is an excellent teacher and explains the material in a way that's very comprehensible for students. The grading is as follows:

-Essay #1, #2 and #3: 10% each
-Essay #4 and #5: 15% each
-4 out of 5 best pop quizzes: 20%
(Quizzes consist of 10 multiple choice questions, and are based on any and all course materials covered up to that point.)
-Participation: 20%

The essays were all very manageable and students were given a rubric by which to follow, so as long as you included all of the required material, it was very easy to get an A! There is no midterm or final exam for this class! In terms of the workload, there is a set of required readings for each lecture, so be prepared to read! The readings were all pretty interesting and were based on the textbook, in addition to the material posted on CCLE. Overall, I would highly recommend this class!

I found this class to be very interesting. A lot of reading is involved and there are 5 essays that can be a bit challenging but the instructions are pretty clear on what is required of you. Not an easy GE but I feel more prepared for other classes.