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Sociology

Kalyna Lesyna

SOCIOLOGY100 · SOC105 · PSYC105 · SOC101 · SOC100 · 210 lifetime ratings

AI rating
46/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
42.03%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

if you can spare many weekly hours; the A is doable but the .

Best fit · Effort For RewardHeavy WorkloadTough GraderExtra CreditLong Study GuidesClear Rubrics
  • Workload is extreme for an intro class with weekly multi-page study guides and many quizzes.
  • An A is attainable if you complete study guides and use , but .
  • organized and fair to some, overwhelming and harsh to others.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Many students earn A or A+ by grinding study guides and , but getting there requires heavy weekly effort and careful formatting.

Both formats say an A is possible with work; online comments and drops.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Content is intro-level sociology, but volume of , and 10-15 page guides makes the course feel hard.

Online and ; accelerated online terms feel especially brutal.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

while others say no, so flexibility depends on the term and format.

; many online reviews say attendance was not required.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

About two in ; fans praise organization and while critics say run from the workload.

Recommendation split is similar online and in person, with slightly more extreme run-away language online.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

34/100

and students report docking for semicolon errors, underlining, and discussion details.

Format shift

Nitpicking on discussions appears in both formats; .

Workload

Overwhelming

16/100

Weekly 10-15 , and discussions create a crushing load for SOC100.

Format shift

Workload complaints are strongest online, especially intersession terms.

Teaching experience

Average

52/100

, and sometimes caring, but many students feel the class is poorly paced and overly harsh.

Format shift

Online students praise Canvas modules more; in-person comments focus less on organization and more on demand.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

38/100

, and occasional finals more than a single high-stakes exam.

Format shift

Online structure is module quizzes and discussions; some older online notes mention an .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person students also report , and strict point docking for small formatting errors.

Main concern

and pedantic grading for SOC100.

What students said

“The study guide homework packets were always upwards of 12 pages long, majority were probably 15 pages long.”
SOC100
“She also docs you for .”
SOC100
“ if you have other responsibilities. The amount of work in this class is EXAGGERATED!”
SOC100

Remote format

Online

39 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online sections dominate reviews and center on heavy weekly modules, long study guides, open-book quizzes, and .

Main concern

Outrageous weekly homework volume and .

What students said

“This class does have a lot of work, I think I spent close to 12 hours a week sometimes, but an A is very attainable.”
SOC100
“RUN!!! Too much HW way too much and the questions are way too hard.”
SOC100
“Each week there is a textbook quiz, and 2 other .”
SOC100

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and may be open book, though some terms still require an .

Open Book QuizzesStudy Guides Drive TestsTimed QuizzesOn-Campus Final Sometimes

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

68/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and the final come directly from study guides, with limited exam-policy detail beyond that.

Study Guide Based QuizzesIn-Person Final
“The quizzes and .”
SOC100
“The .”
SOC105

Online

Online students frequently report open-book quizzes with time to work and study guides that mirror quiz questions.

Open Book QuizzesStudy GuidesExtra CreditTimed Quizzes
“I didn't need to study beforehand as there was plenty of and its open book.”
SOC100
“DO THE STUDY GUIDES! .”
PSYC105

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“The amount of is outrageous. If you care about your sanity, please run.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting workload, grading nitpicks, and extra-credit paths to an A. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Workload Intensity

16/100

“Study guides are usually 10+ pages , and the videos you have to watch are usually an hour long or more.”

⚖️

34/100

“ because I used a semi colon wrong.”

🎯 A Is Doable With Grind

52/100

“Gives enough and can shift your grade from a 84 to a 91.”

👍 Recommendation Split

42/100

“I would recommend taking another professor, this class is unnecessarily demanding.”

Theme 1

📖

  • Get ready to only read from a textbook and then copy every other word of it onto a 10-page study guide
  • crazy workload compared to other intro classes that I have taken
  • Hours of

Theme 2

📝 About Grades &

  • an A is very attainable. Fill in the study guides every week
  • Lots of
  • She also gives a TON of . Do all of it!

Theme 3

🏃

  • !
  • Professor Lesyna isn't as bad as the rest of the comments say.
  • If you care about your sanity, please run.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

210

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews across several years with , and make the pattern reliable.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 569
4 out of 549
3 out of 534
2 out of 525
1 out of 533

Course coverage

SOC10037 reviews
SOC1057 reviews
PSYC1054 reviews
SOC1011 review
SOCIOLOGY1001 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

44 reported outcomes

A range

20

A+ 8 · A 10 · A- 2

B range

7

B+ 4 · B 3

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

2

D+ 1 · D 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

12

Drop/Withdrawal 4 · Not sure yet 6 · Rather not say 2