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Sociology

Edgar Rodriguez

SOC2 · SOC101 · SOC141165 · 35 lifetime ratings

AI rating
29/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
26.92%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

Avoid unless you want a high-stress intro sociology course with and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderTest HeavyGet Ready to ReadUnclear ExpectationsHigh Drop Rate
  • and little partial credit
  • and
  • ; a minority still praise humor and occasional

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

14/100

, and little partial credit make an A rare even with full effort.

Both online and ; online also flags senior-level expectations for intro work.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Long dense chapters, complex quiz wording, and SOC.

Difficulty is consistently high across online and in-person sections.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

as mandatory and stress that missing class hurts participation and quiz readiness.

; online is mixed.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most students warn others , and .

Both formats lean negative; a .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

16/100

Students repeatedly call him a and wording with little partial credit.

Format shift

and in-person reviews.

Workload

Heavy

24/100

, and discussion boards create a high ongoing workload.

Format shift

Online emphasizes papers and homework; and reading.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

A minority enjoy funny lectures, but , and feedback unhelpful.

Format shift

; online is more uniformly negative.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

, and often a heavy final, with papers as secondary load.

Format shift

Both formats are test and quiz heavy.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

27 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews stress quiz-before-lecture structure, , and frequent drops, with a few praising funny lectures and .

Main concern

Complex quizzes and and low grades.

What students said

“DON'T DO IT!!”
SOC101
“Half the class dropped the class before the semester ended”
SOC101
“He will assign a actual chapter.”
SOC101

Remote format

Online

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online students describe harsh grading, , senior-level expectations for intro work, and .

Main concern

and high expectations for an intro online class.

What students said

“He knew this and was being told he was expecting college senior level work for this "introductory" class.”
SOC101
“It was genuinely so hard, extremely harsh, and .”
SOC101
“he is a and .”
SOC2

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Quizzes often come before lectures, questions are worded complexly, and .

Quiz before lectureComplex wordingTest heavyPop quizzesCumulative final

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and test wording, pop quizzes, and a tough cumulative final with limited study guides.

Complex quiz questionsPop quizzesTest heavyCumulative final
“a lot of ”
SOC101
“He offers no study guide for any of his tests, or his 200 question cumulative final.”
SOC101

Online

Online comments stress tough quizzes and exams as a large grade share, with and little prep.

Exams majority of gradeQuiz before lectureHarsh critical grading
“ format of exams didn't really prepare us for the types of questions hed ask”
SOC101
“He will assign a actual chapter.”
SOC101

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“DON'T DO IT!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 36 reviews, highlighting grading, workload, and . Credibility rating: High.

📝

16/100

“ .”

📚

24/100

“Each chapter is over 30 pages with each page being super long.”

🚫 Low Recommendation

22/100

“ if he's your prof.”

📉

30/100

“at the end of semester we were just 3 persons, most of the ”

Theme 1

⚖️

  • Not an easy grader the only good thing about this class is
  • Isn´t consistent with
  • If a question is not answered exactly like he wants it, there will be no partial credit given

Theme 2

📖 About Workload & Structure

  • He will assign a actual chapter
  • Get ready to read
  • Tests and

Theme 3

🎭 About Personality & Lectures

  • , but not for a class room
  • Decent lectures, fairly interesting and pretty funny
  • He was a pretty funny professor

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

36

Recent reviews read by the AI

35

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

36 detailed reviews spanning many years with and high-difficulty themes support a strong credibility rating.

Inside 36 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57
4 out of 51
3 out of 55
2 out of 55
1 out of 518

Course coverage

SOC10132 reviews
SOC22 reviews
488081 review
SOC1411651 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

26 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 4

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 3

C range

3

C+ 1 · C 2

D range

4

D+ 2 · D 1 · D- 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

11

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Not sure yet 6 · Not_Sure_Yet 2