SOCIOL 134
Culture and Personality
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 1. Designed for juniors/seniors. Theories of relation of variations in personality to culture and group life, in primitive and modern societies, and influence of social role on behavior. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2024 - I took Jepson's class for Political Soc last quarter and found the material easy to understand, though the class organization was inconsistent and unclear. To do well on exams, focus on the main points and arguments from the readings discussed in class, and study the provided study guide outline thoroughly. Memorize discussion questions as they appear word-for-word on the exam. Specific details from the readings will help you score high.Jepson posts a lecture outline weekly; copy and paste this into your notes and fill it in during class instead of writing everything word for word. He does not record lectures btw. However, the class organization is poor. For the 134 course, there were no rubrics for the five required journal entries, and Jepson notes it's rare to score a perfect 6/6, which is unhelpful and discouraging. The grading of the exams was also unclear. Although I received positive feedback like "Great!" from the TA, I never scored a perfect 10 and wasn't given reasons for being marked down on parts of exam where I scored a 9 or 9.5, but never a 10. I did well on the exams and midterm, but mandatory discussion points lowered my overall grade. Unlike Political Soc with Jepson, this time for 134 he didn't allow make-up work for missed discussions, which was frustrating and inconsistent. I missed discussions due to illness and death in my family, however since these were not "medical emergencies" according to his syllabus, I had missed these points.
Spring 2024 - I took Jepson's class for Political Soc last quarter and found the material easy to understand, though the class organization was inconsistent and unclear. To do well on exams, focus on the main points and arguments from the readings discussed in class, and study the provided study guide outline thoroughly. Memorize discussion questions as they appear word-for-word on the exam. Specific details from the readings will help you score high.Jepson posts a lecture outline weekly; copy and paste this into your notes and fill it in during class instead of writing everything word for word. He does not record lectures btw. However, the class organization is poor. For the 134 course, there were no rubrics for the five required journal entries, and Jepson notes it's rare to score a perfect 6/6, which is unhelpful and discouraging. The grading of the exams was also unclear. Although I received positive feedback like "Great!" from the TA, I never scored a perfect 10 and wasn't given reasons for being marked down on parts of exam where I scored a 9 or 9.5, but never a 10. I did well on the exams and midterm, but mandatory discussion points lowered my overall grade. Unlike Political Soc with Jepson, this time for 134 he didn't allow make-up work for missed discussions, which was frustrating and inconsistent. I missed discussions due to illness and death in my family, however since these were not "medical emergencies" according to his syllabus, I had missed these points.
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Fall 2021 - Not gonna lie, when I saw the syllabus and watched the first lecture I was intimidated and thought the class would be difficult, but it wasn't as bad as I thought. Overall it was a pretty good class. The lectures were pre-recorded and the instructions to assignments were all extremely clear. The readings are a lot, but not too hard to get through. Personally, I used a text-to-speech website to help me read them faster. Some articles are very interesting whereas others are very dense and even when I re-read them I still didn't understand them. There are assignments related to the readings that help you understand the material and honestly keep you from procrastinating. The final essay instructions and rubric are very clear. There were no quizzes/tests, just the assigned sources reading assignments, 3 reflections about COVID/personality/culture, and the final essay. She's very straight-forward. Discussion was cool and helped breakdown the week's reading and overall main points. Ty was my TA and he broke things down really well and was super helpful.
Fall 2021 - Not gonna lie, when I saw the syllabus and watched the first lecture I was intimidated and thought the class would be difficult, but it wasn't as bad as I thought. Overall it was a pretty good class. The lectures were pre-recorded and the instructions to assignments were all extremely clear. The readings are a lot, but not too hard to get through. Personally, I used a text-to-speech website to help me read them faster. Some articles are very interesting whereas others are very dense and even when I re-read them I still didn't understand them. There are assignments related to the readings that help you understand the material and honestly keep you from procrastinating. The final essay instructions and rubric are very clear. There were no quizzes/tests, just the assigned sources reading assignments, 3 reflections about COVID/personality/culture, and the final essay. She's very straight-forward. Discussion was cool and helped breakdown the week's reading and overall main points. Ty was my TA and he broke things down really well and was super helpful.
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