SOCIOL 152
Comparative Acculturation and Assimilation
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 151. Comparison of acculturation and assimilation of Europeans, Africans, Mexicans, and Asians in the U.S., with emphasis on long-term cultural consequences of immigration. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2020 - This class was great. Andalon is a great instructor. He cares about the students and it was easy to get an A if you turned in the assignments. He divides the research paper up into 4 parts, and each part leads up to the final paper. He doesn't try to trick you - he just wants the students to learn and be passionate about the subject matter. I would definitely take a class from him again.
Fall 2020 - This class was great. Andalon is a great instructor. He cares about the students and it was easy to get an A if you turned in the assignments. He divides the research paper up into 4 parts, and each part leads up to the final paper. He doesn't try to trick you - he just wants the students to learn and be passionate about the subject matter. I would definitely take a class from him again.
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Spring 2018 - Professor Hernandez Leon is a decent professor. The workload (reading load) is way too much. He typically assigns at least 4-5 readings a week all at which are at minimum 20 pages and is expected to be all read by class meetings. He provides slides in lecture (he does not post them on his website), he speaks pretty fast which did not allow me to write down all bullet points along with footnotes he would say. 20 question quizzes/ short essays alternate each week (all based off of the readings and lecture). He allows up to 5 extra credit opportunities. I would not take this class nor another class with this professor. If you do decide to take this class I have the books, email me at *************
Spring 2018 - Professor Hernandez Leon is a decent professor. The workload (reading load) is way too much. He typically assigns at least 4-5 readings a week all at which are at minimum 20 pages and is expected to be all read by class meetings. He provides slides in lecture (he does not post them on his website), he speaks pretty fast which did not allow me to write down all bullet points along with footnotes he would say. 20 question quizzes/ short essays alternate each week (all based off of the readings and lecture). He allows up to 5 extra credit opportunities. I would not take this class nor another class with this professor. If you do decide to take this class I have the books, email me at *************
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Winter 2024 - Professor Menjivar is a great lecturer who genuinely cares about the material she is teaching. Her class consists of the following: midterm, extra credit, newspaper report, and section participation. There is no final exam but rather a 10 page (minimum) research paper that consists of research that will be conducted at an approved field site over the span of 4ish weeks. This may sound intimidating initially but the professor and TA will provide you with plenty of references and guidelines in order to successfully complete this. The midterm exam was multiple choice with 3 short free response questions (few sentences each). The professor will guide you in class during a review session on what exactly you will need to know. Just make sure to spend adequate time reviewing the in class readings and the authors of those texts. This exam is also curved! Extra credit points are a maximum of 4. There are 2 separate extra credit assignments each worth 2 points. These assignments are based on events hosted by the UCLA Center for International Migration. If you plan accordingly, you will be able to sign up for online webinars that take place before the extra credit due date. You just need to get the events approved by a TA or the professor prior to attending them. The extra credit assignments are a 2 page write up connecting the information presented at the events with in class materials (lectures, discussions, readings, etc.). For the discussion section, attendance is required. Make sure to raise your hand a few times throughout the quarter and participate as this is a factor of your grade. You also have weekly "reaction papers" due which are ultimately discussion board questions on BruinLearn. Make sure to complete all of the weekly questions. Overall, this class is based on a point grading system. Even if you aren't a great test taker and don't do that well on the midterm exam, you can still get an A in this class! Just make sure to complete the extra credit and attend all of the discussion sections for extra grade cushioning. This class also satisfies the Interactions category for the sociology major which is a plus. I highly recommend this class!
Winter 2024 - Professor Menjivar is a great lecturer who genuinely cares about the material she is teaching. Her class consists of the following: midterm, extra credit, newspaper report, and section participation. There is no final exam but rather a 10 page (minimum) research paper that consists of research that will be conducted at an approved field site over the span of 4ish weeks. This may sound intimidating initially but the professor and TA will provide you with plenty of references and guidelines in order to successfully complete this. The midterm exam was multiple choice with 3 short free response questions (few sentences each). The professor will guide you in class during a review session on what exactly you will need to know. Just make sure to spend adequate time reviewing the in class readings and the authors of those texts. This exam is also curved! Extra credit points are a maximum of 4. There are 2 separate extra credit assignments each worth 2 points. These assignments are based on events hosted by the UCLA Center for International Migration. If you plan accordingly, you will be able to sign up for online webinars that take place before the extra credit due date. You just need to get the events approved by a TA or the professor prior to attending them. The extra credit assignments are a 2 page write up connecting the information presented at the events with in class materials (lectures, discussions, readings, etc.). For the discussion section, attendance is required. Make sure to raise your hand a few times throughout the quarter and participate as this is a factor of your grade. You also have weekly "reaction papers" due which are ultimately discussion board questions on BruinLearn. Make sure to complete all of the weekly questions. Overall, this class is based on a point grading system. Even if you aren't a great test taker and don't do that well on the midterm exam, you can still get an A in this class! Just make sure to complete the extra credit and attend all of the discussion sections for extra grade cushioning. This class also satisfies the Interactions category for the sociology major which is a plus. I highly recommend this class!
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Spring 2021 - Professor Hernandez-Leon seems like a nice person, although I felt this class section lacked effort on his behalf. This class was asynchronous and he used reused lectures from a previous term which was alienating. Our lectures were always jumbled up out of order and the dates of our tests and assignments were confusing because of a lack of communication from him clarifying the wrong dates from his old lectures. It was disappointing to pay tuition to have a reused video lecture and a poorly organized discussion section, as well. I really felt like I was completely alone in this class. I never felt like Professor or the TA cared about our success in this class or put effort into making the discussion section/lecture helpful for their students. I feel like this ultimately hurt the students in this class, as many of us struggled with our difficult tests which she could have provided helpful insight into preparing for. He provided optional Q&A sessions which were never helpful either, as he would wait for a student to ask a question and then would spend 20 minutes or more answering each question for too long or getting off-topic. It was never a productive way to spend time. On top of that, the tests and quizzes accounted for 90% of our grades and were very difficult. I felt as if the questions were being designed to intentionally trick us and make us doubt what we've learned. The material for this course was not nearly as difficult to understand as the tests/quizzes reflected. I would not say the 90% of my grade they accounted for was a fair judgment of our understanding of the material. Sadly, I would not recommend this course to other UCLA students for these reasons, even though the material was interesting.
Spring 2021 - Professor Hernandez-Leon seems like a nice person, although I felt this class section lacked effort on his behalf. This class was asynchronous and he used reused lectures from a previous term which was alienating. Our lectures were always jumbled up out of order and the dates of our tests and assignments were confusing because of a lack of communication from him clarifying the wrong dates from his old lectures. It was disappointing to pay tuition to have a reused video lecture and a poorly organized discussion section, as well. I really felt like I was completely alone in this class. I never felt like Professor or the TA cared about our success in this class or put effort into making the discussion section/lecture helpful for their students. I feel like this ultimately hurt the students in this class, as many of us struggled with our difficult tests which she could have provided helpful insight into preparing for. He provided optional Q&A sessions which were never helpful either, as he would wait for a student to ask a question and then would spend 20 minutes or more answering each question for too long or getting off-topic. It was never a productive way to spend time. On top of that, the tests and quizzes accounted for 90% of our grades and were very difficult. I felt as if the questions were being designed to intentionally trick us and make us doubt what we've learned. The material for this course was not nearly as difficult to understand as the tests/quizzes reflected. I would not say the 90% of my grade they accounted for was a fair judgment of our understanding of the material. Sadly, I would not recommend this course to other UCLA students for these reasons, even though the material was interesting.
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