Andres Villarreal
Department of Sociology
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3.9
Overall Rating
Based on 12 Users
Easiness 4.3 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.8 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 4.8 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.1 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Quarter: Winter 2023
Grade: N/A
Feb. 20, 2023

the sweetest prof I ever had. Don't listen to anyone that says you can't understand him literally just sit closer and you're chillin. He's so cool and pls engage and talk to him people tend to pack up early but if you take this class PLS BE NICE TO HIM and protect him at all costs 🙏. Easy class and its comprised of 2 multiple choice quizzes and an essay. Pretty straightforward and the topics are kind of common sense.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A
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Feb. 3, 2024

This man is so sweet and lowkey so funny sometimes. You can get away with reading from the textbook but he is really interesting to talk to after class. The exams were easy but I didn't put in as much time as I should have, so they were more difficult for me. Just read the book and you'll be fine. There was barely any homework-- just discussions and maybe some quizzes. There were just 2 exams and an essay, but all very doable. Would definitely recommend him

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Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: B+
Oct. 16, 2023

Overall an easy GE. Not a heavy workload, but you definitely need to be well prepared for the exams because even though they are multiple-choice, the answers are very similar and it is hard to tell sometimes.

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Quarter: Winter 2023
Grade: A
April 27, 2023

Super easy class with two multiple choice tests and one short essay. Attending lecture is basically pointless since he teaches straight from the book. I just read the chapters and that's all I needed to do well on the tests.

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Quarter: Winter 2023
Grade: B+
March 15, 2023

Definitely take this if you need a fairly manageable GE. Villarreal does tend to read straight off the slides with minimum elaboration, but please do come to lecture anyways! He is the sweetest old man who obviously loves the topics he teaches (especially when it comes to the statistics part of it all), and he appreciates any and all student participation during lecture time. As for the two midterms, you will do fine as long as you study ALL the terms thoroughly (even ones not listed on the study guide Villareal provides), and I would highly recommend weaving through the textbook as it will list examples that may be applicable to the midterm multiple choice questions. On a final note, your enjoyment of your class will depend mostly, if not entirely on the TA you are assigned to. My TA was not very lax on grading and tended to be unaccommodating to their students, so I had little to no chances to improve my grade despite countless emails and office hours, so please keep that in mind!

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Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A
Feb. 10, 2023

This is an easy GE if you make sure to do the readings and pay attention to the terms. There's barely any homework except for a weekly discussion post and a group memo that you do during discussion sections. The professor's slides are basically completely copy and pasted from the textbook and he's hard to understand sometimes. The midterms might be confusing if you don't study the vocabulary.

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Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A
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Jan. 21, 2023

I took this class to figure out if I was interested in sociology as a major or not and didn’t like it. The class was so easy that I would still recommend it as a GE, but the lectures were very boring and repetitive. The lecture slides went over the exact same stuff that the textbook did, so reading isn't super necessary. Also the professor was pretty boring and mostly read off of the slides (which were direct repeats of the textbook), and mumbled a lot. The midterm tests also had a lot of really frustratingly worded questions that were hard to do well on even if you understood the material. I also hated the essay prompt, it was very vague and simple which made it difficult to write on, also there was very little guidance on what was expected of us in the paper. The discussion sections were good, and Weinger is a great TA! He was very helpful and understanding. I learned a lot more in sections than lectures.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: B+
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April 21, 2022

I took this class for my major and definitely did not expect to get a B+, but I was thrown off by the midterm. Other than that, I found the content really interesting and it could have been my own fault that I never took advantage of office hours or anything. The paper was also relatively easy, I thought mine was horribly written but I still got a 92. Lectures are boring and can be confusing or hard to understand due to the accent. Read the textbook if you can, I think my only downfall was that I second guessed myself a lot on the exams. Not a bad prof, but if you're choosing between Villareal and another with a higher rating then perhaps choose the other.

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Quarter: Winter 2023
Grade: N/A
Feb. 20, 2023

the sweetest prof I ever had. Don't listen to anyone that says you can't understand him literally just sit closer and you're chillin. He's so cool and pls engage and talk to him people tend to pack up early but if you take this class PLS BE NICE TO HIM and protect him at all costs 🙏. Easy class and its comprised of 2 multiple choice quizzes and an essay. Pretty straightforward and the topics are kind of common sense.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A
Feb. 3, 2024

This man is so sweet and lowkey so funny sometimes. You can get away with reading from the textbook but he is really interesting to talk to after class. The exams were easy but I didn't put in as much time as I should have, so they were more difficult for me. Just read the book and you'll be fine. There was barely any homework-- just discussions and maybe some quizzes. There were just 2 exams and an essay, but all very doable. Would definitely recommend him

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Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: B+
Oct. 16, 2023

Overall an easy GE. Not a heavy workload, but you definitely need to be well prepared for the exams because even though they are multiple-choice, the answers are very similar and it is hard to tell sometimes.

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Quarter: Winter 2023
Grade: A
April 27, 2023

Super easy class with two multiple choice tests and one short essay. Attending lecture is basically pointless since he teaches straight from the book. I just read the chapters and that's all I needed to do well on the tests.

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Quarter: Winter 2023
Grade: B+
March 15, 2023

Definitely take this if you need a fairly manageable GE. Villarreal does tend to read straight off the slides with minimum elaboration, but please do come to lecture anyways! He is the sweetest old man who obviously loves the topics he teaches (especially when it comes to the statistics part of it all), and he appreciates any and all student participation during lecture time. As for the two midterms, you will do fine as long as you study ALL the terms thoroughly (even ones not listed on the study guide Villareal provides), and I would highly recommend weaving through the textbook as it will list examples that may be applicable to the midterm multiple choice questions. On a final note, your enjoyment of your class will depend mostly, if not entirely on the TA you are assigned to. My TA was not very lax on grading and tended to be unaccommodating to their students, so I had little to no chances to improve my grade despite countless emails and office hours, so please keep that in mind!

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Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A
Feb. 10, 2023

This is an easy GE if you make sure to do the readings and pay attention to the terms. There's barely any homework except for a weekly discussion post and a group memo that you do during discussion sections. The professor's slides are basically completely copy and pasted from the textbook and he's hard to understand sometimes. The midterms might be confusing if you don't study the vocabulary.

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Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A
Jan. 21, 2023

I took this class to figure out if I was interested in sociology as a major or not and didn’t like it. The class was so easy that I would still recommend it as a GE, but the lectures were very boring and repetitive. The lecture slides went over the exact same stuff that the textbook did, so reading isn't super necessary. Also the professor was pretty boring and mostly read off of the slides (which were direct repeats of the textbook), and mumbled a lot. The midterm tests also had a lot of really frustratingly worded questions that were hard to do well on even if you understood the material. I also hated the essay prompt, it was very vague and simple which made it difficult to write on, also there was very little guidance on what was expected of us in the paper. The discussion sections were good, and Weinger is a great TA! He was very helpful and understanding. I learned a lot more in sections than lectures.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: B+
April 21, 2022

I took this class for my major and definitely did not expect to get a B+, but I was thrown off by the midterm. Other than that, I found the content really interesting and it could have been my own fault that I never took advantage of office hours or anything. The paper was also relatively easy, I thought mine was horribly written but I still got a 92. Lectures are boring and can be confusing or hard to understand due to the accent. Read the textbook if you can, I think my only downfall was that I second guessed myself a lot on the exams. Not a bad prof, but if you're choosing between Villareal and another with a higher rating then perhaps choose the other.

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3.9
Overall Rating
Based on 12 Users
Easiness 4.3 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.8 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 4.8 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.1 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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