You need to really study and ask a lot of questions for this class. The class is heavy with material and can sometimes be too much to remember or understand. It was 3 test for each section and discussion attendance. That is it, nothing extra that can help with boosting your grade.

Meh. He is a good professor, but he goes quickly. I also am not a fan of pop-quizzes on the readings in class. I am also not a fan of him deciding to make the exams more difficult after we did well on the first one. This professor is HARD. You have to do the complicated readings, attend lecture, and study hard. The readings he assigns are insufferable. They are not fun to read, and extremely academically wordy. However, the class is curved, so that makes a big difference. It's an exam based class, so the entire grade is based off of three tests and the pop-quizes. You can't really miss a class because there could always be the chance of a pop-quiz. There was no extra-credit. This class is fine. You will survive, but it won't be a walk in the park. Not my favorite style class, but not the worst I've had. I am just so glad I am done with this course. I probably wouldn't choose this professor again.

Great class with a great professor! This class is straightforward and well-organized as it's divided into three modules with an exam for each. Professor Yeritsian explains concepts clearly and is always willing to answer any questions. You can tell that he truly cares about his students and their success. Make sure to complete all the readings and take thorough notes during lecture. To study for exams, I suggest creating a study guide using the key terms and organizing your notes around them. It's a very fair and doable class if you are willing to put in the effort. Highly recommend taking this class with Professor Yeritsian.

By no means is this class going to be easy, no one should expect an easy A in any kind of theory class especially where the material can be super heavy and sometimes feel intangible. However, Professor Yeritsian is very fair and very helpful whenever students feel stuck or need clarification in certain areas of the material. This class, and all his classes, are made up of three modules (assessments) which makes the exams and studying for them less overwhelming because the content is not as heavy as a class that might be made up of just a midterm and a final. The readings are also essential to the classes and the exams, and I promise you if you take the time to do the readings that are an hour at most that they will make the lecture more cohesive and you will be successful on the exams and quizzes. I think that Professor Yeritsian's class structure has set me up for success in all my other classes as well, and that if you engage with him during the lecture and outside of class with him in office hours you will do just fine. He is always willing to go over concepts again whenever something is unclear or needs to be expanded upon which is great. If you took 101 with him then I would recommend taking 102 with him again because the class structure being the same is also extremely helpful.

Insufferable professor. He was consistently late to lectures and once had the TAs step in to cover for him, which I’m pretty sure violates TA contracts. He also had trouble operating basic technology and once yelled at a TA for accidentally resetting the projector.

The class structure was based on three exams, section participation, and pop quizzes. While I did well on the quizzes, I found some questions unfair—such as asking us to memorize the number of pages in the reading, which seemed completely irrelevant to the actual course material. There were no study guides provided, and the exams were difficult, though I did okay overall.

The professor was often rude to TAs/students, delivered lectures at a fast pace, and the slides were disorganized—if they were even provided at all. Sometimes, he just wrote outlines on the board.

Overall, I would suggest taking this course with another professor, like Speer or Sigmon, who are much more organized and engaging. Luckily, Yeritsian hasn’t taught this course since winter 2024 and I hope it stays that way for the sake of future students.

Insufferable professor and class. So boring, so dry, very tough to do well. Lots of very dense, boring, very long reading (around two 50-page readings a week sometimes). Not a lot of care put into the slides.

Classes were remote because he said he needed a break, but he still held the tests in person because he wanted to make sure the class was still "rigorous". He gave the lectures back to back on Mondays so he could just get it done for himself it seemed, making for one long, dense lecture video a week. Even two separate recordings would have helped.

Doesn't know how to engage a class, constantly asked for questions but never asked the class questions. When he was asked a question, he used the word "surely" in his answer like it was obvious, not encouraging more.

3 tests, each a third of the way through the class. Half multiple choice, half blue book essay (2 1.5 page essays, your hand will hurt). Watch out, on the first test he will unexpectedly ask about what methods were used in each reading, not just about the content. He said this was to make sure everyone was doing the readings and not just reading a summary. I did the readings, but I still didn't really remember because you expect to be tested on the content, not the methods. He'll have you pass your blue book away at the beginning so everyone gets a random one. Pretty paranoid about cheating or students not doing their work.

Likes to hear himself talk, good at saying simple things in a very complicated way. Seemed to be one of those professors who take out their unhappiness in life by being too tough on their class. Don't take unless you have to.

TLDR: A man with a pony tail who does not care if you live or die.

First, thank god there were a lot of football players in our class. Their collective CTE saved the class curve. I will say that the professors curve was a lot of our saving grace.

My TA was amazing and their work in discussion was the main way I understood the marital. The professor is not terrible at lecturing you just have to pay attention and do the reading. It is theory so it is going to be naturally difficult.

My one issue with the professor was at office hours he was very rude when you came for questions. I left his office hours more confused on the material. My TA was my main teacher.

This is one of those classes where you just do not have time to complain. You just have to rally and get the work done. If you have any ounce of literacy you can take this class.

Everyone has a different style of teaching/learning. I personally liked Professor Yeritsian's method. You need to attend lectures to get the notes. The readings are helpful, but they are complex, so you will get the best bang for your buck attending lectures because the wording of the exams is based on the way the professor explains the readings/ theorist. My grade was based on 3 exams. !st exam, midterm, and final. There were about 20 multiple-choice questions and an essay question. No big crazy paper was due at the end of the quarter, which was refreshing for me. I've been doing research papers left and right because it's UCLA, but I liked testing on the material instead. Prof. was more forgiving in his grading of the essays as opposed to the TA. My TA was a harsh grader and didn't want to give points for being nearly off the concepts. Overall, I definitely like prof Yeritsian; he is straight to the point, and I like that. I could have perhaps gotten an A vs. A- if I practiced the written questions more. ( they go over questions in discussion, and 9/10 of those questions were the same ones we got in the exam) Very doable class, as long as you are present and willing to study a bit. For reference, I studied for the exams for about 5 hours 2 days before. The multiple-choice qs are straightforward. As long as you attended the lecture, you will be fine, but my advice is to definitely practice doing the written question prompts, and an A is achievable.

Professor Yeritsian is tough, but fair. His lectures are very informative, but you have to take good notes on them if you want to do well on the tests. The only reason to do the readings is to get a good score on the pop quizzes, but, if you test well, you don't have to worry too much about those points. The class is broken down into three modules, covering Marx, Simmel, Weber, and Durkheim. The lectures are divided into sections that the professor wants to focus on and those sections will serve as topics for you to study for the exam. The exams (3) were 30 multiple choice and 2 essay questions. If you know how to connect the topics to one another, you'll do well.

Actually a very insightful class if you are engaged. Tough class though overall as the readings are extensive with pop quizzes. Exams were ok but my hand felt like it was gonna fall off from writing after each one.