Professor Sigmon is one of those Professors that you either love or hate. His lecture style consists of mainly reading off his slides, adding comments on the slides, and rinse and repeat. Occasionally he will show a video to demonstrate the concept that is he is going over, but they are really rare. Do I like his lecture style? At first no, I thought it was really boring. Then, the more you realize you don't need to read at all for his class AND his comments usually summarize the slides in a succinct way, the class just clicked for me. This is not universal though. Not everyone will have it "click" like it did for me and be wary that this is how he will lecture for the entire quarter. He tells you everything he needs to tell you and you honestly only need the slides to get through the course.

Structure of the class was midterm, paper, and then final with the paper due a few days prior to the final. For both exams, it's going to be short answer question. Since the TA strike happened, the final became multiple choice. As long as you study the slides you really don't need to worry. The paper was just a compare and contrast analysis of two sociologists that Sigmon asks you to compare. Not hard at all. I'd recommend the guy; he's genuinely a cool dude, but his lecture style is not for everyone.

Sigmond was a pretty good professor, I enjoyed the small tangents and personalization in his lectures. Everything on the final exam was on the slides, I would be cautious on the exams because there is accurate and false questions in which you have to write why something may or may not be wrong and the short answers. But the majority is multiple choice and there's one research paper. The class can most def drag on, but he's def one of the better sociology professors.

I really loved sigmon’s class. A king. I’ve taken theory courses before & absolutely remembered NOTHING but in sigmon’s class I have retained almost 90% of the information. I, for some reason, never understood concepts by theorists like Marx & Nietzsche, but he made me be able to understand everything. It was an interesting class... sometimes boring tho haha

Some people were complaining about his exam this year (it was all multiple choice) & how it didn’t test on conceptual facts but rather specific facts directly from his lecture... but personally I think this is easier. I took detailed notes in class & copied his lecture down word for word then read my notes after every class.

I mean I don’t like short answer exams so maybe I’m biased towards his exams.

Professor Sigmon also does an excellent job at summarizing & going into detail about the specific readings we had to do. A lot of the readings are dense so even after reading, I tended to not understand everything that was talked about but after watching the lectures, everything made sense.

We also had an essay which really just depends on who you have for your section TA.

Basically, if you want to pass this class, watch & take notes on all the lectures (don’t procrastinate) & then read the lecture notes so you can retain the info. Skim the readings before lecture though so that lecture makes more sense rather than you trying to learn all this new info by yourself.

Sigmon wants us to succeed!! Good luck

I really loved his slides and how he broke down each concept into really digestible pieces. Sometimes the readings that were assigned were dense and hard to understand, but after his lectures were super clear and helped a lot. Took this class during Spring 2020 online amidst social turmoil and Professor Sigmon was really understanding about everything. Definitely would recommend him and TA Justin Breck!

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This class was super interesting. The readings were a little boring at first but they get far more interesting as the quarter goes on. We have to do a weekly journal based on the readings but they are fairly short. You must buy the books though!! Professor Sigmon is super nice and pretty engaging but he can be a little boring since he does not use a mic and his class was late in the day. He gave us study guides for the midterm and final which were extremely helpful. There is also a term paper due at the end of the quarter but you choose your own topic so it is fairly interesting. Overall, I would recommend this class with Professor Sigmon. I am also selling hard copies of the following books for this class: The Meaning of Sociology (9th edition), Mapping the Social Landscape (7th edition), and Readings for Sociology (9th edition). Text me at ********** for prices!!

Sigmon is literally the easiest professor ever. His lectures are lowkey boring but he says the information necessary to get an A on the midterm and exam, and that's all that really matters. There's no homework besides weekly reflections that only need to be 250 words. He wears the same button-up flannel every day and I love it. I'm also taking SOCIOL 102 with him this quarter so I would totally recommend taking him again. I've seen some mixed reviews about it and I guess you either love Sigmon or you don't, but tbh as long as you pay attention during lectures, you literally don't have to do anything else.

Professor Sigmon is by far my favorite professor at UCLA. His class consists of weekly discussion posts, a midterm exam, and a final exam. His lecture slides are very easy to follow along with and cover everything that will be on the exams, which are all free response questions. Participation matters for the discussion section but is not mandatory for the lectures. The discussion questions are based on the reading but I've learned to do the reading as I'm answering the questions. He posts his slides at the end of the week so missing a class or two won't be an issue. To prepare for the exams, the TA's provide additional office hours and review sessions to go over the topics that will be covered. Note that this class is not one that you can simply memorize. Instead, it's critical to thoroughly understand the concepts and different sociologists discussed in order to do well on the free response questions. Overall this class is super easy to stay on top of and doesn't require a ton of work in comparison to other classes. As long as you study for the exams while putting effort into the weekly discussions, you will do great in the class!

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as someone who loves sociology, this class was easy to enjoy. even if you don't, it's a solid class. if you're taking the exams in person, you just gotta be prepared for open-ended questions. study with quizlet and you'll be set. can't think of a reason not to take it :)

Professor Sigmon is an above average lecturer, if you remember most the content of the lecture slides, you basically get an free A.

He is an a******. The TA is tough grader as well. If you are international student, he will destroy your GPA.