AVOID THIS MAN AT ALL COST

Jepson is awesome, the TA's were all a bunch of turds.

Jepson's a great guy, definitely take the time to talk to him outside of class, he makes himself extremely available and it is totally worth it. However he loves to go off on tangents during his lectures and since they're at 8am and you probably are an efficient note-taker, who knows that they don't need to write down all 6 examples he gave on one concept, you WILL need coffee to stay awake throughout the full lecture. Once again, he's a great guy. Take his course. It's not difficult to get an A, just make sure you have a firm understanding of the material, however you do need to put in the effort.

Jepson is, so far, the best professor I have had at UCLA. He makes the lectures entertaining and interesting and speaks slowly enough that a slow typer like me can get all of the information down.

Great class and awesome professor.
The assigned readings are excellent. Prof. Jepson is gem for the Sociology Dept and what I like most is his politics

Great professor.. He is VERY entertaining in lectures. The only problem, 8am :( !!! But, he is very available to meet (i missed a lot of lectures).. This is not an "easy A" so you do have to read and pay attention in class however there is minimal effort to get a good grade if you are good at retaining information. If not, you might have to study a little harder.

DO NOT GET the Ritzer textbook (its like 80 something dollars and I did not read it once!) he goes over the topics from the Ritzer text in class so just get the coursereader for discussion (like 30 bucks)..
Someone told me not to get the Ritzer textbook but I did not listen and now I am out 80 bucks..

But.. great course, great professor!!!

I liked Jepson. His lectures were pretty interesting and easy to follow. I think the workload for his class is pretty reasonable. I ended up with a B+ in the class but i blame that on my TA. There are 5 mini papers that account for 30% of your grade and my TA was harsh on those so it brought my grade down. But besides that i liked the class overall and I like Jepson. His tests weren't too hard. Considering I studied a day before the final and midterm and got an A on the midterm.

This class was...alright. My expectations of Jepson were high based on the reviews that I read on here. I expected him to make an 8AM class bearable and fun, but boy was I wrong. He was only funny because he would throw out some cuss words and use a good joke every now and then, but in general, the class was pretty boring. I dreaded waking up to go to his class. He wasn't a horrible teacher, and is a good person, but he just wasn't very interesting and lectured off topic too many times. The tests are fair, the multiple choice can be tricky, but for the most part I found them easy. The essay questions are like the TA discussion questions, so hopefully that'll help. For the first midterm, I recommend going to the test bank. He reused a lot of the old questions.

Overall, you can take this class if you want to get the GE requirement out of the way. Make sure you actually work on those papers, because they can screw you over. My TA was very strict with the way she wanted the papers done, which was irritating, but after you submit a few, you get the hang of it. Be concise.

Jepson is a really engaging professor. He really tries to captivate you with the theories that sociology offers. His class was at 8 AM, and I've only missed one of his lectures -- that's saying a lot. Overall, I don't think this class was too difficult: five one-page papers, a midterm, and a final. His tests are pretty straightforward, and he sends out a thorough study guide a week before examinations. However, in order to get a good grade in the class, you must know what your TA's expect from you. You may do decently on the exams, but mediocre scores on the papers may cost you your grade, so make sure to interact with your TA!

Hands down probably, the easiest class ever. I took 101 in the summer. I never went to class. I studied/read 3 hours before the actual midterm. And I studied/read the day before the final. I ended up with an "A" with little effort. This class is ridiculously easy and the grading seems pretty lenient. He gives you a study guide before the test. And the on the tests for his 101 and 102 classes, he lists 10 questions, and you choose 6 that you want to answer. Know the basics and you can BS your way through.