If you are taking Soc 20 as a pre-req PLEASE take it with Professor Sweeney. It's astonishing how amazing of a lecturer she is; she was constantly engaging with the class, made sure to answer all questions asked via audio AND chat, and hosted many office hours to aid students during projects, and in general was extremely knowledgeable about the subject. In addition, if a student had a question she didn't have the answer to, she would always note it, research it, and come back with the answer during the next class. There is a midterm and final exam, but for us they were open note and were extremely easy to get 95%+ on so long as you paid attention in lecture. There are 2 group projects in which you design some sociological research question and use Google forms to implement what you learn in class and then write a paper on your results, which helped me solidify all the concepts taught. Both the TAs and Professor helped fix the questions asked on your Google form and were really there to teach you instead of grade you. Prof Sweeney even shortened our final project so that we could focus on perfecting our first and it really showed how thoughtful she is. Please take this class with her if you can!!

Professor Sweeney's lectures are very worthwhile. The material itself is dry but the application of the research has potential to be interesting. She gives many sociological anecdotes and opportunities for hands-on learning that help make the research a little more real to those who have never done research before.

Would take a class taught by her again!!