I'm sort of in the middle of the road on this professor and class. First, he's a totally nice guy - makes silly (but often bad) jokes during lecture and comes off as a very easy going type of person. He is interested in making sure students have a thorough understanding of the primates being studied. He also answers emails promptly.
The class was based on take-home essays - 3 were in response to 3 assigned books where you pick a primate behavior ,a human behavior and tell what the primate behavior means in regard to human behavior. The problem is that he never is quite clear about that in class because he totally focuses on primate species and their behavior characteristics. I know LOTS about nonhuman primates now. But Im still not completely clear on HOW it relates to human behavior and what part of all this is sociological.
Good points - Im not about to complain about only having to come to class once a week - in that regard, Grannis totally rocks. There's no section to this class - it meets only once a week and really, that does suffice.
Also, good - he is willing to review your drafts so you can easily secure an "A" paper. Take advantage of this people.
No quizzes or in-class exams - its all good.
Overall, a good class, semi-easy. He's a very personable guy too.