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Stefan Timmermans
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Winter 2021 - This Fiat Lux is super interesting and engaging! The topic matter was relevant to current events and very informative. The only thing that was not ideal about the class was that because it was every other week each seminar was 2 hours of straight discussion. At times I found it difficult to concentrate. Otherwise I am very glad I took this class - the readings were short and easy and the discussions were very eye-opening. I will miss Professor Timmermans!
Winter 2021 - This Fiat Lux is super interesting and engaging! The topic matter was relevant to current events and very informative. The only thing that was not ideal about the class was that because it was every other week each seminar was 2 hours of straight discussion. At times I found it difficult to concentrate. Otherwise I am very glad I took this class - the readings were short and easy and the discussions were very eye-opening. I will miss Professor Timmermans!
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Winter 2025 - I found this class interesting and worthwhile. You can tell Timmermans is enthusiastic and very knowledgeable about the class content. I found the first half of the quarter where we learned about things like what it means to die a good death and the politics behind hospice care the most interesting. If you put some effort in to take thorough notes in lecture and understand the main ideas of the readings (which some might say are a lot, but this is college after all) this class is totally do-able. Reaction papers were a breeze and we could use some notes for the midterm and final.
Winter 2025 - I found this class interesting and worthwhile. You can tell Timmermans is enthusiastic and very knowledgeable about the class content. I found the first half of the quarter where we learned about things like what it means to die a good death and the politics behind hospice care the most interesting. If you put some effort in to take thorough notes in lecture and understand the main ideas of the readings (which some might say are a lot, but this is college after all) this class is totally do-able. Reaction papers were a breeze and we could use some notes for the midterm and final.
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Spring 2023 - One of the best profs at UCLA! Prof Timmermans is very knowledgable and if you are willing to learn and actually study to gain knowledge, take his class! It's truly informative and covers lots of subjects and not only death. His unique approach to the exams makes you think and analyze as well as connect social facts to certain events. It's really surprising that people find his class 'unclear" since Timmermans always dedicated the beginning of the lecture to discussing how he wants us to write the midterm and the final(which are 10-page max essays)...Take him if you're willing to acquire new skills in a sociology major and develop new perspectives.
Spring 2023 - One of the best profs at UCLA! Prof Timmermans is very knowledgable and if you are willing to learn and actually study to gain knowledge, take his class! It's truly informative and covers lots of subjects and not only death. His unique approach to the exams makes you think and analyze as well as connect social facts to certain events. It's really surprising that people find his class 'unclear" since Timmermans always dedicated the beginning of the lecture to discussing how he wants us to write the midterm and the final(which are 10-page max essays)...Take him if you're willing to acquire new skills in a sociology major and develop new perspectives.
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Fall 2018 - Great class about all sorts of death that you wouldnt want yourself to be in. Learnt a lot about how different types of death is treated by society as well as the histories behind some of them. Given that Timmermans is a sociology professor, the demands, style and content of this class is quite different from the usual psychology class. Much more focused on ideas, readings and theories and less so on experimental data. if you have some morbid interest in deaths and dying, it is definitely a fun and informative class to take
Fall 2018 - Great class about all sorts of death that you wouldnt want yourself to be in. Learnt a lot about how different types of death is treated by society as well as the histories behind some of them. Given that Timmermans is a sociology professor, the demands, style and content of this class is quite different from the usual psychology class. Much more focused on ideas, readings and theories and less so on experimental data. if you have some morbid interest in deaths and dying, it is definitely a fun and informative class to take
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Fall 2023 - The professor is fantastic, and the class is exciting, especially for pre-med students. The grading system is based on 40% Midterm, 40% Final, 10% Book Reviews, and 10% Discussion Attendance. The TAs are friendly and relaxed, and active participation in discussions should suffice. The Midterm and Final exams were ten pages each, which felt daunting, but considering the number of readings, it was not a significant problem, just a bit tedious. WOULD RECOMMEND!
Fall 2023 - The professor is fantastic, and the class is exciting, especially for pre-med students. The grading system is based on 40% Midterm, 40% Final, 10% Book Reviews, and 10% Discussion Attendance. The TAs are friendly and relaxed, and active participation in discussions should suffice. The Midterm and Final exams were ten pages each, which felt daunting, but considering the number of readings, it was not a significant problem, just a bit tedious. WOULD RECOMMEND!
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