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.

This class is honestly interesting, I really enjoyed every single lecture because I did not know there were so may types of suicide. I am not a sociology major but I took this class for upper division credits. There is a good amount of reading in this class but nothing is impossible. One thing about him and that he does not accept late work at all, unless you are an athlete or have special accommodation. Late work is not accepted for no reason, I personally did not have a problem with this but if you tend to turn in late work often then do not procrastinate. He does not give a lot of homework anyways. Would definitely recommend this professor to anyone who is looking for upper division credits.