Examines the gendered dynamics of social relations in social institutions and interactions. We ask the questions: Why do men and women appear to be so different? Why are men and women found in different places in society? Why do gender inequalities persist? This course takes a sociological, intersectional, evidence-based approach to understanding gender as social. Provide students with practice in critical thinking skills as well as an overview of how feminist, social scientists think about gender.
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UnitsOptional
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeUpper division only
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegeShe has so much knowledge to offer and it was such an interesting course to take! I do think that the units material had a lot of work, but the quizzes + discussions were easy points. The 3 papers were fine as long as you carefully follow the instructions. She ended up giving us extra credit too, I definitely recommend taking her!
Nothing to complain about for the lectures, although a bit repetitive. The discussion posts and quizzes are easy points as long as you do them. However, the difficulty of this course comes with the grading of the three writing assignments. Prof. Taylor claims they are graded harsher to compensate for the easiness of the weekly assignments.
Avoid. Never took SOC155 with this professor. Never. I'm good at writing, but the three assignments really hits me. I never received any detailed written feedback from my TA, and all of the TAs are harsh grader. I don't know who can get A in this class.
Lecture credit is mandatory, but I feel like I gained more from her posted lectures from covid rather than in person. She goes on tangents a lot and loves to hear herself talk but the overall class is interesting. The grading criteria of "excellent" isn't clear on essays. Weekly quizzes and 3 papers
I never have a class with such awesome Lectures. They are well-organized and easy to get. However, the assignments are twice a week, 3 pages maximum, and it is very harshly graded the mean score is always 140/200. It has a section of "writing everything excellently ", but we just do not know what does excellently mean.
Every week, quizzes and discussions can be easy ways to earn points. However, the problem lies in assignment #1~3, which constitutes a significant portion of the grade. Despite following all the instructions, the grading for these assignments was very harsh. If you are good at writing, try this course. After this class, I really hate gender things.