LOVE ELENA! Her lectures are super interesting and shes very passionate about her lectures. She's so sweet and it's evident she cares about her students and wants us to do well. However, weekly group slides are graded by TA and their response can be tedious and critical.

Easy class overall. The structure of the class is confusing in the beginning but shes always open to answer questions. Group work is a HUGE part of the course, so pray you'll get good partners. Group ppt projects and 2 discussion posts per week. It sounds like a lot but its manageable. Meets in person for lecture 1x/week. Accepts regraded work

Very straightforward SOC class. I enjoyed it, but didn't feel like I learned a whole lot (kinda just reiterated basics from other classes). Group projects every week but pretty easy and seemed to be graded mostly for completion. Thorough slides and interesting discussions. Overall I would recommend.

first class with her and i can say that i am looking forward to taking more classes with her! she's so chill and actually cares about her students. i'd say that the work is manageable. weekly discussion posts, quizzes, and group projects, there is also an attendance portion and the final paper

TAKE HER!!

I have taken three classes with professor Raymond now and she is genuinely one of my favorite professors at UCSB. The courses consists of group work, weekly quizzes, discussion posts, and a five page final paper. I found myself putting about two hours of outside class time a week into this course and got an A in every class. I would recommend!!