Professor Tober made this class much easier to understand. We had 5 assignments total and a lot of time is giving to complete them, and we go over a lot of it in class and in section. Attendance is not mandatory but going to class would make it much easier. Shes the best!

Dr. Tober is absolutely the best! I transferred in as a SOC major and was hating the profs in the department. She turned things around for me. She's passionate about the field and her research. Attendance is taken every week, 1 fairly easy online reading quiz per week, and final is a research project which includes every other week assignments.

Dr. Tober is amazing I hope to have her again in a future class. Lectures felt unnecessary at times since she only emphasized weekly reading material, but I enjoyed them. Weekly quizzes and readings were simple, be on top of your one paper and you'll be fine. Take studying for midterm and final seriously since they way a ton in grade book!!

I didn't really go to lecture because most of it is a repeat of the textbook (section is too, but that's mandatory) and sometimes she gets into stories so long that you can't get through the lesson. Weekly reading quizzes, one midterm, one paper, and the final. The content is interesting and not difficult to understand. Overall very easy GE

You don't need to attend lectures, however, she does pull some info from the slides to put in the midterm and final! Lectures felt pointless and boring. Section is mandatory and had repeat information of the textbook. To succeed in the class, you gotta read the chapters and take notes. There are reading quizzes online that are easy. Easy GE overall

Lectures were interesting, Tober is conversational, material isn't too difficult. Decent amount of rendering, weekly quizzes based on it, one short essay. One midterm and final which are a lot like the quizzes, helps if you study. Overall a pretty easy class and Tober is nice.

very chill class. attendence is not mandatory, but part of our grade is in-class group work (not that bad) assigned on random days. grade book was weekly online quizzes that were very easy, in-class assignments, one book report, and a final project that could be done in a group where you create a social movement proposal. she makes it very doable.

This class is very textbook heavy, but it costs 14$ and you can get a lot of the content from scanning for names, sociological terms, and using the bolder words. You do need to study but it is 1 paper, section, midterm, and final. Biggest problem is she is not clear on what the tests focus on and it can be anything from the textbook or lecture.

two required textbooks and weekly reading quizzes. a book review for midterm and final group project instead of final exam. this is my third class with tara tober and she's an amazing professor. interesting class too, so i would highly recommend.

Tara Tober is a GOAT. Her lectures feel like professional Ted Talks and are very interesting. You don't need to go to lecture and she posts slides. There is ~50 pages a week of reading, but it was easy to read. You can get away with not reading, and the quizzes are online. One writing assignment that was very short and you could choose any topic.

I really enjoyed intro to soc, as a sociology major, but I would definitely recommend it to anyone as an easy GE. There was 1 midterm, 1 final, 1 relatively easy project, and weekly reading quizzes (online.) The weekly readings were pretty interesting but not necessary to pass. Tober makes lectures very engaging!

I really enjoyed intro to soc, as a sociology major, but I would highly recommend it as an easy GE. There was 1 midterm, 1 final, 1 pretty easy project, and easy weekly reading quizzes (but they were online.) There is weekly reading, that's pretty interesting but you definitely don't have to do it to pass.

She's really cool

There's a reason why she has a 5/5. Take her!!!!!

Literally the best prof I've had at UCSB. weekly quizzes on readings, 2 essays and 1 final op ed. She dropped 2 quizzes which helped me a lot. She is so real and I appreciate her openness with the material. Lots of respect for her.

Lectures were pretty interesting, and Tober is a very engaging lecturer. Weekly homework quizzes were based off of a reasonable amount of textbook reading, but this weekly work can all be done within an hour. Graded by a midterm, final, project, and the HW quizzes, which are all easy given a little bit of effort. Overall, recommend for an easy GE.

I would HIGHLY suggest taking Tober for soc 1 if you have the chance! The only reason I received the grade I got i because I didn't study as hard as I could have. Amazing TA's and an amazing class. She never fails to engage with her class and make them excited to learn about soc 1. Theres 1 midterm test and an essay paper then a final.

Great professor. The lectures were organized and interesting. Midterm and Final were multiple choice and matching answers was fairly easy. Timed quizzes every week based on the readings and if you skimmed the readings it wasn't hard, some were super easy. There was one really confusing and hard assignment but even failing that I still passed.

i loved professor tober. she was an engaging speaker and i enjoyed lecture. the quizzes weren't hard because they were basically open note and the midterm/final was easy if you just studied. she gives a lot of resources for you to prepare for exams. i'd definitely recommend taking her class

take this class!! super interesting lectures but the concepts were fairly easy so not hard to study for. I felt like this class was graded very fairly. I missed half the lectures and still got an A. I would recommend doing the readings each week. she made me have an interest in sociology, plus my TA was awesome!

Tober is probably the best Sociology professor at UCSB in myopinion. She explains the theories and concepts of the course very well. Her canvas is easy to understand. There's 2 papers, a mandatory midterm, and one final project/paper. TA grades everything except midterm and final. Just take the course you won't regret it.

super easy class as long as you do the reading and put in some effort should be an easy A. attendance isn't mandatory so i would skip lecture to study for my other classes and still ended with an A. section attendance is mandatory and the class has two exams and one essay along with weekly reading quizzes.

Easy class and all her lectures are uploaded. We had weekly NYT Kahoots, 1 essay, 1 book review, and for the final it's dealers choice. For the midterm, she gives a study guide with all possible questions that could be on the exam. Mandatory attendance for 8 am.

Honestly this class is not hard at all. There were weekly chapter readings, with a text book that costs one dollar per chapter (super cheap), and one weekly reading quiz. Attendance is not mandatory, but section might be. Also no study guide, but make sure to take notes while reading and learn the vocab. and you will be good. She is super sweet.