Professor Tober's lectures are interesting and engaging. She clearly cares about the subject and her students. She's extremely understanding and a very fair grader. Our exams were both take home and open note and book. I took this as a prerequisite as I'm pre-soc, but I would recommend this to anyone needing an extra class.

Prof Tober was absolutely great and made me want to go to lecture every day. She has a tendency to go off on tangents, but her personality and care for the material makes the class super enjoyable regardless. Grading was based off a take home open internet midterm and final, one short paper, and easy weekly reflections. I would 100% take her again

Tober is super fun and her lectures are super easy to follow. I stopped attending lecture last few weeks and found that they were unnecessary to attend, but section is mandatory with a weekly paper due. my TA was a pretty harsh grader, but otherwise super easy online tests!

Tober is the one professor I've had that seems like she LOVES her job. We had 2 papers, 1 large book review paper, and a final creative project. Our TA was a very harsh grader, but Tober addressed the issues with grading honestly with us, and gave us the chance to fight for the grade we really deserved on papers, which I appreciated.

Graded on online midterm & final, section attendance, weekly forum posts, one paper. Don't BS forum posts; TAs grade fairly but they're not handing you an A. Tober very accommodating given TA strike. Very interesting & organized lectures. Don't know my grade yet (strike) but I think I did well; class was pretty easy and not very time consuming.

I have taken class with Tober before and It was great, class was easy and she is very considerate and understanding. There is kahoot quiz every Thursday based on NYT news, Two essays, midterm and a final creative project of your choice. One of the essays was a book review that I found challenging but everything else was pretty straight forward.

Dr. Tober is such a great professor 10/10 would recommend to any sociology major or anyone that is interested in sociology. She cares a lot about her students, weekly 500 word assignment super easy if you do the reading, one essay, and both midterm and final online multiple choice. I really enjoyed her class and her as a professor.

Love Dr. Tober! She genuinely looks like she loves what she does. Im never bored in her lectures and she always makes little jokes that lift up spirits. Work amount is chill by just completing 500word forum posts and occasional writing prompts but forums are exempted those weeks. She likes getting student feedback and applies it to her teaching.

Professor Tober's lectures are really interesting and although attendance is not mandatory, I still enjoyed going. There is one 500 word assignment per week and it is not graded harshly. Tober talks about many topics that are relevant to the world today and the exams given are very easy and on material covered in lecture.

Professor Tober is great! I have her for soc 1 at the moment, and she's super chill. Her lectures aren't mandatory, the weekly writing assignments are very straightforward(not bad), and it's a very easy gen ed. The lectures are interesting, and I love my ta for my soc 1 section. Reminds me a lot of ap psychology mixed with a history class. 10/10.

Overall she was a good professor. Attendance wasn't mandatory and it was easy to follow along if you weren't able to make it to class. She assigned 3 papers on social movements and weekly quizzes that were easy if you did the readings. I would take her again!

I've taken now 4 courses with Professor Tober. Took Soc 1 with her and it was this course that made me switch into the major. She's honestly amazing and is funny during her lectures. If you have the opportunity to take a class with her, DO IT! You won't regret it.

She was one of my favorite profs! great lecturer, easy 500 word assignments weekly and midterm snd final were very direct

Class is graded with discussion section, weekly forum posts (500 words), one big essay, a midterm and final. Midterm and final are straightforward; got 100% and 93% respectively. Tober is a great speaker; explains things clearly, tying back to personal anecdotes and sometimes jokes. Get TA Trevor A. if you can!

Prof. Tober was amazing that I changed my major to soc! Assignments were weekly posts (500 words) but not hard, just make sure to cite correctly! Section attendance is mandatory. The textbook helped me a lot, and each chapter was $1. 1 midterm, and 1 final + 1 essay on a sociological topic of your choice. Super interesting intro course to take!

Definitely recommend Tober for any class. Only HW is 500 words a week, but not hard as you can cite lecture as source. Section attendance is mandatory. There is required reading weekly, but not really necessary to do as most if not all midterm and final content is covered in lecture. There is one essay, but TAs really help. Take this class!

The professor is awesome shes very cool and the subject matter is easy to enjoy.

I loved this class, and I loved Tober. Her lectures were organized, she used examples from her own life to support the material, and posted stuff online so if you missed class it was no big deal. There's a decent bit of reading each week, but nothing serious, and a weekly forum post that goes off of the material for that week. Def would take again!

This class was seriously easy and enjoyable/applicable. Tober is super cool and relatable, and her lectures were great. Work was a 500-word blog post each week based on the weekly reading/lectures, an article-based research paper, and open-book 50 MC for both midterm and final. Little effort needed for an A, wish I could go back and take it again.

fun and interesting lectures

Dr. Tober was definitely one of my favorite professors that I've had at UCSB thus far. Her lectures were relevant, engaging, funny, personable, and extremely informative. I actually looked forward to going to her lectures and hearing what she had to say each week. Highly recommend and hoping to take more of her classes in the future!!

She is an angel!!!! She is passionate about what she teaches and the sweetest. 2 short essays and a book review but not hard at all!! I love her and her TA is super sweet and helpful as well! Definitely taking more classes w her! 12/10 recommend!

Professor Tober is sweet and an engaging lecturer! SOC1 was an intro class that was very surface level & gave a good overview of sociology. 2 multiple choice midterms (easy, unlimited time), weekly forum posts (500 words), and one informal essay. Grading done by TA. Lecture basically as textbook, so you could skip lecture if you wanted

This is an amazing class I tell everyone to take. Tober is an incredibly clear and engaging lecturer. The time would fly because of how interesting the subjects were and she would always incorporate personal anecdotes. This class made me switch to a double major in sociology. Grading is clear+ fairly easy. TAKE THIS CLASS!!