He is so passionate and helpful! We had guest speakers in class at least once a week including teenage juvenile delinquents, a cop, etc. Really encouraging and is NOT tricking you and wants you to do well!
Rios is an amazing professor. He is very passionate about his work. Very intellectual and funny guy. 5 parts to class 20%, attendance, participation, midterm, online responses and final. Lots of reading, textbooks are required for online responses and class "reflections". Likes hearing out perspective. Highly recommend him :)
While I enjoyed this class and attended every discussion, I found that the class was mostly self-guided as we completed our research projects. My grade was an "A—;" however, my grade was entered as a "B" because I did not raise my hand enough or speak up in class, which is an arbitrary reason to mark someone down. This wasn't communicated.
Gives you the questions before the midterm and the topics before the final! Allows you to use a cheat sheet - very interesting class! Professor Rios allowed me to view things in a different perspective. Reading wasn't too bad, but sometimes annoying. Easy A overall.
I cannot say enough about Rios. Best prof I have ever had and I will remember him for the rest of my life. He changed my idea of sociology, and I've never looked forward to going to lecture so much. He's is amazing. So smart, inspirational and just a stand-up guy.
Enthusiastic about teaching. Pretty straight forward. Go to class and understand concepts and you will do well.
This has by far been my favorite class. Midterm and final are straightforward, I went to the reviews my TA held. I also did about 90% of the readings which was not too much but the material was kinda hard to understand. Still a great class, and I think he's a great prof.
My best prof in UCSB! Awesome, fun and easy.
Interesting materials, but lectures are unengaging because they are far too basic
Professor Rios has been my favorite professor thus far. I was in the honors section so I got to know him on a personal level and he's extremely enthusiastic and inspirational. He didn't try to be intimidating at all and always insisted that he learns as much from his students as they learn from him. He truly cares about his students!
Definitely one of the best professors I've had here. He's so passionate and interesting. His class was one of the reasons why I switched to Sociology. I look forward to taking other classes he teaches!
I learned how to use my sociological imagination. I now see my world very differently than before.
This class was a breeze. Honestly, Rios is an amazing professor, as well as a fantastic person in general. The class is super interesting if you enjoy humanities, yet, you HAVE to do the readings. Midterm and final require you to know and analyze the readings. You post every few days about the readings for credit. Overall, I miss the class tbh.
A super easy class but also very interesting and thought provoking. Throughout the quarter the were numerous opportunities for extra credit, but all you really have to do to get a good grade is do the readings and the weekly responses. The only thing is that section participation, not attendance is 25% of your grade.
This class was easily the best class I have ever taken.
Rios is so passionate about teaching this course and he genuinely cares about his students. The class was really easy. You just have to do responses and weekly assignments based on the textbooks. The midterm and final is based on the reading so make sure to do that.
Dr Rios is a good professor and the class has thought-provoking texts, but he isn't all that interesting. The class seems geared for people who aren't very curious/thoughtful about the social world. That being said, I still really enjoyed the class.
GREAT PROF! Took him my first quarter at UCSB and looked forward to class everyday. There are iclicker points but sometimes he doesnt count them. Show up to class and participate. Try to show up to section but its not really mandatory. Some TA's take attendance but mine forgot a couple times. I think this is the easiest class I took. Easier than HS
Great professor! He is really passionate and is always there for help if needed. Reading responses each week and lets you have a page of notes for midterm and final. Lots of reading, but concepts were interesting. iclicker every day so you have to go to class!
Dr. Rios is amazing. Very caring guy and very personable. He wants to connect to his students. The class is very easy, but it is also engaging and interesting. GREAT professor. I will for sure take any class taught by him.
Professor Rios was an amazing professor to have the opportunity to take a class with. He is very adamant about social justice, and very very experienced in his line of research and expertise. He had very inspirational lectures and guest speakers. Concept-heavy class, reading isn't necessary but would help for tests! GREAT, KIND, CARING GUY!!!
Rios is human goals.
Professor Rios was amazing! His lectures are almost always interesting and I actually looked forward to attending his class. He sometimes posts lectures online, but I wouldn't rely on that. And there are (easy) iClicker questions pretty much every lecture. Only tests were the midterm and final, but has a few simple projects. Would deff take again.
If it wasn't for the iClicker, I would not come to class. Rios is so incredibly inspiring and nice but he is also incredibly monotone to the point where I always find myself leaving 45 minutes in. Sometimes intense discussion occurs during lecture which I find pretty amusing. Other than that, wish he would be less monotone and more exciting.
