Don't take his class. His TA was ridiculous and the grading she used was too harsh, even after grading things 4 weeks into the quarter. Prof isn't helpful. Don't set yourself up

Class material was interesting but the TA broke the class. Assignments consisted of ann imaginary grading rubric the TA uses, not the one provided. Sobotka didn't do much to change this after receiving many complaints. Long readings each week, nothing was graded until week 4, uses Iclicker for attendance. I wouldn't recommend this class.

When things were graded, grades were BAD and we were already like 4 assignments in. Awful class, awful amount of reading, unrealistic expectations for students. The midterm and final were insane and also we took the final not during finals week and then literally had another class after ??? Had his finals for both of the classes on the same day

His class was interesting and he made it engaging. However, what bothered me is that after receiving so many complaints about the TA and grading he didn't do anything to try and help. It's not cool when TAs act like the professor. YOU'RE NOT! She was nit picky, went off her own grading system, NEVER responded to emails, and made the class awful.

I'm here to defend Professor Sabotka! He's getting bad reviews because of a TA?? If you take one of his classes with a decent TA you will enjoy the course! He's a great communicator and makes dense theory easy to understand/analyze. He also dropped our two lowest reflection grades because of any late grading issues earlier in the quarter!

Professor was great but the TA caused major issues with no grading until week 4. Very reading-heavy course with 2 long readings a week. Both the midterm and final are strongly based on the readings. If you get a bad grade in the begging good luck! You wont get past a B unless you somehow Ace the final and midterm and or final video project:)

I know so many people who were so excited for this class, and EVERYONE I talked to ended up with the same opinion. Terrible, unresponsive TA who didn't grade any of our WEEKLY assignments until week 4. She did not respond to my email from week one until a MONTH later. Sobotka is a good professor but the class was set up very poorly in my opinion.

TA grades very harsh and gives little to no feedback (makes up her own grading). 2 IN PERSON exams with short answer AND group project after the final exam. He is very knowledgable but the structure of the class made the majority of the class barely pass. Honestly, would not recommend.

Nothing was graded until week 4. Same assignments each week but without getting feed back until midway through...grades were LOW. TA takes forever to grade. Professor is nice but midterm was HARD, many questions didn't make sense. I think the grade average was quite low. Disappointed with this class.

This is for the drugs class, the course number wasn't available. The amount of reading... INSANE. You will read 3-4 lengthy papers/articles/txt book chapters each week and then be expected to remember material from EVERY one for the exam. The study guides for the exams are not helpful at all. The professor is a nice guy I'm sure but omg.

I also took Soc 147 with him! He is the best sociology professor take his classes .

I love Dr. Sobotka. This was my second class with him, and he's wonderful. I enjoyed crafting our experiments. It was helpful to work on the final project throughout the entire quarter. Only one foundational test. Take this class!