The class was interesting and Professor Bielby was a good lecturer. My biggest critique about this class was the system of grading. Attendance is mandatory which I think is very elementary. If you are even 5 minutes late, the grade on your reading log drops from an A to a B. You are graded on attendance, not the credibility of your work.

Professor Bielby is fantastic. She doesn't do exams just (7) reading logs and a 10 page paper. You honestly don't need to read the readings fully to understand and write reading logs. Just go to your TA's office hours--it really pays off. No need to take notes on lectures, just listen and enjoy!

For this class you have a 2 page paper due every week. The papers are based off of textbook readings which is sometimes over 100 pages. Why bother making us read 100 pages if we only get 2 pages double spaced to write about it? Also, the lecture content has nothing to do with the papers.

Class is once a week so attendance is mandatory and checked! 2 page paper due every week on assigned readings. Readings can be difficult to understand but not impossible! Reading will be the hardest/time consuming part. Final paper is a biography on an elderly person of your choice that is due on the last day of class. No Final or midterm.

Once a week so attendance is 33% of grade. Expected to write 2 page reflections on reading each week. They are graded a little bit harshly. Readings can range from around 10 pages-50+. Final is a 10 page oral biography on a person of your choice. Pretty simple. Lecture isn't important to anything you are graded on. Reading takes up the most time

i like her but the last week is brutal! you will be expected to write a 7 pg paper and a 2 pg paper on top of the work you have for your other classes. I liked her more than Baldwin but less than Abbra, Luna, Tabag, Twine, and Cruz. You have to work for it and you wont get a break. Also expect hand cramping for lectures. i got an A.

About half lecture and half movies. Lectures are boring and she just reads off her slides but the class was very easy. Weekly essays about the readings weren't terrible, she gives feedback on each essay to help you improve.

lectures for half of the class and film for the rest of it she's ok i like her she cool amazing WOW

This professor was one of the best I have ever had. People will say that the readings are long and the 2 page logs due every week are harshly graded - but I disagree. Unless you are inadequate in reading and writing you will do well on the logs. Take this class - I received an A+ and it was one of the easiest courses I have taken in 3 years.

There is so much reading it's insane, especially towards the end of the quarter. She seems inconsiderate in acknowledging that students have a lot of other things going on. Be prepared to read because the logs are graded toughly.

The Prof. is really nice!! Her class was easy all you do is a 2pg paper every week and a final paper (no midterm or final). It's an easy class there is no way you can fail. Since it's once a week attendance is mandatory but you watch a film every week. Good overall. :)

EASY EASY EASY. Just follow directions and you're golden. attendance is mandatory, but it's only once a week so just suck it up and go!

Not a bad class. Notes are pointless, and the final paper is a biography of your grandparent which is really easy to write. class is mandatory but she plays a movie in every class. logs are kind of a pain but her TA told us exactly what to write, just a lot of reading. otherwise its a really interesting class.

This class messed up my entire GPA and caused me to have less time devoted to my other classes. By far worst professor and least understanding.

This class is intense, dont take unless you really really have to and dont have any other option and you are willing to read more than 200 pg a week.

She gets mad even when you get up to use the restroom, I thought this was a undergraduate class not preschool. I will never take her again, she does little lecture and the readings are very extensive. Have fun :)

The grading system does not make sense, the 8 logs are of out 12.5, a 10 being a A-(as indicated on syllabus) and yet when you times 10 by 8 it equals 80 which is a B- therefore the method does not work. Also the attendance is 33%!! She does not indicate how much she takes off if you are late/leave early or do not come to class Take her if you dare

I am in complete compliance with the comments below. She is insensitive to the students and rarely teaches. SHe is conniving and treats the students as if they are inferior. I have NEVER had a worst professor, especially in the SOC department. Instead of the school dropping other classes and professors they need to rid the school of Bielby.

Tons of awful reading,but without real Social content. Grammar is all she cares.Prejudice and insensitive.How comes she's in Sociology dept?. Very interested in Hollywood frivolities,but not in her student's learning.She teaches little and expects a lot from students. Ahh tasteless and stressful class.

I thought PROFESSORS were suppose to actually TEACH!!!! My nephew can put on a movie for me I go to a UC because I want to be taught. She gives excessive readings and expects TOO much on the papers!!!

SHE IS THEE WORST TEACHER EVER!!!!! you watch movies and they are good, but the reading too much.I am a senior and I had NEVER had to read as much as i did in her class. PLUS she has you turn in a 2 page paper every week and grades them hella HARD. and on the last week you have to turn in a 7 page term paper and a 2 pg paper at the same time.

do not take this class, I killed all my other grades because of this class, the movies in class were fun but the work is wayyyyyyyyyyyy tooo much.

RUN AWAY FROM HER AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!!! I would have rather taken an English writing class than taken this prof. This has been my worst quarter b/c of this prof.

If you want to take a class with tons of reading and writing then Bielby is the professor for you. But if you want to actually learn something in the field of Sociology she is someone you want to stay away from. Very particular about grading papers and her TA Ali is horrible.