Professor Sigmon is AMAZING!!!
Hes a very organized, prepared and often times funny lecturer. he really cares about the success of his students and their understanding of the material. He doesn't try to trick you or mislead you. He's very passionate about his theorists and passionate about teaching!
We learned about 5 different theorists that all ESSENTIAL in sociology and really interesting. There was a decent amount of reading, but to be honest I only did about half of the required reading and used spark notes or online outlets to summarize the rest. He basically reads to you in class, which some thought was pointless, but it helped when you didn't read the previous night. you honestly probably don't even have to read because he makes the material extremely clear and takes away the key concepts you need to know. Attending Section is probably the most important component of this class because my TA, at least, was such a QUEEN and made the, often dense, readings very simple and highlighted he key concepts that arent always so obvious!
The homework was just submitting a response to the reading every Tuesday and Thursday which are just graded for completion and a decent attempt to answer the questions. Don't worry if you do not completely understand the readings or questions because it will all be cleared up in the following lecture and discussion section.
We had 1 midterm, a paper and a final that is basically like a second midterm because it is not accumulative.
The midterm and final were both very straightforward, I recommend studying with a group so that you guys can talk through the concepts and square away and discrepancies.
For reference: I got a 96% on the midterm, A- on the paper, 100% on the final and ended with an A overall.
I definitely recommend taking professor Sigmon if you can !!!!