This class is a joke. You can learn everything in the class by just reading Bernard's book that he requires. The second book is useless and do not even buy it, you do not need it for the weekly assignments, discussions sections, or the final. The lectures as very dull, quiet, and unnecessary. He did not go over anything that was needed in the assignments, book, or the final. Over time, fewer and fewer people showed up, and I started to attend the lecture every other class. One day, there were only 20 of us, out of 150.
There are weekly assignments, some require you to go out and do some fieldwork, which can be fun or intimidating. My TA was Eric and he was very helpful. Those fieldwork assignments are 50 percent of your grade, and the final is like a bigger version of the assignments, which is 25 percent of your grade. There are strict guidelines, and if you follow them, you will end up with a grade you'd like.
I would not recommend Fiske but I did learn a lot in this class.

Professor Fiske's teaching approach is incredibly unproductive. His lectures are as educational
as sitting in a quiet dark room alone. His critical question assignments do not encourage you to deeply engage with the material. You find something you're curious about, you write it down, and that's it. I wasn't encouraged to think beyond that. Not helpful whatsoever. He has constant microphone issues which he ignores, so you can never hear him. Terribly uninteresting but an easy A.

Professor Fiske made very little effort to engage the class in the course material. Besides requiring reading and lecture responses every class, he rarely assigned materials meant to teach the class about Field Methods. There were no lecture materials besides some random words written on the board, and most "lectures" were overly long personal anecdotal stories that had little to do with the readings/ subjects assigned for that day. The assignments also provided little to no excitement, as they all covered similar situations, and none of them had a rubric attached. Students were essentially told to create their own "research assignments" using a short prompt provided on the syllabus. Grading was also abysmal, as all "assignments" were graded on his own grading scale (which students are not privy to) and were never graded punctually. Even during finals week, students have no idea what grade they have, as only 4-5 of over 40 assignments have been graded (not including the bigger "research assignments"). I can confidently say that everything I learned in this class came from the assigned textbook, not the professor himself. I hope his next classes have a better experience, but currently, I would not recommend it for anyone looking to gain something positive.

Lectures were mostly stories that vaguely helped you get an idea of problems that arise in field work, but otherwise they weren't very helpful. Prof's mic often cut out and even when it worked he mumbled a lot and was hard to hear/understand. He also went through the few slides which had new information too fast for me to take any notes. It felt really discouraging and unhelpful so most of the class stopped coming to lectures by midterms. The Bernard textbook has everything you need. TAs determined your grade. Pretty easy and kind of disappointing overall. The fieldwork assignments are what you make of them, though- if you want to try fieldwork, this is a (relatively) good free space to start from.