MUST TAKE PROFESSOR FERGUSON FOR SOCIOL 101! Sociology 101 text is very dense and hard to understand, but he made this course very enjoyable. Professor Ferguson gave very engaging lectures, and he made us love all the assigned readings. We just had a midterm (750-word essay x 2), theory in action paper (1,300-word essay), and a final (750-word essay x 2). (NO weekly homework or quizzes!) He was very accommodating and gave everyone due date extensions. (Also, take Wisam Alshaibi as TA if possible. He's amazing as well!)

The material in this class was very challenging and it takes a lot of work to really understand it. Professor Ferguson is clearly passionate about the material and that makes you want to engage more with it. He was very helpful in office hours and took the time to explain to me how to be successful in the course which really helps. He acknowledges that it is really difficult material and has extended deadlines on more than one occasion to help students out. Assignments consist of a midterm and a final, both of which were two short essay questions, and a "Theory in Action" paper, which has a lot of freedom in how you write it.

It may seem like Professor Ferguson is tough but he really just wants students to learn and succeed, not just give us the easy way out. I can tell he really wants us to get the most out of our education.

The material for this course is difficult. I felt as though Professor Ferguson always came to class in a positive mood and tried his best to make the class environment engaging, despite the dense material. He extended deadlines when many students were overwhelmed and had a fair grading scale on our essays. His lectures consisted of him talking, sometimes with a blackboard feature where he would make sparse handwritten notes. Many students would have benefitted from better visuals, but overall the lectures were fairly interesting. Professor Ferguson was pretty flexible and did a good job teaching Soc 101, which is a difficult class.