This professor is THE best professor that I have had while at UCLA. He is the first professor at UCLA that I have had that genuinely cares about his students and their mental health. His lectures are very entertaining as he loves to make jokes and are also very engaging. He talks fast, so you have to pay attention in lecture but overall the course load and material is very manageable. I also highly recommend going to his office hours. I found them to be very beneficial to my understanding of the material and enjoyed discussing different theorists with him. 10/10 recommend this course.

He definitely cares about his students. The class went through a rough start, as he gave us super hard readings, but once the class gave him feedback the class was actually really doable and I was able to learn a lot from it. He is also funny. If just want the A it is doable, but not easy at all. If you really just want to learn I highly recommend.

Everyone loves Guhin, and he's a really sweet person and a caring, welcoming professor. However, I have to say as far as explaining the actual subject matter, I didn't find him that helpful. The lectures were a little too focused on his ideas and thoughts about the theorists and reading, rather helping students to understand the arguments of each theorist. You could come away from a lecture knowing Guhin's ideas and passions more than with a breakdown of the theory or argument, which is bad because later you have to write a lot of papers about that argument. TAs are helpful to a point with that but it's a crapshoot whether you get a helpful TA or not. In any case be prepared to read a lot and DO NOT get behind on reading.

Super cool fiat lux! Would definitely recommend if you're interested in philosophizing about education in a small(er) group setting. Not gonna lie, 20 students was still too big for me to feel comfortable participating (at least at the time), but I still had a great time listening to everyone's discussions around the readings.

The course structure was a simple reading selection each week, with Prof. Guhin leading the discussion but letting anyone chime in with their thoughts. We covered a bunch of different thinkers from Plato to modern with different philosophies about the purpose of education. It was particularly helpful for me at a time when I wasn't really understanding the colossal and increasingly capital-focused education system I found myself thrust into at UCLA and, although I still think our modern education is deeply flawed (but that's a different story), the class certainly helped with my understanding of where we are.

Of course, everyone will get something different out of it; it's a humanities course. Take this and/or as many other small classes as you can, they're some of the best educational experiences you'll have at this huge school!

Lectures are recorded (not required to attend), there are 3 quizzes throughout the quarter that tests if you have read them, but if you go over the powerpoints and listen to his lecture a couple of times you should be ok. I ended up not reading the readings and still did ok on the quizzes. There are also 2 essays that you have to write on a theorist and how ChatGPT analyzed the theorist wrong. All very straightforward. There are also questionnaires that are basically free points for you to get if you do them.

Professor Guhin is very passionate about sociology and has very engaging lectures. He really cares about his student's mental health, makes jokes (be prepared for dad jokes!), and he's very approachable and kind. The study guides were a bit difficult in my opinion and sometimes during lecture, he placed more emphasis on his own thoughts about the sociologist in question. The tests were a bit tricky in my opinion, but maybe I should have taken better notes. If you take this class, take thorough notes and stay on track with the readings!

Basic rundown: funny guy, cares about his students. talks the whole class - so recording lectures will probably help.
1)Midterm format: 20 questions multiple choice
-he has two midterms with 4 weeks worth of lectures in each one
2)Finals format (cumulative)
-50 multiple choice (fairly easy. 25 of them were from the midterms he gave us. you can study those very easily) and one essay. He gives you 6 prompts a week before the final and he choses two the day of your final and you write about one
HONESTLY: study with a group for the final and you will do just fine. I studied for the final for only one day and I feel like I did fine

Theory is not my favorite, but Soc 102 w Guhin was not too bad. Guhin is really smart and an engaging lecturer, and my favorite parts of the lectures would be when he connected the class content with current political events/real life examples applicable to college life. However, as other reviews have mentioned, I didnt feel like I got a clear understanding of what each theorist was arguing, which made studying for the final tricky. I thought i had a good grasp on the content week by week because of the quizzes every lecture, but the cumulative final wasnt it. He requires handwritten notes and talks quick so i recommend taking the best notes possible during lecture, and then watching it back to fill in what ur missing.

He's a sweet professor! His class consist of 3 papers (1 is a rough draft outline, and one is a final). The papers are revolved around the theorist you choose, which choose wisely because theory is a bit complex. I had a picky TA when it came to my papers, however, the average grades for all these papers were 85-95. Most people got Low A's in their papers for the most part. Also final consist of 2 theorist you write that he chooses randomly for you!

Professor Guhin is amazing. He is very nice and heartwarming. However, by no means was this class an easy A. The content is difficult. Theory overall is difficult so if you want a good grade, be prepared to work for it. He gives out 12 hour grace periods for every assignment except the final, so make sure to take advantage of those opportunities.