I loved this class! Prof. Collett is one of the best professors I have had at my time at UCLA. Her lectures are engaging, relatable, and interesting. She has a way of speaking that keeps you paying attention and she uses great examples to support her speaking points. She is a really kind person and I would recommend visiting her at office hours if there is any confusion. I had trouble coming off the waitlist initially, but she was very helpful and got me into the class. She seems like she really cares about her students.

Yes, there are graded iClicker questions every lecture, though honestly they boosted my grade in the end. At first I didn't like them, but eventually you get used to them and do better. They also made it so the information is fresh in your head so you don't have to study as hard for the exams (which are 18% of your grade each and there are three).

I would highly recommend this professor.

EASY GE. Studied less than 2 hours for all the midterms and final, and the lowest grade I got was a 94. The two midterms and the final are all the same length which was nice, because the final didn't stress me out (since it also wasn't cumulative). Lectures are engaging and she uses lots of examples that will pop up on exams. The only thing is that there are iClicker quizzes every class, on the readings for the day. Having readings due every class felt like a burden, but they usually only took me an hour to finish them, while also taking notes on them. Really easy to get an A in this class, hard to get an A+, I was less than 1 point away, but she only gives A+s to grades above 100%. Besides that, I would def recommend Soc 1 with Professor Collett for an easy A and interesting material! Holly was my TA and she was great too!

Prof. Collett was amazing. The readings for this class are very intriguing and eye opening. We did not have a textbook, rather a book of journal articles, ethnographies , etc. Her class is not structured solely around tests, participation, assignments, and in lecture quizzes are all portions of the grading. Her tests are MC and short answers directly related to assigned readings and lecture topics.

I thoroughly enjoyed this class and had an amazing TA (Angela) and definitely walked away from the class with a lot more than just a good grade :)

Pros:
- Interesting content, easy to understand
- Class is very well-organized
- Pre-recorded lecture videos, can watch on your own time
- Lecture videos are edited to be clear and easy to follow. NOT like other classes, where it's just a boring slideshow and the professor droning on about one subject for like 5 hours
- Ample opportunities for extra credit
- Professor Collett is an awesome lecturer!

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Cons:
- You will have to take good notes for the lectures and readings. Trust me.
- This class will keep you busy, expect to spend at least 3-4 days out of the week watching lectures, doing readings and homework, and posting on the discussion forum.
- Participation counts in discussion sections, so you have to speak up.

I took this as a fully asynchronous class, and the workload was extremely manageable. You learn 2-3 new topics each week through readings, lectures, and discussion forums. For most weeks, I completed all my work for the week in one day. I will say that the readings could be long and tedious at times, but they were usually pretty interesting as well. Professor Collett's lectures are also great because she always includes clear analogies and examples for the concepts that she introduces. Though the exams for this class weren't cumulative in the traditional sense, I still found them to be somewhat difficult. After the second midterm, Professor Collett showed us the grade distributions for the class and the average grade was an A. Overall I'd definitely recommend this class. Professor Collett is a great professor, the content is very interesting, and the workload is not bad at all.

I'm honestly glad I took this class because I learned so much and most of it was interesting. The readings got burdensome sometimes but the iclicker quizzes every lecture kept you on top of your readings. I would say her tests were fair and she has this rule if less than 50% of the class misses a question she takes it out, and if you got it correct you get extra points (this goes for iclicker questions and tests). I realized I actually liked going to this lecture and it never seemed like a drag to get out of bed. She gives so many examples from readings and real life that help you visualize concepts. Take it, just do it.

Professor Collett is so amazing!!!! Her class was really well organized and structured for optimal student learning. She really cares about her students and their success in the class. The material is super interesting and she is very engaging and does her best to make sure everyone is on the same page. the exams are not tricky, and if you attend class and understand the material you will be 100% fine. the only thing a little tricky are the essay portions of the exams because they require you to be VERY specific. This class was a 10/10!!
Side note: my TA, Holly, was super helpful and prepared us well for exams!!

Professor Collett is one of the best, if not the best, teacher there is at UCLA. She is extremely organized with all of her tests and due dates. You will know when everything is due, all exam dates, and the grade breakdown before the first day you step into class. The exams aren’t hard as long as you go to class and keep up with the readings. She will often give away answers to clicker questions and exams if you listen in lecture. There are a lot of readings, but you don’t need to complete them before the clicker test because a lot of it is common sense. However, you should stay on top of them because they’re important and actually really interesting. Clicker questions are a downfall, but she does drop 6 of them and drops questions of over 50% of students get them wrong, so I ended up with some extra credit from them. The sections are helpful and she provides a lot of opportunities for study sessions before exams. 10/10 recommend this class.

Prof. Collett is a great professor and she really cares about her students. Her lectures are organized and she uploads all materials on CCLE, which is great and helpful for review. She uploads slides before lectures and gives out outlines at the beginning of slides, which can help you have an idea about what will be discussed in lectures. In lectures, she take everyday examples and examples from readings to illustrate abstract concepts, and those examples are usually vivid and interesting. Also, you need to take iClicker quizzes for readings in almost every lecture. Sometimes, those quizzes are tricky, but to be honest, they are really helpful to your further understanding of readings and their connections to lectures, and they are also helpful to having a sense of what multiple questions will be like in exams. Homework is almost all about reading. Sometimes, there is a sort of heavy workload for reading but they are quite interesting and I really enjoy doing those readings. Tests are not so hard as long as you engage in lectures and do those readings (which are really important!). Generally speaking, Prof. Collett is the kind of professor that I am willing to take further courses with.

I took this class as a GE. While the class was interesting, it was also a ton of work, more than I expected. Each week we had readings, lectures, and quizzes due Wednesday, then discussion posts on Thursday and Friday. Every part of the class was tied to our understanding of the weekly readings, so these were really important. The class was a lot of work, but I really enjoyed learning the basics of sociology.