100% recommend taking this class at some point during your time at UCLA. If you are pre-med this class will help you for the behavioral sciences section of the MCAT. There were a lot of concept overlaps. Sigmon was a very cool professor. Although lecture would sometimes drag I really enjoyed the topics taught in class and the case studies he chose for us to look over. There is 1 mid term and a final paper as well as a final exam. I took this class online and I thought he adapted very well to the new circumstances. If you are also just looking for a light load GE class with interesting concepts I would recommend this class. As long as you read the weekly readings he gives you'll do great in the class.

Professor Sigmon is a great lecturer and his slides are interesting. Since this quarter is online, he pre-records all of his lectures and posts them on CCLE before the "actual meeting time." Normally, this class would require some memorization, but he kindly made his tests open book (also because of online learning). The only downsides are the mandatory discussions and the workload (for a GE) since we have to read at least 6 articles every week and submit a 400-500 word reflection. However, if the students are willing to put in the work there's noway that anyone would get grades below an A. Overall, this is a great class and people would enjoy it a lot.

Professor Sigmon did a great job under difficult circumstances. Amidst the transition to online learning, Sigmon's lectures were still engaging and interesting. Under high duress, student concerns were heard and addressed, and the class was run in an organized manner. Additionally, my TA Justin Breck was great.

Def recommend Sigmon! I learned a lot and didn't have to stress out. The class focuses a lot on his slides, which he posts online every week and are pretty basic/clear to follow. He makes it really easy to study for exams by providing these slides and a study guide. Def knows his stuff and is pretty chill. Just don't walk out of class early cause he will make fun of you for it once you leave the room lol

this class was very easy, it was also an interesting class as well. The professor is a little boring but I did enjoy how he incorporated a lot of videos in the class. The exams are very easy, but you should still study for them. The class was well organized and the grade distribution was very fair. Overall the class was good and I would definitely recommend it with him as a GE.

I highly recommend Sociology 1 with Professor Sigmon. I especially recommend it as a GE for incoming freshmen because I think it is very manageable and a good class to get used to college. His lectures are very clear and organized. He uploads the slides online, but I recommend going to class because Sigmon is just a great professor and answers questions during lecture.
The final is not cumulative and the midterm and final are structured the same. Just finish the study guides he provides, memorize them, and then go over the lecture slides and your notes.
The readings can be challenging and long, but if you read them and get the main ideas, then that's fine. You don't need to know all the information in the readings because Sigmon lectures on what you need to know from them. You do have to provide weekly responses to the readings, which was not difficult at all.
For the essay, Sigmon provides you with several prompts. Just choose one that is interesting to you and write it early. Sometimes TAs will schedule individual appointments where they go over your essay which is very helpful.
Most importantly, the information you will learn is very interesting and often makes you think about the world a little differently.

TAKE THIS FOR AN EASY A. Our entire grade was one midterm, one final, and one paper that the TA's literally guide you through. You have to submit weekly responses (150 words) but the material is easy and straightforward. The professor posts the slides, so you literally never need to go to lecture. I got an A and I only studied a day before the test.

I absolutely loved taking this class with Professor Sigmon! He was genuinely super funny, likable, and an overall great professor. I always take notes by hand and he goes at a very good pace for that. Even if you don't get everything down, he does upload slides to CCLE. The slides highlight the main points of what he discusses and are thorough enough that you can read & understand them on their own.
The exams in this class were extremely reasonable. For both, I went through the uploaded slides and completed the study guide he provides and just studied that and I got a high A on both. The tests consist of a few parts: a fill-in-the-blank of quotes (most of these are common sense & moreso test your understanding of concepts rather than memorization of specific quotes), true or false (with explanation if false), MC, and short answers (more in depth versions of the MC, test understanding of different theories/elements of a theory.) If you study even a little bit and pay attention in class/read the slides you'll be golden.
The readings could get kind of dense, particularly the older ones, but if you get stuck, a lot of the readings are rephrased/summarized online. You just need to understand the main points of the readings so you can have context for discussion and concepts talked about in lecture. (The readings are usually used as a 'jumping off' point for concepts in lecture).
Lectures were always engaging. He'll often take questions from the room & he's chill enough that people felt comfortable speaking in my class so we would often spend a decent chunk of class asking Q's/giving input. I will say he didn't use a mic when I had him and isn't super super loud so if you're in a big room it's probably best to sit a little bit closer. We sometimes watched videos in class to expand on concepts (mostly bits of documentaries). I felt the use of the docus was really interesting & well integrated. You only really need the main points of the clips from the slides so you could watch the clips without being worried about notetaking.
The essay prompt is broad enough that you can write about something that truly interests you so that's a plus. Talking with your TA can help ensure you're headed in the right direction.
Like I said, I loved this class! Because of this class, I even switched my major to sociology. I highly, highly recommend!

I absolutely love this class. It is informative and interesting, and EASY. The course materials perfectly fit my expectation for a sociology intro class. Professor Sigmon is engaging and funny. He explains the reading very well in class, and use many examples to help us understand. The workload is relatively low, about five readings a week 8 pages long in average. Several readings are harder than most others(which are super easy and fun to read), but again, Sigmon did a great job summarizing and explaining them, so don't worry at all.
There was one midterm, one five-page-long paper and the final. Tests contain word banks, MC, T or F, and short answers. They are very easy in my opinion, basically you just need to memorize everything on his slides(available on CCLE). Also he provided study guides, which are very helpful. And for the paper, you can basically write about any topic you want, just write about it sociologically, and you will definitely end up with an A, and love sociology.

I absolutely loved this class and Professor Sigmon! He genuinely cares about his students and teaches the material in a concise, interesting way. I love his sense of humor and engaging lecturing style that makes me love coming to class. He makes learning sociology super fun, is often cracking jokes, and is an overall wonderful professor. His exams were very straightforward, and he will only test you on material that has been discussed in class. I found that even if you did not do all the readings, as long as you understand everything on his lecture slides, you will do just fine! Overall, the exams were rather easy and the information tested was very much a reflection of the lecture slides. He will only test you on material that he has explicitly talked about, so there is no ambiguity. Overall, I owe it to this class and Professor Sigmon for sparking my interest in Sociology. I had him as a professor again for Sociology 101, and will miss him very much!