Professor Sigmon is one of those Professors that you either love or hate. His lecture style consists of mainly reading off his slides, adding comments on the slides, and rinse and repeat. Occasionally he will show a video to demonstrate the concept that is he is going over, but they are really rare. Do I like his lecture style? At first no, I thought it was really boring. Then, the more you realize you don't need to read at all for his class AND his comments usually summarize the slides in a succinct way, the class just clicked for me. This is not universal though. Not everyone will have it "click" like it did for me and be wary that this is how he will lecture for the entire quarter. He tells you everything he needs to tell you and you honestly only need the slides to get through the course.

Structure of the class was midterm, paper, and then final with the paper due a few days prior to the final. For both exams, it's going to be short answer question. Since the TA strike happened, the final became multiple choice. As long as you study the slides you really don't need to worry. The paper was just a compare and contrast analysis of two sociologists that Sigmon asks you to compare. Not hard at all. I'd recommend the guy; he's genuinely a cool dude, but his lecture style is not for everyone.

Sigmon is literally the easiest professor ever. His lectures are lowkey boring but he says the information necessary to get an A on the midterm and exam, and that's all that really matters. There's no homework besides weekly reflections that only need to be 250 words. He wears the same button-up flannel every day and I love it. I'm also taking SOCIOL 102 with him this quarter so I would totally recommend taking him again. I've seen some mixed reviews about it and I guess you either love Sigmon or you don't, but tbh as long as you pay attention during lectures, you literally don't have to do anything else.

I really loved sigmon’s class. A king. I’ve taken theory courses before & absolutely remembered NOTHING but in sigmon’s class I have retained almost 90% of the information. I, for some reason, never understood concepts by theorists like Marx & Nietzsche, but he made me be able to understand everything. It was an interesting class... sometimes boring tho haha

Some people were complaining about his exam this year (it was all multiple choice) & how it didn’t test on conceptual facts but rather specific facts directly from his lecture... but personally I think this is easier. I took detailed notes in class & copied his lecture down word for word then read my notes after every class.

I mean I don’t like short answer exams so maybe I’m biased towards his exams.

Professor Sigmon also does an excellent job at summarizing & going into detail about the specific readings we had to do. A lot of the readings are dense so even after reading, I tended to not understand everything that was talked about but after watching the lectures, everything made sense.

We also had an essay which really just depends on who you have for your section TA.

Basically, if you want to pass this class, watch & take notes on all the lectures (don’t procrastinate) & then read the lecture notes so you can retain the info. Skim the readings before lecture though so that lecture makes more sense rather than you trying to learn all this new info by yourself.

Sigmon wants us to succeed!! Good luck

This was my first class ever at UCLA, and though challenging, I really felt like I learned a lot in this class! The TAs and the professors were super helpful, you just have to be willing to put in the time and energy needed in order to do good in the class! :)

The class itself is quite interesting. I enjoyed many of the readings of people such as Marx, Nietzsche, and Durkheim. It is difficult though. There were many readings and the tests were very difficult to get above a 90%. I studied an insane amount for them and only managed mid to low A's on them. Almost impossible to get an A+, and many will struggle to even get a B+. I'd recommend not taking 4 classes if this is one of them like I did, but do what you want.

Professor Sigmon is a fairly nice guy though. Going to TA office hours is pretty much mandatory unless you might be screwed for the midterm and final, which are short essays about the topics we read and learned about. We also have short essays due every week.

10/10 recommend! Each week you're expected to: read excerpts from sociological theorists, respond to 1 discussion post relating to the materials (two due dates, you'll pick which one you want to do), and attend discussion to go over the readings and course content. Lectures are non-mandatory with slides uploaded after, but they are really helpful as Prof Sigmon uses said slides to break down the material. He makes a lot of great modern analogies to help the trickier parts feel more digestible and has a good sense of humor too! Some might find lecture a bit boring, but it's not very long, and I'd say nearly half the classes we got let out at least 15 minutes early (just depends on how much material we needed to cover). Mid-term and final are both long-answer questions that mimic the weekly discussion format. Prof Sigmon releases a list of topics the week before, so that's super helpful! Probably the best sociology class I've taken, DEFINITELY the best in relation to sociological theory!

HE IS EXTREMELY BORING. he's like a robot and his voice makes me so sleepy. I went to every class before midterm but i didn't think it was useful. after midterm I basically skipped all the classes (Luckily he didn't take attendance LOL). However, his slides are clear and studying his slides on your own after class will get you an A in midterm and final. His discussion grade depends on how the TA evaluates it. The weekly assignment is to read the material and answer questions on canvas. Honestly, I don't think my TA was any help. But I would still take soc102 with him because his SLIDE IS EVERYTHING.

Professor Sigmon is by far my favorite professor at UCLA. His class consists of weekly discussion posts, a midterm exam, and a final exam. His lecture slides are very easy to follow along with and cover everything that will be on the exams, which are all free response questions. Participation matters for the discussion section but is not mandatory for the lectures. The discussion questions are based on the reading but I've learned to do the reading as I'm answering the questions. He posts his slides at the end of the week so missing a class or two won't be an issue. To prepare for the exams, the TA's provide additional office hours and review sessions to go over the topics that will be covered. Note that this class is not one that you can simply memorize. Instead, it's critical to thoroughly understand the concepts and different sociologists discussed in order to do well on the free response questions. Overall this class is super easy to stay on top of and doesn't require a ton of work in comparison to other classes. As long as you study for the exams while putting effort into the weekly discussions, you will do great in the class!

Professor Sigmon is an above average lecturer, if you remember most the content of the lecture slides, you basically get an free A.

He is an a******. The TA is tough grader as well. If you are international student, he will destroy your GPA.