Great class. All of Placek's classes are wonderful to take. Getting an A is straightforward and you'll often end up watching interesting movies like I did as part of a workbook assignment. A ton of extra credit.

Great, fairly easy, and well-structured class! Workload includes: an introductory and conclusion discussion post, two workbooks (each have 3-4 essay-style questions that require 4 paragraphs each and tie into lectures/readings), and 4 quizzes/tests. The workbooks sound hefty, but you work on them throughout the quarter (I believe the due dates were a month apart). Attendance is NOT mandatory (it is a really interactive, engaging setting though!) and Dr. Placek uploads the recorded lectures + slides + goes through a provided study guide, which is all you need to study for the tests/quizzes. Said tests are pretty in-depth, so you definitely need to study for it. As long as you fill out your study guide, which Dr. Placek is happy to go over with in and out of class, you'll be fine. Dr. Placek also pushed back just about every assignment to give us extra time. She really cares about her students and wants you to succeed! I'd say this is a pretty easy, laidback class, I just wouldn't procrastinate the assignments down to the day before - give yourself some time with the material (which is really interesting) and you'll be good to go!

One of the best instructors I have ever had throughout my entire educational experience. The workload for this class was extremely manageable and easy to follow as long as you pay attention to the lectures which were extremely interesting. Professor Plaček provided weekly study guides which helped so much with understanding class material and the quiz questions were basically based on these study guides! The class had three quizzes (around 45-65 t/f and multiple choice questions each with 100 min time limit through respondous), two workbook assignment (3-4 mini essays each workbook), an intro and conclusion discussion post, and some optional extra credit assignments (up to six points worth). Lectures were also recorded with subtitles and attendance was not mandatory!

I thought everything was decently good . I was not amazed, but I was also not disappointed.

I felt like the workbooks and quizzes were appropriate assessments of my learning. Neither provoked anxiety and I felt like my expectations were very clear.

Love Dr. Plaček. Course load consisted of two workbooks/quizzes. Quizzes are straightforward, as they are all t/f, matching or multiple choice. Accommodating and one of the best sociology professors at UCLA hands down!

We were quizzed on gay porn on an exam. That pretty much sums it up. Honestly felt more like a gender studies class than a SOC class. Lectures are very engaging but the slides are not very helpful as they are cluttered and disorganized. A study guide is provided for the exams but there's just so much content it's a little overwhelming.

Class is interesting and extremely easy with Dr. Placek. I ended with significantly over 100% just by attending/watching lectures and studying for a few hours before taking the online quizzes. Take this class imo. Professor is also nice and helpful.

Your grade in the class is essentially determined by three quizzes, two writing assignments called workbooks, and a nice chunk of extra credit. A lot of students will find the quizzes difficult since they focus on details; however, Dr. Placek also posts review guides and completely bases the quizzes on them. So if you're good at rote memorization, you'll be able to score well on the quizzes; otherwise, study consistently and ask her for help (aka asking her the answer on a review guide question - she'll give it!) . Workbooks are quite doable - technically, they are a compilation of a weekly writing assignment so if you're on top of it, you would be writing around four paragraphs each week. And she didn't require a works cited page. Lastly, she offers generous extra credit.
Placek's lecturing style is quite disorganized and she often seems to jump from concept to concept without really connecting them, which I disliked. However, she does record lectures. Ultimately, I would take her again; however, I think many would disagree because of her quizzes.

Please do not take this class if you want to remain mentally sane. The class consists of 3 quizzes and 2 workbook assignments. The 1st quiz is by far the most difficult and is worth the most points. The study guide does not help at all on the first quiz. After taking this quiz your grade will drop drastically. As for the 2nd and 3rd quizzes they get easier but are worth way less which doesn’t do much for your grade at that point. The workbooks are graded harshly and further drop your grade. The only thing that helps you out is the extra credit. She has some decent reviews but I promise you those are the 1% of the individuals who took her class. She’s extremely difficult.