This class exceeded my expectations. Before taking this class, I viewed others' comments about this course who had taken it before; it seemed like grading was rigorous, and the professor was a tough grader based on the grade distribution diagram, most people got Bs and Cs, only a few people got A- and above. I had no other choice because I would graduate in the Spring. However, when I took the class, it gave me different feelings about the course; the professor was welcoming to questions, and TAs were helpful. If you have any questions, just ask them for help. Every week, you learned about two theorists, and a homework assignment would be due on each Sunday. However, you had a grace period to submit it on Monday at 5 pm without penalty. Please note that they didn't accept any submissions later than that for any reason, they graded them on completions not content. For the final exams, the first part of the exam, you need to find your own examples from the news article, and apply the theorist's theory you selected. One concept, one theory, breaks down the theoretical explanation and outcome, references. Remember to CITE for quotes and give credit recognition to theorists for everything that was not your original idea. Simply copy and paste concepts and theories from the professor's lecture slides and CITE them properly; that's it. For three other exams, just revisions based on your homework, only one concept, one theory, and CITE for the quotes you chose, and references at the end.
Before I took this class, I aimed to pass it with a C so I could graduate smoothly, but I ended up earning an A. I can do it, so you can do it too. Do not let other negative comments influence you; just take it, you won't regret it. As long as you put in your work, you will be fine.

This class is very easy overall. The grading may appear harsh, but don’t stress about it—she curves everyone at the end, and everyone WILL PASS.

Homework is graded based on completion, but the instructions are often unclear, and your grade may depend on your TA’s standards.

That said, trust me—this class is very, very easy. The unclear instructions might annoy you, but it’s not difficult to do well. Even if you get several zeros on homework, please do not worry; it might make you tilted, but everyone will be fine in the end.

My course points for the whole quarter are 411/428, which is like 96%, and I got an A easily. I never got a zero in 9 homeworks total. Just show up more than half the time to sections and lectures (the participation is mandatory) and complete the homework—you’ll be fine.

This class is very easy overall. The grading may appear harsh, but don’t stress about it—she curves everyone at the end, and everyone WILL PASS.

Homework is graded based on completion, but the instructions are often unclear, and your grade may depend on your TA’s standards.

That said, trust me—this class is very, very easy. The unclear instructions might annoy you, but it’s not difficult to do well. Even if you get several zeros on homework, please do not worry; it might make you tilted, but everyone will be fine in the end.

My course points for the whole quarter are 411/428, which is like 96%, and I got an A easily. I never got a zero in 9 homeworks total. Just show up more than half the time to sections and lectures (the participation is mandatory) and complete the homework—you’ll be fine.

IGNORE her other reviews!!! Trust, I recently took her class, and I would say that she is a great professor. Although she is a bit strict on the format for the homework as she wants it a specific way, she helps with the definitions and examples in class. I would recommend paying attention, as most of the homework answers are given during lectures. There are a total of nine homework assignments, which are due on Sunday at 5 pm, but she has an excused late policy for all homework for Monday at the same time. Her finals are all online. It's fairly simple and similar to the hw. There are two parts for the final, one you will find your own article, and the second part you could simply use your hw responses. TAs are the ones who take turns grading, and they try to grade based on completion and format accuracy rather than content, but the parts must all be there. In discussion sections, they go over examples, which I recommend writing down, and provide an explanation for quotes. Overall, good professor, she's really funny and tries to make her lectures engaging.

Worst and most uncompassionate professor I have ever had. Does not work with her students as all, and acts as though no life circumstances matter like her class does. Strictest Critique I have ever had and would avoide taking her again at ALL COST.

Theory classes are inherently dry but I thought this was relatively painless. Section points were easy to get (you have to answer homework questions, but my TA and Prof Emigh the day she filled in for him both just scrolled through it without even reading it). For the midterm, I just memorized key points for each author and did well; I would recommend reading the short extra credit articles for easy extra credit on the test too. Emigh rescheduled the final due to the fires at the end of the year and I opted to skip it and take my midterm score, so the class ended up being even easier but obviously that's an extreme circumstance. My main complaint is that slides aren't posted, so you'll want to make friends with someone who can send you notes if you're absent. Overall a fine option for Soc 102.

She is a paranoid professor who is not gifted at teaching. I didn't learn much and would not recommend her to anyone else I genuinely care about.

I hold nothing against the professor, she is a nice lady but just know that I will never ever take a class with this professor. There was a ton of readings assigned (too much for me to keep up) and I felt like I wasn't learning anything in her class so i switched my grade type to pass/no pass to protect my G.P.A.

First thing is that she uses an overhead to write her notes. It is 2015 and she refuses to post notes online and writes in scrawled handwriting as she jumps back and forth between overhead sheets. If you pay attention in class you are still behind because she doesn't really elaborate on concepts.

She is a smart professor and you can tell she knows her stuff, but it takes another to teach it. I think the most common word used between my discussion section was "disorganized". A jumble of thoughts, theories, and stories are convoluted into one class and it is hard to decipher what to listen for.

Discussion sections really helped, although every week without fail the TAs failed to cover all the material. There is no review sheet, no review session, except for the last 15 minutes of the previous lecture to answer any current questions.

My advice is to do all the readings as the midterm and final are based a lot of the concepts in them and not lecture. Skim them all, as there is no way to read everything and choose one sentence you can quote. Know your theorists.

My REAL advice is to wait for another professor who is more direct and organized like Jepson to take this course.

As a soc major, this was my hardest class at UCLA. Emigh is a nice lady, but extremely neurotic and paranoid. She's absolutely paranoid that all students are cheaters. This seems to run pretty deep because during exams, everyone in the lecture hall has to place EVERYTHING in the front of the room (backpacks, jackets, phones, EVERYTHING)before the testing begins. You must also sign in BEFORE you take the test, and sign out AFTERWARDS. This is so over-kill, and honestly, it doesnt feel very good to know that your professor has such little faith and trust in you. It sucks. Still, you are allowed to have several pages of notes, which is weird because she makes you put everything in the front of the room. On top of all these precautions, she has the TAs walk up and down the aisles like hawks looking for the slightest evidence of cheating. Her fear of cheaters is so great that all of these precautions she takes actually ENCOURAGES cheating. For example, during our final, at the beginning of the class, some dude actually came into the room and STOLE her final exam and ran out! Her TAs were sprinting after the guy like the county sheriffs. Again, I believe its a manifestation of her paranoia and mistrust, because I've never seen anything like that. I felt so mistrusted by this professor that I can seriously understand WHY someone would pull such a stunt.
If her mistrust of students isnt bad enough, her exams are among the MOST difficult I've encountered at UCLA, and thats coming from an A student. There's ALOT of content and a VERY short amount of time to complete her exams. You have to REALLY be good at writing as well as psychic, because she knows exactly what kind of answer she's looking for and if its not worded in the correct way, it will be marked off. SHE thinks her exams are very straightforward (because she already knows the freakin answer), but they are not.
Readings of contemporary theorists are interesting, but still very difficult to wrap your mind around.
Theory classes are hard enough, but Emigh really takes the cake. She teaches and grades as if it were a graduate-level class. Challenging is fine (after all, this IS UCLA), but Emigh just really goes the extra mile to be as difficult as possible, and she simply isnt very fair. Again, she's a pleasant person, but she makes an already hard class nearly impossible to excel in. I would never take another of her classes. So unrewarding, despite the difficult readings and excessive studying that this course requires.