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Terri Anderson
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Spring 2020 - This was hands down my FAVORITE class that I've taken at UCLA! I was just taking it to fulfill my Honors Collegium requirement, but it ended up changing what I want to do with my life! Yes, there's A LOT of reading, but everything Professor Anderson assigns is so interesting that you WANT to read it. Plus, everything she assigned was just news articles, videos, and interviews, so no need to buy anything. She really demands that you stay engaged in the class (i.e. respond and discuss), but she's so sweet and the discussions are really interesting! This class inspired me to focus my overall research on the ways that art can shape community development, which I now hope to pursue in grad school. Take this class! It's a lot of reading and mandatory participation, but soooo worth it!
Spring 2020 - This was hands down my FAVORITE class that I've taken at UCLA! I was just taking it to fulfill my Honors Collegium requirement, but it ended up changing what I want to do with my life! Yes, there's A LOT of reading, but everything Professor Anderson assigns is so interesting that you WANT to read it. Plus, everything she assigned was just news articles, videos, and interviews, so no need to buy anything. She really demands that you stay engaged in the class (i.e. respond and discuss), but she's so sweet and the discussions are really interesting! This class inspired me to focus my overall research on the ways that art can shape community development, which I now hope to pursue in grad school. Take this class! It's a lot of reading and mandatory participation, but soooo worth it!
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Winter 2026 - I would never recommend you to take any of her classes. Even if it's tempting because it's online. I made the mistake of taking this class because of no other classes open but I've gone through it. I tried contacting her about the assignments and told me she can't do anything, I had to take it to my TA. Did that, he basically told me I was incorrect without explaining anything and even told me not to use her lecture videos because 'they were incorrect'. Explained to her the situation and she said he was right, that I deserved to be taken off the points. Mind you every assignment takes a good while to do because there's a ton of material. I chose to not interact with her. Then I got taken a whole point for not 'including the exact paragraph' of the citation, mind you it is not in the syllabus or in the announcement that was made. Explained to her that it wasn't fair and didn't make sense, and showed her proof that why they removed points isn't anywhere in the class site. She said "I do not appreciate you giving me screenshots of what you were looking for. You can just talk to me in person." Then she tried saying it was due to the rubric... there's no rubric anywhere so I told her "I don't appreciate the lack and transparency for your part, as students if you'd like us to succeed, you have to be transparent of what you want and we can't just guess every time." She replied with that students don't see the rubric because it's only from her side, so I repeated myself that it wasn't fair and she's not transparent about anything. I left it like that. Her exams are mostly on #'s and %'s of data, not even the reading itself, it's the stuff you tend to miss to understand the material better but she'll base exams on really tiny things. So please, I beg, do not take her class. She gives you an extreme hard time to even be at the level of what she teaches. She teaches about mental health and the lack of awareness and helping those who need it, but she doesn't practice what she preaches, it's truly a waste of time to be around someone who really lacks at her job. She will give you a HARD time.
Winter 2026 - I would never recommend you to take any of her classes. Even if it's tempting because it's online. I made the mistake of taking this class because of no other classes open but I've gone through it. I tried contacting her about the assignments and told me she can't do anything, I had to take it to my TA. Did that, he basically told me I was incorrect without explaining anything and even told me not to use her lecture videos because 'they were incorrect'. Explained to her the situation and she said he was right, that I deserved to be taken off the points. Mind you every assignment takes a good while to do because there's a ton of material. I chose to not interact with her. Then I got taken a whole point for not 'including the exact paragraph' of the citation, mind you it is not in the syllabus or in the announcement that was made. Explained to her that it wasn't fair and didn't make sense, and showed her proof that why they removed points isn't anywhere in the class site. She said "I do not appreciate you giving me screenshots of what you were looking for. You can just talk to me in person." Then she tried saying it was due to the rubric... there's no rubric anywhere so I told her "I don't appreciate the lack and transparency for your part, as students if you'd like us to succeed, you have to be transparent of what you want and we can't just guess every time." She replied with that students don't see the rubric because it's only from her side, so I repeated myself that it wasn't fair and she's not transparent about anything. I left it like that. Her exams are mostly on #'s and %'s of data, not even the reading itself, it's the stuff you tend to miss to understand the material better but she'll base exams on really tiny things. So please, I beg, do not take her class. She gives you an extreme hard time to even be at the level of what she teaches. She teaches about mental health and the lack of awareness and helping those who need it, but she doesn't practice what she preaches, it's truly a waste of time to be around someone who really lacks at her job. She will give you a HARD time.
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Fall 2026 - When I first looked at the roster for this class there were 2 people waitlisted. It was near the end of the first week of class. One day later there was no waitlist and 14 seats available. I understand completely why so many people dropped the class in the span of a day. It being an async online course is a trap. You take it to be able to save time since it's asynchronous, then discover that the syllabus is 20 pages long, there are hundreds of pages of reading, strictly monitored quizzes with questions that test whether you can regurgitate random unimportant information instead of apply your knowledge, and discussion posts that are more worried about whether you can perfectly cite every single sentence you write rather than engage in genuine intellectual discussion. I started to wonder whether my own thoughts belong to me or if I have to cite those too since they were thoughts birthed from what I learned. When taking a quiz, I feel like I took longer trying to prove that I wasn't going to cheat to the two proctoring cameras by showing my entire room than I spent actually thinking about the quiz content. Even though this class did not seem to have any written assignments, the syllabus spent a long time making it clear that all written assignments must be composed and traceable in Google Docs otherwise you will be accused of using AI. I wanted to learn in this class, but the environment did not seem tailored to friendly and genuine learning. Regarding the actual content; the amount of reading expected is ridiculous for a class on Sociology. I am a former Psychology major and a current English major, yet THIS is the class I take with the heaviest amount of reading? I expected the quizzes to at least test on your application of knowledge as I experienced in previous Psychology classes, yet instead I got asked things like whether generalized anxiety disorder was first named at a dinner party and the exact global estimation of people afflicted with mental disorders in 2011. Does this really matter to the bigger ideas of the course? Again, the discussion posts would be okay if not for the insane citation requirements. I feel like I don't have the room to truly think and answer the questions meaningfully because I have to spend all my time citing every little piece of information I write down. As someone with mental disorders and disabilities myself, I would normally be very interested in learning about the sociology of mental illness, but this course is not the place to engage in that curiosity freely. All in all, don't take this class unless you want to spend a crazy amount of time on it while facing constant obstacles to your learning.
Fall 2026 - When I first looked at the roster for this class there were 2 people waitlisted. It was near the end of the first week of class. One day later there was no waitlist and 14 seats available. I understand completely why so many people dropped the class in the span of a day. It being an async online course is a trap. You take it to be able to save time since it's asynchronous, then discover that the syllabus is 20 pages long, there are hundreds of pages of reading, strictly monitored quizzes with questions that test whether you can regurgitate random unimportant information instead of apply your knowledge, and discussion posts that are more worried about whether you can perfectly cite every single sentence you write rather than engage in genuine intellectual discussion. I started to wonder whether my own thoughts belong to me or if I have to cite those too since they were thoughts birthed from what I learned. When taking a quiz, I feel like I took longer trying to prove that I wasn't going to cheat to the two proctoring cameras by showing my entire room than I spent actually thinking about the quiz content. Even though this class did not seem to have any written assignments, the syllabus spent a long time making it clear that all written assignments must be composed and traceable in Google Docs otherwise you will be accused of using AI. I wanted to learn in this class, but the environment did not seem tailored to friendly and genuine learning. Regarding the actual content; the amount of reading expected is ridiculous for a class on Sociology. I am a former Psychology major and a current English major, yet THIS is the class I take with the heaviest amount of reading? I expected the quizzes to at least test on your application of knowledge as I experienced in previous Psychology classes, yet instead I got asked things like whether generalized anxiety disorder was first named at a dinner party and the exact global estimation of people afflicted with mental disorders in 2011. Does this really matter to the bigger ideas of the course? Again, the discussion posts would be okay if not for the insane citation requirements. I feel like I don't have the room to truly think and answer the questions meaningfully because I have to spend all my time citing every little piece of information I write down. As someone with mental disorders and disabilities myself, I would normally be very interested in learning about the sociology of mental illness, but this course is not the place to engage in that curiosity freely. All in all, don't take this class unless you want to spend a crazy amount of time on it while facing constant obstacles to your learning.
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I am biased. I absolutely loved this professor! I took Professor Anderson for three courses: sociology of gender, sociology of education, and social psychology (I think that's the title). She was my favorite professor from undergrad! (I graduated a couple of years ago, but I still remember her.) The material is very, very interesting. Go to her office hours! She is just a very cool person to talk with. She is very creative and artsy and loves films. She is a very interesting person, and that comes out in the way she approaches the class. I loved how she would play excerpts from "This American Life," and the books she chose were so different from the books I had to read for other classes. I remember she had us write journals, and they were very meaningful. I even saved a few because they remind me of the intellectual epiphanies I had through her classes. She really reads them and always left me questions to think about. If you don't b.s. these, she writes thoughtful comments. I also remember a final project she had us do. We were supposed to try to pass as the opposite gender. This was very fun to do as well as intellectually enlightening. I realized it's really hard to pass, but one of the other girls in my group did a very good job. Some people weren't sure if she was a guy or a girl. Wonderful project!
I am biased. I absolutely loved this professor! I took Professor Anderson for three courses: sociology of gender, sociology of education, and social psychology (I think that's the title). She was my favorite professor from undergrad! (I graduated a couple of years ago, but I still remember her.) The material is very, very interesting. Go to her office hours! She is just a very cool person to talk with. She is very creative and artsy and loves films. She is a very interesting person, and that comes out in the way she approaches the class. I loved how she would play excerpts from "This American Life," and the books she chose were so different from the books I had to read for other classes. I remember she had us write journals, and they were very meaningful. I even saved a few because they remind me of the intellectual epiphanies I had through her classes. She really reads them and always left me questions to think about. If you don't b.s. these, she writes thoughtful comments. I also remember a final project she had us do. We were supposed to try to pass as the opposite gender. This was very fun to do as well as intellectually enlightening. I realized it's really hard to pass, but one of the other girls in my group did a very good job. Some people weren't sure if she was a guy or a girl. Wonderful project!
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Spring 2018 - Great professor, great class. You think you're woke? Think again. Set up: Class Discussion Participation: 20% / 2% per week Pop Quizzes (Best 4/5): 20% / 5% each Project Gender at the Mall: 15% Project Gender & Power: 20% Final Essay: 25% Quizzes are on lecture, movies, readings, links. This class has heavy readings but super interesting! T.A.'s grade fairly and are very helpful. Getting an A is achievable as long as you do all the readings. Including watching the films. Books are expensive - Kaleidoscope $95 - Gender Outlaw $12 - Men Explain Things to Me $10 - Course Reader $?? (Maybe 40) I have the first three books - loose leaf. Selling all 3 for only $40. The course reader is on reserve at Powell. Text: ********** Won't be in LA for long.
Spring 2018 - Great professor, great class. You think you're woke? Think again. Set up: Class Discussion Participation: 20% / 2% per week Pop Quizzes (Best 4/5): 20% / 5% each Project Gender at the Mall: 15% Project Gender & Power: 20% Final Essay: 25% Quizzes are on lecture, movies, readings, links. This class has heavy readings but super interesting! T.A.'s grade fairly and are very helpful. Getting an A is achievable as long as you do all the readings. Including watching the films. Books are expensive - Kaleidoscope $95 - Gender Outlaw $12 - Men Explain Things to Me $10 - Course Reader $?? (Maybe 40) I have the first three books - loose leaf. Selling all 3 for only $40. The course reader is on reserve at Powell. Text: ********** Won't be in LA for long.
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I took Soc 130 and M174 with Professor Anderson, and found both courses to be interesting, thought-provoking, and well worth my time. Professor Anderson is an extremely interesting lecturer, and really wants to make sure her students are "getting it". She doesn't believe in tests because then we're just studying to pass a test rather than thinking critically and reflecting, which is why she only assigns papers. While there is a lot of reading, it's usually pretty interesting, and you don't need to read everything throughly. Her classes allow for a lot of student input and discussion, and she knows many of the students by name. In all honesty, if you put in the work for the class, which is not painful, your grade will reflect that. In short, Anderson is by far one of the best professors I've had at UCLA, take her if you get a chance!
I took Soc 130 and M174 with Professor Anderson, and found both courses to be interesting, thought-provoking, and well worth my time. Professor Anderson is an extremely interesting lecturer, and really wants to make sure her students are "getting it". She doesn't believe in tests because then we're just studying to pass a test rather than thinking critically and reflecting, which is why she only assigns papers. While there is a lot of reading, it's usually pretty interesting, and you don't need to read everything throughly. Her classes allow for a lot of student input and discussion, and she knows many of the students by name. In all honesty, if you put in the work for the class, which is not painful, your grade will reflect that. In short, Anderson is by far one of the best professors I've had at UCLA, take her if you get a chance!
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...the review below me is completely absurd. Kate Ceredona is definitely a hard grader, but that's because she wants students to push themselves to learn and understand the material better. She is by no means, a "BxTCH." All too often, students blame their own inabilities on the TA. TAs are there to facilitate student-generated discussion and help students understand the material. They are not there to hold your hand or spoon-feed you answers/good grades.
...the review below me is completely absurd. Kate Ceredona is definitely a hard grader, but that's because she wants students to push themselves to learn and understand the material better. She is by no means, a "BxTCH." All too often, students blame their own inabilities on the TA. TAs are there to facilitate student-generated discussion and help students understand the material. They are not there to hold your hand or spoon-feed you answers/good grades.
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