Reviews of professor Samuel Cohn

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I am taking Dr. Cohn this year as a freshman and his lectures are the most confusing thing I have ever heard. He goes on these rants trying to give examples about what he is taking about but he gets to distracted and he is hard to follow the lecture notes he presents to the class are extremely vague and nothing is posted online. The grading is hard

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Gives two of each type of assignment so you can improve on the next one. All exams are curved. the final is not cumulative. People say his lectures are hard to follow, but if you just listen, they are easy to follow. He tells you what will be on the exam, but exam formats differ. Offers extra credit from c-b for wearing mask. super caring. def rec.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Don't take him. You never know what your grade is the entire semester because he does not use canvas.  His lectures are hard to follow. His test could be all multiple choice, free write, or both. YOU NEVER KNOW BRO. Even worse his test is worded weirdly and some questions are unrelated to what we learned. Take another class for credit. TA is great.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
SOCI 205 is supposed to be an easy intro course, and Cohn makes it extremely difficult to deal with because of his unique way of teaching/running the class. Take 205 but just not with him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Terrible. Stay away if you want any chance of getting an A. You have a choice of either taking 3 exams or writing 7 essays for your entire grade (that you have to "apply" for). Most of the lectures he didn't even teach, the TA did. Very vague lectures, literally nothing is thought clearly. He doesn't post anything on Canvas. Dont take!!!!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Cohn is... interesting. He's engaging but to be honest extremely confusing. All these people who say it's easy its not. He is completely out of pocket and doesn't stick to his curriculum. If you're looking for an easy introduction DO NOT take this class. MUST make friends because no one ever knows what's going on.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof Cohn expects each student to pretty much already be a sociologist. Do NOT miss class, his lectures/course material is not posted online. No exam grades were put into canvas until after the final exam was taken, so I did not know my grade the entire semester. Lectures extremely random/hard to follow. Do not take 205 with him unless required to.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Pretty enjoyable class! Dr. Cohn is very knowledgeable and passionate. Only 6 written assignments and 3 tests (including a non-cumulative final) were given. The written assignments were not hard as long as you follow the guidelines, and test questions were straight from readings and lectures. Does not post lectures and slides.