Reviews of professor Samuel Cohn

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Cohn is definitely not a traditional educator in any sense of the word, which makes him that much more interesting and engaging. He makes it clear that the course is reading heavy, so I recommend taking this is you're ready to do the work and actually learn rather than just get a grade and be done with it. Not an easy A, but so worth it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures are interesting but make friends in class, as he does not post his lectures. You are doomed without getting the notes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I LOVE PROFESSOR COHN, like he is actually awesome. He is so knowledgeable about the world and I found the class to be so unique. There are a-lot of readings and the lectures can be dense but the material was so interesting. But I would only take SOCI 206 if you are interested in it, not just for the international diversity credit.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you want an easy introduction to sociology, do not take it with this professor. If youre okay or interested in learning more in depth about topics like religion, Marxism, social networks, etc then I highly recommend Professor Cohn. You have to go to the lectures for him because he does not post slides. He also has easy extra credit

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Cohn's lectures are very interesting and the course content is too. However, he goes very fast in class and doesn't really do powerpoints. You mostly just have to write things down as he talks which can be stressful. There is an assigned reading after every class, some of which are super long and on the exam so you need to do them. Not easy.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take him for SOCI 205. He doesn't use canvas and takes FOREVER to grade. His lectures are all over the place and extremely unorganized. By far the hardest and most frustrating class I have ever taken. Made it a "surprise" if the test were open-ended or multiple choice. The TA was the only thing that made the class manageable.