Reviews of professor Oliver Garretson

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Garretson's class only has 2 grades: the midterm and final, so you have to do well on those in order to get a decent grade. He literally just reads his slides in lecture (and he puts them on Moodle) so you really don't have to go to class. You have to read the book to do well on the tests. He does give some extra credit that you need

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not the best teacher but the material is extremely easy. I stopped going to class and just used the textbook to study and i made good grades. The only 2 grades are the midterm and final but they're easy. Some extra credit quizzes are given at random times throughout the semester.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Oliver didn't seem like he knew what he was doing at times. He gives two exams, a midterm and a final, and extra credit pop quizzes. Exams are not difficult, if you study the day leading up to the exam you can make an A or B. Easy class overall, just a pain to get through.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class is almost empty, when the first few weeks there was around 75 people. I have not attended class since the second week and instead studied the power points he posts online. He gives extra credit surveys sometimes. The only grades are the midterm and the final. Going to class is pointless because he very quietly reads from his power points.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
No homework, tests were easy. He's terribly boring, you don't have to nor need to go to class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He doesn't speak up. It is very clear he has no idea what he is talking about. Everyone hates his class. Reads directly off of the slides.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class is fairly easy but so boring. He reads from the textbook and the slides (which he posts online). There's only a final and a midterm. He gives occasional extra credit quizzes in class for the people that come. Very boring lecturer, I highly recommend taking someone else if you're actually interested in taking sociology.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It's difficult to pay attention to his PowerPoint lectures but still go to class for random extra credit quizzes (they help out a ton bc there's only a midterm and final grade!!) Take this if you just need the gen ed credit, take someone else if you're really interested in sociology.