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Brian Connor SOCY100H Expecting an A Anonymous 05/28/2021	He's a very accommodating teacher, and the class was super relaxed and interesting
Brian Connor SOCY100H Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/14/2021	Class specific info: Difficulty: 1/5 (a free A if you put in any genuine effort, really) Interest: 4/5 (most people will already find this interesting if they care to engage at all, but those who think little of sociology may be pleasantly surprised) Brian is a great person and teacher. He was always humble, kind, and humane, and he engaged the class with respect and enthusiasm. Even despite the attendance grade being dropped and it being a gen-ed during a COVID semester, people regularly showed up for class, even with cameras on sometimes, and they actually discussed the material. The course content is naturally very relatable, and it allows you to bring in your life experiences or make connections to other coursework, but it is also great because Brian structures the whole class around discussion with lecture content exceedingly rare in-class and with only short videos and readings each week, which he gives students Monday to watch and read in lieu of a class meeting. (There was also a reference book with assigned chapters, but I am convinced not a single soul read that, including myself. I skimmed some parts, and it seemed perfectly fine albeit too long-winded. The electronic formatting was very clumsy, but at least it was inexpensive.) Overall, I highly recommend taking this professor, whether it is for a gen-ed or you are intra-major. He certainly cares a lot for the material and has broad knowledge on it. His feedback was always thorough and useful. His assignments were frankly very light, but given COVID and it being an intro class, I do not think that is at all bad for the quality of education, and I think people will come out of the class impacted positively by all the conversations and readings, plus having practiced their writing a bit with the one major essay assignment. Essentially, we had 5 short reflection papers (1-2 pages, I believe), plus 2 short discussion leaderships, a participation grade (dropped), and a final paper.
Brian Connor SOCY100H Expecting an A Anonymous 12/17/2019	Dr. Connor was an amazing professor who really cared about his students and about his field. The small class size and student-professor and student-student interaction enabled learning, and the assignments (short weekly analysis papers, a group project, a final essay) were interesting and engaging. Dr. Connor was always available for office hours and to answer questions. He facilitated some really interesting discussions, and never forgot to include intersectionality in his analyses. I really enjoyed what he did with this class, and his passion and innate ability for sociology made the class successful.

Brian Connor
SOCY100H

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/28/2021

He's a very accommodating teacher, and the class was super relaxed and interesting

Brian Connor
SOCY100H

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/14/2021

Class specific info: Difficulty: 1/5 (a free A if you put in any genuine effort, really) Interest: 4/5 (most people will already find this interesting if they care to engage at all, but those who think little of sociology may be pleasantly surprised) Brian is a great person and teacher. He was always humble, kind, and humane, and he engaged the class with respect and enthusiasm. Even despite the attendance grade being dropped and it being a gen-ed during a COVID semester, people regularly showed up for class, even with cameras on sometimes, and they actually discussed the material. The course content is naturally very relatable, and it allows you to bring in your life experiences or make connections to other coursework, but it is also great because Brian structures the whole class around discussion with lecture content exceedingly rare in-class and with only short videos and readings each week, which he gives students Monday to watch and read in lieu of a class meeting. (There was also a reference book with assigned chapters, but I am convinced not a single soul read that, including myself. I skimmed some parts, and it seemed perfectly fine albeit too long-winded. The electronic formatting was very clumsy, but at least it was inexpensive.) Overall, I highly recommend taking this professor, whether it is for a gen-ed or you are intra-major. He certainly cares a lot for the material and has broad knowledge on it. His feedback was always thorough and useful. His assignments were frankly very light, but given COVID and it being an intro class, I do not think that is at all bad for the quality of education, and I think people will come out of the class impacted positively by all the conversations and readings, plus having practiced their writing a bit with the one major essay assignment. Essentially, we had 5 short reflection papers (1-2 pages, I believe), plus 2 short discussion leaderships, a participation grade (dropped), and a final paper.

Brian Connor
SOCY100H

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/17/2019

Dr. Connor was an amazing professor who really cared about his students and about his field. The small class size and student-professor and student-student interaction enabled learning, and the assignments (short weekly analysis papers, a group project, a final essay) were interesting and engaging. Dr. Connor was always available for office hours and to answer questions. He facilitated some really interesting discussions, and never forgot to include intersectionality in his analyses. I really enjoyed what he did with this class, and his passion and innate ability for sociology made the class successful.

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