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Brian Connor
SOCY105 Expecting an A billyBobJones 01/10/2024 |
lectures are posted and readings are not required. curves exam and is a nice person |
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Brian Connor
SOCY391 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/12/2023 |
Amazing guy who is really caring. He is super receptive to any feedback and wants to see his students succeed. |
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Brian Connor
SOCY100 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/24/2023 |
good guy and accommodating but the class is kinda boring, it might be better if it was more discussion based but it's not. |
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Brian Connor
SOCY100 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/22/2023 |
Really nice professor but grades the exams why too harsh. I had to get a 100% on the last exam to get an A. |
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Brian Connor
SOCY100 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/22/2022 |
Really easy class but grades the exams way too harsh for a gen ed. |
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Brian Connor
SOCY100 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/19/2022 |
chill guy but he grades the exams pretty harsh. Quizzes every week is easy. We have to do 4 reflection papers the whole sem so it's not bad. |
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Brian Connor
SOCY100 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/13/2022 |
With Dr. Connor, SOCY100 is a pleasant and easy class to be in. All of the assignments can be done as long as you take notes in class and skim the textbook readings. There are 4-5 Reflection papers, but they're pretty short and you can pick and choose which ones to do if you dislike a prompt. He is very accommodating and always left plenty of time for assignments to be completed. He is also pretty approachable for after class questions. His lectures were a bit boring, especially with topics that didn't interest me personally. Overall, it's a nice class if you're at least a little interested or just want an easy gen ed. Would recommend. |
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Brian Connor
Anonymous 12/02/2022 |
Not much in the class besides lectures but the class is easy |
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Brian Connor
Expecting an A Anonymous 09/28/2022 |
Class content is interesting but he's kind of boring and not so engaging with his students. |
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Brian Connor
SOCY105 Anonymous 05/12/2022 |
Professor Connor is an easy 5/5 professor, he is very kind and genuinely wants everyone to pass. He gives many opportunities for students to earn back lost points and submit late work for credit. The workload is more than manageable- 11 weekly summaries, but you only need to do 7, and 3 take home exams including the final that you have 2 weeks to complete. There was an optional extra credit assignment and he allows for exam corrections to earn back half the points you lost. Again, an easy 5/5 would highly recommend. |
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Brian Connor
SOCY105 Anonymous 04/17/2022 |
Dr. Connor is kind and accommodating. However, the class was a TON of writing and it is boring for the most part. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Brian Connor
SOCY100 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/21/2020 |
Dr. Connor is the best. He always has a smile on his face and talks to his students like they're his friends. Always helpful and willing to answer any questions you may have. He responds fairly quick and really answers our questions well. He was also very accommodating during our virtual semester, just an overall good guy. |
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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. |