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He's fine. I didn't do well but that wasn't his fault. The class he teaches is just so boreing. The book sucked! I never went to class.

Lectures are reallyh boring! He posts the notes on webct and thats exactly the lecture. Takes attendance points with 'clickers'. Uses SA Grader to grade assignments although there not too hard once you figure out the SA Grader system. In my lab we student taught a chapter as well as attendance points. He test was very difficult for me! However the

Lecture was really boring. He pretty much just reads you the power point, but you have to go to class since he takes attendance with clickers. His Exams are scantron and weekly assignments are graded by SA grader, a computer program. (SA grader sucks!) He doesn't do****. Everything is graded by a computer. Basically I didn't like him much.

Lectures are boring... extremely boring. The work is easy, SAGrader is a joke especially because you get an unlimited number of tries.

This is such an easy class, but it is boring beyond belief. He puts all of his lecture notes online, so the textbook is not necessary except for the SAgrader code inside of it. Don't take this class unless you want to be bored out of your mind!

Extremely boring class. I went to every class. Tests are decently hard because they are so big, but he gives a 5% curve. Professor doesn't really teach, he pretty much just reads the slides. Online homework is easy and you get to submit them until you get the grade you want. I would not recommend this teacher. I did not learn anything.

Very boring class. Professor only reads the powerpoint, which is on blackboard, to you and attendance is graded. The online homework can be frustrating, but easy because you get an unlimited number of submissions. Tests are relatively hard. Homework is majority of grade, though. Don't recommend the class, especially with this teacher.

BORING BORING CLASS. I've never been so bored in my life. Used a program called essay grader which is horrible. Used clickers which were almost as horrible as the computer program that grades your essays. DON'T take this professor for Intro to Sociology.

Definitely do not take him for Intro to Sociology. Though the topic is interesting, the teacher was awful. Book was awful, easy grader program was awful, clickers were interesting but obnoxious. If you end up with him, try as hard as you can to switch out! Easy grade, though.

For Intro into sociology - your book is key. Dont even take notes..bring your book and highlight. All the powerpoints are taken straight from the book. DONT ignore SAgrader..its annoying but helps your grade alot, show up for the clicker and just guess on the questions!! Oh! and on essay grader just make it simple a "quote" the book.

Introduction to Sociology 1000 was by far the stupidest and most useless class I'd ever taken. Mostly because of the professor, Ed Brent. The class houses at least 400 people, yet he still makes attendance mandatory by electronic sign-in (which he doesn't even know how to use.) He is also Incredibly boring to listen to. I fell asleep every lecture.

Professor Brent is a decent teacher, but his hour and a half lectures are super boring. You have to attend for the most part though because he uses clickers to take attendance, even though he doesn't know how to use technology most of the time.

I fall asleep if I'm not on Facebook in that class. The tests are critical thinking application questions & he only goes over basic stuff in class. I learned more basic sociology in my 1650 social deviance class. The essay grader just gives you points, no learning involved. Do not take this class with this teacher.

Boring lectures but have to be there because he uses clickers, SAGrader makes the course an easy A, and the tests are pretty straightforward and he provides study guides. Take it with him if you are willing to do about 2 hours a week of homework. Not bad.

Brent goes very fast on his power points , however he posts them online. Clicker points are your participation gradeattendance. Also, the exams can be difficult but don't worry because they are only 30% of your grade. The majority of your grade comes from SAGraders , which are easy and helpful for future assignments.

The class is fairly easy. I got a perfect on every SA grader assignment. I read the entire book which he wrote himself. I didn't really take notes or pay attention in the lecture because its the same as his book. Book is needed to complete the SA grader assignments. 3 tests; no final. iClicker points. Class is very boring. Offers extra credit.

Nice but very boring, only go to lectures to get clicker points because he puts all the slides on blackboard. Do well on SAGrader and you'll be fine

come to class for clicker points. Online assignment on SA Grader can be confusing especially the case studies. But if you do your best on those and get at least a C on the tests you'll pass with an A.

Long boring lectures that will put you to sleep, but you must show up. He has clicker questions that reward attendance points for answering so you have to go to class. Online essays are super easy as long as you put the work into them. Tests are fairly difficult. Requires a lot of studying.

The material in his class was really interesting and the commentaries on each chapter were straight to the point and relatable. The essays were pretty easy for a writing intensive class since you can revise them as many times as you want. Be warned, the midterm is excessively hard!!! Make sure you know exactly what you are talking about.

The lectures could be extremely boring on one day, and very interesting on another day, it honestly varied. He's pretty entertaining sometimes, he's a very nice guy and will help you if you reach out to him. I went to class about 60% of the time and still got an A. I barely used the textbook, he puts everything online.

Material is easy and interesting, but the way Brent teaches it makes it hard to pay attention for very long. His lecture notes (which he posts online), are practically the same as what is in his textbook (that he wrote himself).

find a group help each other with the SA graders get 100's on them & do the extra credit you will be fine. some friends even did clicker questions online in bed and never even went to class. if you skim the book & read the notes you will get a decent test (shoot for a c) also the website study . com is basically your textbook i ended with a 98.9

Easy to get an A because homework has unlimited attempts and offers up to 5% extra credit. His lectures are really long and boring and he is very monotone and boring as well. I would recommend taking it with a different professor, his tests are actually more challenging than expected for a 1000 level course.

His lectures are painfully boring and he uses clickers so you have to show up. His tests are surprisingly challenging for a 1000 level class. Overall, Brent seems like a jerk, is insensitive to a student who has disabilities so I would strongly recommend a different professor for soc1000. SA graders are also really unclear and daunting.

Very boring lectures but have clicker points, easy assignments that are on SAGrader, easy A if you go to class and study for your exams

Thought it would be an easy course for a humanities Gen Ed. but I really had to work for it. Uses online essay grader which usually has problems with grading. Wouldn't recommend.

Lots of pointless homework. Three tests which are not bad if you study the material. Clicker questions are like the tests. A lot of the tests have specific knit picky questions which is annoying. SA grader is used and are annoying, but actually made me read the book and learn the material. Not a fan of Ed, he is boring and rude. A lot of EC though.

He means well but the class is very boring and it is very easy to zone out. I took SOC 1000 and although he is boring, it was an easy A. The class relies heavily on online assignments which allow unlimited submissions until you get 100%. The exams are challenging but he offers like 10% worth of extra credit at the end of the semester. Easy A/B

SAGrader should be your main concern throughout this class. He posts his powerpoints online so you do not really have to go to lectures. He takes attendance for participation points, but he tells you on the first day that he provides extra credit to make up for a student choosing not to come to class.

You have to do well on the online assignments. If you do, then it's an easy A. Plus, you can keep submitting them until you get 100% so make sure you do that because the tests are pretty hard. Brent is kinda dull but he's really nice and cares a lot about his students. Also, he gives out a lot of curves and extra credit, which is really nice.

Decent guy. He makes sociology pretty darn bland, but the information is all good. Not a fan of the reliance on SAgrader -- the tech is just too unreliable. I almost always had to challenge my "wrong" answers. Also: clickers are a scam. Very straightforward lecture class other than that.

Rather boring lecturer, but very easy to pass. Pro tip: Create a GroupMe to discuss the assignments with people before turning them in, but DON'T COPY! As long as you make sure to have all the required elements for each assignment, you'll be good. But if you cheat and copy exactly, the system WILL catch you and punish you.