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Quality1.9
Difficulty51%
Would Retake84
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“Easy A class but really boring and I don't like the lecture”
SOC1101 - 1.0 rating“Funny guy overall but would not take his class again”
SOCI1101 - 3.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
74%
Textbook Required
41%
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A-
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1160
5.0
(1)SOC1112
5.0
(1)SOCIOLOGY1101
5.0
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4.8
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1404
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SOCIO1160
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Reviews (84)
This has to be one of my least favorite teachers of all time. I have always been interested in sociology, but he made this class so boring. The tests are word for word from the book. Memorization of uninteresting facts. It could be a lot more fun with a different teaching style. Take the class with someone else.
Tests are ridiculous. You have to dig through paragraphs to find a pointless word buried in the text. Very unorganized course as well. Wouldn't recommend another classmate to take this course.
You don't have to attend class even when he makes you. Only way to make an A is to memorize the book. Useless facts are on the tests. I learned the sociological perspective and that was pretty much it. Not to mention he is a hard grader on essays. I compared my actual paper to what was in the book and I didn't miss a thing and I got a 80. STAY AWAY
He is a nice guy, but SUCKS at teaching! He expects everone to be as smart as he is. He is very hard to understand and is not clear with any of his directions. I would not recommend any one to take his class,especially if it is a hybrid class.
Do not take this teacher!
It seems like the same person keeps commenting. I also love how someone is trying to get my last comment deleted. He is an amazing teacher. These ratings made me nervous to take him and my whole class loves him. Sorry you got a bad grade. I dont know how. but dont delete good ratings. That's pointless.
It's sad that he's gotten such poor ratings. I LOVE him! He's hilarious, cracks jokes all the time, and the SOC1160 class is probably the easiest class I've taken, and I've still learned a lot. TAKE HIM.
LOOOOOOOOVE HIM! best class ever! take it!!!!!! easy A!
Wow! Nice guy but frustratingly ambiguous. Have your papers looked at before the deadline bc they are most likely not the way he wants them. This hybrid requires online quizzes every week. Know the terms and read what looks interesting or important, Otherwise you will burn out reading EVERY Chpt word for word quickly.
GREAT teacher. He is very specific with what he wants and is so funny! He tells you like it is. His tests are WORD FOR WORD from his review quizzes, easy A!definitely take him!!!
Horrible teacher. Stay far away! He is **** and rude, eyeing all the pretty ladies.
omg.. EASY A!!! don't get offended by him (very opinionated), just take his class for what it is. Test are EXACTLY from quizzes. Just attend class & participate& he'll love you. I'll definitely take him again.
The class itself is VERY easy, but Danns is very opinionated and makes sure everyone knows his opinions. The quizzes were online and straight from the book.
I loved Dr. Danns. Yes he can be a bit opinionated but he also listens to yours. He knows the material and enjoys what he does making class exciting for me. He's not a straight from the book teacher, so he brings in speakers and you watch videos.
I loved Dr. Danns. Yes he can be a bit opinionated but he also listens to yours. He knows the material and enjoys what he does making class exciting for me. He's not a straight from the book teacher, so he brings in speakers and you watch videos.
Dr. Danns is a little hard to understand, but you catch on pretty quick. It seems like a lot of work for this class at first, but you have a really long time to do the papers. The quizzes are open book at home and the final is from quizzes. He has very strong opinions, so it is hard to debate with him. His class is not boring though!
I didn't to much care for his teaching style.You never knew what he wanted , wasn't clear at all.I feel as though I didn't learn much from this class. We mainly watched youtube video's of some of the nasty dancing imaginable,granted it is sociology ;however one video would have been sufficient ,no need to watch them the entire class.Don't take him!
This teacher is honestly amazing. His ratings are definitely too low! He is opinionated but he is hilarious and cares about all of his students. He is easy to get in contact with. I took him for a summer course and loved it. He grades very reasonably. EASY!
He is a great and passionate teacher. He does have an accent, but it doesn't affect the class. It will take time to get used to but, he will tell you everything you need to know beforehand. Take him if you are looking for an easy A.
I really enjoyed his intro to marriage and family class. He can be opinionated but not in an offensive manner. We had a lot of awesome class discussions and it was a very easy and interesting class. He is laid back and very nice. I definitely recommend him.
He is a great teacher. He made class fun. Took the maymester, was pretty easy, but alot of stuff in a 3 week session. Take him, he is wonderful.
Very good teacher. Walks thru the info, you have focused learning with study guides & test are the same as study guides. You appreciate your community/others once you are finished. Highly recommend. I took it may semester, it was intense, but informative. You will do very well if you simply do the work.
Too many group projects. If you're working and going to school it's virtually impossible to take his class. You must meet outside of class. not easy. especially if you get poor partners. His tests are really easy, though. I dropped his course because there was no way i was going to pass because I couldn't switch partners and mine were awful
His test are exactly the book! His accent can be a barrier but if you can get past that, he a pretty good proff. He is ver biased on alot of political issues so take that into consideration.
Professor Danns is so smart, he'll walk you through all the powerpoint. He's funny and tries to make class fun. His test are the same as his study guides so if you study them you should be okay.Just a few papers to write and a group presentation.
i'm suprised that there would be any negative comments on here about Professor Danns. he is really a great guy. always approachable & willing to help out w/any questions you might have. as far as too many group projects, there are a few but they are soooo easy!!! he was awesome. this class is a breeze & so easy i often forgot i even had it.
Dr.Danns is a great professor. My only complaint is that his accent is a bit hard to understand sometimes. Its not about reading and memorizing book material but about learning. I took more in his class than I have in any other at GSC in my last 4 years here. It was practical and it was real. Highly recommended.
I loved Professor Danns!! So far my favorite class! He makes learning interesting. He is a very funny guy and makes you nt come to class.
Very good instructor
Professor Danns is one of my favorites! His test are really easy they are straight from the study guide and his lectures are interesting! He makes you want to learn and come to class! You can tell he loves teaching and he is great at it! I am so glad I took this class!!!
LOVED Dr. Danns. A lot of work in the class, i.e. projects, food drives, papers, quizzes and tests but very worth it. Test come straight from quizzes. Very entertaining prof who delves into sociology and it's problems. A lot of good discussions in class on how to fix society's problems. Very funny prof and helpful. Wants every student to succeed!!!
Dr. Dann's class is extremely easy. He gives the answers to all practice test and the test is the same as the practice questions. He dedicates about thirty minutes or more of class explaining how Obama Care is the best. Good guy but that can get old. Easy A!!
Dr. Danns is a wonderful teacher. Very realistic. Thick accent, but had no trouble following along. Gives answers to quizzes, which are identical to the test. Online discussions, some small essays. Made this course very relevant.
Easy class if you do the work. He gives you a study guide exactly like the test. Thick accent that you can get used to after 3 days. Friendly, funny, easy to get along with. Fun class
He is an absolute hoot. Easy class and assignments, do not really need to buy the book except to use on one assignment. He gives all the answers to the tests. he loves videos, will lecture. But he will have you cracking up. If you dont do good in this class, you didnt try,
Danns is a great professor! I just finished his intro class in the June session and have registered for Marriage and Family in the fall. He has a thick accent but you understand it after a day or two. He shows a lot of interesting videos and tests are derived from study guides which he gives you the answers to. Didn't use the book. Great class!
Danns requires attendance however the tests are extremely easy as long as you study. The lectures are long and boring, but he knows what he is talking about! You can get away without the textbook, but it can be helpful for study guides
We had 4 modules, tests 2 essays per module (25 pts each) and 50 multiple choice ?'s which he goes over before the test. Also one group project, a biography essay and family biography essay. Just SHOW UP for class. Attendance is only 25 points overall, so it won't affect your grade much, but he HATES it when people skip class. Great class overall
Professor Danns is a good teacher and the overall class was easy. The tests come straight from the study guides, and the study guide questions can be found on the internet. He goes over the study guide questions the day before the exam. The book is not necessary and if you do all the work you will pass.
Honestly, I wish he taught every class. Only con is he has an accent. He cared about the class and the students, and was an awesome life coach. He was helpful with late assignments and easy to work with. I definitely recommend taking his courses any chance you get.
Great Professor! Its hard to fail his class. Somewhat lenient on due dates and gives study guides for his test. Would take him every semester if I could.
He is amazing at what he do, you got to be a dummy to fail him.
He is a great teacher. Took online intro to social problems. A discussion& quiz every week. (EASY) 3 Group projects online. If someone in the group doesn't do their work he expects you to do it, which sucks but I got through it. Would def recommend if you're looking for an easy A. Also is willing to give you extra points on papers and quizzes.
EASIEST A EVER. I was literally so close to making a 100 in the class.. Tests answers were given clear as day.. Only down side was that you had to study 200 and he only gave you 50 out of those 200. He also lectured before exams.. AKA more time to study. EASY EASY EASY. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT BUY TEXTBOOK
VERY easy. Goes on and on about race and gender inequality which gets annoying fast. Test are super easy. Study guide with exact questions given. 1 major group project. Does not care if you have slackers in your group. He will make you do it all. Overall, nice guy and very easy class. Don't buy the book!
Professor Danns is a nice, easy going professor. His lectures do tend to drag on, but he's charismatic enough to keep you interested. His class in incredibly easy, and if you don't do well, you only have yourself to blame. I don't know if I would recommend his class to a sociology major though. Still, he's very helpful, and a good man. Good class.
Professor Danns is one of the nicest professors that I've had at UNG. You can tell that he wants you to make a good grade and he tries to help in any way possible. He gives you study guides for every test. If you do the study guides, you will make an A in the class.
He is very sweet. He genuinely cares about his students, and he wants everyone to make an A. The class is super easy. You have to literally try to not make an A. He gives you the study guides which are identical to the tests. However, he doesn't lecture on sociology, but he tests on it. As long as you can memorize you will get an A.
Super sweet professor! Does a great job in lecture. Lecture can get off topic.. Best to take for a May-mester or first session summer class. Four tests and a final plus a couple easy projects.
I am a nursing major. I decided to take him because he seemed pretty easy on Rate my professor, and he is! But, get ready to be offended. I walked into class everyday hating everything. He says to get the book, don't. His tests are easy. It is up to you on whether it is worth it because you will leave pissed off almost every day!
You would have to try not to get an A in this class. DO NOT buy the book, it is completely unnecessary. He gives out study guides for each test and then tells you the answers. The questions from the study guides are the same questions on the tests. If you just memorize these then you should get an A. Very boring class, but an easy A.
The easiest A on your college transcript. No book required. You don't need to pay attention to his lectures. Memorization and regurgitation skills need to be on point. Study guide for each exam is around 200 questions, and 50 of them will be on the test-- all identical. Put some time aside for studying. He allows retakes.
Worst professor I have ever taken. Totally unprofessional and jokes about sex and gives his political views all semester. Pretty much just rants every class about whatever he wants to. You could make an A by never going to class and just studying the study guide. Except your graded for attendance. Be prepared to fall asleep in class and get annoyed
Don't buy text book. Nice professor, but you will get offended in his class bc he is one sided. 1 group project, everything else is super easy. Have an A in class, but I hate the lectures. Just get ready to get offended.
Really awesome professor! He is a very sweet man and he genuinely cares about his students and people in general. Yes he can be quite opinionated but if you sit back and listen you can definitely learn from his presentations. My advice would be to pay attention in lectures, study your practice quizzes, and you will pass with an A.
Easy A class but really boring and I don't like the lecture. He's one side person, keeps talking about himself and basically forces you to listen to his point of view about sex, political, etc, get really to be offended by that. DO NOT BUY THE TEXT BOOK, cuz you don't need it at all. 4 test, 1 final and 1 group project.
Take him! I never took notes. Just memorize the study guide questions. Easy A! 4 test, 1 final, 1 group project. It an easy A. Don't buy the textbook.
He is always available to be contacted and replies fast. Wants you to succeed and learn something from his course. I liked this class! The only thing that was difficult was the group project
He is a very funny but opinionated person. If you are easily offended, get ready to be triggered every class. He responds to questions and gives grades back very quickly and he is not a tough grader by any stretch of the imagination. The toughest part of of the class is the group project but I did it the night before and got an A. Overall, not bad.
I took his online course and it was a breeze if you go through the material you can get an A and most things have quizlets to help you study especially for the quizzes! There's a quiz weekly along with discussions but very few assignments in between.
All he does the entire class is lecture off slide shows. I didn't speak up one time in the class and never was asked to, he actually prefers you don't speak up. Practice tests have the identical questions and answers as the real test and he gives you the answers in class. The only hard assignment was the second paper.
Worst professor I ever had. I dont know where he got his degree but he needs it taken from him. Feel bad for him he just is not smart at all. He talks about whatever he wants, politics, sex, America, just rude. He was rude to girls in the class and offended everyone. He doesnt let you tell your opinion and it truly just a rude ignorant person.
I took Dr. Danns for an online class and it was probably the easiest class I've taken in college. If you're looking for an easy A I would recommend taking his Intro to Social Problems class online!
Professor Danns is great, if you are easily offended please dont take his class. Hes a sociology professor so he of course is allowed to be opinionated. Study Guides are exactly like his tests, his class is super easy and he does not make it difficult at all. Attendance is required for grade. Listen to the reviews, hes awesome!!
He was funny at the start of class, but as we went through the course, he became more and more hostile toward those who disagreed with his political input. With that in mind, he does teach his political points as truth. Funny guy overall but would not take his class again.
One of my favorite professors at UNG. Gives great feedback on discussion posts, challenges deeper thoughts, and is always smiling when you see him in the halls. He is a fair grader, and grades quickly. For an online class, I would recommend taking him. Hes super organized, fair workload, and very communicative.
Dr. Danns is by far one of the worst professors I have had. He lectured heavily on politics, which had little to nothing to do with the course material. Everything I learned was self-taught because the majority was group work. If you did not agree with him, he was rude and arrogant towards you. Do yourself a favor and do NOT take him.
3rd time taking this professor was not the charm. Every time has been bad. You have to write essays in response to textbook questions and I don't get what his grading criteria is. It's almost as if he grades depending on if he is in a bad mood or not. Besides these issues, the class is relatively easy and you do learn something about globalization.
Greatest prof at UNG if youre looking at grad school after you graduate- he has so much knowledge to offer, is passionate about sociology and politics, and really cares about his students. If you show him respect, participate in class, turn in quality assignments, you will earn his respect. UNG is lucky to have him in the sociology department
He's a great professor. Very passionate about sociology. Lectures are fun and interesting. Study the practice quizzes because they are extremely similar to the exams. Group project is easy as long as you follow his instructions. Very easy A.
I absolutely hated this class. The professor doesn't even provide lectures- ONLY POWERPOINTS! The weekly discussions were so annoying and the weekly quizzes are like exams. What kind of weekly quizzes 50 questions proctored??? Overall tho, I think this class was interesting and easy.
Dr. Danns is incredibly intelligent, and he expects his students to work hard for their grades. His SOCI1101 class includes a weekly 50 question proctored exam that counts for 700 of your 1135 points in the class. If you arent willing to commit to the process of retaining the info, dont take his class. If you commit, it is an easy A.
Dr. Dann's online was not a bad professor. There is a lot of reading and weekly papers, but they were not too difficult. He likes it when you put things in your papers that relate to your life. There weren't any group projects or multiple choice tests.
Dr. Danns is a wonderful professor. He is incredibly caring and genuine in his approach. He does require participation and effort in his class, so do not take him if you are not interested in putting in the effort.
Do not take this class if you are not a good test taker. Weekly quizzes are 50 questions each and done with lockdown browser and webcam. The assignments were easy but if you are not into reading this is not the class for you. He does not provide anything other than PP'S that do NOT help on quizzes. Final is 100 questions.
Syllabus said to buy 8th edition but tests come from 6th edition so all statistics are different. Communicated this with him but the problem did not change. Discussion posts graded more on participation than merit. No lectures, just reading.
His accent is strong and difficult to understand if you dont pay attention. There was a test quiz and discussion for every module(5) and there was no final Some of his lectures are him sharing his personal life, at first it was interesting but then it took away from the actual class lecture His grading criteria on tests and papers is not very clear
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. Dr. Danns does not teach criteria to the extent it should be taught. He skims through slides while mainly going on rants about his own political views and they are NOT to be questioned. You will not learn whats needed for his weekly 50 question proctored exams. Projects and papers get little to no explanation.
Great, old school professor. Expects you to be on time with work. I enjoy his classes.
I am a poli sci major, so I took this class as an elective. It was an easy chill class. The weekly reading and assignments are clear. Each week it will flip between a CAJ and a Unit reaction essay. With a small discussion board every week. Later there is a paper and the final exam. As long as you read the book you will do well! He replies quickly.
I took the online class for the summer and found that the class was very interesting but I was not impressed with him as a professor. Very little feedback and tons of assignments. I would not take his class again.
He was amazing! Kind professor and very helpful with any questions i had. Very fast feedback. 10/10 would recommend !
The quizzes were horribly made and not at all reflective of your knowledge of the subject. Even if you go to all lectures and read the textbook you'll struggle because questions will focus on random stats offhandedly mentioned 1x. Lectures were often boring and off-topic and he ranted about politics. I learned nothing. Seems like a nice guy though.
This is genuinely the worst teacher I have ever had. It is clear which way he leans politically as most of his lectures contain him preaching his politics. He also is extremely unclear with assignment directions. You will have to ask him if there is anything else in the assignment because he will add directions the day of the assignment being due.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
74%
Textbook Required
41%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.28 avg changeRatings by Course
1160
5.0
(1)SOC1112
5.0
(1)SOCIOLOGY1101
5.0
(1)SOCI3600
5.0
(1)SOCI2293
4.8
(4)Difficulty by Course
1404
3.0
SOCIO1160
3.0
SOC1112
3.0
SOCI3600
3.0
1101
2.8