Mark has high standards for the class. He expects you to know everything about Sociology,but Mark doesn't get to the point in his lectures.Mark's not a very flexible instructor to deal with:if you miss over two or three class periods without being excused,you'll lose 100 points,not extra credit.

BEWARE!i found his class completely informative and based on what he thinks is right. He will tell you that his opinion is not stated in class, but tells you the author's of the books are wrong!Gets side tracked too easily,too smart for his own good.REFER TO YOUR SYALLBUS He sucks.Watch for STUTTER

This guy is full of crap. He thinks he is always right and he is so self righteous. Warning: Do not take him because he has no idea what he is talking about. Everything is just a big construction. One more thing, don't have out your cell phone or he will go nuts even if you have an important cal

He sucks...that class was the biggest waste of time. I took it in the summer and had a differetn teacher...it made the biggest difference and it was much more easier and I actually learned something

horrible teacher! he just didn't show up to class over 2 times, and we were just waiting for him. he had a horrible time talking to students-he was the kind of teacher that wanted to fail his students, not pass them. i dropped the course because of him!

The instructor was very disorganized and I really feel that i didn't learn anything in regards to the study of Sociology.

Took online Sociology. He was very unorganized, never got our grades back on time. One time he emailed us a test without the test question, several times in a row! We did the same assignments over again a few times. I learned nothing. Just another required elective to get my degree.

Within the first week of class you realize that he's incredibly smart but in the wrong profession. He said that he spent a majority of his life as a Marxist. He pushed his libreal views on the class. And the material is dry and boring and he presents it horribly. DON'T take this teacher.

Ok this guy is wierd and his class is sooooooooo boring. you have to come to get 100/600 points in the class for attendance. i liked it cuz it was ez points. the class is rediculously easy i lay my head down and text the hole time. you dont have to do anything except mabe a hour of studing the day befor his essay tests

Absolutely the most unorganized professor I have ever had. I had to complain twice to the head of the department just to get him to respond to email. But I will say it is the easiest A I have ever gotten. I'm sure others that didn't work as hard as I did got A's also because I'm sure he graded nothing. If you need an A though, he's your man.

Complete nitwit. We learned nothing, just listened to his ramblings on how hard life is for him because he's autistic. I'd like to know who gave this man a doctorate. He's tenured so he's not going away. Worst class and worst teacher I've had in 6+ years of college. Everyone from the class I spoke with agreed that he taught nothing about sociology.

probably the WORST teacher I've ever had! His lectures are boring and the majority of the time he's just rambling on about random things. I don't know anyone in my class that understands anything we've gone over. DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!

Very, very poor teacher. Stumbles through about 50% of the class, and goes through his personal biases the other 50%. If you want to learn something about sociology, I strongly recommend avoiding the class, if you thought your life couldn't get any worse, I strongly recommend taking it. By far, the worst teacher I've ever had.

he did not want to talk about anything other then autism

Terrible teacher. Was not able to have class due to snow and this completely threw him off. He also expects you to do a major project that many of my friends who majored in Sociology didnt have to do. He is very biased. Any other teacher would be better. I have no idea how his syllabu was approved by the department!!!

good luck sitting through the lectures...it is torture! he repeasts the same things and we just split up into groups and talk...im still in the class but i wouldnt take him..good topic ruined by him

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!yes it is an easy A because if you attend then you are fine, but good luck sitting through his lectures! They make no sense and if you ask for clarification he gets flustered and goes on a rant that has nothing to do with what you asked. Very confusing, literally did not learn anything.

I hate this clases. Worst class I've litterally ever taken. I was so interested into Sociology before I came into this class. No it makes me mad. You literally do 3 things. You screw one up your basically in a hole. 1/4 of it is you being there and the 3/4th is 3 different things he makes you do.

This class was easy but not worth it, what we go over in class isn't on the tests at all and all he talked about was Marxism and feminism because those were the two things he loved the most. he bashed anyone with an opinion

Had to show up to class for points but his lectures were painfully boring and drawn out. I don't think he actually graded our essays because everyone in the class got the same grade. Easy enough to get an A but NOT worth it at all.

He's so boring that is actually funny. His point of views are very left and they are interesting. Show up and take a nap if you get bored. You might learn something if you are into the liberal stuff. I enjoyed the part where he thinks that America is the biggest social problem of the world, which is true.

He's brilliant. Other than that, I don't have anything else nice to say. This was the most frustrating class I've ever sat thru. I learned nothing. I took it simultaneously with Zirkle's Intro class and spent the entire semester wishing I had him for this class too. This is an easy A but don't expect to learn and expect to pull out some hair.

he grades on 4 things, attendance, one test, mid term and final. midterm you will not get 100, most he gives is 97 unless you blow him away. attendance if you miss more than 2 days you get a 50%. the test and final he gives three questions the week before, whatever of the three questions the class asks the most questions on he will choose.

Worst class I have ever taken, hands down. How he grades is very clear on his syllabus, but if you are wanting to actually learn something useful and something about social problems, take a different course.

This was hands down the worst class I've ever taken. If you want to listen to the ramblings of a mad man for 50 minutes, take this class. The single craziest professor I've ever met. He's a communist and a progressive. If you are in any way conservative, you will hate it. Won't take criticism at all. Do not take this class. Very LOW ENERGY.

Just don't.

Foster spends most of the class rambling on about the greatness of communism instead of covering the assigned reading or test materials. I had an A in the class until I missed more than 3 classes, at which point he took 25% of my points for the semester. Mastery of the material is second to listening to his regurgitation of the Communist Manifesto.

Red Flag of ANY course: if it's hrs long and attendance is 25% (lose all for missing 3) it means that the teacher does not view his class as anything but a soapbox; no matter the view, left OR right. PolSci classes with long lectures and heavy attendance penalties are ALWAYS cult-ish. 5 years late; I work here now. precursor to the SJW problem.

A great person in general but not a good teacher at all. Very unclear about explaining the structure of the class including due dates. Talks a lot about Communism and not much about anything else. The class itself is easy though, just one test and a service learning paper. An easy A class but a very boring class in general.

all he does in class is briefly discuss what is part of the lecture, the rest is pulling us into groups where nobody discusses anything because nobody knows what is going on and him ranting about politics and going in depth about dumb pointless stuff like how he got a certain graph onto his website

Don't take his classes he is all over the place, One point he is talking about monkeys the next he Is talking about his sister. All I learned in his class is about his life stories

Mark Foster is a terrible choice if you want to learn, but if you want to get an easy A then take his class. He will usually just put everyone into groups and then discuss afterwards. He usually casually just talks about the lesson, then goes on about random stuff, mostly communism. He says he doesn't talks about it, but he does every day.

I wouldn't recommend this class to my worst enemy. his lecturers are hard to follow and you don't take much away from his class. Easy A if you decide to push through but dang!

Dull lectures. Kind of comes off as one of those tenured teachers that just no longer give a f about teaching but instead loves to boast about all his big deal sociology work on the side. How into his own self he is was actually entertaining though. Doesn't care about actually teaching you anything so go in willing to self-teach.

Honestly, even looking through the syllabus I was not sure what was happening. His website that he references looks doesn't give clear due dates either and looks like a virus waiting to happen. He doesn't respond to e-mails so I'm not sure where I stand on certain things. I've had several classes but I don't haven't had one this disorganized.

this has honestly been the worst class ive ever taken. he waited until the weekend before finals to put our grades in and wasnt understanding about anything. i missed class due to doctors appointments and a court date and he held it against me and expected me to keep paper evidence of it for 3 months. took him 2 weeks to respond to an email.

We didn't learn much about Social Problems in this course. Instead we listened to Dr. Foster rant about how terrible the Trump family is and how awful the United States is. All of us who tried got exactly the same grade on his essay tests, 93%! He only grades on tests, a project paper, and participation. Showing up late WILL dock your grade!

This was the most terrible class ive ever taken at JCCC. He is horrible at teaching, goes off topic and talks about Trump instead. He was also very unclear about when assignments were due, I didnt learn anything and dont recommend anyone wasting their time taking this class!

I took his online class and had absolutely zero guidance. I basically paid to teach myself even though I learned nothing. This is unacceptable that this is even allowed for a teacher. He was literally absent the whole semester. Dont pay to take this class. I promise you, you will regret it.

I do not recommend this class. I was extremely confused on what I was supposed to be doing the whole time. He posted 2 times the whole semester so we basically had to teach ourselves.

Confusing and rude. Tried to ask him questions about the class not covered in the syllabus, but all he said was look over the syllabus. He was too lazy to even tell me one due date. Syllabus and course material is very confusing and unclear, and his website is a mess. Dont take this class if you want to learn.

Beyond non-communicative. I am not a bad student by any measure, and I was still very lost and confused. His website is designed poorly, and information that is in the syllabus is still impossible to parse. I think this is an interesting subject, but I don't believe I learned very much here.

Worst professor I have ever had. His syllabus is unclear and lacks information that is required for understanding the requirements of an online class. Further it contained contradictory information. When emailed and advised him of this he responded without answering any questions posed by the email and dismissed clarifying the information.

Unprofessional. His syllabus is confusing, there is information completely spread out, and it will take you to his website that is a migraine inducing green. Will invite people of his political spectrum to play the semester exam in his region with him, it is a political online game. Absent the entire semester & 1 paper, book quizzes, and the game.

Awful professor who does nothing but ramble all semester about his horrible political beliefs. Dont take this class if you want to pass. Worst teacher Ive ever had. Would give him a -1000000/10 if I could.

READ THE SYLLABUS. PROF DOES NOT LIST CANVAS DATES ACCURATELY. The final exam does not relate to what we read at all. McGraw Hill reading was easy, however prof was not present AT ALL during the semester. Ironically one point in the textbook point out how a child was raised in isolation and could not learn as a result. I felt that the entire time.