Her lectures are about 10 minutes long and do not help with daily quizzes. The textbook doesnt even help with the quizzes either. Youre solely based on daily quizzes, a mid term, and a final exam. The quizzes are only five questions and have nothing to do with lectures or the textbook.

Okay gonna be real here. I do not like sociology and only taking it for a pathway. Class is easy enough but the professor is not flexible at all. Also get ready to get the same 5 sentences get drilled into your head and be ready to roll your eyes till they feel like they're falling off. But anyway, not too bad if you don't mind memorizing stuff

She is the worst professor I have ever had both of her midterm and final exam are so unfair. She does not give a study guide for her test that are extremely difficult and the only thing she does is go over peoples question in class. But if you try to send her an email it wont get answered for weeks if at all. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!

Material is made up bs. There's no way to study because its a matter of opinion... dont take unless you're a raging liberal.

Unfortunately, Ford lacks basic empathy, does not allow students to advocate for themselves, and is very hard to work with if your require extra help or are experiencing unforeseeable challenges. I am normally an A/A+ student, and struggled in class due to unreasonable and unfair policies, and was ignored each time I attempted to reach out to her.

I would avoid her classes if possible. She accused me of cheating with no evidence, disrupted my final, and then later emailed that she had misidentified the student cheating and hardly apologized. Not to mention, workload is pretty heavy and repetitive. Doctors excuses are not accepted for absences. Very uncompassionate and unhelpful.

Sarah herself was so disorganized and genuinely rude. Course was extremely easy though because of all the extra credit. It is mostly textbook based, so just go to lectures for credit. She does not care about her students at all.

This woman just has no empathy. Besides half of the content being oxymoronic or completely unclear, she probably wouldn't care if a meteor hit your house- her homework should have been your priority. The quizzes were NOTHING like the final, they were 10x harder. The software for homework was nice though, made it easier to understand.

This professor is so rude and does not care about students at all, the work for this class is overall easy however her attitude towards students is unprofessional and uncaring. I would recommend taking remote or another professor. I was completely disappointed as someone passionate about sociology.

Class is somewhat easy but lecture is very boring and she will rant on and on about random things and will do class activities at random times, don't take a class with her if u don't plan on going to lecture. Also teaches the class like like its full of 5th graders and will stop at any point if there is one little noise coming from people.

I think Ford likes what she teaches, however, throughout the semester, you start to see how passive-aggressive she is towards the students. It's a class I would skip if it wasn't for the fact that she has quizzes every lecture that counts both for attendance and points and how repetitive she is with the material.

Claims to care about students but when really doesn't. If you ever have financial issues and can't purchase the necessary garbage you're forced to for a SOC 101, don't expect her to care. Terrible at managing her class, students would be disruptive for 10+ min at a time and she would ignore it until she finally had enough and still nothing happens

She has the most nonsense lectures and her test questions are based on her opinion. I perform well in my most difficult classes with ease, yet her course was extremely confusing since you have to guess what she would think is correct. DO NOT TAKEEEE.

Very liberal class. Attempts to brainwash you with liberal ideas.

easy class, but treats students like middle schoolers if she hears someone talking no matter how quiet. she'll just stand there silently wasting our time until the students stop

Sarah Ford is an awful educator. Took her class as a mandatory pre-rec (my major is BA). Instead of teaching basic sociology, she taught complex theory. She often would teach Marxism... I think that says a lot in itself. Is Sarah Ford knowledgeable about sociology? Probably. Is she fit to be an educator? Absolutely not. Avoid her if it's possible.

Sarah Ford is a blatantly bad person. She's very passive aggressive and teaches questionable things. She has been the least understanding professor I have had at the University. Taking her class has been one of the most unpleasant experiences of my school career and she is certainly a liability to the University itself.

I've been reading these and it seems like most people got an A in her class (I got an A, too). Do you know how bad of a professor you have to be for most people to get an A, and yet they still leave a terrible review? Her class was not hard, but she is so rude, disrespectful & confusing that you will leave the course not having learned a thing.

Professor reads off slides word for word and has in class activities only available in class. Exams loaded with questions that are not from textbook reading or are briefly mentioned in passing. Insists inquisitive is good study tool (you have to pay for it) but it does not prepare you for exams. Professor teaches like students are children

Professor Ford moves too fast through the lectures, not giving enough time to copy down the slides sometimes, as well as letting Liberal ideas gradually slip into the class.

this class is easy, but her attitude overall makes me not respect her as a professor. shes very arrogant and condescending when you try to ask for help or a small extension. she told us a story once in class about a time when she was talking to a student, he asked her the same question twice and she commented that he had the memory of a goldfish.

Sarah Ford does not care how you do in the class at all. She is very by the syllabus heavy and tends to not give any leeway with anything. She also loves to try to push her views on you in class in ways to relate it to the material which made me feel very uncomfortable at times when she would say things I wouldn't agree with.

why am i doing this much work for a pathway .............................lowkey a very condescending woman

Worst professor I've taken so far in college. Make one small mistake on a section of a news analysis and be ready to get a zero for that section. Once the in-class activity is over, basically half the class leaves. This tells the whole story of her as a professor, not great! Avoid if possible.

She is boring, just reads the slides, ton of assignments and grades them harshly. Don't take.

Ford brings her personal life and beliefs with her to class and many of her actions border on violations of UB academic policies. She's a harsh grader. She is extremely condescending even when you are just asking for help. Ford is all of the worst parts of academia personified. All that for a pathway class. Drop ASAP.

this is by far the worst class ive ever taken. she simply reads off slides that are no help, and if you dont attend class you lose way too many points. she barely prepares you for the final exam either. she can also be extremely rude and unhelpful when asked questions in class, saying things like "ive already answered this" with no proper response.

avoid sarah ford at all costs. people literally leave after her daily activity which shows how much of a mess her lectures are. she's extremely condescending as well. and, the whole grading criteria is an absolute mess. too much reliance on the attendance for a class that's just being used as a pathway

Ts was buns gang

do not take this class as a pathway, no accommodations for late work whatsoever.

She ranks at the top of people I wouldn't want to be in a room with. Her demeanor makes it very clear she does not care about doing her job. She will recite many instances of her getting into arguments with and berating students openly. It seems like she enjoys hearing the sound of her own voice more-so than she does teaching effectively.

Possibly the worst class I have ever taken. Forget about trying to talk to her if you think her line of reasoning is wrong because she only answers questions that don't have a good point. She openly bragged about insulting a student and will ramble off on tangents often. She seems to like hearing herself talk, I don't.

just grades things however she feels like. Condescending and just makes learning unenjoyable.

So, for SOC 206, there is no ABSOLUTE way to get your grade up. No hw, no extra credit, only 3 exams that basically make up ur entire grade. AND, the first exams for 206 and 101, more than half the class failed them. She gave us everything to study for, then proceeded to put UNSAID information on the exams. The class avg was like a 60.

great professor!

torture. pure torture. for a level 100/intro class she is a hard grader for sure. takes forever to grade, sometimes a month or more. if you make a small mistake get ready to lose points. the homework program is tedious and her tests are random questions, class average was a 60 on the first exam. she's the reason i changed my major to psych

Simple sentence. If your class average is a 60% out of almost 200 students, you are not teaching correctly..

Yikes. This has been one of the hardest courses I have taken (First exam averaged a 60%) and i'm in nursing.. She is very rude and condescending. No help and her level of care or empathy is nonexistent. I hope she finds something she loves, because it may not be teaching! Very hard and not worth the stress for a 101. Save yourself time and tears.

would rather get hit by a bus than take this class again.

DO NOT TAKE WITH HER!! took it for a pathway that i need to graduate. attendance was a 2-3 Question quiz each day and if you get those wrong you get .2 / 4 for that day. Exams were very tough and were suppose to be recall and some were but majority was not

For a 101 intro class, she is a hard grader; the exams barely cover material from the lectures, there's not much study material for the exams, and there are a lot of extra assignments that will be on the exams on top of the chapter hw. She used to have open-note exams, but now it's in person, and there's no cheat sheet.

she knows her stuff, but she moves through slides fast and lectures don't help much for tests. she doesn't give study guides, so tests can be on literally anything from six different chapters. in-class questions count a lots and are tricky. no projects, but she gives extra credit assignments. do your absolute best to keep up, then do even more.

Straight indoctrination. Incredibly politically correct, every test has so specific material and weird questions

very passive aggressive. poor test scores with no curve. very test heavy. coursework is pretty light for the most part but those tests grades can make or break you

The material itself isn't really hard, but she is horrible. Completely unorganized, grades based on "what she feels like", and your grade depends on 3 exams. She never gives feedback on exams or assignments and is unclear about what she is teaching. She is also SUPER late to grade anything.

Very test-heavy class. I have to agree with my other colleagues when they say she is a HARD grader which is not a good look for an introductory course like Sociology. I don't know if she ever reflects if it's ever her fault the class fails or if the 850 kids are. Material needs more comprehension indeed.

Over all horrible teacher just talks through slides and test avgs are always in the 60s. Even after people have studied a lot. Unfair tests, they are multiple choice but she basically gives 4 amazing answer choices and you have to pick the best one. Do not take her class

Hands down the worst teacher I've ever had. Her tests are beyond horrible, her class has me question my life choices more than any of exam ever could.

Terrible professor. I would recommend any other SOC class but this one

Just don't take this class

i swear this class was more difficult then all of my science classes combined. DO NOT TAKE IT!

ford was just an awful professor overall. puts her political thoughts into her own "teachings". She doesn't directly teach, it's more just yapping. Shes unsupportive and doesn't help guide her students into the right direction. The exams are based nothing off of what she actually teaches. save yourself the headache and take it with another prof.

There is no reason that this pathway class should be this work heavy. I should not be putting this much of my brainpower to complete a non pre requisite class. Thank you.

could not have worded it better than all of the 1.0 ratings. not fun at all.

I don't usually rate professors but this professor was so goddam awful I had to. 65% class average for a 100 level class w about 600 students total. Poorly structured, made 200 students "check-in" one by one for the first midterm causing us to start 15 minutes late in a 50 min class time period. She's definitely an out of touch prof.

She puts her own input into questions thinking she's funny, but she really isn't and it's just confusing. She doesn't even explain properly it's like "it just is".

materials arent taught in a way that makes sense. also she takes a thousand years to grade one assignment. the daily top hat questions doesnt even help , u HAVE to get it right to get full credit which i understand but the way she makes the answer choices dumb, 4 amazing answer choices and if the odds are in your favor then u might get it right..

DO NOT take this class unless you absolutely have no way around it. Sociology is by far the worst class I have been in. There's so much reading, ok fine if you can keep up with it. She yaps and yaps about stuff that has nothing to do with the class. It is completely unengaging. And she isn't very lenient, your grade is is your grade

. do not take her class. she makes you feel so stupid every time you ask a question. her grading sucks.

She doesn't structure the class well, and if you miss an inquizitive assignment even by a day, you won't get any points. She also doesn't know how to structure her exams when entering the exam is all jumbled, no one knows what's going on, she wastes a lot of class time, and just a boring teacher overall.

Whatever you do, do not take Sociology 101 with Ford. The class materials were all pretty light, but the tests are so difficult for no reason. I understood the materials perfectly, but her lecture slides don't help AT ALL, and her tests are so disorganized. Save yourself do not take her class

WALLAHI do not take this class 😭😭, i literally studied for every single exam more then my orgo AND STILL didnt do good on the exams. exams are nothing but pure bs, save ur self the headache and listen to all the 1 star reviews and stay away from soc 101 with ford. please i beg.

This class actively tested my will to live, my attention span and my ability to guess what would be on the exam. Sometimes i wish i was deaf so i can save my self from hearing all the bs i had to hear during lecture.

Do not take this class with her. You have to show up to class, exams are pure bs. Inquizitives are easy, but you have to submit them by the due date or you dont get any chance to make it up. She has in class top hat that never loads even when youre in class. The exam questions are never anything you learn about in class.

She's a rude racist person, make student life miserable because of her I received a zero on my assignment and was report to office of academic integrity because she don't believe a Chinese student can write English well

She very rude, delusional, and a racist toward students. She had no empathy or sympathy she doesn't give accommodations to student who has medical records. Because of her I have received a zero and a failing grade from one of my assignments, and I was reported to the office of academic integrity. Because she think that Chinese student cant write