<p>i feel like she covers the important parts from the books in her lecture slides...
for those of you who have taken this class- were you ok with just studying the lecture notes?</p>
<p>d soc 101 is the worst class ever in the history of cornell. if you have hirschl, its a complete joke and is very easy. however if you were like me and ended up with gonzalez in the spring, your in for a world of hurt. be prepared to not learn a single thing and have retarded TAs meticulously grading your assignments for no apparent reason, while taking off points where you said something that the specific TA would not have wrote.</p>
<p>dont get the book, waste of money. the class as a whole was also a waste of time.</p>
<p>sh1t i have gonzalez...
ajp.. any advice on how to do well in her class- what to study, etc etc</p>
<p>three words of advice (that is of course if you aren't a DSOC major)</p>
<p>D R O P T H E C L A S S</p>
<p>Is development sociology a popular major? Do lots of people pursue it or take classes within the dept. without majoring in it? Are there any general stereotypes of students majoring in development sociology? It's most likely going to be my major (that is, if my GT works out and I'm at Cornell next fall), yet I've heard so few people here talk about development sociology. Any information would really be appreciated. :)</p>
<p>I wouldn't say DSOC is a popular major, DSOC 101 is a popular class because everyone does really well in it. I would say the textbook is no helpful in terms of learning the specific material, but you have to do assigned readings in them. Just do well on the writing assignments and you'll be fine. She'll give out so many extra points that it doesn't really matter how well you do on other assignments.</p>
<p>But I have to agree with ajp, it was very painful to sit through some of those classes and sections.</p>
<p>i realize that a majority of people do well in dsoc. but the problem with this class and many similar ones is that there is some sort academic loophole attached. what i mean is this; yes, sociology is by no means rocket science and by all intents and purposes, its basically all common sense. but, when you have extreme fanatics in the sociology field like gonzales who realize that their academic discipline is easy and people think its a joke, they will find any way possible to make it seem like what their doing is legitimate which is seen through morose grading guidelines and TAs. dont even get me started on my TA for that class. my whole view towards cornell academics completely changed after taking it and just seeing how poorly managed and executed a course can actually be. dont get me wrong this place is amazing and i love it dearly, but there are some in the academic portion of our beloved school that are giving cornell a bad name. this joke of a class is one of them.</p>
<p>bottom line is: yes you can do well in this class, but literally be prepared to not learn a single thing, hate every waking second you sit through class and section (mostly section, i wanted to gauge my eyes out), and have a rude awakening about the quality of some classes/professors at our school.</p>
<p>DSOC 101 did what it was suppose to do. Introduce the topics to a very wide array of students. Some people are not going to like it, but there are people who probably walked away loving that class because it's what they want to study. I thought some of the material and studies were pretty interesting, but the course setup wasn't great. The TAs were horrible, but having grad TAs for undergrad, especially intro classes, is just bad all around.</p>
<p>I did it with Hirschl. Loved that guy!</p>
<p>I'm in professor hirschl's dsoc 1101 and all ive been hearing is how easy the class really is? also on the syllabus he has three books for us to buy....when he assigns the reading should you actually read them and take notes or does he explain everything in class and theres no need to do the assigned readings?</p>
<p>I just went to dsoc 101 first lecture last thursday. thomas hiristluc assigned lot of reading!! =( and here i thought the class will be easy</p>
<p>i had gonzales.. it was painful with very nit-picky specific questions from the readings in mapping the social landscape on the tests. but i did the readings and it turned out to be easy.</p>
<p>if you have airhead gonzales as your teach, either be ready to do the readings or take the easy way out and drop it and take it with hiristluc. no one's judging you either way.</p>
<p>i seriously couldn't stay awake in thomas's dsoc 101 class.. and the readings are pretty difficult..</p>
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<p>Then you must not be very smart.</p>
<p>i dropped teh class today cause of the difficulty. one response paper per week?! and more?! too much =)</p>
<p>BUMP</p>
<p>So I’m taking DSOC 1101 in the fall, and I was wondering if buying the 3 books listed on the book list is required. They are:</p>
<p>Power and Powerlessness by. Gaventa (Price: New/Used/Rental: $25.00/$18.75/$13.00)</p>
<p>Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in Introductory Sociology by. Patricia Adler (Price: Used $64.50)</p>
<p>New Class Society: Goodbye American Dream by. Robert Perrucci (Used: $26.25)</p>
<p>Oh, my professor is Hirschl, and I can’t drop the class since I’m a dsoc major.</p>
<p>I got an A+ and skimmed the readings + studied my lecture notes. The class was a complete joke - you can probably get an A without doing the readings honestly. Though, I think you need the books to be able to write responses to the readings during the discussion section (they just aren’t really needed except for this reason). </p>
<p>I had Hirschl by the way and took the class two years ago…not sure if the class is the same (we did have the same book list, though).</p>
<p>So did you buy all 3 books?</p>
<p>yeah, i did</p>