Peter Tuckel - Hunter College, New York, NY

Professor: Peter Tuckel

Department: Sociology

College: Hunter College, New York, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof Tuckel's class felt time consuming. He does not use power points. He lectures and test strictly based on his lectures. He does not like people being late and absent. Participation is a must. He gives a project (felt pointless) and a survey project. Lectures are extremely boring.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Tough grader, does not allow the use of cellphones in his class. Not accessible outside of class. Rambles on when telling person stories.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SOC241
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Tuckel has his quirks. He can seem dry and mean but hell warm up to you once he sees youre making an effort to understand the material. Personally, I hate that he harps on about millennial (as if we got to choose when we were born) and electronics (the times and moving and its best to move with them). Write EVERYTHING DOWN, even charts

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Tuckel grades you on the following: a HW assignment (10%), observation study (20%), make your own survey (25%), midterm (20%), and final exam (25%). Attendance is mandatory. You get marked for lateness, too. The midterm and final are 80% based on the textbook and 20% based on his lectures. He is a pretty hard grader. Would not take again.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's okay, some of the comments he makes in class are a little odd and he tends to overuse the same jokes too many times... The class relies on a midterm, a final, a research project and a survey. He takes attendance daily.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof. Tuckel is adorable, so old and wise. He's really learned how to teach over the years, but he makes you work for your grades. GO TO CLASS. Tests are lecture heavy, so take good notes. You don't really need the text book but make sure you really understand the vocab words he gives you the class before the exams. Read the Ghost Map. It comes up.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I enjoyed the class, it wasn't hard I had two big projects a simple assignment the midterm and final. never had homework. there is a lot of reading however, so definitely purchase the textbook. He is a hard grader, and the type to give you definitions on what to study and have something completely different in the exam.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

You'l learn a lot and he makes each class fun. Good natured and a joy going to his class

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Old school dude. No phones or laptops allowed unless you get permission. Attendance matters he roll calls every class. Tests are sometimes tricky, he says the textbook is required but I didn't buy it, I jut paid attention on review sessions and I got an 80 on the midterm 82 on final. Requires one research project and survey

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Tuckel is great, he clarified materials and assignments but his test reviews do not exactly match the test. Because the test is mostly based on the textbook(which he barely mentions) many students found themselves with low grades. He can also be a little boring. He does however have a great passion for research and really makes you use your brain.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's an okay prof! Test are graded heavily, the tests are very difficult and based on the textbook.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof. Tuckel is very old school, he does not allow the use of electronics in his class unless you ask permission. He is a tough grader, he said it himself. There are 2 exam(midterm and final), a survey and a data collection assignment. The exams are solely based from the textbook and his lectures (tough exams). He is kind off corny but a nice guy.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

he's definitely a tough grader. he's really nice/funny which makes the boring material a bit more interesting, but he only grades you on a few things and he's pretty harsh with them. also you have to read the textbook bc he barely goes over whatever's in them but the final and midterm are completely based on it.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

very good prof! he understand people who do not test we'll , he helps out his students gives assignments so that the grade you receive isn't only based on the tests, the tests are very difficult and based on the textbook

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's old school. if you expect to get a great grade without reading the book. forget about it. Know all the key terms and know what goes into constructing surveys and you'll be okay

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I took methods with him. I thought it was incredibly boring. He had us do his research for him (he gets the credit, we don't). Also he doesn't believe in laptops or ipads (it is the 21st century, sir)

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SOC241
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is a very nice and funny professor. He will work with you as long as he sees that you are serious. There are several assignments that you must do. But, his exams are tough. You must study your lecture notes as well as your textbook info. In class, take really good notes, and include the excercises you do in class. He will use this on the exams.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SOC241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor. Tuckel is a very warm and friendly individual. He was great at lecturing the course and I enjoyed what I learned out of it. I thought he was extremely fair with the grading system and offered any possible way to increase our grades to do better in the course. He was great and I would love to take another course with him! He's awesome!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SOC240241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Awesome!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SOC240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I loved having Professor Tuckel! He's very straight-forward as a person, so he may come off strict in the beginning, but he's super cool and very funny. I definitely learned a lot from him and he made the class much more interesting. There's a midterm, observational research assignment, survey assignment and a final. He fully explains everything