William Ulmer - University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

Professor: William Ulmer

Department: TBD

College: University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SOC2150
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This was hands down the most boring class I've ever taken. He reads straight from the text book, that you already have to read for homework. But you have to attend class, attendance in mandatory. He takes forever to get his point across, and goes off on tangents. Things that can be covered in 30 minutes take him 2 hours!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SOC2150
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's a nice guy, but not a great teacher. He doesn't write on the board or use any PowerPoints during his lectures, so he can be hard to follow. The book is necessary and helps a lot for tests. He doesn't take many grades (4 tests, 3 assignments, and participation) and also doesn't record them in Blackboard, so you're kinda on your own.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SOC2150
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoyed his class. He goes off on tangents a lot but also makes his lectures interesting. There are 3 out of class assignments worth 5% each of your grade that are not difficult at all, another 5% of your grade is just off of participation. There is no midterm or final, just 4 exams and he gives 95% of the answers in class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SOC2150
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He grades on class participation, 4 tests, and 3 papers. He's kind of hard to understand, and he goes off on tangents every once in a while, but he also gives you 95% of the answers on the test through his lectures. Just skim the text book and rewrite your notes a couple hours before the test and you'll get an A.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: FA17
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

His tests are very specific so make sure to take good notes. He does not write things on the board or has a powerpoint but what you need for the test he tells you during the lecture. He gets off topic a bunch but over all the class is inserting. You must come to class because he takes roll every time no matter what.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SOC2150
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

4 exams, multiple choice but he sneaks things from the book into it that are insignificant & no one would remember them. multiple choice & short answer questions are study BY HARD, work for word questions, if you don't know the exact words he takes points away. Basically try to remember the entire book word for word. GOOD LUCK! U'll need it!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 2150
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TO ANYBODY. Lectures are all over the place, never focused on one specific topic. Information on tests sometimes are not mentioned in lectures.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SOC2150
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Fairly easy course. I didn't have book and I passed with a B. Just pay attention in class. There are alot of notes. It's a very long class, but the information i interesting. If you take good notes, buy the book, and study you will get an A I'm sure.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SOC2150
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This class is easy. All you have to do is go to class. As long as you listen to him in class, you should do fine. You will take a lot of notes, but it's better than only reading out of the book. Although it's a night class, you only have it once a week so it's not much of a hassle. The tests are multiple choice with some short answer at the end.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SOC215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

4 tests worth 80% of your grade-half is multiple choice from the chapters that you MUST read in the book & the other half is definitions & listing stuff from memory(which he tells u in class). 3 assignments worth 15% of your grade-very easy. 5% of your grade is speaking up in every class. overall its okay but boring. READ THE CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOC215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He takes the class too seriously for a 200 level class, but overall it's not too bad. Make sure you read the chapters, most of the tests come from the reading. Gives a couple of really easy assignments that I'm pretty sure he doesn't even read over, just checks for completion, so don't stress over them. Not so bad for a night class.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOC215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I HATED this class.. it was so easy, but going there was awful. It's so boring, and he takes role almost every time. Since it's only a once a week class though he butchers the same names every week. It's easy... but it just gets old

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SOC215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Good guy. Boring as the dickens but good guy. Easy class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SOC151
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The bomb dot com! He is very intelligent, down to earth, and knowledgeable. He tells great stories, and gives good advice. He is fair and very easy on grading, and does not make material harder than it should be. I took him in a night class and thought I would hate it, but he made class so fun, and lets you leave if he is 15 min or more late!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SOC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Talks about random subjects more than the subject and goes on and on! He would also show up late all the time! However it is not a hard class just boring!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOC215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took this class at night and made an A, but you have to have really good patiece to ladt through the class. He talks FOREVER! And half the time he winds up talkng about things that have no aparent revelance to the class. Just read the chapters through a coupole of times and you will make an A on all of his tests.

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Talks very very slow. Get to the point! Subject was interesting though. He just would go on and on and on.!!!!!!!!!!!!! But easy "A". Drop out of school now, if you did not recieve and "A". If you have no motivation to pay attention to him when he tells you exactly what will be on the test- you do not need to be in school. Very, very easy class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SOCIOLOGY215
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The tests are easy if you take his notes because he will tell you exactly what is going to be on the test.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SOC215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

If you can't get an A in his class (let alone pass it), you don't belong in college and should stop by McDonalds for an application right now. He told us, word for word, what would be on the test. He is also a pretty good teacher.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: INTROTOSOC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took his class as a freshman and am now a senior and I still have horrible flashbacks when I walk into room 210. Try not to take him on Mondays for 2.5 hours if you can. He lectures the whole time and I wanted to die.