Spring 2027

The Sociological Enterprise

The Sociological Enterprise covers basic principles of sociology, including perspectives, individual and society, groups, stratification, organizations, power, demography, and social change through readings and discussion.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Natalia Savelyeva3.6/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Natalia Savelyeva

The class was lecture and reading-heavy, requiring students to take notes because some test material came from the instructor's spoken words rather than slides.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Analyze and discuss what sociologists (and scholars in “neighboring” disciplines) have written.

  • Perform some forms of sociological research and writing.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Not open to students with credit forSOC 181 or C&E SOC/​SOC 210

C&ESOC/SOC 211 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027
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Raw average: 3.56/5 from 9 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 4.0/5 raw quality · 4.0/5 difficulty · 1 reviews

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Past student reviews · Natalia Savelyeva

Natalia Savelyeva taught a lecture and reading-heavy course where the content was interesting and easy to understand. While most material appeared on slides, students noted that some specific verbal explanations appeared on the test, making note-taking essential. The reviewer recommended participating actively and sitting in the front row.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.71 GPA, 89.8% A/AB (n=108 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=89 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 85.0% A/AB (n=100 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Matt Nichter, Anna Paretskaya

Past students described Matt Nichter's teaching as engaging, with assessments consisting of weekly quizzes and four papers, but no exams. In Anna Paretskaya's sections, students found the two multiple-choice exams and three papers manageable, noting that the content was not hard to master despite long and sometimes boring lectures.

AMANDA WARD is recorded teaching in Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ANNA PARETSKAYA is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JASON NOLEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARTINE DELANNAY is recorded teaching in Spring 2008. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MATTHEW NICHTER is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2011, Spring 2012. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

NATALIA SAVELYEVA is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TAYLOR BARRETT is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 600
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 600
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 600
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 600

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Natalia Savelyeva

Natalia Savelyeva taught a lecture and reading-heavy course where students found the content interesting and easy to understand.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.71 GPA, 89.8% A/AB (n=108 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=117 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 85.0% A/AB (n=100 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Natalia Savelyeva

The class was lecture and reading-heavy, requiring students to take notes because some test material came from the instructor's spoken words rather than slides.

Past student reviews · Natalia Savelyeva

Students found the instructor nice and sweet, with recommendations to participate actively and sit in the front to get the most out of the class.

Topics

  • Perspectives of sociology, individual and society, groups and social process
  • Stratification, organizations and power, demography, and social change

Skills

  • Analyzing and discussing sociological scholarship
  • Performing sociological research and writing

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.12 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

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Selected offering source records
C&ESOC/SOC 211 · Spring 2027

The Sociological Enterprise

Recorded 2026-10-14
C&ESOC/SOC 211 · Spring 2027

The Sociological Enterprise

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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