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Eric Grodsky

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Raw average: 2.50/5 from 2 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.

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What students say

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C&ESOC/SOC 361
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Difficult class for sure, but I think Eric's lectures are pretty good and he tries to explain the underlying concepts of all the math. He's pretty funny too.
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C&ESOC/SOC 361
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
I did very well in SOC 360 and expected this class to be similar, however I was very wrong. I'm sure Eric is a good researcher, but he does not know how to teach at all. Nothing in this class was explained properly or taught well. He just threw equations at us without explaining the underlying concepts. He is also rude. I would avoid at all costs.
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Classes with Eric Grodsky

C&ESOC/SOC 923

Seminar-social Stratification

3 credits

A graduate seminar on social stratification covering inequality research, modeling, and demographic approaches.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2016: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2018: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

Eric Grodsky

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2022 · limited sample
SOC 990

Thesis

1–12 credits

SOC 990 is a thesis course involving mentored research for Master's or doctoral dissertations.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Chad GoldbergMichael Massoglia+43 more

No recorded grade history

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026C&ESOC/SOC 923Seminar-social Stratification
Fall 2026SOC 990Thesis
Fall 2026SOC 999Reading and Research in Sociology

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