Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Not every reading was the greatest, but super knowledgeable guy who does a great job of making this class interactive and engaging.Rate My Professors ↗
Current instructor
Mustafa Emirbayer
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Prof. Emirbayer was boring, but this is also a classical sociological theory class so I'm not sure what else people were expecting. Definitely knew his stuff, wasn't the most engaging lecturer but I did learn things, grade is just attendance and weekly reading quizzes. Lectures were semi-discussion based which helped me stay awake.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Emirbayer was more a scholar than a professor. Lectures were very dry, tests were nit-picky, and it seemed as though he'd rather enjoy doing research than teaching. Textbook was alright as it presented material talked about in class; though at times, some of the arguments presented were a bit of a stretch.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 1/5
Very awful professor, one of the worst class I have taken in Madison. This class for students who second language is English is very unkind. You can hardly catch the step of class even though you work very hard. He's lecture is also boring, basically reading book and no other interesting staff. Seems he is not paying attention on teaching.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Very good professor. As far as classic sociology goes, he knows his stuff and does a really good job with the class. The class is structured in a very unusual way, but I love it, and I think most people would. He's the best professor from whom to take Soc 475 in my opinion.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Terrible. He is like listening to static on the radio. Lectures were straight out of the book and were very boring and his dry, monotone voice made them worse.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Mustafa Emirbayer
An Honors introductory seminar introducing the paradigms, methods, and substance of sociology, focusing on applying concepts and evaluating research.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Mustafa Emirbayer
Mustafa Emirbayer was described as super knowledgeable and effective at making the class interactive and engaging. The student noted that while not every reading was the greatest, the overall instruction was high quality.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Intermediate Classical Theory offers an intensive and critical examination of major theoretical traditions in sociology's development since the 19th century.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.50 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.72 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.65 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleSOC 990
Thesis
1–12 creditsTHESIS: Mentored research for the Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
SOC 999
Reading and Research in Sociology
1–12 creditsIndependent reading and research in sociology.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Recorded teaching history
Distinct courses recorded per term
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | SOC 181 | Honors Introductory Seminar-the Sociological Enterprise |
| Spring 2027 | SOC 773 | Intermediate Classical Theory |
| Spring 2027 | SOC 990 | Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | SOC 999 | Reading and Research in Sociology |
| Fall 2026 | SOC 181 | Honors Introductory Seminar-the Sociological Enterprise |
| Fall 2026 | SOC 990 | Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | SOC 999 | Reading and Research in Sociology |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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