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RUTH TURLEY

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Raw average: 4.40/5 from 35 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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SOC 1342010-01-21

Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5

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SOC 1342009-05-22

Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5

boring lectures and readings, but you have to do both if you want to do well on tests. all her lectures blend together b/c they are all the same format: sleep inducing dribble. test questions had weird wording and were confusing. not a super hard prof but you will be pulling your hair out every lecture and exam.

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SOC 1342008-12-16

Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5

Lectures are important, as well as the readings. The exam questions are directly from the lectures. No trick questions. She has well organized power points that she posts after lecture.

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SOC 1342008-05-16

Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5

lectures aint that bad but the discussions were kinda boring and the readings arent the best but all-in-all, the class aint bad.

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SOC 1342008-05-14

Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5

She almost made me change my major to sociology. Her lectures were surprisingly good but discussions were a drag. The papers aren't too bad either. She likes trick questions on the exams, but you get used to them after seeing the first one. Loved the class

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SOC 1342008-02-03

Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5

Easiest A ever. Two joke papers, and the tests are only multiple choice.

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Classes with RUTH TURLEY

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Term	Course	Title
Spring 2010	C&ESOC/SOC 987	Research: Race and Ethnic Studies
Spring 2010	SOC 134	Sociology of Race & Ethnicity in the United States
Fall 2009	C&ESOC/SOC 987	Research: Race and Ethnic Studies
Fall 2009	SOC 699	Directed Study
Spring 2009	C&ESOC/SOC 987	Research: Race and Ethnic Studies
Spring 2009	SOC 134	Sociology of Race & Ethnicity in the United States
Spring 2009	SOC 699	Directed Study
Fall 2008	C&ESOC/SOC 875	Special Topics
Fall 2008	C&ESOC/SOC 987	Research: Race and Ethnic Studies
Spring 2008	C&ESOC/SOC 987	Research: Race and Ethnic Studies
Spring 2008	SOC 134	Sociology of Race & Ethnicity in the United States
Spring 2008	SOC 199	Directed Study
Spring 2008	SOC 682	Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2007	C&ESOC/SOC 987	Research: Race and Ethnic Studies
Fall 2007	SOC 134	Sociology of Race & Ethnicity in the United States
Fall 2007	SOC 199	Directed Study
Fall 2007	SOC 681	Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2007	C&ESOC/SOC 987	Research: Race and Ethnic Studies
Fall 2006	C&ESOC/SOC 357	Methods of Sociological Inquiry
Fall 2006	C&ESOC/SOC 987	Research: Race and Ethnic Studies
Fall 2006	SOC 134	Sociology of Race & Ethnicity in the United States

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