I love this man with my entire heart. Easy class (he literally tells you not to study for his exams) with two exams and a paper. Take his classes. Please. Smushiest man ever and he's so obviously passionate about his work.

Definitely a worthwhile class that every student at UVA should take. Not a ton of work, one fairly graded paper, two reasonable exams. Definitely an important and relevant topic to study. Vickerman is the best!

Great class. Vickerman is super smart and takes a lot of questions. He takes time to learn his students and the only assignments are a 10 pg paper, midterm, and final. He is a super easy grader. Material is quite interesting, readings are good (but unnecessary if focused on just grade)... highly recommend if interested in politics, sociology, or race.

Such an amazing class! My advice would be to be sure you participate and ask questions in lecture because that does a make a difference for your attendance/participation grade. Especially if you don't have discussion during your semester with him! I'm in my second class with Vickerman and he's great easy to follow with taking notes and very helpful. Always interesting material. Reading responses are due before every class but it actually helps you keep up with the readings. There's a ten paged paper but you can write it on any topic you want.

Absolutely loved this class! Professor Vickerman is an amazing lecturer, which made the mandatory attendance policy quite bearable. Although you must be prepared to read a significant amount, the subject matter is interesting and important (also Vickerman is usually pretty lenient with deadlines, which makes the course material much more manageable). Overall, a must-take class at the University - highly recommend!

This was the BEST class. Professor Vickerman is extremely knowledgeable and a fantastic lecturer. I found the readings to be consistently interesting, and although you didn't have to directly respond to them each week, they helped a lot with the two papers (one 5 page and one 10 page) and in studying for the final. The final was not too difficult and the grading on the papers (Gabriella Smith as TA) was definitely fair. The class is also definitely one of the most diverse at UVA. Professor Vickerman was very welcoming at office hours. TAKE THIS CLASS! You will learn so much about the world we live in.

Good class, pretty easy if you go to class and participate in discussion. Interesting material as well

great class! you have to write a 12-15 page paper, but it's on the topic of your choice. take this class!

Vickerman is the sweetest. The class was the most diverse as far as students that I've had at UVA. The work is mostly readings each week which are cool and relevant but you can get away without doing them mostly. There is one big (12pg) paper and a final. THe paper can be anything you want and its graded easily. This was one of my favorite classes I've taken. Not too difficult and you get some good conversations going if you have a decent TA. And you watch a lot of movies too

Simple class but make sure you do good on the paper because its a big chunk of your grade. Discussion really helps to boost your grade. Make sure he knows you because it will help you when he gives out grades. Overall, a cool person and easy to talk to.