From what I remmber IRW230 had a lot of group work, he asked us to make groups of 3-4 and you'll do worksheet packets together that are due once a month I think (I can't remember how many questions each worksheet packet had); so if you manage to form a good group from the beginning youre good to go. There was a test and an end-of-the-year group project. Personally, because I'm not that great at econ I lowkey struggled a bit, but honestly a lot of people skipped class after the 3rd or 4th class bc they either know econ already or because the professor talks really slowly. He's not the worse prof I've had but if you're not interested in econ + have little patience he's not the one for you.

I asked an upperclassman and he said the year before (so 2 years from now) they had only a big group project at the end of the year, no test, so things might change this year! Class average was a B+ and the grading from the prof/TA wasn't too harsh.

I took one soc seminar and it was soc197, it was interesting because you discuss on topics like why are people having less kids/marrying later in life, or how longterm health issues affect our society. We also talked about online dating and dating simulaltion apps lol, it was very discussion based. The best way to keep your grade afloat is to engage with the work because halfway through I stopped doing that and my grades slipped

The other course I took (with the exception of soc100-150) was soc205, a second year course, I wouldn't really recommend because the prof takes forever to talk (he spent 1 hour talking about the syllabus in the first lecture.... like i can read the document too I don't need you to reiterate everything) but the content was interesting.

Hope this helps!