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Dylan Selterman PSYC289D Expecting a C- Anonymous 05/20/2019	!!!PLEASE READ!!! Dylan claims that he is on the students' sides, however he couldn't care less. He agreed to let us submit an alternate assignment for Exam 2 and I submitted a publisher doc to elms on the due date. However, he took 20 days to put grades out on ELMS, which ended up being the start of finals week. I checked ELMS and I received a 0/100 on the exam assignment and a comment that simply said "I can't view your submission. You created a file from Microsoft Publisher but did not print as PDF or other readable document." That's it. Since when is a Microsoft publisher document unreadable? He waited 20 days to even look at the file I submitted and then left me with a zero for Exam 2 right at the beginning of finals week. As any good student, I messaged him and said "I understand that the syllabus says there is a zero-tolerance policy for this kind of work because, in the past, students have tried to purposefully do this in order to buy more time to make changes and perfect their assignment. However, this was never my intentions and, if needed, I have proof that my original Microsoft Publisher assignment that was uploaded a day early has not been modified since the day I submitted it, which was April 25th, 2019 at exactly 10:00 pm." I was in no way trying to cheat the system and buy myself more time for the assignment. I had proof too! However, he responded and said that students have also found ways to hack into their Microsoft system and change that "last modified" date on files. I was crushed; I was very scared for my grade at this point, so I asked to meet with him and discuss it in person and he agreed to do it on the third to last day of finals week after the class final. We talked about it and he did not budge or try to reason with me. At this point he was just being stubborn. I am currently trying to speak with the head of the Psyc department because I think that this is extremely unfair. In the midst of chaos, I went onto ELMS to find some extra credit opportunities and I completed a three-hour extra credit research assignment and submitted it and emailed him that I completed it. His response: "the Open Mind module was not assigned this semester. It was not required, nor was it available for extra credit." If it wasn't available for extra credit, then WHY is it on ELMS under "Extra Credit"!?!?!?!? Nothing that he does makes sense and he never tried to show any mercy or meet me in the middle with these issues. I was a good student in his class and did all the assignments and he still wouldn’t reason with me. It is currently finals week and the combination of study stress with Selterman's spontaneous and excuses that he pulls from thin air has pushed me over the top. I have never felt so helpless in a course in my entire life. For a Psychology of Happiness class, he sure knows how to spread the joy. 100% would NOT recommend.
Dylan Selterman PSYC289D Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/17/2018	I was very skeptical of taking Selterman for this class after reading reviews that he was egotistical and not very helpful. After taking this class I feel like the complete opposite of those people. The only time Selterman talked about himself was on the first day introducing himself or if someone asked a question about his research and when I had a question he answered promptly and was very helpful. This class is very interesting and you learn a lot of useful things to know. Selterman is a good lecturer and knows the content really well. My only criticisms is he shows up late to class often and when we have class discussions he sometimes prolongs it which made some classes a drag. Your grade comprises of a term paper, exams, short weekly reflections, and clicker participation. There is a ton of extra credit offered in this class that takes minimal effort to do. Take advantage of it! Exams were not too bad since he allows you to get points back with a follow up. Averages for midterms were 85 and 95, final average was 80.
Nazish Salahuddin PSYC289D Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/05/2016	This class was pretty easy. You could get by without putting in toooo much effort, but it still is required. Just study the notes from class and the exams are based off of those exactly. Dr. Naz is super nice as for the class itself, it is interesting material most of the time, but personally I dreaded coming to the class. I don't know what it was exactly. It might have been the gross classroom we were in or that I wasn't very interested in all the lectures, but I really didn't like it. I did enjoy discovering more about myself through this class and applying what I learned to real life. I wouldn't NOT recommend it, I guess it really depends on the person.
Nazish Salahuddin PSYC289D Expecting an A Anonymous 04/28/2014	Dr. Naz is the best! The class material is interesting and actually had me thinking a lot about it outside of the class as it related to my everyday life. Make sure to show up to class but if you pay decent attention and do the work there's no reason you can't get an A. The class consisted of 4 small 2 page papers, a midterm and final, and a group project that runs throughout the semester

Dylan Selterman
PSYC289D

Expecting a C-
Anonymous
05/20/2019

!!!PLEASE READ!!! Dylan claims that he is on the students' sides, however he couldn't care less. He agreed to let us submit an alternate assignment for Exam 2 and I submitted a publisher doc to elms on the due date. However, he took 20 days to put grades out on ELMS, which ended up being the start of finals week. I checked ELMS and I received a 0/100 on the exam assignment and a comment that simply said "I can't view your submission. You created a file from Microsoft Publisher but did not print as PDF or other readable document." That's it. Since when is a Microsoft publisher document unreadable? He waited 20 days to even look at the file I submitted and then left me with a zero for Exam 2 right at the beginning of finals week. As any good student, I messaged him and said "I understand that the syllabus says there is a zero-tolerance policy for this kind of work because, in the past, students have tried to purposefully do this in order to buy more time to make changes and perfect their assignment. However, this was never my intentions and, if needed, I have proof that my original Microsoft Publisher assignment that was uploaded a day early has not been modified since the day I submitted it, which was April 25th, 2019 at exactly 10:00 pm." I was in no way trying to cheat the system and buy myself more time for the assignment. I had proof too! However, he responded and said that students have also found ways to hack into their Microsoft system and change that "last modified" date on files. I was crushed; I was very scared for my grade at this point, so I asked to meet with him and discuss it in person and he agreed to do it on the third to last day of finals week after the class final. We talked about it and he did not budge or try to reason with me. At this point he was just being stubborn. I am currently trying to speak with the head of the Psyc department because I think that this is extremely unfair. In the midst of chaos, I went onto ELMS to find some extra credit opportunities and I completed a three-hour extra credit research assignment and submitted it and emailed him that I completed it. His response: "the Open Mind module was not assigned this semester. It was not required, nor was it available for extra credit." If it wasn't available for extra credit, then WHY is it on ELMS under "Extra Credit"!?!?!?!? Nothing that he does makes sense and he never tried to show any mercy or meet me in the middle with these issues. I was a good student in his class and did all the assignments and he still wouldn’t reason with me. It is currently finals week and the combination of study stress with Selterman's spontaneous and excuses that he pulls from thin air has pushed me over the top. I have never felt so helpless in a course in my entire life. For a Psychology of Happiness class, he sure knows how to spread the joy. 100% would NOT recommend.

Dylan Selterman
PSYC289D

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/17/2018

I was very skeptical of taking Selterman for this class after reading reviews that he was egotistical and not very helpful. After taking this class I feel like the complete opposite of those people. The only time Selterman talked about himself was on the first day introducing himself or if someone asked a question about his research and when I had a question he answered promptly and was very helpful. This class is very interesting and you learn a lot of useful things to know. Selterman is a good lecturer and knows the content really well. My only criticisms is he shows up late to class often and when we have class discussions he sometimes prolongs it which made some classes a drag. Your grade comprises of a term paper, exams, short weekly reflections, and clicker participation. There is a ton of extra credit offered in this class that takes minimal effort to do. Take advantage of it! Exams were not too bad since he allows you to get points back with a follow up. Averages for midterms were 85 and 95, final average was 80.

Nazish Salahuddin
PSYC289D

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
01/05/2016

This class was pretty easy. You could get by without putting in toooo much effort, but it still is required. Just study the notes from class and the exams are based off of those exactly. Dr. Naz is super nice as for the class itself, it is interesting material most of the time, but personally I dreaded coming to the class. I don't know what it was exactly. It might have been the gross classroom we were in or that I wasn't very interested in all the lectures, but I really didn't like it. I did enjoy discovering more about myself through this class and applying what I learned to real life. I wouldn't NOT recommend it, I guess it really depends on the person.

Nazish Salahuddin
PSYC289D

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/28/2014

Dr. Naz is the best! The class material is interesting and actually had me thinking a lot about it outside of the class as it related to my everyday life. Make sure to show up to class but if you pay decent attention and do the work there's no reason you can't get an A. The class consisted of 4 small 2 page papers, a midterm and final, and a group project that runs throughout the semester

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