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Cassandra Phetmisy PSYC361 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/19/2025	Dr. Phetmisy has been one of the most unreasonable professors to teach this course so far. First, she makes her students read ~13-15 page papers before her class to have the most awkward in-class discussion ever. No one provides her with a response, and she's somewhat bothered by it. Then, her exams are absurd. She told me that she intentionally finds ways to make her exams as conceptual as possible. The questions are bizarre and have pretty confusing answer choices, sometimes making it seem like all the answers are correct. It results in her students doing poorly, but she doesn't care. She does not provide enough clarity on what will be on the exams, and her TA's reviews are practically useless. The only thing is that her projects are not too complex. They help with your grade. However, the majority of our exams have had a C+ average in terms of scores. Please consider another professor.
James Grand PSYC361 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/17/2024	Best class!!! Professor Grand is the nicest guy-really cares about his students and wants everyone to do well. The lectures are interesting but he doesn’t take attendance and records them all. Tests are very straightforward and if you study you’ll do well. Otherwise there’s weekly online quizzes which are also super straightforward and easy and a discussion board once a week which you get full credit for as long as you do them. There’s also three main assignments and one large group assignment at the end but also all straightforward and you’ll likely get an 100 on all of them. Would definitely recommend this class with this professor.
Jennifer Wessel PSYC361 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/25/2024	Awesome! I liked this class and found the content interesting. Dr Wessel was also super friendly and it was a small classroom setting, so she would chat with us as we walked in and during class discussions. Lectures are recorded and she even said you don't need to go, but suggests it and presents exam data that show that those who attend lecture tend to do better on exams and in the class. 2 midterms and a final which were not hard, everything comes from the slides so no textbook needed. Definitely suggest Dr Wessel!
James Grand PSYC361 Expecting an A terpsleuth201 01/02/2024	Grand is a great professor and really cares about his students. Attendance is not required and he records all lectures. If you study the lectures, you're good for the exams! The exams were not difficult if you study and non-cumulative (there were 3). They are in person and on paper, closed-note. There are also 3 other larger application assignments and a final group project/paper. All are relatively easy and fair. It's gonna look like a lot of assignments but they're easy and a lot are completed in class! Overall nice guy and made a boring topic surprisingly interesting.
James Grand PSYC361 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 08/31/2023	Considerate and knowledgeable professor, all lectures were recorded. There is a large group project that you shouldn't procrastinate on, but you can choose your own groups and Grand structures it so that any slackers will have their lack of effort reflected in their grade. All exams were take home, and pretty easy if you just use your lecture notes.
Judith Gebhardt PSYC361 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/31/2011	Honestly cares about her students, constantly going out of her way to post internships and helpful material. The class is a "survey class" so its kind of confusing moving through everything quickly and only covering the surface. But Professor Gebhardt is awesome, really flexible and the material is not difficult to understand.
Judith Gebhardt PSYC361 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/28/2010	Great professor, really experienced and knows her stuff. Plenty of extra credit available (2% if she learns your name!). On top of this being an easy A that you don't have to read anything for (just go to class), she is EXTREMELY well connected. She can help you get internships you didn't know existed, and she is willing to go out of her way for you. Just knowing her is a good step for networking.

Cassandra Phetmisy
PSYC361

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/19/2025

Dr. Phetmisy has been one of the most unreasonable professors to teach this course so far. First, she makes her students read ~13-15 page papers before her class to have the most awkward in-class discussion ever. No one provides her with a response, and she's somewhat bothered by it. Then, her exams are absurd. She told me that she intentionally finds ways to make her exams as conceptual as possible. The questions are bizarre and have pretty confusing answer choices, sometimes making it seem like all the answers are correct. It results in her students doing poorly, but she doesn't care. She does not provide enough clarity on what will be on the exams, and her TA's reviews are practically useless. The only thing is that her projects are not too complex. They help with your grade. However, the majority of our exams have had a C+ average in terms of scores. Please consider another professor.

James Grand
PSYC361

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/17/2024

Best class!!! Professor Grand is the nicest guy-really cares about his students and wants everyone to do well. The lectures are interesting but he doesn’t take attendance and records them all. Tests are very straightforward and if you study you’ll do well. Otherwise there’s weekly online quizzes which are also super straightforward and easy and a discussion board once a week which you get full credit for as long as you do them. There’s also three main assignments and one large group assignment at the end but also all straightforward and you’ll likely get an 100 on all of them. Would definitely recommend this class with this professor.

Jennifer Wessel
PSYC361

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
11/25/2024

Awesome! I liked this class and found the content interesting. Dr Wessel was also super friendly and it was a small classroom setting, so she would chat with us as we walked in and during class discussions. Lectures are recorded and she even said you don't need to go, but suggests it and presents exam data that show that those who attend lecture tend to do better on exams and in the class. 2 midterms and a final which were not hard, everything comes from the slides so no textbook needed. Definitely suggest Dr Wessel!

James Grand
PSYC361

Expecting an A
terpsleuth201
01/02/2024

Grand is a great professor and really cares about his students. Attendance is not required and he records all lectures. If you study the lectures, you're good for the exams! The exams were not difficult if you study and non-cumulative (there were 3). They are in person and on paper, closed-note. There are also 3 other larger application assignments and a final group project/paper. All are relatively easy and fair. It's gonna look like a lot of assignments but they're easy and a lot are completed in class! Overall nice guy and made a boring topic surprisingly interesting.

James Grand
PSYC361

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
08/31/2023

Considerate and knowledgeable professor, all lectures were recorded. There is a large group project that you shouldn't procrastinate on, but you can choose your own groups and Grand structures it so that any slackers will have their lack of effort reflected in their grade. All exams were take home, and pretty easy if you just use your lecture notes.

Judith Gebhardt
PSYC361

Expecting an A
Anonymous
03/31/2011

Honestly cares about her students, constantly going out of her way to post internships and helpful material. The class is a "survey class" so its kind of confusing moving through everything quickly and only covering the surface. But Professor Gebhardt is awesome, really flexible and the material is not difficult to understand.

Judith Gebhardt
PSYC361

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/28/2010

Great professor, really experienced and knows her stuff. Plenty of extra credit available (2% if she learns your name!). On top of this being an easy A that you don't have to read anything for (just go to class), she is EXTREMELY well connected. She can help you get internships you didn't know existed, and she is willing to go out of her way for you. Just knowing her is a good step for networking.

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