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Steven Brauth PSYC402 Expecting an A Anonymous 09/19/2012	I loved this guy. He is hilarious and a great lecturer and knows his material down to the smallest detail. I went to all of his lectures and studied a lot for the tests and did well on them. However he does post the power points online and posts practice exams that you can take as many time as you want and I think you got points for. There is a lot of material to learn. This class is basically psyc301 in more detail. Highly recommended class.
Steven Brauth PSYC402 Expecting an A NeuroSciX 05/09/2012	Very pleasant, funny, and charming lecturer. His tests are extremely challenging though the first test was heavy duty neurophysiology and looked into a decent amount of biochemistry ( Doesn't mean you need orgo or anything). His second test looked over so many different systems including muscle, hearing, and visual that you cannot afford to miss a single lecture if you want a high grade. The third test was more relaxed, it cover the biological basis of learning, mental disorders, and functional organization of speech and speech disorders. Overall the class is not too difficult, a 180 is an A, and generally within reach for most students. The final replaces the lowest test, two quizzes that are online and can be repeated till you get full credit. Overall, if you study you'll do pretty well. But I think that generally you needed to have done well in Psyc301 or Bsci453 to do well in this course. The basics are covered but knowing more background information is a real benefit. I would personally take him again for another class if given the chance.
Steven Brauth PSYC402 Anonymous 05/02/2010	Brauth is a great teacher. You can tell he really knows his stuff. True, with 402 he posts lecture slides, notes, study guides, and practice exams online, so you probably don't need to go to class, but I thought it was interesting and always went. There is a lot to memorize and study, but it's a neural systems course so that's expected. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in biopsychology or the brain.
Steven Brauth PSYC402 Expecting an A terpzilla 05/21/2009	There is a LOT of material that needs to be memorized for this class--and it's primarily neurophysiology. Dr Brauth's a nice guy and he energizes his lectures with stories and a little dancing here and there, but you can get an A in his class without attending the lectures or reading long chapters in the book because he posts AMAZING lecture notes online. Even if you don't go to class, the notes + the powerpoint + sample exams are really more than enough to prepare for the exams. DO NOT RELY ON JUST THE POWERPOINT. It doesn't have even close to all the information you should know! The bulk of it is in the lecture notes, but they lack information, too, so it's necessary to use both in conjunction to really prepare for his exams. The class is out of 200 points; 3 exams at 60 points each, and the final is optional. If you're at a borderline grade, it can't hurt you because he takes the top 3. You basically get a free 20 points through an online quiz that can be taken over and over again.