Ana Navarro Cebrian

This professor has taught: NEUR200, NEUR479, PSYC202, PSYC300, PSYC304, PSYC404

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Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/10/2024	Dr. Navarro is a sweet person, but this class was a mess. I found it very difficult to follow her lectures, and half of our class was stories from her personal life that had no relation to what we were learning. I do not think she was helpful when people asked questions during class either. Her slides were well formatted for the most part, which did help me when studying for the exams because I basically had to go back and teach myself everything. The exams were very detailed, and it is very possible to do well, but I had to teach myself everything because she often did not cover a lot of the small details in class. She does give resources for exams, a practice test for each, but for 2 of ours she didn't post it until midnight the night before the exam, so it was very easy to miss. We had 3 assignments, and the first had very few directions and took ages to be graded. Mine was graded very harshly and ended up bringing my grade down a lot, so I was really frustrated it took so long to grade. The other two assignments are easy and very interesting compared to the rest of the course. I think I stopped going to lectures after the third exam because I never learned anything and always had to teach myself. The final is also online and she did give a lot of extra credit assignments, which was nice. I won't say don't take her because there aren't many options for neur professors but you will most likely have to do a lot of teaching yourself outside of class, with very little guidance, which was frustrating since this is supposed to be an introduction class. I don't know why her score is so high on here
Ana Navarro Cebrian Expecting an A Anonymous 12/10/2024	Idk why her reviews are so high. Her class is definitely doable, but the way she lectures gives everyone a collective headache. She doesn't record lectures, and doesn't post any notes, so if you're missing a class just consider that you won't get the info you need. Her slides are vague and she doesn't really explain concepts that well. I taught myself everything before every exam and that's the only way I did well. The only reason she gets 2 stars is one for her exams being all multiple choice and another because I'm feeling nice today, and she isn't a horrible person. That being said, she does talk about herself and her family a lot, ESPECIALLY her Spanish background. No hate to her, but I didn't take NEUR200 to learn about what life was like in Spain. Now let me get to the assignments. The first assignment, which was a group presentation, was graded EXTREMELY harshly by the TAs and took like 3 weeks to get graded. We were given no guidance besides a rubric and an example presentation, which I followed exactly and earned me like a 70 something, which tanked my grade SO MUCH. There was no reason for NEUR200 to be my lowest grade when my schedule had classes like orgo and genetics. She also changed the due date for assignment 3 like 3 times. You can take her for an easy A but don't expect her to have engaging lectures or give any guidance on your assignments. Also make friends in this class so you don't have to be confused on the assignments alone.
Ana Navarro Cebrian PSYC300 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/07/2024	You don't need to go to lecture, only 1 lab a week which is about an hour and a half. Exams are online. Papers are annoying but doable and each one is easier than the last. First paper is hard and time consuming.
Ana Navarro Cebrian PSYC300 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/03/2024	Dr. Navarro is a good professor. There are lectures twice a week (slides are posted no required attendance) and she makes an effort for it to be interactive. The labs have required attendance and you work on R and 4 research papers throughout the course. Her exams are on canvas and all multiple choice, pretty straight forward. She told us she has adjusted the corse due to feedback and that its much easier than past semesters which seems true.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/03/2024	She's really knowledgeable and passionate about neuroscience, so she's very helpful and willing to answer questions. I'm mostly writing this review because of how much people were shitting on her and her exams being too hard but the average was literally like an 85%, so a lot of the people complaining that it's hard or that she doesn't make sense are just salty the class wasn't an easy A. And even when the exam 3 averages were lower than expected, she supplemented with extra credit opportunities, so she clearly wants her students to do well. All the stuff she tests is stuff she goes over in class, so she will never test you on something she didn't talk about. She does not record her lectures so attendance is a huge part if you want to do well. The class itself isn't inherently hard, it's just A LOT of information. But as long as you go to lecture and ask her for clarification (which she is usually more than happy to give), you should be fine. The only issue I had is that her accent is a bit hard to understand at times, and I feel really bad for pointing this out since it's also something she admitted to not being confident about, but I'm still giving her 5 stars because that's something way beyond her control. Overall, the class isn't hard to do well in, it may not be an easy A but this is literally an intro STEM class, so I feel like that's expected.
Ana Navarro Cebrian PSYC300 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/20/2024	I highly recommend this professor. Dr. Navarro makes course content as engaging as possible. She goes on tangents sometimes but they’re tied to course content and often make it more interesting. She always tries to answer student questions earnestly, and although sometimes it can slow down class, it is clear that she cares about her students. The exams are not difficult if you study, and the TAs are helpful and very communicative.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/19/2024	This professor made me love Neuroscience and I have yet to find someone who teaches with the same amount of passion. She is very knowledgeable on the topic and her lectures are very engaging. She sometimes goes on tangents to answer questions but they are often interesting and help with the general understanding of the topic. This class might be a little challenging at times with the amount of content covered each lecture but it isn't too hard to keep up with the work if you review the content after class.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/18/2024	If I were to describe Dr. Navarro in one word it would be incompetent. To say my NEUR200 experience was a disaster is an understatement. I was genuinely shocked to learn that she has a 4+ rating on this website because if I could give her zero stars I would. If you plan on learning about the intricate details of her personal life or the upbringing of her children, then by all means take this class. However, If you are genuinely passionate about neuroscience and eager to learn about the human brain, this class will be an absolute nightmare for you. NEUR200 with Navarro will be the hardest easy class you've ever taken. By that I mean the class inherently is easy, the material is not very extensive and/or in depth which is expected of an intro class. However, her lack of teaching skills and her vague exam questions makes it somehow harder than many other science classes. Her slides are very brief with an average of 3-4 sentences per slide and about 10 or so slides per presentation. Even at this rate, it often takes her two 75 minute lectures to go through 10 slides. Even the most detailed explanation for 10 slides would not take more than 30 minutes. The rest is spent talking about her children, her life in Spain, and her pets. Unless you're interested in said topics, you will find it near impossible to tolerate her lectures. Despite her weak, often unrelated explanations, students do ask her great questions all the time. Her responses however, are often completely unrelated to the question and add zero value to the conversation or the lecture as a whole. Her exams are the furthest thing from "easy." Almost half of the question are so vague she has to spend the whole time going around the classroom answering questions. Many questions have more than one correct answer, and many others are completely vague and unclear. Doing well on her exam is a 100% dependent on luck. The neuroimaging assignments are the only engaging/fun part of this course, and they are all without exception created by Dr. Purcell. If you have the option, please take the class with Dr. Purcell. If he is even half as helpful/interesting than he is in the neuroimaging videos, you will have a great experience with neuroscience. The only real learning I experienced in NEUR200 was from watching Dr. Purcell videos. Lastly, the TA's for this course are very unhelpful and often rude when providing feedback on assignments. Review sessions are almost never helpful and it is clear as day that even the TA does not have a clue what they are talking about.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/14/2024	Dr. Navarro is a very thoughtful and kind professor, and she cares about keeping the course simple enough for us to understand. I think she is good at lecturing and is adept at making analogies to help us learn the content. Her exams (3 midterms and 1 final, non-cumulative), felt like they required rote memorization, but some questions you might be able to figure out if you understand other things. I did not like that the exams were all multiple choice. They were very close to fill-in-the-blank style questions, so if you didn't know the answer, you already lost 2.5 points. I was sometimes taken aback by the level of detail the questions were asking because they felt non-specific. The most important advice I would give myself is to study the disorders more because they come up a lot. You will be given a lesion and asked to identify what problems the patient might have or vice-versa. I also did not like that two of the exams were online, which allowed for people to cheat. She does not curve so the people (like me) who did not use their notes while the exam was online, were hurt by this. There are only 7 grades total - 3 assignments and 4 exams. So it's very important to do well on most of those. I found it very hard to get back up to an A after getting one question wrong on each of two assignments and getting high B's on the exam because the class does not have fluff. If you have taken neuroscience before, this class might be a lot easier, so you might enjoy the assignments more. I don't know whether I would take Dr. Navarro Cebrian again because I prefer classes with more opportunity to connect material and understand rather than rote memorization. But that could be the format of NEUR200 and not the professor herself.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/24/2024	Dr. Navarro is a very nice professor, and she is definitely passionate about neuroscience. She makes sure to connect the material with daily life, and is willing to go on tangents when something interests her. She also calls on people to share their ideas pretty frequently (but only if you raise your hand, don't worry). I also find her lecturing to be generally pleasant, and her accent is soothing lol. Her exams are all multiple choice, and based on the slides and her lectures, so as long as you memorize + understand the lectures you'll do well on the exams, no textbook necessary. I was not a fan of the project, and it is a decent amount of your grade, but it's not that hard so don't worry about it.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/24/2023	Dr. Navarro was an amazing professor! I highly recommend taking her class. Like everyone said, she is incredibly passionate about neur200 and has made the lectures very interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed learning from her. Exams: - there were 3 midterm exams 1 final. All exams were non-cumulative (including final). The final for me was online - I believe the exams were fair, class average score for exams were roughly between 75-80% on midterms and around a 90 on the final - There all multiple choice making it fairly easy Lecture: - highly recommend showing up to her lectures, it will be very difficult to be able to know whats on the exam if you skip. She says a lot of important information that is not written on the actual slides themselves. - Her lectures are a bit lengthy, but, Dr. Navarro has made lectures engaging. She engages well with the class and is very encouraging when it comes to questions. She's also likes to make jokes from time to time - She does tend to be a bit slower with her slides at times, (we sometimes would barely get through a presentation because she would just talk) How to study for her exams: - note cards helped me the best when it came to studying for these exams as well as reviewing the notes I had written for the class. - To be honest, I didn't put too much time and effort into studying for this class as I should've, but her exams were personally not that difficult for as long as you showed up to class and understood what she was saying Overall, highly highly recommend her. I really enjoyed neuroscience because of her.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/18/2023	Dr. Navarro is really sweet, but her lectures are often confusing and unintuitively structured. She's clearly very passionate about the subject, but sometimes has a hard time properly conveying the information. The actual content of the class is very cool if you understand, but I would recommend going through your notes after class to actually understand what she said. Her exams are also pretty detail-oriented which can make them frustrating because she picks out details to test on that were on the slides but were not emphasized in class.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2023	Dr. Navarro is an amazing professor. She cares about every one of her students and continuously tries to get to know each student. She is very lenient and accommodating to students' needs. I was scared to take this neuroscience course but she made each lecture very interesting. She answers questions to the best ability and posts lecture slides before class. She also posts study guides before each exam. She made me so excited and interested in neuroscience as a psychology major that I am now interested in picking up a minor in neuroscience. She is truly the best cannot wait to take more of her classes!
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/17/2023	She is an amazing professor with so much passion for the subject. She is the perfect professor to be teaching Intro to Neuro. I highly recommend participating in class, you will get all of your questions answered and she is always willing to help you succeed.
Ana Navarro Cebrian PSYC300 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/17/2023	Compared to NEUR200, PSYC300 was pretty much disastrous. Exam questions were super confusing and often unclear. The final exam is fairly cumulative despite her saying no exams would be cumulative. The good thing is that she's very responsive to feedback. The third exam was a complete disaster and points were awarded right after the exam, not to mention extra credit on top of that. She's a good lecturer, but sometimes can be unclear. Some of her slides have errors and she doesn't post lectures (she did but for some reason they all disappeared...?), and she adds more details in lectures. The exams were just poorly written.
Ana Navarro Cebrian PSYC300 Expecting an A butternutsquash 12/17/2023	Compared to NEUR200, PSYC300 was pretty much disastrous. Exam questions were super confusing and often unclear. The final exam is fairly cumulative despite her saying no exams would be cumulative. The good thing is that she's very responsive to feedback. The third exam was a complete disaster and points were awarded right after the exam, not to mention extra credit on top of that. She's a good lecturer, but sometimes can be unclear. Some of her slides have errors and she doesn't post lectures (she did but for some reason they all disappeared...?), and she adds more details in lectures. The exams were just poorly written.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/12/2023	She is a very sweet person and I want the best for her, but she is somewhat scattered and when she lectures it is very hard to follow her train of thought. If you do not have much interest in neuro you won't like this class because it is very difficult. Her exams are worded very difficult and this makes it hard to do well. You will need to study a lot if you want to do well. The final is online, but you do have to log onto zoom.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A- lhterp 11/30/2023	she is very interested and knowledgeable about neuroscience and explains most concepts well. however, she would play videos and skip through or pause them. we couldn't get any context this way and they often left me confused. if you don't do well on the exams or group project, there is barely anything left to bring up your grade. the group project was graded way too harshly for the amount of guidance that was given. I'm a psych student so I got lost in much of the more scientific information which is what she loves to talk about.
Ana Navarro Cebrian PSYC404 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/06/2023	One of the best classes I have ever taken at UMD. Dr. Navarro is one of the nicest professors here and clearly is so passionate about what she teaches. The exams are straight forward and directly from her PowerPoints, and additionally she bolds the stuff she wants you to know. There is no homework, just a group project that is super easy to get done in one day and sometimes practice clinical discussion posts due before exams. The exams are multiple choice on your computer in class and you get your grade back as soon as you submit. They usually took me 20 minutes tops to complete. I highly recommend this course because it is incredibly interesting and Dr. Navarro gives you all the tools you need to get an A so you can focus on how interesting the content is rather than stressing about the exams.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting a B Anonymous 11/02/2023	Dr. Navarro is an incredible professor. You can tell she is truly passionate about neuroscience and always makes lecture engaging. She is the reason I fell in love with neuroscience. The reason I got a B and not an A in this class is because I was not putting in the time to study. Her exams are based mostly on her Powerpoints. All you have to do is memorize them. She is very kind and laid back. It is really hard not to do well in this course if you go to lecture and review your notes. I 100% recommend this course if you think neuroscience may interest you.
Ana Navarro Cebrian PSYC404 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/02/2023	Quite literally THE best class I have taken in my time at UMD. I have nothing but positive things to say about Dr. Navarro. She is so clearly passionate about what she teaches. She made me fall in love with neuro in NEUR200 and pharmacology with this class. She is very kind, helpful, and super laid back. The course is extremely easy as long as attend lecture. The exams are based almost entirely on the PowerPoints and there is a group project towards the end of the semester. It is really hard not to do well in this class as long as you go to lecture, take notes, and study the PowerPoints. The discussions and content in this course are extremely engaging and her personal anecdotes are fascinating. I heavily recommend this course if you like neuro (although the course is not super neuro heavy) and want to learn more about drugs.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting a B Anonymous 10/24/2023	This review is such bs (below in quotes), let me revise for them since they obviously had a bone to pick... What they said--> "100% lecture. Professor Navarro is a good lecturer, but her classes are long and lecture heavy. If you miss class, the power points don’t give you enough information to be successful on the exams." Revised Note: You can easily survive with a good grade on the exams by memorizing the information on the power points. Rarely was there information that was actually outside of the powerpoints, and usually she sent out a mass email to everyone emphasizing the fact that she wants us to know it and it was not on the powerpoint. Also she doesn't make us memorize strange extraneous information or complex diagrams and it clearly flows and relates to eachother. Also the final exam was not cumulative which cut down my stress and amount of studying I had to put into it. What they said--> "There’s really no correlation between the recommended book and her PowerPoints. There’s no information from her on what information is on what chapter or what chapter the module relates to." Revised note: This is because as she mentioned multiple times, she does not use a book. Although she has a document with links to supporting readings you could look at if you were interested, but it was not needed to understand the material. In my opintion the slides were more than enough of a resource to study with What they said--> "Grades take forever, took almost two months to get grades back on the group project (a large chunk of the grade). " Revised note: The group project (pretty much an individual project if u r worried about that), was the TA's project and therefore graded by the TA, at the TA's own leisure. It was not the prof fault that it was not graded fast, and the project was graded so leniently that I did it and turned it in the day it was due and got an A. Don't be worried about this. And we got our exam scores back immediately since it was multiple choice on elms, so that kinda evens it out. What they said--> "She’s very difficult to get ahold of, and can be quite rude when it comes to ADS accommodations. She will not make an effort to meet with you outside of her office hours, doesn’t give out an email to reach her, and when you approach her after class to speak she just tells you to go to her office hours. " Revised note: She has office hours and can meet outside of them, not hard to get a hold of. She is also a very kind and understanding person and from my experience I had no problem with ADS accommodations. Perhaps this person had a bad early on interaction with her in this regard and that is why they are so violently against her. She will meet with you outside of OH. Her email is literally in her syllabus, which this person must not have read. Also I have asked her questions after class and she does her best to answer, but if its a long question it may not be possible to answer it in that environment. You can just email her to ask or go to OH like you would with any other class, she is not going to mock or judge you, she is too kind for that. What they said--> "Difficult class if you have health issues that cause you to miss a good amount of classes." Revised note: I got sick. A lot. and I still did very well in the class by just memorizing the slideshow presentations before the exam. It was not difficult, don't worry about it. I write this because I don't want anyone to get scared of this class, I would have her again in a heartbeat and that class was one of my favorite classes because of her. TAKE HER
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Anonymous 10/24/2023	Really fun class, very engaging prof, genuinely cared and easy subject. Made me fall in love with neuroscience. Take her!!
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/21/2023	This class was honestly very enjoyable and very fair. There were no surprises for any of the exams, there was a big project which helped everyone's grades because it was graded leniently, and extra credit was available. As long as you study the slides and pay attention at least a little in class, you should be fine.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/18/2023	this prof is very nice and very understanding to students. she will listen to you and resonate a lot with her students. you don't have to worry about anything because you are in good hands. the only thing that was hard was her exams. they can be a little hard and detailed. like what other people wrote, make sure to attend her lecture because there are so many things missing on the slides that would be on the exam.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/17/2023	Dr. Cebrian is great, I love her. Everything she tests on, is included in her slides. STUDY HER SLIDES, it's your key to success in the course. The content is really interesting, especially if you enjoy neuroscience or abnormal psychology, which I love. The group project assignment is fair, but you need to follow the rubric extensively. Yes, you need to actually do some application on the exams, it's not just purely memorization, but if you understand the content and can apply it, you will not only do well in the course, but will enjoy it as well.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Anonymous 05/17/2023	She is a very passionate professor, which is helpful! But I feel like halfway through the semester her attitude shifted. It can be frustrating to sit in a lecture for an hour and half and cover 6 slides. The material is fairly interesting but the exams can be challenging.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/27/2023	Very good professor. She is obviously very passionate about the course and the material. You have to attend lecture!! When studying you have to review the slides and the notes taken in lecture.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting a B- Anonymous 04/24/2023	Expectations are clear, and the bulk of the grade is a project which is graded leniently.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/22/2023	If you go to class, just take notes on what she says that is not in the slides. With these notes, combined with just looking at the slides on one's own time, this is an easy A of a class. Also she says stuff about how neuroscience students typically do better in this class; but I was a psyc student, and had no difficulty at all.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting a C Anonymous 02/16/2023	She's awful can't understand her, her exams are not off her slides and she does not provide any other resources besides her slides. She has no other form of resources to succeed, and her questions are based on questions her students hypothetically ask during class. Very unfair do not take.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/28/2022	One of the nicest professors I have met. Her tests are very predictable and fairly graded. The TAs do most of the grading. Class is nicely structured and doable work is assigned.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/22/2022	100% lecture. Professor Navarro is a good lecturer, but her classes are long and lecture heavy. If you miss class, the power points don’t give you enough information to be successful on the exams. There are a lot of times she just verbally says “this isn’t on the PowerPoint but it will be on the exam.” There’s really no correlation between the recommended book and her PowerPoints. There’s no information from her on what information is on what chapter or what chapter the module relates to. Grades take forever, took almost two months to get grades back on the group project (a large chunk of the grade). There’s not much homework so not much chance at engaging with the material other than reading the lecture notes. She’s very difficult to get ahold of, and can be quite rude when it comes to ADS accommodations. She will not make an effort to meet with you outside of her office hours, doesn’t give out an email to reach her, and when you approach her after class to speak she just tells you to go to her office hours. Difficult class if you have health issues that cause you to miss a good amount of classes.
Ana Navarro Cebrian NEUR200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/24/2022	her tests were very straightforward, multiple choice, always exactly what she taught us from the slides. She was extremely nice and accomodating, offered extra credit, showed us interesting videos during class time that tied into what we were learning. This class was definitely one of the least stressful classes I took fall semester, Dr. Cebrian had a lot of passion for the neuroscience subject which was really inspiring. I highly recommend you take Dr. Cebrian if you can, the only downside (which is also an upside depending on how you look at it) is that the only grades in this class are three multiple choice exams that are around 30 points each, a research project and presentation that is only 20 points and a final that is 30-40 points. This means that even getting 3 questions wrong on one of the midterms will bring you grade towards a 90% and getting 6 wrong towards an 80%, this means that it is really really important to do well on the exams because your grade is entirely comprised of midterms ,a final and the project. It was nice not having to worry about quizzes and homework so I could focus that energy on other difficult classes. Dr. Cebrian helped with this issue by providing some extra credit and also giving a lot of weight to the project relative to the exams. This was nice because the projects are designed to be fun and you get to work with a group instead of by yourself, mostly everyone did very well on them.
Ana Navarro Cebrian PSYC404 Anonymous 12/15/2021	Dr. Cebrian is very nice and the class is pretty straightforward. She teaches off her PowerPoints, which she uploads beforehand, making it useful if you miss class. We watch videos sometimes. She's very receptive of questions and is very personable. She will often share stories of her experiences with patients and make the lecture more of a conversation. The exams are multiple choice. By nature of this class being pharmacology, most of the information is memory-based (drugs, drug names, side effects, etc.), so be prepared to memorize a decent amount. My only real complaint for this class is that grading is very slow. The exams are scantron but for some reason it took 2-3 weeks for us to receive our grades, which was annoying. There is a long-term project as well, which still hasn't been graded even though it has been a month (was due early November, is now early December). A little nerve-wracking in that sense, but overall it's an interesting and straightforward class.