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Jacob Coutts
PSYC300 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2024 |
Dr. Coutts is really cool. He is genuinely a really funny and passionate guy. His workload can be heavy at times and he doesn't post his slides consistently, which is frustrating, but as long as you keep up with the gist of things you will do well. His exams are HARD but they are open note and online. Take good notes, you can literally copy from the slides, and you will do well on these exams. Oh also he comes to class around 10 minutes late every time. The other major graded assignments are APA papers, a presentation, and a poster at the end of the semester. For these assignments you submit both a draft and a final copy. This is great because you basically have two shots at each assignment. Being thorough on your draft is the best way to succeed on these. Pre- and post-labs are easy but can sometimes time consuming so don't procrastinate those. He does grade drops for the writing assignments and others, which really helps your grade. I have learned that I HATE RStudio, but I don't think thats a shocker. Don't miss lab, thats how you'll be able to do the coding assignments as your TA should guide you through everything. Also, there is a textbook that is accessible that has walkthroughs on most of the relevant topics. Lastly - this is not on Coutts, but if you have a bad TA, it sucks. My GTA always lagged on grading our writing assignments, consistently came to lab in a bad mood (which affected the content), and was honestly kind of mean at times :/ Overall, Dr. Coutts is a good professor and I would take a class with him again! |
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Jacob Coutts
PSYC300 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 11/20/2024 |
Dr. Coutts is a nice professor who cares about his students. Keeping up in his class is HARD and the workload is HEAVY. However, he does drop your lowest grade for each type of assignment, gives extensions, and does exam reviews. If you need help, he will help. You can tell that he tries his best, but the course is just hard on its own. If you take him, just be ready to spend up to 10 hours/week on homework. |
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Jacob Coutts
PSYC300 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 11/20/2024 |
If you are okay with an insane amount of work then you'll do good in Dr. Coutts class. Dr. Coutts is a good professor and is always available to help. He gives extensions, drops the lowest grade for each type of assignment, and the TAs are super knowledgeable. He does exam reviews that are helpful too. Overall he is good but there was just too much work for my taste. Keeping up is HARD. |
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Jacob Coutts
PSYC100 Expecting an A Anonymous 08/09/2024 |
Took him for PSYC100 over the summer - super chill professor and exams/quizzes are very reasonable. The exams are a bit long but very doable, the slides are basically all you need. He's pretty easy to reach out to as well. 100% recommend him for a psychology class. |
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Jacob Coutts
PSYC300 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/12/2024 |
He is AMAZING! Please do yourself a favor and take him for 300. He drops assignments, gives extra credit, and sometimes randomly lets class early or cancel it to give everyone a break. He does everything he can to ensure his students pass and are not overwhelmed with work. He would check in with the class a couple of times throughout the semester to see how we were feeling stress-wise. One of the best professors I've ever had! |
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Jacob Coutts
PSYC300 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/03/2024 |
GOATED GOATED GOATED SO GOATED if you can take psyc300 with him please do so! he is so considerate of the workload and has cut down on the material in psyc300 so i never felt overworked! exams are fair and open-boom (easy imo). he really makes a scuffed class like psyc300 class so much better !!! take him if you can |
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Jacob Coutts
PSYC300 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/15/2023 |
PSYC300 has a reputation as a moderately hard and workload intense course. Dr. Coutts did his best to lessen how much work we had to do. His lectures were interesting and there were only 14 in the entire course, almost all are around 40 minutes each. We got lots of drops for papers, he gave lots of opportunities for extra credit, and made the lab not too difficult. The use of R in this course is minimal, and he provides tutorials that make it very easy to learn. One of the best UMD professors I have had, and certainly the best psyc professor. If you can take PSYC300 with him, do it. |
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Jacob Coutts
PSYC300 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/13/2023 |
I don't see any reviews for Dr. Coutts so I thought I'd start it off. If you have to take PSYC300, please take his class! Dr. Coutts is such an amazing professor. He is passionate and truly cares for each and every student. His personality makes students feel comfortable and he is very receptive if a student is struggling with the material or in general. During my time at UMD, I've never had a professor quite like him and he has made this semester very memorable. Just take his class - you won't regret it! |
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Jacob Coutts
PSYC300 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/11/2023 |
Literally one of the best professors I've had so far at UMD. I've never felt the need to write a review about a professor on here until now. I took his class virtual, but I can tell that he is super understanding and actually cares about his students. He's always willing to help and if you can take PSYC300 with any professor, take it with Dr. Coutts. |