Anna Li

This professor has taught: NACS898, PSYC301, PSYC304, PSYC789, PSYC798N, PSYC889, PSYC899

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Anna Li PSYC304 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2024	This class was super interesting and sparked my interest in biological psychology. Dr. Li is a good professor and has structured her class in an effective way. She has breaks during her lectures to allow students to ask questions and she answers them with everyone. She begins each class with connecting the material she is going to teach to neuroscience news in the real world, which is nice because she cares about application of concepts rather than just teaching them. The content is pretty difficult, especially if you don't have any background knowledge in biology, but if you go to lectures and actively pay attention and then watch her Panapto recordings to study for exams you should definitely be able to understand everything clearly. There is a lot of anatomy and framework material in this class as well so if you aren't interested in that then this might not be the class for you. On the plus side, her exams are all multiple choice and fairly straightforward. I would recommend this class if you're willing to put the work in for it and you're interested in biopsyc!
Anna Li PSYC304 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2024	The course content can be difficult, but Dr. Li provides a lot of instruction and opportunities to ask questions. The class is extremely structured and consistent, which helped me a lot because I could set up a regular study routine. She's very passionate about the subject, and talks about current research and goes in depth about things she's knowledgeable in, but she is also very clear about it when what she's saying won't be on the exam.
Anna Li PSYC304 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/04/2024	Very nice professor, content is kind of difficult, but exams are multiple choice. You should study for sure, especially if you aren't familiar with neuroscience. I often studied the night before and did fine, but I would advise you study in advanced, and you make sure you understand the content on a weekly basis.
Anna Li PSYC304 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/20/2024	I think Dr. Li is a great professor who genuinely cares about her students and does her best to answer everyones questions. During the class before each exam she holds review sessions which I find to be helpful and if you take the time to study for the exams they are not difficult. Only material mentioned in class will be on the exams and the questions are pretty straight forward and all multiple choice. There are four exams throughout the course including the final which is not cumulative. Overall, I think Dr. Li is a good lecturer who wants her students to succeed and does an amazing job of making sure everyone understands the concepts no matter what there background knowledge may be.
Anna Li PSYC304 Expecting a B- Anonymous 05/08/2024	Never taken a more impersonal class in the psych department, Dr. Li does not care about her students nor the questions they pose during class. The professor was dull and made easy concepts more complicated in class by way of under-explaining. Often, she laughed at peers who asked questions directly. This class is moderately difficult but made far more complex because of her convoluted teaching style. Before every exam, she holds a review day, but don't expect the material covered to be on the exam. Once, she showed us a 6-page PowerPoint for review and explained that only TWO of the six pages would even be covered on the test.
Anna Li PSYC304 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/11/2024	My first lecture for this class, I was intimidated because Professor Li described the class to be difficult. However as time went on I found the class to be very fair and enjoyable! There is a lot of content to learn especially if you havent taken NEUR200 beforehand, but this was my introduction to neuroscience and I found the workload to still be manageable despite that. Exams are all multiple choice which makes it easier to handle, and Professor Li did study guides and an example Kahoot with practice questions for each exam. The one thing I would warn is that Professor Li does tend to post some videos for concepts OUTSIDE of lecture that will come up on the exam. The amount of content in these videos is pretty small (usually just an anatomical view with some brain structures to remember) but will surprise you on the exam if you don't watch the videos she posts. Overall, PSYC304 is a class that will keep you busy but interested!
Anna Li PSYC301 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 01/01/2020	Dr. Li is a great teacher! the lectures are interesting and she explains the content well. She uses a mix of media forms (videos, diagrams, brain models, etc.) and she seems like she genuinely wants her students to succeed. That being said, this class is difficult. Would not recommend if you don't have at least a moderate grasp of biological concepts. Strong bio background helps a lot. Some of the concepts are pretty abstract and challenging, and on top of that, the course material is very dense (but interesting and has a lot of practical use). Our class would fill out study guides for the exams and they would be 20+ pages long despite being only 80-90% filled out. As far as homework, there really isn't anything except for the readings and weekly pre-class reading quizzes. (5 points each, you get 3 attempts to take them, no time limit, and she drops a few of them). I HIGHLY RECOMMEND TAKING NOTES ON THE READINGS. The course text is immensely helpful and you HAVE to use it. most the time, I only read the book enough to get a 5/5 on the quizzes which I now regret doing because maybe I could've ended with an A in the class. I also don't recommend skipping lecture. You're allowed to skip 5 without it impacting your grade, but every class there are clicker questions (based on participation) and sometimes in class essays (also graded on participation). But aside from not wanting to lose points, I recommend going because the slides alone won't tell you enough information to do well on exams. She does post lectures on panopto but the audio isn't great and sometimes you can't hear what she's saying (ran into this problem while studying for exams). All in all, Dr. Li is a great professor. If you're interested in PSYC301 I'd take her. DO NOT take this course if you're expecting an easy A, but if you're willing to put in the work you will do well.
Anna Li PSYC301 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/27/2019	Dr. Li's a pretty fair and knowledgeable professor--lecture was mostly powerpoint slides and notes, and a couple of clicker questions every class. I found the content to be interesting, so I enjoyed the class. Exams are difficult, especially the second and third ones, but if you study hard you should be fine.