Robin Sawyer

This professor has taught: HLTH377, HLTH377H, HLTH386, HLTH420, HLTH489

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Robin Sawyer HLTH377 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/22/2015	I have been trying to find a professor at UMD that genuinely loves what they do. Sawyer has a passion for his work and it is evident through class lectures. I took this class over Winter 2014 and would recommend that anyone take it. As long as you're going to take the time to watch the online lectures and take notes you will do well. All lectures are posted online as soon as the class opens and exams are scheduled for each Friday of the three week course. No need to buy the book for this shortened semester as Sawyer will tell you everything that you need to know. Do yourself a favor and take this class.
Robin Sawyer HLTH377 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 07/03/2014	Prof. Sawyer is awesome and funny. I took his class online during the summer, and basically, you just need to listen to his lectures and take really good notes. Exams are all multiple choice, online, and come directly from what he talks about in class. Don't need the textbook at all. I found it to be a very easy class, also in part because it is also really interesting and the professor is hilarious. Everyone should take this class before they graduate!!!
Robin Sawyer HLTH420 Anonymous 05/12/2013	THE BEST PROFESSOR! if you're taking this class, only take it with him! Register early, because it fills up fast. Couldn't imagine this course with anyone else but Dr.Sawyer. Most of your time in here is spent presenting, but he makes you feel so comfortable. As someone who hated presenting, this turned out to be my favorite class.
Robin Sawyer HLTH377 Expecting an A Anonymous 10/31/2012	Literally the best class I've taken at Maryland. Dr. Sawyer is hilarious and if you pay attention, it's an easy A. Take it if you can!
Robin Sawyer HLTH377 Expecting a B vvvvv 05/16/2012	1) This class is overrated but not horrible. 2) Exams are pretty tough because there are only 2 and there is a lot of info to cover. 3) DO NOT TAKE NOTES: 90% of the notes are online for free (http://www.bookholders.com/terpnotes.asp). Print this out and as he lectures all you need to do is read the notes and write down everything he says that is not already on the notes (there are a lot of pages but it will save you a lot of time) 4) go to class because the online notes dont have everyting 5)dont think you need text book. You need some pages from workbook for HW but you can ask someone in class to photocopy (do that early in the semester!) 6)final was harder than the midterm
Robin Sawyer HLTH377 Expecting an A whydidyoueatmyfries 12/17/2011	Sawyer is incredibly funny. He is one of the few teachers who actually brings in GOOD guest speakers. I will say that his exams are kind of annoying and weirdly specific. But, as long as you go to class and take notes you'll be fine. If possible take the class with a friend so that you can compare notes! Oh, and don't bother buying the textbook because his exams are purely based on class lectures.
Robin Sawyer HLTH377 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/16/2011	Agreeing with KFuller here. Learned nothing that I hadn't already learned from high school health and Scarleteen. Additionally, while Prof. Sawyer generally knows his stuff with regard to history and more clinical issues like anatomy, sexual functioning, STIs, and sexual dysfunction, he presented particularly bare sections on subjects like queer sexuality, trans issues, and fetishes/kink, where it felt like he was just reading from a textbook. He made lots of little mistakes that I'd think would be absurdly simple for a 30-year sex ed teacher to avoid, like continually confusing 'sex' and 'gender' and misspelling names of the researchers' work he tried to teach about. However, those are smaller issues compared to the manner in which the class was taught. Its main audience is the heterosexual college student who knows little about sex, doesn't talk much to anyone outside their gender, and doesn't communicate well in relationships. Prof. Sawyer often pokes fun of kids who say anything about enjoying sex outside the norm. If you're queer, trans, non-gender-conforming, kinky, or even just female, you're going to feel like an outsider at some point in the class. The tests are also problematic. Each is a 100 point scantron, asking incredibly specific (and often trivial) questions. For example, a test this term included a question asking (I paraphrase), 'Which vole is sluttier, the prairie vole or the montane vole?". You need to attend every lecture, as some of the questions are addressed by neither the posted Powerpoint notes nor the text. Homework is graded (it appears) on completion, and only makes up ~9% of the grade.
Robin Sawyer HLTH377 Expecting a B KFuller 03/29/2011	This course and professor have both been overrated. This is a relatively useless class resembling high school health. It is only good to fulfill advanced core, but there are tons of other, better courses to take. You have to go to class and take notes in order to do well on the tests, and a lot of the questions aren't even presented in lecture. Tests ask very specific questions, so you have to study just about everything and it is very tedious
Robin Sawyer HLTH377 Expecting an A Solei 12/20/2010	Professor Sawyer is my FAVORITE professor by far!! He is the funniest teacher I've ever had in my school career. THIS GUY SHOULD BE FAMOUS! He definitely knows his stuff, too. He's been teaching Sex Education for 30 years or more, and he wrote our book! As mentioned in the other review, it is a bit hard to get in the class but you ABSOLUTELY MUST take this class before you graduate!! The course material is plentiful, but nevertheless very interesting. The exams are easy (not tricky at all) if you take notes on what he lectures and study the slides. Overall, very amazing class and professor, and I would recommend this class to any student regardless of year standing.. I would take this class again if I could!
Robin Sawyer HLTH377 Expecting an A rbterp 12/14/2009	Dr. Sawyer's class is the class you MUST take before you graduate from UMCP (if you can get in...)!!! He is hilarious and obviously, the subject matter is very interesting :) Just a note: I would recommend comparing notes w/a friend or looking on Bookholders for notes b/c he tends to test pretty detailed information that you might not know by looking at only your notes alone. You don't need the textbook, but I would definitely recommend "Sexpertise".