Dylan Selterman

This professor has taught: PSYC100, PSYC100H, PSYC221, PSYC234, PSYC289D, PSYC334, PSYC420, PSYC468H

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Dylan Selterman PSYC100 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 03/16/2022	I received an 104% in this class due to extra credit he offered and the class being extremely easy, this class was one of the easiest A's I've ever gotten, he offers no midterms, no finals. All you have to do is do the worksheets, and put effort into the SAs due every other week. I got 30/30 on almost every SA assignment except one time I got a 27/30 because I was lazy and just typed something out quickly. I would recommend him if you just want a chill, easy class. I also enjoyed the conversations he would have with the class. We barely went over actual content but it was interesting to engage in current topics in psychology like social media, the American education system, etc. Some people didn't like this but I actually enjoyed this a lot, it was the only reason I came to class. I think Selterman is a great professor.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 02/06/2022	Relatively easy A as long as you do all of the work and extra credit in the class, although his grading on papers is ridiculously petty. My problem is more so his attitude, as he is very arrogant and talks down to students as if they are beneath him, and he seems to dislike teaching. However, if you can deal with that, it's a simple A class. In addition, though, I would not recommend taking him if you are actually interested in learning psychology, as I didn't really gain much new psychological knowledge from this course. It felt more like busy work if anything,
Dylan Selterman PSYC100 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/09/2021	Very easy A, just do the weekly worksheets and short SAs. Try to do the Clicker questions because it doesn't matter if you get them wrong as long as you participate. Dylan is nice and sometimes funny but he goes off topic. He let you choose in-person and zoom, there are no exams or final projects, and the course load is fair. It's a great elective to boost your GPA and the content is very interesting.
Dylan Selterman PSYC100 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/09/2021	I put it in very minimal effort in this class and got an A. It was so easy. The professor doesn’t have any exams. You have an open note worksheet quiz every week, and a paper every other week. The TA’s do all the grading and they usually go pretty light. I also did not learn anything and could not help anybody with this class, but at least it was a GPA boost.
Dylan Selterman PSYC100 Expecting an A WALIK 12/01/2021	I think professor Selterman is a solid professor overall. The course work is extremely manageable (a worksheet once a week and a 500-word short response once every other week.) He also doesn't require you to come to class in person and offers both an in-person as well as zoom option which is very convenient. The grading is pretty fair on the short responses as it's mostly the TA's grading them. He's very ingrained in his beliefs which can make it a bit hard to have a meaningful discussion if you disagree with him or present a counterargument to his point of view. But it's nothing ridiculous like I've seen in some of these reviews. No exams are a huge plus too. I would take him again for sure and I enjoyed how manageable the workload is
Dylan Selterman PSYC234 afriasia_adonia 12/01/2021	This professor is great at conveying course content to students and utilizing course materials (textbooks, articles, videos, and podcasts) to improve student learning. However, he will also deflect from student concerns and throw his TA under the bus if a student is concerned about the way an assignment is graded. Guidelines for the assignments were difficult to understand and the professor has managed to deflect from fully answering students' concerns regarding this. This professor is also hypocritical in his teaching values and claims to want students to advocate for their education and that grades shouldn't matter but took an opportunity to gaslight us when concerns were brought up about the weekly reflections and the way they're graded.
Dylan Selterman PSYC100 Expecting a B Anonymous 04/26/2021	Is he good at actually teaching? Absolutely! Am I coming out of this semester knowing more about psychology than I did? Yep! Is there a heavy workload? Yes to that too. However, unfortunately he is very quick to report students to the OSC over minor similarities found using turnitin.com, as helpful as this website can be, it can't be too heavily relied on for student work, especially when the professor specifically states that proper APA format and references aren't required for these 400-500 word essays, not just that, neither him nor my TA contacted me beforehand to clarify the situation. I'm sure he's great in an offline setting, but online, he jumps to conclusions and has power trips if you bring up how harshly a TA may grade your papers. I will also be taking his PSYC234 class next semester when we're fully back on campus so hopefully I'll have a better review.
Dylan Selterman PSYC100 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/24/2021	Very good professor and he is obviously very aware of what's going on with the pandemic and how to ensure that his students can hold open discussions about what is going on in the world. He gives a lot of extra credit assignments. As long as you do your work on time and complete extra credit assignments, you should get an A in this class. He is a bit egotistical about some philosophies as others have mentioned but overall, he is a very well-spoken professor. The same goes for his TAs
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/02/2021	I had his class fully online, and what a ride it was. The coursework wasn't really difficult (participation questions and a weekly activity/essay), and we didn't have exams either. What sucked is that I literally didn't learn a single thing in his class, as everything he covered was material that is taught in PSYC100 or AP Psych. He has a huuuuge ego and will not respond if something questions what he is presenting (like if you were to propose a theory that contradicted his own- he would straight up pretend like you didn't type or say anything). I also noticed that he didn't really address anyone in his class who had a more complex or foreign name, which was incredibly disheartening to see. Overall I am giving two stars because the workload itself wasn't that bad and I liked his cats; he seriously needs to work on actually connecting with his students and teaching new material.
Dylan Selterman PSYC100 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/12/2020	The nicest and most understanding professor during this pandemic. Please take his class he genuinely wants you to learn! He made us do projects instead of exams and made the final one optional!
Dylan Selterman PSYC100 Expecting a B Anonymous 08/22/2020	Was a lot of work and I felt like it should honestly be a 4-credit class. While the content wasn't difficult, the workload felt overwhelming at times. Between weekly 30-50 question quizzes, and having essays due every other week, it was rough for me. Don't take this class unless required.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting an A Anonymous 08/16/2020	I don't know why people don't like Dr. Selterman because he was super great! He was funny and very knowledgable of anything psych. The scientific analysis essays were not hard if you put in effort, start early and get help from the TAs when you need. Yes, it was a different assignment that was not like anything I've done before but if you thoroughly read the instruction, look at the sample and ask a TA to proof read it then you'll be fine. Class was also divided into two groups and each group attend discussion on alternate weeks.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/14/2020	Overall I disliked Selterman. His lectures all felt robotic, and he was extremely unhelpful with explaining any of the assignments for the class. He made it much more difficult then it should have been. You have to write a scientific analysis essay every other week and is graded very specifically and overall difficult to write. If it wasn't for the TA, I would've never passed this class. I will say if you show up for class and participate with the clickers, you will get a TON of extra credit in the end that actually boosted my grade up by two letter grades. I would not recommend taking this class unless required.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Anonymous 01/24/2020	This professor claims to care about his students when he really does not. He is rude and dismissive and has a huge ego. The TA's grade every paper in this class. His lectures are boring, yet you have to pay attention to get every detail for the tests because his slides have no information whatsoever. Not a terribly hard class, but if you have the option please go with another teacher. Selterman isn't worth the headache and pain of taking this class.
Dylan Selterman PSYC100 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/21/2019	You can tell Selterman knows what he's talking about when he teaching during lecture. His exams are application based and are very tricky. However, exams are weighted less than the worksheets that we have to do every week, which take about 3 hours to do. I would do as well as possible on those quizzes, so the exam grades won't affect you as much. The class is interesting, but the workload kind of ruins it. It's not an easy A type class.
Dylan Selterman PSYC289D Expecting a C- Anonymous 05/20/2019	!!!PLEASE READ!!! Dylan claims that he is on the students' sides, however he couldn't care less. He agreed to let us submit an alternate assignment for Exam 2 and I submitted a publisher doc to elms on the due date. However, he took 20 days to put grades out on ELMS, which ended up being the start of finals week. I checked ELMS and I received a 0/100 on the exam assignment and a comment that simply said "I can't view your submission. You created a file from Microsoft Publisher but did not print as PDF or other readable document." That's it. Since when is a Microsoft publisher document unreadable? He waited 20 days to even look at the file I submitted and then left me with a zero for Exam 2 right at the beginning of finals week. As any good student, I messaged him and said "I understand that the syllabus says there is a zero-tolerance policy for this kind of work because, in the past, students have tried to purposefully do this in order to buy more time to make changes and perfect their assignment. However, this was never my intentions and, if needed, I have proof that my original Microsoft Publisher assignment that was uploaded a day early has not been modified since the day I submitted it, which was April 25th, 2019 at exactly 10:00 pm." I was in no way trying to cheat the system and buy myself more time for the assignment. I had proof too! However, he responded and said that students have also found ways to hack into their Microsoft system and change that "last modified" date on files. I was crushed; I was very scared for my grade at this point, so I asked to meet with him and discuss it in person and he agreed to do it on the third to last day of finals week after the class final. We talked about it and he did not budge or try to reason with me. At this point he was just being stubborn. I am currently trying to speak with the head of the Psyc department because I think that this is extremely unfair. In the midst of chaos, I went onto ELMS to find some extra credit opportunities and I completed a three-hour extra credit research assignment and submitted it and emailed him that I completed it. His response: "the Open Mind module was not assigned this semester. It was not required, nor was it available for extra credit." If it wasn't available for extra credit, then WHY is it on ELMS under "Extra Credit"!?!?!?!? Nothing that he does makes sense and he never tried to show any mercy or meet me in the middle with these issues. I was a good student in his class and did all the assignments and he still wouldn’t reason with me. It is currently finals week and the combination of study stress with Selterman's spontaneous and excuses that he pulls from thin air has pushed me over the top. I have never felt so helpless in a course in my entire life. For a Psychology of Happiness class, he sure knows how to spread the joy. 100% would NOT recommend.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/13/2019	I don't understand why a lot of people seem to hate him? His lectures were very clear and he posted recordings on them on ELMS. The readings were also pretty straightforwards, but they were also long so I used an audio app to make it read it to me while I did other stuff. The tests were okay, but for every exam other than the final, you had the chance to take it again with your notes for possible extra credit points. Speaking of which, he offers A LOT of extra credit, I finished the class with a 103 (originally a 93 before EC was added). My only complaint was that his TA was really strict with commas on writing assignments.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 11/24/2018	Professor Selterman is a pretty solid professor. He is organized with the schedule of the material we learn and he emphasizes how he wants his class to be manageable. The only issue I had with him was his resistance to accommodate my learning differences in needing to be seated in the front. He treated my accommodation as a sort of inconvenience that wasn't really important to him. Otherwise, he's pretty easy to talk to and friendly.
Dylan Selterman Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/09/2018	So-so. There is definitely that divide between professor and students. Tests can be confusing, need to study a good amount.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting an A Anonymous 08/15/2018	He's not understanding or ethical. You can study his ppts, but the tests are more focused on the readings. He words questions on the test alot harder than they need to be. He doesn't even go over them. Essay assignments are also graded pretty harshly. It's alot for just a 200 class. Please take Curtis if you want to take this course
Dylan Selterman PSYC289D Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/17/2018	I was very skeptical of taking Selterman for this class after reading reviews that he was egotistical and not very helpful. After taking this class I feel like the complete opposite of those people. The only time Selterman talked about himself was on the first day introducing himself or if someone asked a question about his research and when I had a question he answered promptly and was very helpful. This class is very interesting and you learn a lot of useful things to know. Selterman is a good lecturer and knows the content really well. My only criticisms is he shows up late to class often and when we have class discussions he sometimes prolongs it which made some classes a drag. Your grade comprises of a term paper, exams, short weekly reflections, and clicker participation. There is a ton of extra credit offered in this class that takes minimal effort to do. Take advantage of it! Exams were not too bad since he allows you to get points back with a follow up. Averages for midterms were 85 and 95, final average was 80.
Dylan Selterman PSYC100 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 12/30/2017	He claims to be on the students side, but in reality has 0 consideration for them.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/12/2016	People have a lot of bad things to say about Selterman, I'm not sure why. Sure he's a little cocky, but he's a fine teacher, and knows what he's talking about mostly. As for the horrible blended learning assignments everyone talks about, of the 3 out of 4 I did, I got a perfect score on 2 and a couple points deducted on one for not doing hanging indentions in my bibliography. They are really not that difficult if you just make sure they are formatted perfectly. Also, exams are a little tough but he literally lets you retake them and get points back two days later, THE EXACT SAME EXAM. So don't let people scare you lol, if you do the bare minimum you will get at least an A-, and a lot of extra credit is offered.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Anonymous 05/05/2016	Dr. Selterman thinks he's a good teacher, and thinks he's "on our side." But really, he is so against you. He does not want to work with his students in any way. He doesn't accept late work, due dates are ridiculous, like May 1st at 12:01am instead of April 30 at 11:59. So many people in my class was confused by this and missed the deadline and he had no sympathy and didn't accept late work. Never answers emails. TA's are sarcastic and think you're dumb. He leaves everything up to his TA's including grading. All he does is walk in, lecture, walk out. Doesn't like to answer questions and almost gets offended when you ask questions. DONT TAKE THIS CLASS WHATEVER YOU DO. Also, the grading and syllabus make 0 sense.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Anonymous 04/26/2016	He really isn't all that. In his syllabus he says he is really open to talking about grades but in reality he wont change a thing. There were multiple occasions that I thought a grade was unfair and yes he was open to discuss it but the whole time he was very stubborn and i knew nothing i was going to say was going to change his mind. Also he gives a few extra credit assignments and on elms they are not dated so it makes it seem like you can turn it in whenever because he also never brings them up in class but you have to look at the syllabus because it will have a due date in there. That was annoying because nobody really knew about it and ended up missing the opportunity, so read his syllabus even though its so long. Over all he isn't a bad teacher, just a pretty harsh grader and doesn't really budge when asking for a grade change.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/23/2015	Professor Selterman is an egotistical teacher and I would not recommend his class to my worst enemy. His lecture slides are not easy to read, he cannot explain terms for his life and his exam questions, BLA essays and busywork assignments are graded unfairly and harshly. Not to mention the lack of email response, and when he finally does response, he is not helpful, in fact I was completely offended by the harsh and rude tone of the reply. Although the content covered in class is not difficult, Prof. Selterman does not explain the material very well and he always brings the lecture back upon himself. If you want to get to understand D-Money (as he calls himself) and his life experiences, then by all means this is the class for you. However, if you want to take a course that will educate you, this is NOT the course for you. In addition, there was one article in particular that he assigned for the reading that was offensive. The article was called, "– Is There Anything Good About Men?" Not only was this article offensive, explaining that feminism is the reason for the wage gap in America, but this article has absolutely no connection to the material learned in class. It was an article that just shows his student what a patriarchal jerk "D-Money" really is. Not only was this article offensive, but his "I know better than all of you" attitude really disabled a good learning environment throughout the class. All in all, if you want to be taught by a know it all jerk who thinks way too highly of himself, this is a class for you.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Anonymous 05/22/2014	Professor Selterman is very pretentious. Although he's nice and tries to make the lectures interesting, it was overall not a pleasant class. The Blended Learning assignments killed everyone's grade (including mine) although that is more the fault of the TA's than him (which is why I gave him three stars). They were entirely too much effort for the grades received regardless of how good the papers turned in were. As a Psychology major, I did not expect the class to be this difficult. The content was not but the way it was handled and assessed made it so. I took a 300-level psychology class last semester and was taught more about writing and APA format which makes no sense since this is basically an introductory level class. When I went to his Office Hours to request personal help on improving my Blended Learning grades, he rushed out at the end telling us he had somewhere to be…it would have been nice of him to warn us at the beginning of the hours so we would know. When I did have my one-on-one meeting with him, he did not do much to help and once again, was in a rush because he had somewhere to be. I would definitely not recommend Dr. Selterman for a GenEd class. If you want to hear about how he apparently knows everyone in the social psychology world and all of their research, this is the class for you.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 amtipton 01/07/2013	AWESOME PROFESSOR! I absolutely loved going to class simply because Selterman made everything so easy to understand, I'd even say it was fun! The class itself was pretty interesting. My only complaint was this class was a 'Blended Learning' course. Meaning every other Friday, half of the class wouldn't come to class but have an online assignment due by Sunday and the other half would come to class and complete an assignment based off of what was discussed in class. Every Friday the groups would switch. The TA's graded the online Blended Learning assignments EXTREMELY HARSHLY! They took off a good portion of points for the littlest things such as citations and references. Other than the BL assignments, grading was very fair. The tests are easy if you thoroughly fill out his study guides. He gives lots of extra credit opportunities as well :)
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 terp339 12/23/2012	I took this class looking at the previous reviews and I wish I had dropped it during the add/drop period. Psych221 is awful Selterman just lectures to the class and the blended learning assignments are very frustrating because the TAs will randomly change the rubric without telling the students and you will get points off for no reason. Selterman does not understand that everyone in PSYC221 is NOT a psychology major, especially since it is a CORE class, not a psych major requirement class, and refuses to help students who are having difficulties with the assignments. It's almost as if he has a vendetta against non-psych majors. Don't waste your time on this class it is not worth it. Exams are fairly easy and you get a lot of extra credit opportunity but trust me it is not worth the headache.
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/14/2012	Dr. Selterman is that young lad who worked really hard during his college years, got his doctorate and now thinks he is the infallible expert of social psychology and writing. When you talk to him there is this aura of 'I am better than you, just look at my big fancy degree'. He assigns you papers and grades it as if you were writing for the Journal of Social Psychology. I am an English major and I consistently got B's on his ridiculous writing assignments. Points would be deducted for a missing comma or improper use of a colon. If I wanted to take an English class, I would have taken an english class! There is also the material. It starts out very interesting until you realize your entire job in the class is to memorize definitions. To study for the final you literally just sitting down at your desk open wikipedia and your glossary and read through it until your mind is numb. His exams are also the most inconsistent I have ever seen. Exam one will be a walk in the park, but all of a sudden if he thinks you're getting just a bit too smart he will write the second exam with failure in mind. It was still passable, but for an introductory, 200-level class, it was completely unfair. So, if you are willing to put up with the worst possible system for grading papers, constant reading to keep up with the mountain of materials you will have to memorize and probably the most incompetent group of TAs then take Selterman, in fact, I encourage it. But if not, take Curtis....or talk to a squirrel on the mall.
Dylan Selterman PSYC334 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/17/2012	Selterman's awesome. He grades pretty fairly and the exams aren't too bad as long as you go over the lecture slides. He gives random writing exercises that count as attendance grades, but there are only a few--you just never know when one will come up. Last year for another class a lot of people didn't really read the book and did fine, but for 334 this semester he definitely got some exam material from the book. You get extra credit for going to office hours and doing SONA studies. Grading is a little harsher on the papers. Power point slides are always up right before class
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/30/2012	Awesome guy! Really interesting teacher with fun anecdotes. Very fair, gives extra credit; if you have any problems just email him and he's more than happy to help! If you go in to his office hours for help or just to chill he gives you extra credit. just saying. His exams are relatively straight forward with extra credit opportunity on the exam. Exams are half multiple choice and about 6 short answer (meaning REALLY short answer. like 2-3 sentences) and doesn't usually take the whole class I personally never really read the book for this class; just go to lecture and make sure you listen to what he says because the stuff on the slides are just topics for most of it; he elaborates a lot more during lecture. He also does spot check participation during class...so go to lecture!
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting an A psychologynerd 12/26/2011	-really nice guy, definitely cares about his students' concerns -gives out many opportunities for extra credit -posts ppt slides right before the class starts -slides aren't the most helpful slides I've ever seen since they don't give as much important information compared to what he says and what the books says, so READ THE BOOK and listen to him -grades fairly; exams are fair
Dylan Selterman PSYC221 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/13/2011	Dr. Selterman is the only professor I've had this semester that has been reasonable, efficient, and responsive to student concerns. Unlike many others he is actually focused on his students learning material in a way that will allow them to use it in their own lives. He's pretty good with having information about assignments and grades online on time, and is more than happy to help out whether it's during office hours or not. Selterman doesn't make you feel like you have to do everything perfectly--he makes it clear that so long as you work hard and put in effort, you will get a good grade, and he actually follows through with that. He is able to admit when he makes a grading mistake and fixes it on time. Class was fun and he isn't unreasonably harsh if you need to skip a few times for legitimate reasons. This class is the only one I even feel motivated to study hard for the final because I know it will pay off. Also, he gives pretty good life advice