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Henry Willis PSYC344 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/11/2026	Dr. Willis is truly one of the most knowledgeable professors that I've been taught by at UMD. You can tell he really cares about what we get out of the class and wants us to succeed, but it is what you make of it. There are a lot of assignments along with a short participation assignment that you're expected to do every class, hence why I feel that the class is what you make of it. The major assignments consist of one group presentation that is recorded online as an async activity and posted to a discussion board, a midterm that is take home and a paper in which you make yourself the test subject. Even if you're not interested in health psychology, I recommend it. I took it as my option class for PHSC and it ended up being one of my favorite classes.
Henry Willis PSYC344 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/16/2025	You can tell that he wants you to do well in class. Its a lot of writing and attendance is mandatory, but the course material is interesting enough to compensate.
Henry Willis PSYC344 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 03/30/2025	Fairly good experience overall. Dr. Willis is very nice, but only ok at lecturing. He's the type of professor to put a lot of info on slides, then talk through it all very fast without really adding anything extra or any emphasis, so it's a bit hard to tell what's important. The lectures themselves were very interesting, talking about a variety of health psychology topics. The class did feel a bit bogged down by busy work - weekly discussion posts, group projects, tons of in-class assignments, etc.
Henry Willis PSYC344 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/17/2024	This professor is the SWEETEST professor you will ever take! If you are considering this class, take it with Dr. Willis! The class was very straightforward and I personally did not find trouble with any assignments. We had in class assignments almost every class, a group project on something health related (for example, some of my classmates did lack of sleep in college students, burnout in healthcare professionals, etc) stuff like that. There were no exams except for one midterm that was out of 50 points, but it was super doable. Every group project was not presented, but was added to a discussion board where the rest of the students has to watch, and write a discussion based on the group presentation they watched. We had to do 5 reading post with an optional 6th one if you want to replace your lowest reading post grade. The TA was super nice too! Definitely take this class if you can! You'll definitely love it!
Henry Willis PSYC344 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/11/2024	Dr. Willis is wonderful and is clearly passionate about what he teaches. My only gripes with the course I took, PSYC344, are the turnaround time on major graded assignments (which are all written), and the repetition of said assignments (you will be writing about a LOT of interventions both for yourself and for others). With these minor details aside, I thoroughly enjoyed Dr. Willis' teaching. The content was interesting, each lecture was a little different, and Dr. Willis integrated videos and guest lecturers to prevent the class from getting boring or repetitive. He is very approachable and friendly, and one of the most personable professors I have ever met at my time at UMD. Generally just a very cool guy. Any professor that brings up their Animal Crossing: New Horizons island when discussing the health psychology behind the Covid-19 pandemic is a winner in my book. Though I would like to see some of the major assignments slightly restructured, I would highly recommend Dr. Willis as a professor as he is, in my opinion, one of the most personable and engaging faculty members at UMD.
Henry Willis PSYC344 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/02/2024	If you need a health elective to take, I will recommend this professor! I loved his class and gave a fair assignments and exams. Although it was a lecture class we still had to discussions sometimes for in class activities. I would take again if I could!

Henry Willis
PSYC344

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/11/2026

Dr. Willis is truly one of the most knowledgeable professors that I've been taught by at UMD. You can tell he really cares about what we get out of the class and wants us to succeed, but it is what you make of it. There are a lot of assignments along with a short participation assignment that you're expected to do every class, hence why I feel that the class is what you make of it. The major assignments consist of one group presentation that is recorded online as an async activity and posted to a discussion board, a midterm that is take home and a paper in which you make yourself the test subject. Even if you're not interested in health psychology, I recommend it. I took it as my option class for PHSC and it ended up being one of my favorite classes.

Henry Willis
PSYC344

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/16/2025

You can tell that he wants you to do well in class. Its a lot of writing and attendance is mandatory, but the course material is interesting enough to compensate.

Henry Willis
PSYC344

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
03/30/2025

Fairly good experience overall. Dr. Willis is very nice, but only ok at lecturing. He's the type of professor to put a lot of info on slides, then talk through it all very fast without really adding anything extra or any emphasis, so it's a bit hard to tell what's important. The lectures themselves were very interesting, talking about a variety of health psychology topics. The class did feel a bit bogged down by busy work - weekly discussion posts, group projects, tons of in-class assignments, etc.

Henry Willis
PSYC344

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/17/2024

This professor is the SWEETEST professor you will ever take! If you are considering this class, take it with Dr. Willis! The class was very straightforward and I personally did not find trouble with any assignments. We had in class assignments almost every class, a group project on something health related (for example, some of my classmates did lack of sleep in college students, burnout in healthcare professionals, etc) stuff like that. There were no exams except for one midterm that was out of 50 points, but it was super doable. Every group project was not presented, but was added to a discussion board where the rest of the students has to watch, and write a discussion based on the group presentation they watched. We had to do 5 reading post with an optional 6th one if you want to replace your lowest reading post grade. The TA was super nice too! Definitely take this class if you can! You'll definitely love it!

Henry Willis
PSYC344

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/11/2024

Dr. Willis is wonderful and is clearly passionate about what he teaches. My only gripes with the course I took, PSYC344, are the turnaround time on major graded assignments (which are all written), and the repetition of said assignments (you will be writing about a LOT of interventions both for yourself and for others). With these minor details aside, I thoroughly enjoyed Dr. Willis' teaching. The content was interesting, each lecture was a little different, and Dr. Willis integrated videos and guest lecturers to prevent the class from getting boring or repetitive. He is very approachable and friendly, and one of the most personable professors I have ever met at my time at UMD. Generally just a very cool guy. Any professor that brings up their Animal Crossing: New Horizons island when discussing the health psychology behind the Covid-19 pandemic is a winner in my book. Though I would like to see some of the major assignments slightly restructured, I would highly recommend Dr. Willis as a professor as he is, in my opinion, one of the most personable and engaging faculty members at UMD.

Henry Willis
PSYC344

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/02/2024

If you need a health elective to take, I will recommend this professor! I loved his class and gave a fair assignments and exams. Although it was a lecture class we still had to discussions sometimes for in class activities. I would take again if I could!