Professor: Ara Norenzayan
Department: Psychology
College: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308A
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Exams were very much textbook heavy - important to read EVERYTHING. Lectures are not necessarily mandatory but there will be questions on exams pertaining to a specific video etc. Powerpoint he provides does not really provide much info. Lectures are pretty interesting.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308A
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
There's only a midterm and final. The midterm and final are based on textbook and lecture material but lecture material overlaps with textbook material. The tests are fair although for the midterm there was a time constraint.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308A
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
If you don't like paper, then he is good for you since he only has two exams which are the midterm and the final, each worth 50% of the final mark. Exams have really short time compared to the number of questions he gives. Do not recommend taking this course for GPA.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308
- Grade Received: B-
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Was a pleasure to have Ara for social psyc this semester. Very clear lectures that don't overcomplicate things, includes some videos, and is always eager to discuss topics with students. 3 exams (2 midterms and 1 final), composed of 4 chapters each (plus lectures). Unfortunate people leave his class early, has lots of knowledge to share!
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308A
- Grade Received: B-
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
His lectures are very monotone. My friend and I ended up skipping most of them and just reading the text book. He's also often late and does not lecture anything interesting outside the text book material. Would not take a class with him again.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: PSYC404
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Interesting subject but emphasis is on evolutionary psychology.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: PSYC404
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Participation counts for a huge chunk of the class yet he looks annoyed and disinterested when student do so. Answers comments and questions with sometimes irrelevant responses because he doesn't fully listen to them before cutting in. Hard to hear and understand him sometimes too but that's not his fault. Regardless interesting class material!
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: 404
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Norenzayan is not only a very engaging speaker, but he also manages to give unique insights and explanations for something as heterogeneous and complex as religion. He is also very respectful to his students, regardless of what their ideas about religion may be. I highly recommend this class!
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: PSYCH308A
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Took this distance ed.. horrible experience. The prof kept no communication - took forever to reply and provided no guidance. Hard marker, unrealistic expectations and outdated text. My lowest class avg ive seen for a psych class. DO NOT TAKE a class with him.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308A
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Do not take this couse if you can go to class. Dr. Norenzayan gives no feedback and has little time to answer questions. The text is outdated and even out-of-print. For a social psychology course, ironically there is no social interaction at all - even on line.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308A
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very discouraged in the field of psychology after taking this course. Definitely felt the amount of time I put into this course translated very poorly to the final grade I received
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Knowledgeable, poor time management, not on time, voice not loud and unclear. Provide lecture outline, have to attend class to fill in the "holes". Engaging the class, but sometimes unable to answer the questions. He usually would say, good questions, we need to do more research to find out. Exam includes in- class materials.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The prof is good, but class was terrible
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308A
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He usually goes into overtime with his lectures, but they're fairly engaging to start off with. Exams are a good mix of lecture/text, and MC/short answer. No preference for whether you decide to take him as a 308 prof.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: PSYCH308
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very helpful guy. Has some time management issues. Altogether a possitive experience.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is very knowledgeable in his field and teaches at a good speed. He makes sure his students understands the material before moving on and if you need help he is very approachable and he goes out of his way to help. Class eval includes a midterm and a final (40%/60%) MC and SAs. One negative is that marks may get scaled down b/c of high average.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308A
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Easy = talks down to students like they haven't graduated high school; "helpful" = spends 10 mins answering a typical dumb question; "clear" = repeats himself ad nauseum. Defends his specialisation (evol. psych) without provocation. I love social psych but it's a snorefest with him. Do NOT take if you've taken cultural. If not, I rec. Assanand.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Definitely a nice and enthusiastic prof! But sometimes is not so effective... However, class materials are very interesting and easy to understand. Agree that he's cute!
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: PSYC002
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I really enjoy this class, its engaging and always interesting. It's a class that you're for sure going to learn something. You really need to go to lectures and keep up with the reading material or u'll miss out a lot. Studying isn't hard there just a lot to cover. I agree he is cute!
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: PSYC308
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's super cute and funny! It's really hard to keep a low mood in his classes.
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