Charlotte Patterson - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Professor: Charlotte Patterson

Department: Psychology

College: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2700
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Lectures were extremely boring (literally I would feel like I was going to fall asleep) and the tests would have many questions from completely left-field. Even the test I studied for for AGES and repeated all the information 3 times I only got a B on WITH the curve. I liked the subject, but not the class at all.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH2700
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Grading was ridiculous. Tanked my GPA as a fourth-year. Her lectures contradict material in the book. DO NOT TAKE

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2700
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

WORST class ever!!! Test are so hard and grading is sooo unfair. DONT TAKE IT.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2700
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I liked this class because I found the material interesting. Although her lectures are kind of boring, she posts the slides online so you can view them later. Tests a lot of details from the textbook so make sure you actually read and know it all. For Spring 2011 she gave us 3 midterms but no final exam which was great!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PSYC250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Lectures are really quite boring - she reads almost straight off of slides, however I recommend you attend because she tests video clips that are not posted online. Gives super detailed exams that test really specific information from BOTH textbooks. Study HARD and DEFINITELY join a discussion section.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PSYC201
• 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:

Class was pretty easy. If you read the book you should be able to get an A. Class can be pretty boring though. Take the discussion section, it's pretty much a guaranteed A as long as you don't skip or neglect the assignments. Reccomended.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PSYC250
• 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:

Do not take her if you value your interest in psychology! Perfect example of a teacher who can drive an interesting subject into the ground. She is incredibly boring, takes almost no test material from lecture, and a test question could come from something mentioned in a single line of the book. She's a nice person but a bad professor.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Look she is boring and her lectures are not necessary to attend because she puts the slides verbatim online although videos are not there. I went to class 40% of the time and still got an A. Read the book, go over slides, make a study guide before each of your three tests and you will be fine! There is no final and join a discussion its an easy A

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Look she is boring and her lectures are not necessary to attend because she puts the slides verbatim online although videos are not there. I went to class 40% of the time and still got an A. Read the book, go over slides, make a study guide before each of your three tests and you will be fine! There is no final and join a discussion its an easy A

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH250
• 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:

Patterson is an interesting lady-- very approachable. Lectures are dead boring but I would suggest going just to reinforce readings. She does show fun film in class. I read the book cover to cover and still got a C so study. Go to her extra lecture once a week...helped alot for what was on the exams.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PSYC250
• 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:

She wrote the book-- so its like she lectures to you in your apartment.... Expect to know the book word for word as the exams are picky with that stuff.... Very good lecturer tho...

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PSYC250
• 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:

Attending lecture is not mandatory and is pointless if you aren't interested in the material to begin with. Studying the book is a must on tests.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSYC250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

well organized and interesting instructor

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PSYC250
• 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:

Relatively easy class. Must attend lecture and must read book b/c exam questions come straight from both. Annoying exams b/c book questions are very detailed, but all MC so not entirely bad. Don't take discussion for granted since TA points [25] are straight points for your class grade. Overall, very interesting material and worth taking.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSYC250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Seems like an easy class and for the most part it is, except for how the test questions from the book are very detailed. At times, I wondered why I ever came to the lecture. Unless you're pretty interested, lecture is pretty much not necessary.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSYC250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This class is one of the most interesting I have ever taken. Discussion TAs were really good, and the lectures were always interesting. Be sure to read the book very carefully because most of the test questions are facts from the text. Overall, a really good class that you can get alot out of.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSYC250
• 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:

There is a lot of reading for the class (the entire textbook), but the book is well written and interesting. Most of the questions on tests are from the book, so read carefully. There are very few questions on tests from lectures and she put the slides online, so going to class can be pointless.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PSYC250
• 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:

I enjoyed lectures, although they were very self-explanatory and not worth going to. She puts all lecture slides online, only has 3 midterms (none of which are cumulative), and there is no final. The test questions are almost all from the book with very picky details emphasized, and there is a lot of reading. Overall, a good professor.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHILDPSYC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I never went to class or studied and i got a B. She curves the grades and there are only three tests, with no final. Not that hard, but not that intertaining. Lectures were semi-interesting but you don't have to go. Discussion is a must though, although its not hard. I'd recommend it.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PSYC250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

i took child psyc just as a fun elective and ended up getting a C in the class...her test questions are not based on lecture material, the book, OR multimedia - she pulls them out of thin air! the lectures, while terribly boring, do present interesting material, but the tests are so ridiculous that it definitely was not worth taking..esp. "for fun"