Heather Jenkin - York University (all campuses), Toronto, ON

Professor: Heather Jenkin

Department: Psychology

College: York University (all campuses), Toronto, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PSY2020
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I took PSYC 2020 with professor Jenkins over the summer and I got my first A in math ever, in my whole life. Her lectures were engaging and I found I was able to actually learn the material. I did well on the exams. My only critique is that she made the first two exams fairly easy (IMO) and then the final ended up being 19 questions and hard.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She's okay, kinda boring. Do not talk during her lectures cause she will call you out in front of everyone. You need to read the textbooks inside and out in order to do well she bases her lectures strictly from the textbook so just read it and memorize pretty much everything (especially definitions) and you'll be good.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2021
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She seemed nice at first. Lectures are very dry and boring. Tests are not hard but timing is unreasonable to write quality short answers. She let students believe that their grades were % instead of marks out of 120; so the whole time I thought I was getting an 87, and she decides to tell us otherwise past the drop date. I'm furious.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PSYC3310
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Best prof I had at YorkU. Knowledgeable, has a lot of very interesting real world research experience. Tough course, but you end up learning a lot from her. Thank you!!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2020
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Do not take her! save your GPA and $ Unless you can afford private tutoring or are willing to teach yourself using the book and YouTube. She is a rude self entered woman. Not meant to teach just show off. Rushes through material, doesn't give adequate time for tests. It is unreasonable, I got an A+ through P.A.S.S, tutoring and doing it everyday

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PSY1010
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The class itself wasn't that hard, its just professor jenkin that completely ruined psych for me. She is unbelievably dry, rude, unapproachable, and self centred. If you want to take psych 1010 or you have to, I strongly recommend any other prof, don't take professor jenkin's class! Everyone I talked to in my class felt the same as I did!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PSYC1010
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Jenkin is fine. She does not have much passion when she teaches, but her lectures are VERY straightforward. Her tests are all MC - extremely simple and usually come straight from the textbook.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH2022
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Worst prof I have ever had at York. I had her for psych2022 and she taught stats by reading off a powerpoint which had long notes on it which you weren't able to copy down bc she zoomed through the info. Her & her TA's were very rude, especially during examinations. I got an A by studying the textbook on my own and teaching myself.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSY2021
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Stay away from this class if possible. Did not enjoy the class whatsoever.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2022
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She doesn't teach properly and gets mad when students ask questions. There's never enough time to finish her tests. she's rude to students for no reason. The only good thing about this class were the TA's. I got an A by not going to class and studying the textbook on my own. don't take this class with her.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: STAT2022
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Avoid HER!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2030
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Jenkin uses several in class demonstrations to help keep you engaged. She also shares a lot of current research happening in the field and research she's done in the past is pretty interesting. Tests are fairly difficult. Short answers and weighted heavy, practice those. Don't miss any online participation marks; you'll need the mark boost.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH2030
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Good Points: - Good sense of humor - Makes the lectures interactive - Organized Bad Points: - Instructions are sometimes unclear and vague - Inadequate time to finish the midterm, especially for short answers. - Half of the lectures are spent reviewing textbook material.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2022
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She genuinely enjoys when students DON'T do well ... avoid at all costs

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2022
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Avoid taking any classes with this professor. If you are taking her stats course be careful because she does not explain anything, so you have to teach yourself with the textbook. She is not understanding and very rude when you approach her for help.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSYC1010
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Very easy tests, but she's not exactly the nicest character. Lectures are useless, all her questions come from the textbook and slides. She tends to not cover the end of a powerpoint in lecture and then test you on it. Have to take her again in summer, but definitely not recommended if you have another choice.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2020
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

pay attention, ask questions (ta is very helpful)&do the q's in the textbook you'd have no problem getting an A. the textbook questions are the same types on the test. she does lots of examples in class which is great. i think people rate her low cus they dont practice the questions. I didn't read a single page of the book, just practice q's in it

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PSY2020
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Pretty standard prof, lectures may be a bit dry but she explains concepts if you don't understand them. She takes up homework every week but it isn't mandatory to do. Textbook just gives more clarity and extra information. Be sure to do practice questions

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PSY1010
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Had her for the 2nd half of a full year course & attendance dropped like crazy after her first lecture. Lecture came straight from slides, which all came from the textbook & were also posted online, which didn't exactly motivate you to go to class. Very dry lecturer. Reading the text is enough to pass, & easier & less time consuming than class

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PSY1010
• 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:

no passion, so difficult, very hard exams