Peter Hurd - University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Professor: Peter Hurd

Department: Psychology

College: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PSYCO372
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is passionate but you can tell he would rather be in his lab. He is the most disorganized person I have ever met, his exams were poorly written and he rambles on and on about stories and statistics. Multiple questions have no right answer and he cannot explain the "right" answer. Doesn't answer emails. Learned everything from textbook. Avoid him

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSYCO104
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The lectures did not cover everything you need to know for the tests. I would recommend spending a lot of time studying the textbook and doing the online practice questions. The MC tests are very straightforward, there's just a large volume of info. Its worth coming to class though. He hints at what will be tested and is an engaging speaker.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH104
• 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:

Its obvious that hes passionate about psychology and seems like a good person. However, his lectures were almost impossible to follow, with tons of personal anecdotes and jumping back and forth between topics. If you read the textbook cover to cover youll honestly do fine in the course, but dont expect to learn much in the lectures.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PSYCO104
• 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:

Lectures were hilarious w. interesting stories & experiences. Sure, you have to read the custom 400 pg text. Tests are from (now type written!) lecture and text-- mostly text. 2 MC midterms (non cumul.) 50 ques. and the final is a cumul. MC exam. 10% of grade from research partic. You will enjoy lecture -- he is animated and excited about his work.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PYSCH104
• 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:

Hurd's lectures feel like he is just rambling on. I would try to listen closely and follow along but would quite often getting lost in what he was saying and miss things that were already said. He is funny at times. He only posts an outline of notes and uses them as the slides. Doesn't give a lot of material. Just read and study the textbook.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH372
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pete was an awesome professor! however his slides were SO CONFUSING and extremely ILLEGIBLE, and exams were HARD! I received a B+ or higher in ALL of the pre-reqs to this class and had to drop it.... not good.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PYSCO372
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very enthusiastic however his slides were handwritten and were incredibly hard to read. Illegible writing on slides leads to a lot of frustration when studying. Most of study time was taken trying to decipher his handwriting.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSYCO104
• 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:

Pete was hilarious, until it came to the tests. Then he was pretty mean. They were RIDICULOUSLY HARD!!! And only half of the test material was covered in class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSYCHB1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This Prof is awesome! He adds many humorous stories to his lectures that keep you listening and laughing. As long as you study you will do well in his class he doesn't add any tricks to his test. I loved him.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSYC104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great prof. Very helpful one on one and also responds to your questions over the email regularly. Tests are hard however but if you read your textbook and look over his notes you should be fine

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Peter Hurd is more concerned with making the class laugh than with teaching his subject matter. This got really annoying after a while, espcially when his jokes weren't funny. His notes are incomprehensible and what he says in lecture, pretty useless. Read the textbook, it's the only way you'll survive.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PSYCO104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He's very interesting, and knows how to apply concepts for ease of studying. He makes you want more after each class. However, his notes have little to do with the exams so you have to read the textbook. If his notes were written better then he'd be one of the best profs around. Thanks to him I'm going to take more psych classes.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSYCO0000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

104&414 AVOID HIM! He's entertaining & on a personal level you'd love to sit & talk to him b/c he seems like he has interesting stories- BUT on an academic "holding your GPA in his hands" level he's bad news. He goes off on tangents & he's hard to follow. Tests are all over the place & impossible to study for. If you're stuck with him, go to class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PSYCO104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

First midterm was pretty easy, second midterm was hard, final was pretty easy. Make sure you study all the biology esque stuff as he likes to test on that. Attendance wasn't really mandatory but once in a while he went over stuff not in the textbook. Tell lots of stories and is a pretty interesting guy.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH104
• 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:

I LOVED him! i loved going to his classes! such an attractive prof haha his classes are pretty useless but hes a funny guy. midterm exams were hard and the final wasnt too bad. read ur txtbook!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSYCO104
• 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:

Peter Hurd is a crazy professor because of all the caffeine he gets from coffee! His lectures are kind of random at times but he manage to keep the class very interesting. Easy A if you read the textbook an look at his notes. Midterms and Final were non-cumulative!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSYCO104
• 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:

Awesome prof! I never wanted to miss class because he always made it so interesting!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PSYCO104
• 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:

Very entertaining prof. Very simple tests. Relatively straitforward material. Overall: Wonderfull class/prof combination

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PSYC104
• 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:

His tests were insanely hard. Class average for both midterms were failing. He is sort of funny in his own way, but lecture notes are absolutely useless and overall, a very poor prof. If you have him, switch!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH104
• 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:

His notes i find are for the most part useless, except for the history section. He is an awesome prof, ridiculously funny, and very refreshing. He has his redeeming qualities which keep me from skipping that class on a regular basis.