Shirley Louth - Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Professor: Shirley Louth

Department: Psychology

College: Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PSYC1115
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Really great prof, very straight forward. Attend lectures and read material and it's possible to get a very high grade with not that much effort.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH1115
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Shirley is a decent teacher. Come to lectures, go home and study. She seem to be quite moody at times and sometimes would snap and jump to conclusions about students quickly. If you can get by the course without having any relationship what so ever with the prof then you'll be okay but for those who need help it may be difficult at times.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PSYC1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Shirley was a very friendly and helpful teacher. she marks rather hard on assignments but her tests were all easy mutiple choice questions. Would take her class again

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH2324
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good lecturer. She can come across a little rough around the edges, but she's sweet enough. Personally, I felt the exams were way too difficult. Questions on exams should not be problematic, and there were more then a few on her exams. She respects students who make an effort to communicate with her regarding any questions or concerns.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PSYC1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She's an alright lecturer. Her exams are really tough! Those exams were all the answers seem right. Wouldn't recommend.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Shirley gives great lectures, but her exams are really hard. I mean really hard. Good intro to Psych class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PSYC1115
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Shirley sure makes you work for your grade. She wants an average of around 65%, so her tests (all mc and cumulative final) are pretty hard. She is a really nice lady though and if you have any concerns or questions she will definitely be there to help you! If you are prepared to do a lot I would definitely recommend this prof (I learned a lot!)

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH1115
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Funny, charming and passionate. Really makes you interested. The online portion is a heavy part of your mark, so make sure you are ready to put time into out of school work.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSYC1115
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I had her only once a week and I dread coming to her class. She made us do group projects which I absolutely HATED because she paired you with random people who, if they do not understand the material, then you will fail. She also makes us do dropbox assignments which I hated and her exams were mulitple choice but extremely difficult.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 1115
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

AS long as you read the book you should be fine, tests were all MC and fairly Easy

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You teach yourself through the online portion. Don't bother going to lectures just do online assignments and read the textbook. She's also kind of scary to approach for help.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH3220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

In my experience, she provides poor feedback on assignments. She requires you to have exceptional grammar. Seems nice at first, but can be bipolar when emailing her.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 2326
• 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:

attend all lectures as movies shown in class will appear on exam. study the textbook hard and memorize irrelevant details. attend her office hours to get a full description of EXACTLY what she wants on papers, otherwise you will not do well. she's a mean person who changes her mind consistently. avoid her if you can. **extremely hard marker

Rating # 14

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

she doesn't seem to care about her students and is quite harsh. you pretty much teach yourself. discouraged me from taking further psych courses.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH2326
• 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:

Shirley is a very experienced and seasoned psychologist and a great instructor with a good sense of humor (in her own special way). The course is well designed and relatively demanding. The only part I did not like was mandatory partnering for projects (It is hard to find responsible students!). Beyond that I recommend her class.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 2326
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A hyrid course. Online assignments are easy if you read the material. Shirley is smart and knowledgeable. Found her not very approachable. I asked her a few times for help and to clarify major assignments and she didn't do either. Rather she just told me it was easy and you just do it.I will try to avoid any future class with her as the instructor.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSYCHOLOGY
• 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:

I hated this class. She didn't really teach much. her tests are not too bad, but you have to teach yourself the material, it's like a self-taught course. There are a lot of info to learn so if you don't study a lot, you wont do well... lots of annoying online activity. WORST experience, discouraged me from taking psychology again.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This was an online course with one lecture per week. The lectures expanded on the material in the textbook and there were group activities which were mostly helpful. She answered my questions quickly when I e-mailed her and has a wonderful personality, although she is a little bit demanding. Tests were pretty easy and multiple choice

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PSYC1115
• 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:

Attending lecture wasn't that necessary as exams were all based on the book and online assignments, but I guess it'd be a good supplement. You do need to go sometimes for inclass assignments. Exams multiple choice and non-cumulative, pretty straightforward.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PSY1120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

A helpful and energetic teacher. Nevertheless, she doesn't teach much. You basically end up teaching yourself with the text book. Be sure of online assessments, she doesn't talk much about due dates. Tests are quite difficult. Sometimes due dates are extremely confusing, she does not notify students well of graded assignments.