Professor: Alan Kawamoto
Department: Psychology
College: University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: PSYCH125
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Kawamoto is a good professor. This was his first time teaching this class. His lecture slides were not available for student use due to the fact that they were another professors. 3 exams given, which was worth a total of 75% of the final grade, no study guide, just expected to study off notes taken from lecture.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: PSYC124
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This dude is probably one of the worst teachers I've had in my life. He's boring, reads from slides, doesn't know how to articulate thoughts in a coherent way, doesn't understand technology, and gets information mixed up multiple times each lecture. This class was a big bummer
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: PSYC1
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Lectures weren't exactly interesting, but his slides are online and his test revolves around them so class tech isn't mandatory. Know everything on his study guide! It is basically the test itself.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: PSYC1
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Kawamoto is cool, you don't need to even go to lecture because his slides are online and are super detailed. Do the entire study guide, you'll get an A. Test is not nearly as hard as it seems.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: PSYC124
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He talks really slowly, which is boring most of the time but sometimes he'll say something useful reaaaally slowly, so pay attention. Sections are a must because this class is technical in the beginning and the TA puts it into layman terms very nicely. 2 midterms, 1 non-cumulative final, all short answers, multiple short parts per question.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: PSYC124
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This class was mind-numbingly boring. I was so disengaged by lack of slides or much of any media supplement during lecture. He would just stand and talk very slowly and rarely use the blackboard. His examples were too long for easy concepts, and then rushed over hard material. Had I taken this class earlier, I would have switched majors. Terrible.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: PSYC124
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I was impressed with Kawamoto's knowledge in his field. His classes may be a bit tough but he is an awesome professor who cares about his students.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: PSYCH124
- Grade Received: WD
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Went to office hours and section and took great notes! I felt very prepared for the first exam and studied as much as I could and still got a D on the midterm. The class is really hard and made me hate cog sci
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: PSYCH132
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Alan is one of the most laid back guys. Really smart and knows a lot about psych, linguistics, and cog sci. He will teach you things no one else in the department is even familiar with.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: PSYCH1
- 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:
Eh. he's very tricky when it comes to his midterm.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: PSYC1
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Kawamoto teaches the cognitive part of psych 1 which is difficult on its own. He tries his best to get all students to learn the material. He genuinely wants you to learn it but the examples he gives aren't the best but the test are usually curved. I went to office hours and that seemed to help.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: INTROTOPSYCH
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Professor Kawamoto answers student questions really specifically and spends a lot of time going over details in lectures. You can tell he wants students to do well. Does get a little verbose at times.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: PSYCH124
- Grade Received: B-
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Boring lectures, but the tests are straightforward. Just memorize studyguides and you'll be fine.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: PSYC1
- 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:
Alan's tests are difficult, just took the first midterm in psych1 and the average is a 65%. With that being said, it isn't impossible to get a good grade. I took AP Psych in high school and studied my butt off (went to MSI & section) got an 86% on his test which curved to a 96%. Topics are difficult-definitely possible to do well if you study!
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: PSY101
- Grade Received: D
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Old and terribly boring
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: PSYCH1
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
His teaches cognitive portion, which is hard for many but he curved the exam 10%. I got a 76% raw and it got bumped up to a 86%. Pretty dope to me.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: PSY1
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
His lectures are somewhat boring, but please go to lectures and take good notes, because he tells you what is important for the test and what is not. Also, try to understand the concepts not but the facts then you will do great.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: PSYCH1
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
While Kawamoto is boring to listen to in lecture, you should still go to his class. People who say that his tests are impossible in this class probably just didn't study enough. As long as you go to lecture, take good notes, and study the study guide you should be fine on the tests. It's not an easy A, but you can get an A if you put in the effort.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: PSYCH1
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Kawamoto does his best to help his students, but cognitive psychology is difficult and he had a lot to teach in a short amount of time. It's important to go MSI for this course and especially this section of the course.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: PSYCH1
- 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:
He is incredibly boring. I skipped lecture almost every time because I could NOT stand his monotone voice. He was super hard. The material was difficult to learn. Failed his test. Don't recommend!
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