Carolyn Murray - University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA

Professor: Carolyn Murray

Department: Psychology

College: University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH002
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The class is easy, just do the study guides and memorize key terms. There are clicker questions you answer during lecture so attend regularly. There is extra credit too. Easy A.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSY140
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof Murray is a charismatic instructor. However, she pretty much reads word for word off her slides during lecture, which are extremely disorganized and unnecessarily long/poorly designed. She takes attendance by passing a sign in sheet around a lecture of 200+ students. She writes her own exams and they are very confusing. Avoid her.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PSYC140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The class overall is easy. Her lectures are very interesting and she is a fun professor and also gives out extra credit. However, beware, she obviously favor students. If she does not like you, she will not call on you to give you points. She likes students that talk a lot.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PSYC002
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Murray is literally the best!! so many reviews here are so wrong about her! she is funny every lecture and made it so fun to come to class! she has clicker questions and anything over 20 correct is extra credit! she gave us study guides for every test and the exams were non cumulative including the final!! she's a great professor overall!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PSYC002
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is so funny and really is passionate about psychology. Her class is easy if you go to lecture and discussions and STUDY. Not too much studying but just glance over the study guide she writes because it's exactly whats on the test and you'll be golden.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PSY002
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Honestly enjoyed this class. Took it to satisfy my breadth. Tests are noncumulative.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PSYC002
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lectures very straightforward. Sometimes she reads off slides but I still learned. Provides clickers, study guides. Exams are not terrible, just study hard and you'll get the results you want. Concepts were relatively easily to follow for someone who has taken psych before/as a psych major. She's a little old lady but has a nice sense of humor.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSYC002
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst intro classes I have taken. She reads word for word off her slides and it's really obvious. If she doesn't know what something means on the slides (which she got from online), she quickly clicks to the next slide. To put this class in perspective, I did better on my Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry midterms, than this class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSY002
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The class was pretty average. Show up to class because there's clicker questions. Don't buy the textbook! Lecture slides and the study guides are all you need. As long as you study, you should do well on exams (3 midterms/1 final). Shout out to my TA Emily, she was really helpful in discussion and made it easier to memorize and learn the material.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSY002
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good professor. She teaches well, but you have to work hard for the exams. Must read textbook and her power points. Not enough to just go over her study guide. Lots of chance for extra credit. Learned a lot from her class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PSY002
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Compared to the rest of the psych profs, she is the worst! Instead of dropping the lowest test score(which is what every psych prof does) she keeps them all. She makes us do way more work than needed; clickers, pop quizzes, attendance points, logs etc. Would never take her class again!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PSYC002
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you don't attend lecture, don't read the chapters, or get correct answers on the pop quizzes then good luck! Her class was pact which made it difficult to hear her if you're sitting in the back. Just attend lecture every time and sit close to the front and you'll be fine.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH168
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr Murray doesn't grade, her assistant grades for her. Her assistant ISN'T a classified UCR employee. Many of us saw her assistant give us grades for the BlackLivesMatter project (30% of our grade), and Dr Murray didn't care. She also refused to go over the quizzes with us. No feedback on many levels,Dr Murray's a low quality professor. Retirement?

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH168
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Disorganized, but very funny and makes lectures interesting. A lot of work for no reason, but would take again.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSY140
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her test are sketchy and she is not clear. Dont even bother to go to her office hours or see her she is mean.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH140
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She made the class easy to understand and she was an entertaining professor. Easy A if you study her study guides.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSY167
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not welcoming and confusing. Unorganized, so make sure you keep track of all your work and grades. Feedback is not helpful. If you take her class make sure you can do it on your own because going to her office hours or seeing her after class will be a waste of time.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PSY167
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I don't think she likes women. Which in itself is a weird statement to make.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH002
• 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:

Honestly, this class is easy. She gives you a study guide on terms to study. During lecture she talks about what will be on the test in regards to that subject. If thats not an easy prof, I don't know what is. Effortless A.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2
• 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:

While the tests are rather easy, shes a poor teacher. She speeds through lectures, reading off slides and going on wild tangents. Some of her stories are quite entertaining but many stories are really to inflate her sense of superiority. Some joke are in bad taste.