Harry Segal - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Professor: Harry Segal

Department: Psychology

College: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH3250
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Amazing lecturer. He genuinely cares about his students and makes every lecture fun and the time fly by. Tests aren't bad as long as you actually do the readings! Even if you're not a psych/human development major, you should definitely take this class

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH3250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A very good person who made the lectures entertaining and fun. Not much information covered in lecture but such a nice and genuine guy.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HD3700
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Best lecturer ever. He really loves teaching Freud and the mind. But I really couldn't follow his lectures about the biological side of things. Reading can get overwhelming. Overall though he is funny, adorable, and not too tough on tests. If you read everything with time then the A is possible.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH3250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

So nice, truly cares about his students. His lectures are usually funny, and relatiely interesting. There is Hamlet in this class, which I personally don't like, but it is not too bad. Overall he is a great professor!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH3250
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Wonderful person - funny, lively, intelligent, caring, and extremely helpful if you're interested in clinical psych. However, I didn't love his teaching style - lots of words packed onto slides that he blows through in between anecdotes/rants and Hamlet performances - and his tests varied between joke questions and extremely nitpicky ones.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH32502820
• 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:

One of the best profs at Cornell by far. He's super kind and approachable, has very interesting lectures, tests are very fair and the readings are sometimes long but not detrimentally so. Although I'm a pre-med and not necessary looking at a career in clinical psych I've taken his courses just because of how great of a prof he is.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH3250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor Segal is one of the very few Clinical professors on staff. He's very caring about his students and his lectures are interesting. Tests are fair and the final was actually incredibly fun. Another rater commented on email, it's much better to go to office hours, he gets a ton of emails and isn't quick to respond but he definitely cares!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH3250
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

by FAR my favorite professor at Cornell. he is laid back, smart, direct, helpful, and really cares about his students. exams are fair and easy to do well on as long as you prepare. bonus: he usually makes his multiple choice questions have 1 choice that is clearly a joke, simultaneously making it easier and entertaining

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH3250
• 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:

Definitely one of my favorite professors/classes at Cornell. Professor Segal is funny, interesting, and down-to-earth. The tests are fair and as long as you study you will do fine.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH3250
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Segal is nice enough, but his lectures don't really have any substance. Him reading hundreds of words off slides and acting out Hamlet are annoying. But course is simple, only two prelims and final. Readings are fairly light and you can probably do well just by going to class and review sessions. Easy A and all in all worth the occasional headache.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Segal is an interesting teacher. He wasn't particularly well suited to be a lecturer for such a large class but he kept things interesting with personal anecdotes. However, his tests were at times unclear and relied heavily on insignificant details aimed to see if you attended class (not if you actually knew basic psych).

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH3250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

By far the best professor I've had at Cornell so far. I learned so much from him. The course challenges you to think about yourself and the people around you in a different way. Absolutely loved it, and him.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This professor is ridiculously boring. I fell asleep every class 5 minutes in. I had an urgent issue during the semester, sent all my professors an e-mail and he was the only one who didn't respond. I e-mailed him 6 more times in the next week or so and he ignored every one. He obviously doesn't care about his students.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH101
• 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:

He's really nice but it is hard to get a lecture of 900+ interested in intro to psych. The tests are very fair if not a little easy. If you are interested in the material, take it with him--also visit his office hours he is SO SWEET.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Loved this class and Professor Segal. The tests are extremely easy, if you study. If you do not study, people say they are hard. Studying really pays off in this class and if you put in the effort you will get at least an A-.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Test wasn't the most clear but the gives you 10 free points a test.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH1101
• 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:

Overall good very fair test but questions are sometimes not related to psych

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH3250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Harry's ability to tie anecdotes to subject matter is uncanny. Unfortunately he consumes too much time reading his own lecture slides and acting out scenes from Hamlet. As such, class was very hit-or-miss. Psychopathology was not the best psych course I've taken, but it was still worthwhile.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH2800
• 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:

Professor Segal is so entertaining and makes the material interesting! Although lectures can be a bit scatter brained, he tells really great personal anecdotes from his therapy career and cares for the success of his students! One of my favorite professors at Cornell for sure.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH3250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Harry Segal is AMAZING. There's a reason Adult Psychopathology fills up in less than 5 mins during CoursEnroll. He brings the material to life w/ anecdotes about previous patients, etc., and soothes the class with his "therapist voice." He's the same way in office hours, and truly cares about students. A little eccentric, but a great prof.