John Moritsugu - Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA

Professor: John Moritsugu

Department: Psychology

College: Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PYSCH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Moritsugu is charming! He wears a bowtie everyday. He also relies heavily on the textbook for tests, so be aware.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSYC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Moritsugu is nice as a person not as a professor. His lectures are long and everything is in the book. The first test in the class was super hard so he changed to multiple choice later to make it easier for the class. Not really helpful with writing assignments...

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PSYC 101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is a sweet guy and amazingly smart, but awful at conveying the information. He uses Pearson like it is a bible.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: 345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Highly unorganized, says one thing and will do the opposite.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PSYC310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great professor! Super funny and helps explain concepts well.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ABNORMALPSYCHO
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

HE is an alright professor, but he has no idea how long it takes some students to take notes. I have missed half the notes for this class simply because he blows through the slides.. I feel like he forgets we have to take notes to study.

Rating # 7

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:

Maritsugu is a funny guy... he seems like a cool prof but he just lectures the whole time so it's a little boring.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

An intersting class. It's simple, take notes and read the chapter. The tests were kind of difficult, you need to know specifics. I often was bored.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSYC310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

There is literally no point in going to his class. He's a nice guy and all, but he's really unclear. I'm not a "read out of the book" person, but reading the textbook was way easier than trying to understand him. Tests have pointless facts that you shouldn't have to know, and he doesn't give out study guides like most prof's.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH101
• 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:

He makes class so fun and interesting. His expectations are clear. Read the chapters, follow his lectures, take the test. No tricks or games. Just a genuinely brilliant teacher.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH101
• 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:

Moritsugu is pretty chill...in Psych 101 the class is so big that he hardly knows anybody, but you can't blame him. Tests follow pretty much what is in the textbook. Classes are not too boring, sometimes he's even funny! :)

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH221
• 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 Moritsugu is a great prof. He loves his subject which makes attending class and paying attention to the lectures easier, plus he inserts fun diversions from the typical lecture. He suffered a stroke a while ago, and is therefore hard of hearing. He's very easy-going and extremely easy to talk to, very interested in your input. Take him!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH310
• 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:

He is very clear in what he expects and what he teaches, and if you reach him during his office hours he's very helpful if you have any problems. The only bad thing about him is that he's quite forgetful, but once you get past that he's a great prof.

Rating # 14

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Good-humored, genuinely nice, knows his stuff and is interested in it. Soft-spoken and deaf in one ear, so be sure to listen closely, and speak clearly! Sometimes disorganized, but is eager to fix things if they're wrong or iffy, so I've never been seriously inconvenienced for very long. Once lost one of my papers temporarily, we talked, it's fixed

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is a really funny man, and he loves psychology, and wants his students to as well. His tests were poorly constructed, however, despite the content of the class being clear and pretty easy. There was a lot of opportunity for extra credit, which helped many people's grades.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSYC221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This professor is ill-prepared for class. Has not thought through project guidlines, adds assignments to the syllabus. The course content isn't at all what I expected it to be. The only worthwhile aspect was a project where we picked the topics. He repeatative, unclear. Avoid this professor.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSYC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is very repetitive in lecture and drags out topics farther than needed. He also makes the tests over so broad of material that it makes it difficult to study because you dont know exactly what to study. Not a bad professor, but it sorta vague at times.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Class is boring, repetitious, and prof. comes completely unprepared when it comes to project guidelines. tests are easy. subject matter could be very useful if presented differently. Not at all what i expected out of a psychology of adjustment class. all we learn about is being mindful meditators

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH405220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

he has taught at PLU for over 30 years. He is personable, funny and easy to talk to.