Susan Pinsker - Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA

Professor: Susan Pinsker

Department: Psychology

College: Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PSY107204
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I absolutely love Pinsker! She gives the best lectures and explains things so well. If you take good notes you will never have a problem in her classes. Truly the best teacher at BCC.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSY204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lecture style class. She explains things very well. I just find it difficult to learn by being talked at. There isn't any homework, just tests and 1 research paper. She's very kind, but it's a bit dry.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PSY107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst teacher I've ever had. Can't stay on topic. tests go from lecture notes to textbook without her saying anything. Stay away from her if you can!! Most boring teacher I've ever taken.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PSY107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Susan is very friendly and informative, but has a way of getting off track at times, often regarding her predictably liberal political views. It's generally a lecture course with only tests and no essays or such to write. Perhaps not the most challenging prof on the psych faculty, but somewhat easy credit if you need it.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PSY204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Susan is a great teacher. She explains things perfectly. However, she takes too long to get through the material because she tries to provide so many examples for each concept. I wish she would have gone a bit faster so we could cover more material, but I do think that she is a wonderful teacher and the exams aren't too hard.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PSY204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Instructor has a nice personality; however, lecture is not very well prepared, too disorganized to follow and understand. Grading rubric is not of convention.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHY105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

good teacher, very nice lady. alot of work but well worth it.

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Hard intro class. Expect lots of reading.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PYSCH
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

soo extremely hard, 3 hour lectures with no breaks, and wicked hard tests. Would not recomend her at all.

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

She moved really fast and was sometimes unorganized with her lectures.

Rating # 12

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

This is psychology for psych majors. If you want psych to fill a req then dont put yourself through this. Tests were nasty.

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I hate classes that only have tests....don't take the class if you do badly on tests.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Excellent teacher...fair, understanding.

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

My favorite teacher at BCC! She knows her stuff and explains it in a way that students can understand without having a lot of background information about psychology. A very nice person in general who makes class fun. Always smiling, and always willing to help you if you ask.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSY204ETC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Information load can be overwhelming, but she also gives out study guides before exams. Very fair, and provides info on all sorts of programs of interest in and out of BCC.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSY107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I had her a year ago, and I found her class to be very interesting and not terribly difficult--just challenging enough. All of her tests are multiple choice and quite easy (if you study!). She was great!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PSY107204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PSY204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

she talks to fast to understand and doesn't make sure everything is clear to everyone