Christina Grimes - Duke University

Professor: Christina Grimes

Department: TBD

College: Duke University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PSY239
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Chris is so funny, caring, and kind. The class was really interesting, and expectations were very clear. Not hard to get an A. I highly recommend taking this course/taking something with her!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you want to take PSY 101, take it with Grimes! Look, PSY 101 will be boring regardless of who you take it with. But Grimes gives study guides before exams, and if you do everything on them, you should get an A. Also, she gave us "pop" quizzes in class, but went over them in class and let us change our answers (aka completion points). Go Grimes!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Mrs. Grimes is a very nice person who cares about her students, but I'd keep falling asleep in class because her lecture style was quite boring. I stopped going to class, and instead started reading from the book. By reading the book carefully before exams, I ended up pulling an A (just barely). It's not an easy A - but it's definitely attainable.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Christina Grimes is a great professor and is always willing to help. However, she does lecture from powerpoint slides; this can get slightly tedious but she seems to know a lot of information about the topics in the course. Tests are simple if you understand the textbook and commit to reading it.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Grimes is super nice and always really helpful. I came in thinking the class would be a cake-walk, but you do have to put in some work to do well in the class. I think an intro psych course doesn't lend itself to being super exciting and Dr. Grimes's lectures didn't help, but her passion was obvious and I did learn a few interesting things.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Grimes is a cool lady. Her lectures can get a little long and boring, but I really liked the subject material so it didn't matter to me. Do show up to class, because she often puts things straight from the slides on the tests. Tests aren't too difficult if you are good at memorization, but you do have to put in some work to get an A.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

DON'T TAKE HER CLASS JUST TO FILL A CREDIT. Lectures are super boring and dry, literally straight out of the textbook. Her tests focus on tiny facts so you basically have to memorize the textbook to get above a B+ on her exams. Definitely not a skate-by lecture class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoyed Psych 101 and think Prof. Grimes is awesome (flunch her, she's really cool). I have to say though, Psych gets a rep for being an easy A, and it's not. It's an easy B, but there's a LOT of material (all very straightforward, though) that gets covered very quickly and you definitely need to study a lot. I'd say it's an attainable A

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I found her lectures to be dry and her conduct occasionally unprofessional. The class is easy and much more similar to a high school class than a college-level course. A nice person, but not the greatest instructor.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This class was very straightforward. It was not the most interesting, since it was just a broad overview of psychology, I wish I had taken an elective for my first psych class at Duke. Grimes herself was a fine lecturer and held helpful study sessions before tests. I did not get to know her personally, but she seemed as though she would be helpful

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took this class because I wanted see if I was interested in psych and it turned out I was but Professor Grimes wasn't the inspiration. Although she is sweet she doesn't really teach but rather reads of slides. Her class is generally easy and there is a few quizzes and papers along the semester but nothing hard.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• 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:

She posts an extremely detailed guide on what to study before each exam and her tests are mostly multiple choice with some fill in the blank and a couple sentence long answers.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• 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:

Good teacher, overall easy class with very easy tests. I pay little attention in lecture and do almost none of the readings and get by with a few hours of studying. A lot of common sense. Would recommend.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• 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:

Many people enter Psych 101 expecting a cakewalk. Don't. But with minimal time and effort - and paying attention in lecture - Grimes' class is relatively easy. She's accessible, helpful, dedicated to her students and hilarious. I had never taken psychology and had no problem pulling an A+ in her class. Go to lectures (all!) and reviews.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH001
• 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:

Grimes is the worst teacher I have ever had! She doesn't know anything about psychology and reads directly from her powerpoint slides. She asked absurd test questions and was difficult to meet with. I do NOT recommend her for psych101.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH101
• 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:

Grimes is a very nice professor. Tests are definitely doable! Lectures are mostly book material, but there is some stuff on the tests that is NOT stuff from the book. Anyways, Grimes herself is very helpful and willing to answer questions. She also has review sessions every week. She's very dedicated.

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

She is very nice, yet often unclear in her lectures.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• 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:

I love this class! Dr. Grimes is really nice and caring. Lecture is usually interesting and she does fun demonstrations. First test was too picky but she gave credit if too many students missed a question. Attendance at discussion section is required, not always worth it though.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH101
• 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:

Lecture goes like this: "I mean, what do you really need to know about _________. I'm sure you guys all know this already. It's in your textbooks. You read this. Oh, this is a cool video. I'm not going to show it to you now. You can watch it on your own time later on. OK next slide." Repeat for 75 minutes.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PSY137
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Grimes was great, really nice, very fair. One of my favorite classes so far. Attendance was required but she made class interesting. Grade based on tests (do the readings and take notes in class), assignments that were actually worthwhile, and participation. The course (Adolescence) is a service learning course too, a great experience.