Michael Spivey - Cornell University

Professor: Michael Spivey

Department: TBD

College: Cornell University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COGS01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You HAVE to really study for his exams and the lecture is not clear. He tends to go off topic ALL the time. Be prepared to be confused,

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COGST101
• 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's awesome! Extremely clear, endlessly energetic, really bright, and hilarious. His exams are pretty in-depth, but if you study and do the readings you ought to be fine. Cognitive Science 101 was easily one of my favorite classes at Cornell; it's such a pity to have lost Spivey to UC Merced.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COGST101
• 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:

Great professor! He inspired my world. Its a shame he's leaving next year to California. Funny and enthusiastic. Also easy A.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COGT101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The sheer boredom of the class is only matched by Spivey's inexplicable energy in teaching this awful subject. Do NOT be fooled by the first few lectures, which are indeed interesting, but then the "fun" drops dramatically. Do not buy the main text book (Mindware) either, it will not be tested on and you will likely not understand it anyway.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COGST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very funny. He doesn't currently use swords, but lectures are still entertaining. I learned a lot, and, yeah, he does look like Jesus.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COGST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fun class to attend!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COGST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He looks like Jesus and he knows it! He brings robot toys into class, shows cool videos, and makes demonstrations. Sometimes gets technical, but the tests are always fair. Classes are fun. Workload easy.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COGST102
• 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:

spivey has great enthusiasm which is contagious... i now intend to major in cognitive science or some related subject. he is funny, obviously very intellegent and an all around swell guy. take this class! i love going to lecture, no other 1 hr 40 minute class has ever flown so fast

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

i love his enthuaism! the subjrct is really fun too

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very light workload and entertaining class, a break from the usual ECE stuff I took. I can't understand why other reviewers say he's unclear- he's explains things very well, and the material is pretty simple to begin with. Subject matter was interesting. Or maybe just compared to engineering?

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very boring class. Readings are pretty much worthless. Not recommended unless fullfills requirement. Not an easy A either. Just worthless. Teacher's nice enough and occasionally funny, but why does that matter? I'd rather do less work and get better grades.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The class is okay, but I'm already sick of his sword. I also tend to think that I wouldn't like him too much if I knew him outside of class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

the sword thing was a bit theatrical and didn't exactly compensate for his lack of clarity but the material in this class is really interesting

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The class is interesting however the lectures are not as entralling enough to truly appreciate the material. It is an introductory class, but Spivey could work on the lecutres. On the other hand, his sword is cool, and you can tell he has a lot of enthusiasm for the course.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great prof, great sense of humor, and very easy grader. Lectures are very interesting. Oh yes, he also looks like Jesus and uses a variety of swords instead of laser pointers. Recommended.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

BORING class... Spivey is a nice guy, definitely entertaining, but as a lecturer, he could use some improvement in clarity...

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH102
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The man looks and acts like a pirate. All teachers should take not of this and try as hard as they can to mimic it.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PSYCHWHAT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Spivey is such a nice man!! Great sense of humor/brilliant/very kind and understanding!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COGST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are excellent and clear, and in this particular course he covers an incredibly diverse array of topics while maintaining a clear idea of what they all have in common. He is also the only professor I've ever seen who uses PowerPoint well.