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Psychology

Julia Holgaard

PSY101 · PSYCH101 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
41/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
2.3

The decision

if you can study independently and tolerate unfocused lectures.

Best fit · Self Taught ProOff-topic lecturesSelf-study requiredPassionate but unfocusedTest-heavyReading needed
  • Students repeatedly say lectures drift off topic and leave curriculum gaps.
  • The class content is not very hard, but students often need to teach themselves from the book and study guides.
  • Assessment relies heavily on tests, which hurts students .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

The class is not very hard and study guides help, but and .

All grade and because there are no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Psychology content is described as not hard, but missing lecture coverage forces extra independent study.

Only in-person reviews describe course difficulty.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

Reviews do , but lecture quality is inconsistent enough that materials and reading matter more.

Only in-person reviews discuss class delivery.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

35/100

Students hesitate or reject recommending her mainly because lectures go off topic and leave students to learn material alone.

Recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

Dropping the lowest test and study guides help, but the .

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Workload

Moderate

62/100

The workload is manageable, but students must read and study independently when lectures miss material.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews mention workload.

Teaching experience

Poor

48/100

She is passionate and sometimes enjoyable, but repeated off-topic lectures hurt learning and coverage.

Format shift

Teaching evidence is entirely in-person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

86/100

Reviews say the grade and some chapter work.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews describe assessments.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews describe an easy-to-moderate psychology class weakened by off-topic lectures and test dependence.

Main concern

Students may need to self-study material not covered well in class.

What students said

“This causes her to not cover considerable portions of the curriculum, which means that the students are on their own to study the topics not seen in class for each test.”
PSY101
“The biggest problem I have is that she goes on such big tangents that students fall asleep waiting for her to get back to the lecture.”
PSYCH101

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

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Reviews support a standard test-based format with study guides and a dropped lowest test, but .

Three testsLowest test droppedStudy guidesTopic list before tests

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and a dropped lowest test, but do not clearly prove open-book, closed-book, or proctoring rules.

Test-heavy gradingLowest test droppedStudy guides
“She gives you a list of topics that will be covered on the test.”
PSYCH101
“ but, your grade is majority of the .”
PSYCH101

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“This causes her to not cover considerable portions of the curriculum, which means that the students are on their own to study the topics not seen in class for each test.”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and exams. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

48/100

“She's not a bad person but just an awful lecturer.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

35/100

“Psychology is my major and I was .”

📝

86/100

“your grade is majority of the three tests.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Julia Hoigaard tends to go off topic all the time with things that have nothing to do with the class like politics and her personal opinions.
  • She gets side tracked alot.
  • she goes on such big tangents that students fall asleep waiting for her to get back to the lecture.

Theme 2

📚

  • the students are on their own to study the topics not seen in class for each test.
  • If you buy the book and study at your on pace and ways like I did you can get yourself a B.

Theme 3

🧪 About Tests

  • The .
  • She gives you a list of topics that will be covered on the test.
  • So if you are not a you.

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

, but several are old and some lack grades or current policy detail.

Inside 6 stored ratings

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Course coverage

PSY1013 reviews
PSYCH1013 reviews

Reported outcomes

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