Jurgen Kremer

PSY1 · PSY5 · PSYCH7 · PSYCH1A · PSYCH15 · ABNORMALPSYCH · PSYCH5 · PS1A · PSYCH5ONLINE · PSYCH0000 · PSYCH35 · 165 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 44/100
RMP rating: 3.2/5
Take again: 50.59%
Difficulty: 2.8

The decision

if you want his indigenous or mystical lens and can handle heavy weekly modules plus a pricey required book.

Best fit · Self Taught ProPolarizing contentHeavy workloadExpensive self-written textbookUnlimited quiz retriesIndigenous and mystical focus

Students split hard between life-changing multicultural psychology and accusations of pseudoscience.
Workload is consistently heavy, with long video lectures, weekly modules, and a costly required textbook he wrote.
Grades can be approachable if you grind modules and , but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

64/100

Many students get A or B by completing , and , but the effort is real.

Online reviews most clearly describe unlimited retries and easy A if you work; .

Is the course easy?

Standard

46/100

Concepts are not always hard, but volume of , and writing makes the course feel heavier than a light intro.

Both formats report heavy content volume; online accelerated and summer terms feel especially packed.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

Most online sections treat attendance as no, while and selected online .

Online evidence is largely optional; .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

Roughly half love his passion and perspective while , and content focus.

Both online and especially sharp about cost and pseudoscience.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

70/100

Completing work, retries, and often protect grades even when students dislike the material.

Format shift

Online reviews and .

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Students repeatedly report long weekly modules, lengthy videos, lots of reading, papers, and six-plus hours some weeks.

Format shift

Online comments dominate the heavy-load evidence; and tests.

Teaching experience

Average

50/100

He is passionate and inspiring to supporters, but many others call lectures boring, dismissive, or not real psychology.

Format shift

Online has the loudest extremes on both praise and rejection; in-person mirrors the same divide.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Courses mix interactive video lectures, chapter quizzes, discussion or papers, and often a .

Format shift

Online emphasizes PlayPosit-style lecture quizzes and papers; and tests.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

eccentric insights and others rejecting the content as pseudo-psychology.

Main concern

Some students feel dismissed or that the course is not .

What students said

“He is a very eccentric man who has an abnormal view on psychology.”
PS1A

“Although this class mostly consists of pseudo science, this class is pretty easy.”
PSY1

“Asked before semester started if lectures were recorded or if . He replied that the class "might not be a right fit for me."”
psych15

Remote format

Online

39 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online is the main format and is module-heavy with , and strongly mixed reactions.

Main concern

High time demand and a nonrefundable expensive textbook required mainly for quizzes.

What students said

“The most HEINOUS part of the class is the $150 textbook (which he wrote himself), that ONLY acts as an .”
ABNORMALPSYCH

“You have to actively try to not do well in this class.”
PSYCH1A

“ . Only way to get a good grade was to agree with his ideas.”
PSY5

Exam style

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Assessment often relies on weekly textbook quizzes with retries plus papers rather than a .

Unlimited quiz retriesTextbook-gated quizzesLecture-based quizzesResearch paper final

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and exams plus homework volume, with less detail on proctoring software.

Easy quizzes and examsTextbook-based answersHomework heavyExtra credit

“ and and from his textbook. I just opened the textbook in multiple tabs and ctrl+F'd the keywords and found all the answers.”
PSYCH1A

“It's mostly lectures and next week by Monday !”
PSYCH1A

Online

Online quizzes frequently require his paid textbook access, allow multiple retries, and pair with heavy video modules and a .

Unlimited quiz retriesExpensive textbook for quiz accessInteractive video lecturesFinal research paper

“ .”
PSYCH1A

“His textbook is $150 and the only reason you . quizzes”
ABNORMALPSYCH

“ into pieces starting mid-semester which I loved.”
PSYCH1A

Student evidence

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Top student voice
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Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, capturing the strong split on content value, workload, cost, and grading. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

50/100

“I really liked Jurgen's teaching style and the way he incorporated indigenous practices into the class.”

👎 Content Controversy

30/100

“Teaches baseless mysticism and pseudoscience.”

📚 Workload Pain

24/100

“ . Not necessarily hard work, just a lot of work and it's boring.”

💰 Textbook Cost

20/100

“he makes you buy HIS book for $150 which you cant refund if ”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

He's truly inspiring.
His lectures are boring and vague, the and boring.
Hes such an interesting teacher and his lectures are about alternative healing methods as well as mental illnesses.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

and it's an easy A
Easy to get a good grade if you try.
The course work is heavy, but manageable.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Content and Cost

this is NOT what I expected from a PSYCHOLOGY class.
.
Kremer is not a good source of credit unless you have a lot of free time and Money.

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over several years provide a large, detailed, and consistently polarized evidence base with strong theme agreement.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

46 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 3 · A 25

B range

B+ 1 · B 8

C range

C 1

D range

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F

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No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 5 · Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 1

Jurgen Kremer

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👎 Content Controversy

📚 Workload Pain

💰 Textbook Cost

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

⚠️ About Content and Cost

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if you want his indigenous or mystical lens and can handle heavy weekly modules plus a pricey required book.