Bryan Oliveira

PSYCH30 · PSYCH1 · PSYCH01 · PSYCH12 · PSYCH001 · PYSCH12 · PSYCH030 · 28 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 44/100
RMP rating: 3.3/5
Take again: 52.63%
Difficulty: 3.3

The decision

if you are fine teaching yourself from the textbook and living with curved but .

Best fit · Self Taught ProTest heavy curve kingTextbook is the classMonotone lecturesNo homeworkHigh drop rate

Grades rest almost .
No busywork, but .
Lectures are often called monotone and secondary to the book, producing mixed recommendation.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Raw tests are very hard, but or even A territory if you grind the book.

Almost all evidence is in person; the one online review also and study.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Content is dense textbook psychology with taken.

In-person reviews dominate and stress thick reading; the online section was also called dense relative to study needs.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

82/100

Many students and that missing lecture costs little if you master the textbook.

; the online review also lists attendance as not mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

About half would take again, split between fans of and critics of boring lectures and brutal tests.

Recommendation swings with in-person intro experiences; the single online review is neutral rather than glowing.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

He is a but routinely curves tests hard, sometimes treating roughly 70 as an A, so .

Format shift

Curve talk is almost entirely from in-person reviews; .

Workload

Light

78/100

There is and studying for exams every couple of weeks.

Format shift

In-person students celebrate zero busywork; the online PSYCH12 adds weekly presentations.

Teaching experience

Average

45/100

Students respect his knowledge but often call lectures monotone, book-bound, and weak at preparing for test wording.

Format shift

harsh criticism; the online review calls him monotone but manageable.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

92/100

Nearly the entire grade is section exams every two to three weeks with little or no other graded work.

Format shift

In ; online PSYCH12 pairs tests with weekly presentations.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

28 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person students say there is almost no homework, attendance is often optional, and the whole course .

Main concern

, and lectures that do not prepare you for the .

What students said

“All that matter is, READ THE BOOK.”
PSYCH001

“By the time it was 1/3 through the semester 70% of the class had dropped the class so that should've been a sign.”
PSYCH001

“ . 98% of this semester, I just need to listen to the professor talking about the information from the textbook.”
PSYCH1

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

The single online review describes a test-heavy PSYCH12 with , and monotone lectures that are still manageable if you study regularly.

Main concern

Dense tests and boring delivery with few grade categories.

What students said

“Course itself is pretty test heavy alongside weekly presentations, but you should be fine if you keep up with and study on a regular basis.”
PSYCH12

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is almost pure high-stakes multiple-choice testing from the but still feared.

Test every 2-3 weeksHeavy curveTextbook-based multiple choiceFew graded categoriesConfusing item wording

Assessment risk

Strict

34/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

from the book, and heavily curved with almost nothing else in the gradebook.

Hard multiple choiceHeavy curveNo homeworkTextbook word-for-wordFew grade items

“The , but . Anything above a 70 is an A for my class.”
PSYCH001

“none of the .”
PSYCH001

Online

The one online review describes a and regular study needs.

Test heavyWeekly presentationsReading-based study

“Course itself is pretty test heavy alongside weekly presentations, but you should be fine if you keep up with and study on a regular basis.”
PSYCH12

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“All that matter is, READ THE BOOK. You have a , and you must read all chapters in the book word by word or you will fail.”
Voice snapshots generated from 29 reviews dominated by and mixed teaching quality. Credibility rating: Medium.

📘 Textbook Dependency

32/100

“His entire class revolves around the textbook and tests.”

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58/100

“The , but .”

😴 Delivery Issues

40/100

“He talks monotone, he sits and lectures straight from book.”

Theme 1

📝 About Tests

and our class probably averaged about 60% on each test.
The only good thing .
They're all very heavily curved (adjusts class average to "80%" mark).

Theme 2

📖 About Reading

Emphasis on the !!
If you aren't willing to keep up with .
if you do NOT read the book!!

Theme 3

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unless you can get outside help

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-nine reviews are enough to show a , but older praise and newer fail reviews reduce consistency, and only one is online.

Inside 29 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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1 out of 56

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

24 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 1 · A 7 · A- 1

B range

B+ 3 · B 7

C range

C 1

D range

No reported values

F

F 2

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Rather not say 1

Bryan Oliveira

x x x if you are fine teaching yourself from the textbook and living with curved but x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Challenging

Optional

Depends

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

📘 Textbook Dependency

📉 x x

😴 Delivery Issues

📝 About Tests

📖 About Reading

🚪 x x x

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you are fine teaching yourself from the textbook and living with curved but .

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