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Psychology

Mary Ann Larson

PYSC101 · PSY457 · PSYC251 · PSY101 · PSYCH · PYSCH101 · PSYCH103 · PSC101 · PSYC101 · PSCHY251 · PSYCHOLOGY101 · PSYCH251 · PSYCH101 · 64 lifetime ratings

AI rating
45/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
Take again
43.48%
Difficulty
2.6

The decision

Take her only if you can keep up with and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardReading HeavyHeavy WorkloadTough GraderExtra CreditMixed Lectures
  • Recent online reviews are .
  • Students often say grades are possible with reading, effort, and .
  • Many , and self-teaching.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

An A , and , but recent reviews say strict grading makes it far from automatic.

Online evidence is stricter and workload-heavy, while .

Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

The psychology content is manageable, but and .

Online students describe more self-teaching, while .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

58/100

mandatory and another saying not mandatory.

, while online reviews focus more on weekly participation deadlines.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

43/100

Recommendation is split because older students praised her, but many recent students warn against the workload and grading.

, while and more positive in older years.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

Students repeatedly , and assignments, although can soften the grade.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize strict .

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Online reviews describe , and sometimes more than ten assignments per week.

Format shift

Online workload is consistently heavy, while but reading-heavy.

Teaching experience

Average

56/100

Teaching is polarizing, with many students praising her passion and others saying lectures are off-topic or require self-teaching.

Format shift

In-person teaching has stronger praise, while online teaching gets repeated complaints about limited lectures.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Reviews mention quizzes, tests, essays, discussions, reflections, readings, and rather than one dominant method.

Format shift

Online reviews show more assignment-heavy structure, while and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

41 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

personality and but repeated concerns about off-topic lectures and reading-based tests.

Main concern

Lecture quality varies, and .

What students said

“Its not an easy A ,you need to earn that.”
PSCHY251
“Going to class was a complete waste of time.”
PSY101

Remote format

Online

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are mostly negative, citing , and limited teaching.

Main concern

Students often feel they must teach themselves while .

What students said

“The workload required is obnoxious and on top of the amount of work she gives, she is a .”
PSCHY251
“Overall, the workload is atrocious compared to other professors.”
PSCHY251

Exam style

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Reviews show regular quizzes and exams, but they do not clearly prove open-book, closed-book, webcam, or proctoring rules.

Weekly QuizzesThree Big TestsChapter-Based ExamsStudy Guides Sometimes Provided

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and exams from textbook details, but do not clearly prove closed-book or .

Chapter QuizzesBook-Based TestsStudy Guides Sometimes Provided
“ , so basically every class meeting.”
PSYC101
“ . No study guides.”
PSYCH101

Online

Online reviews mention weekly quizzes and three big tests, but do not clearly prove proctoring, webcam, Lockdown Browser, open-book, or closed-book rules.

Weekly QuizzesThree Big Tests
“1 Disc post (do not reply to a post same day),1 Reflection Paper (ref of the ch),1 quiz (10 questions)”
PSCHY251
“3 big tests throughout the semester.”
PSCHY251

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Just do your work, put time and effort, you'll get that A.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching, workload, and grading. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

56/100

“doesn't even lecture for the most part, u're responsible 4 learning the .”

⚖️

32/100

“She grades really tough but I'll give her the credit for making extra credits.”

📚 Workload Reality

25/100

“We had a total of 12 assignments every week, and the .”

Theme 1

📚 About Workload

  • Weekly, she assigns at least 60+ pgs of readings + around 10 assignments (2 being papers).
  • I took this class for the summer and beware of having to do up to 16 assignments per week and professor is picky and all over the place with .

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • I'm not even lying when I say I fell in love with psychology because of her.
  • Students praise her because she's an easy A professor. Unfortunately, she doesn't actually teach.

Theme 3

📈 About Grades

  • I always read the book as she went through lecture and did just fine on all of our quizzes.
  • Its not an easy A ,you need to earn that.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

64

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across many years give strong evidence, though reviews.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 534
4 out of 510
3 out of 53
2 out of 55
1 out of 512

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

26 reported outcomes

A range

10

A+ 4 · A 5 · A- 1

B range

9

B+ 5 · B 3 · B- 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

6

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 2