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Psychology

Christopher Gade

PSYCH200 · PSYCH28 · PSYCH1AB7 · PSYCH1A · PSYCH114 · PYSCH1A · PSYCH21 · REVIEW · 62 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
23.81%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

Avoid unless you want a writing-heavy, high-stress psych course and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderWriting HeavyVague FeedbackBoring LecturesRun Away
  • Extremely tough, subjective grading on long writing summaries with .
  • and psych.
  • Low recommendation rate with and complaints about unhelpful communication.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Some students earn As with heavy effort, but , and picky standards make an A costly.

Online reviews stress vague writing rubrics; in-person reviews also report nitpicking and heavy study demands.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Content is intro psych but paced with dense readings, long summaries, and .

Both formats describe work-heavy modules; online adds more complaints about outdated pre-recorded lectures.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

Most reviews say attendance is not mandatory, especially online async sections.

Online is usually optional or async; a as mattering.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

About one in , and the dominant student message is to run or .

Negatives dominate both formats; rare strong praise appears more in a few in-person and older reviews.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

22/100

and little constructive feedback.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize vague summary grading; in-person reviews also call standards extreme.

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

, and multi-hour modules make the load feel crushing.

Format shift

Online accelerated and summer sections get the strongest workload warnings.

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Lectures are often called boring or death by PowerPoint, with uneven communication and help.

Format shift

A minority of in-person reviews find him caring and interesting; online sentiment is harsher.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

38/100

Grades and summaries plus timed exams.

Format shift

Both formats stress papers; online also flags monitored quizzes and Turnitin.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

some praise interesting lectures and feedback, but many still report extreme standards, nitpicking, and .

Main concern

and expectations that feel like UC-level workload for a CC intro class.

What students said

“This profesor is one of the Ive had in college! and his lectures are very interesting!”
PSYCH21
“Obscene amounts of studying he wants you to do. Nitpicks and .”
PSYCH21
“His standards of learning . He teaches at UCB level too.”
PSYCH1A

Remote format

Online

34 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online sections are dominated by pre-recorded lectures, heavy weekly write-ups, Turnitin checks, and timed or closely monitored quizzes, with many students dropping.

Main concern

Vague grading standards, late-work denials, and .

What students said

“Dropping this class saved my sanity. . If you are thinking about taking this class, STOP THINKING!”
22621
“DONT USE AI he checks turnitin for and you can get away with just reading the slides.”
PSYCH1A
“I never understand what he wants in his summaries. He tells us to write a summary and rubric.”
PSYCH1A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are often timed and picky, with some open-note quizzes but close monitoring and unfair question complaints.

Timed ExamsTab MonitoringOpen-Note Quizzes SometimesTest Heavy

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and heavy study demands without clear student-friendly exam policies.

Tough ExamsHeavy Studying
“ over once and doesn't give students a way to practice study.”
PSYCH1A

Online

, but tab switching is checked and and closely monitored.

Open-Note QuizzesTab MonitoringTimed ExamsTurnitin
“the but don't switch tabs because he also checks that.”
PSYCH1A
“Exams-TIMED! .”
PYSCH1A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Dropping this class saved my sanity. . If you are thinking about taking this class, STOP THINKING! and grades for . Don't walk away... RUN!!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews spanning online and , and . Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation Rate

24/100

“If possible stay away.”

📝

22/100

“Nitpicks and .”

📚 Workload Intensity

18/100

“I was bringing my laptop TO WORK to try to get the .”

🎓 Teaching Quality

34/100

“His lectures are death by PowerPoint all prerecorded.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • his lectures are boring and you can get away with
  • death by PowerPoint all prerecorded
  • he is lazy and uses TurnItIn without being objective

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • . When he grades, there isn't really a
  • Average grade per hw is a 7/15
  • you will have to work very hard for an A

Theme 3

⚠️ About Student Warnings

  • DROP WHILE YOU CAN
  • RMF reviews are legit!!
  • STAY AWAY

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

62

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 detailed reviews and workload themes, and strong agreement on low recommendation.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 515
4 out of 55
3 out of 511
2 out of 55
1 out of 526

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

43 reported outcomes

A range

15

A+ 2 · A 12 · A- 1

B range

7

B 6 · B- 1

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

1

D 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

17

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 8 · Not sure yet 7 · Rather not say 1