PSYC 2200

Many take this class because they consider it a joke class, but don't be fooled. You have to put some amount of work in to get an A. Getting a B is no problem and quite easy. He gave us extra credit but does not warn you when they are on his website. If you take this class, definitely take the extra credit.

Professor Hill seems like a sweet old man, but he is very boring. If you've taken bio (like I did), the class should be a breeze. It's essentially a less in depth review of intro bio. You get to drop your lowest grade, as is standard with most psyc classes, and there is a cumulative final. This year he had mypsychlab extra credit which can really boost your grade, so I would recommend doing all of the quizzes if he does that again. If you aren't a sciencey person or aren't required to take the class, don't--there are much better psyc classes out there.

Worst class. Only take if you have to for the psych major.

This class used to be relatively easy or if anything, a fair class. . But this year Hill decided to make it harder. He even said after our first exam when our average was 60% he was trying to make this semester more difficult since he didn't like his 85% average. That said, the material is great! I learned so much from Hill and the book. However I would not recommend this class because I felt as if I could not display my knowledge on his exams because of either tricky wording, or random trivia questions and what I mean as random trivia questions I mean questions that came from from ONE sentence he mentioned during class and then told the class we did not need to know that it was just a fun fact. There is nothing more frustrating that studying very hard and knowing the information yet not do well on the exam. I suggest taking it with Brunjes. He taught our class twice when Hill was out of town and I found him a better lecturer and livelier!

The material was really interesting and I like the book he uses, however, I don't think he does a great job teaching it. The review sessions are helpful and is how I understood most of the material. He puts a lot of trick questions on the exams that are phrased in odd ways and make it hard to answer them correctly. I'd only recommend taking it if you're interested in the material enough to compensate for not so great lectures.

The tests are difficult to the point where it does not matter if you know the material. You will get tricked into getting the question wrong and that is the only way he will test your knowledge.

Professor Hill is a very straight forward professor. Your grade in the class comes from your highest grades on 4 out of 5 tests, including the final exam (which is cumulative). He even goes on to say that every test is comprised of 40 multiple choice questions that are intentionally tricky and require additional thought than just straight forward definitions or basic knowledge. Even with all of his warnings, I found the course to be extremely difficult. My performance on the first two tests were very poor, but Professor Hill was open about holding office hours and Monday review sessions to help his struggling students (most of the class). Over time, after focusing more on the lecture material and less on the meticulous details of the book, I found myself in a much better position. This is not an easy psych class nor is it a viable option if just seeking to meet a science requirement. Unless you have an extensive background in biology, you will have to work hard for a decent grade. That being said, it is possible and you will learn a lot from Professor Hill.

Terrible professor. Laughed at me when I wanted to ask him a question. One of the first classes I took after transferring. His discussion on performing experiments was horrific. I would not recommend this class to anyone not 100% interested in neuroscience. Class almost completely focuses on the biology of the brain.

This class is extremely taxing. The Professor designs the test to trip you up. You may know the material but his wording will make you second guess yourself. I would not recommend this class to anyone who doesn't want to be a neural scientist. This is not a Psyc course more of a biology course.

I wouldn't take this course unless you have to for the psych major. While the material is interesting Hill is a fairly boring lecturer, and as the other reviews mention, the tests are confusingly worded to the point where you're tricked into getting the wrong answer most of the time. On top of this he tells you some BS at the beginning of the semester that he'll curve the test grades if the grades are low enough, which never happened even though one of the average test grades was a 72. Though with that being said, its not impossible to get an A in the class. Know the lecture material and the PPT's he posts and the lecture material by heart - this is where he get a majority of his exam material. If I were to take the course over again, I would definitely have recorded his lectures since some of the test questions are based off of little details that he goes over for about thirty seconds in class. There's a ton of extraneous information in the book that Hill won't cover on the test so study only the material in the book that relates to the terms and processes he goes over in class. Last but not least, read the exam questions VERY CAREFULLY. There's really no guarantee you're going to get an A in the class, but these steps will put you in the best position to do so. Good luck... you're going to need it.