PSYC 2600

1:30 min lectures, Tuesdays and Thursdays. All the content are the slides and the textbook was a faithful companion to the course. Professor Mazurek is a wonderfully quirky lecturer and spent a lot of our class time fielding and answering questions. He provided many relevant examples throughout his lectures and was available to approach after class concluded. There was also a graduate TA who assisted in grading and gave a lecture at one point in the semester. There are four exams and a final which comprise the grading, with the lowest exam dropped (excluding the final). There is an easy, extra credit syllabus quiz open in the beginning of the course and this is the only form of extra credit that he offers. He does round percentages up. The Participant Pool credits were not hard to attain this semester, many were online surveys (very tedious) and I went in person for one study and got hooked up to an EEG cap! You need six credits if this is your first class in the psychology department with the more intensive studies earning more credits.

This course if overall really interesting! Professor Mazurek clearly cares about the subject and is very engaging while lecturing. On that note, it's really important that you attend lecture, Mazurek posts the slides from the classes, but they are more of an aide than what you're going to need to know for the exam. He tests on anything and everything said in lecture and in the textbook, so it's really important you go to class and pay attention and take good notes. It's also really important that you actually read the textbook, mostly for the studies because you can be tested on them too. As for structure, the class consists of 4 exams throughout the semester (each about 3 weeks apart), and then a final exam. There is also 1.25% of extra credit from a syllabus quiz at the beginning of the semester (take the quiz, and take it until you get an 100). Overall, it's a lot of terms and memorizing those terms but the content is really enjoyable and a good ease-in to psychology since it isn't too technical.