PSYCH 115
Principles of Behavioral Neuroscience
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: course 100A, Life Sciences 2 or 7A or 15. Not open to students with credit for course M117A (or Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology M175A or Neuroscience M101A or Physiological Science M180A). Designed for juniors/seniors. Nervous system anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and their relationship to behavior. P/NP or letter grading.
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Fall 2022 - Do not take this class, especially with Kennedy. The worst class by far I've ever taken in college. An unreasonable amount of information was taught that you were expected to remember. Seriously a very dense class with an apathetic professor that does not care when more than 50% of the class got a 69% or lower (shown on grade break down on study list grading tab). The class did so poorly overall that at the end she had to curve it. I just finished the final exam and there were multiple trick questions. I will update my review if the curve is so high I actually end up getting a way higher grade but unless you plan on studying for at least 12-24 hours a week good luck. The material was also on such a micro scale it was both very dry and extremely difficult. Take a different class to check off your degree requirements.
Fall 2022 - Do not take this class, especially with Kennedy. The worst class by far I've ever taken in college. An unreasonable amount of information was taught that you were expected to remember. Seriously a very dense class with an apathetic professor that does not care when more than 50% of the class got a 69% or lower (shown on grade break down on study list grading tab). The class did so poorly overall that at the end she had to curve it. I just finished the final exam and there were multiple trick questions. I will update my review if the curve is so high I actually end up getting a way higher grade but unless you plan on studying for at least 12-24 hours a week good luck. The material was also on such a micro scale it was both very dry and extremely difficult. Take a different class to check off your degree requirements.
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Dr. Krasne is obviously someone who knows what he is talking about, but his organizational skills are lacking and it really hurts his teaching effectiveness. Exams are based on lecture not the textbook, so you have to be extremely persistent in trying to understand what he says. I learned a lot in his Psych 115 course, but you have to be patient and ready to bust ass.
Dr. Krasne is obviously someone who knows what he is talking about, but his organizational skills are lacking and it really hurts his teaching effectiveness. Exams are based on lecture not the textbook, so you have to be extremely persistent in trying to understand what he says. I learned a lot in his Psych 115 course, but you have to be patient and ready to bust ass.
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I took comparative psych with him and my experience wasn't as bad as the one I had in this course. He is an absolutely rude person, and you can tell he doesn't enjoy teaching/mentoring. He expects you to know everything and grades papers very harshly. He gives close to no guidance in office hours. He spoke to me in a very condescending way and other students (I witnessed). He even made a girl cry at the end of class once. She was contemplating dropping the course from midterm paper grade, and he asked what her gpa was in front of everything. When she told him, he said "yeah, you're not going to make it." He is a jerk and although the topic was very interesting, the class was not enjoyable at all. His lectures lacked structure and it was mostly him rambling about different experiments and bragging about people he knew. Avoid this course at all costs, but if you do end up taking it, I hope you have tough skin! WORST TEACHER I'VE HAD AT UCLA and meanest!
I took comparative psych with him and my experience wasn't as bad as the one I had in this course. He is an absolutely rude person, and you can tell he doesn't enjoy teaching/mentoring. He expects you to know everything and grades papers very harshly. He gives close to no guidance in office hours. He spoke to me in a very condescending way and other students (I witnessed). He even made a girl cry at the end of class once. She was contemplating dropping the course from midterm paper grade, and he asked what her gpa was in front of everything. When she told him, he said "yeah, you're not going to make it." He is a jerk and although the topic was very interesting, the class was not enjoyable at all. His lectures lacked structure and it was mostly him rambling about different experiments and bragging about people he knew. Avoid this course at all costs, but if you do end up taking it, I hope you have tough skin! WORST TEACHER I'VE HAD AT UCLA and meanest!
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Fall 2017 - Schein was an awesome professor! It’s clear he’s an expert (MD/PHD), especially with vision. The material is super interesting too. What I did to get an A: Go to lecture (but really, only to get clicker points). Schein goes through slides SO fast, it’s nearly impossible to understand the material or take notes. Listen to the bruincast of every lecture. Take notes while watching (pause the video anytime he says anything that may be important, which is pretty much everything). I spent 2 hours rewatching the lecture, pausing, and taking notes for each bruincast lecture. His exams are based solely off of what he says (at least 95%)! Even if it’s not on a slide, he may test on it. Make flash cards of every slide/notes before the quizzes. (I seriously made over 400 flash cards throughout the quarter. I used them to study for the quizzes and exams) That’s it. :) If you stay on top of the material, this class is very do-able. Grade breakdown: (all multiple choice, 50q) Midterm 1: 82 (average ~75) Midterm 2: 92 (average ~80) Final: 94 (average ~80) Discussion: The quizzes (basically every discussion) we’re not particularly difficult, and pretty similar to test questions. The paper is really easy, kind of a joke (3 pages, double spaced) I would definitely recommend schein! He was really funny and the class was not that difficult
Fall 2017 - Schein was an awesome professor! It’s clear he’s an expert (MD/PHD), especially with vision. The material is super interesting too. What I did to get an A: Go to lecture (but really, only to get clicker points). Schein goes through slides SO fast, it’s nearly impossible to understand the material or take notes. Listen to the bruincast of every lecture. Take notes while watching (pause the video anytime he says anything that may be important, which is pretty much everything). I spent 2 hours rewatching the lecture, pausing, and taking notes for each bruincast lecture. His exams are based solely off of what he says (at least 95%)! Even if it’s not on a slide, he may test on it. Make flash cards of every slide/notes before the quizzes. (I seriously made over 400 flash cards throughout the quarter. I used them to study for the quizzes and exams) That’s it. :) If you stay on top of the material, this class is very do-able. Grade breakdown: (all multiple choice, 50q) Midterm 1: 82 (average ~75) Midterm 2: 92 (average ~80) Final: 94 (average ~80) Discussion: The quizzes (basically every discussion) we’re not particularly difficult, and pretty similar to test questions. The paper is really easy, kind of a joke (3 pages, double spaced) I would definitely recommend schein! He was really funny and the class was not that difficult
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