Reviews of professor Ilan Shrira

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
It's not a hard course, but you definitely need to get the book and read it. Tests are very book heavy. Lectures aren't amazing and are not related to the book, but cover some cool topics. Overall an average class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
A cool class, and an amazing teacher. Definitely take this as one of your psych classes.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He's a good guy, but a mediocre lecturer who struggles to make class material interesting. The worst part is that we have to memorize 3 textbook chapters per exam. He'll say he only tests on bolded terms and major concepts, but expect to see obscure and irrelevant details on exams. It's all super easy if you put in the work, though, and an easy A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is one of the better classes youll take. I just changed my major to Econ, but having 2nd thoughts about Psych from being in Shriras class. Super teacher, super nice guy, and as a bonus he replies to emails faster than any professor Ive seen. Classes are fun - go to class and read the book to do well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not a terrible course overall, but lectures seemed to be fairly dull. The tests were nearly 90% based off of the textbook, and anything relating to lectures were typically on seemingly insignificant topics. You'll do fine if you show up to class and read the textbook.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This was a great intro to psych, and got me to into sign up for the other Intro class next semester. Youve got to pay close attention in class and read the book thoroughly to stand a good chance on the exams. The attention part was easy because he gave tons of examples that were interesting. The book was pretty dry but easy to understand.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Intro Social Psych with Shrira is a ridiculously easy class. All you have to do is show up once in a while and read the textbook and you will be set. Tests are non-cumulative and multiple choice. He can be a bit dry, but does his best with a 300+ person lecture. I think he is a funny guy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Big lecture so attendance isn't mandatory but things covered in class are on exams. Class covers interesting subjects and is graded by 3 exams and a 25 point paper. Required to do 6 SONA credits. Easy to get A- if you read and go to class but always has a few difficult questions on exams. Very nice and willing to help but not super interesting.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Tests are entirely from lectures and textbook reading. For the textbook reading, focus on bold and italicized words and any major studies talked about in the chapter. Tests are not that hard though. He posts lecture slides but they don't contain much so take good notes. As a professor, Shrira is fine and gets the job done, but is nothing special.