Reviews of professor Raquel Hoersting

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Hoersting is really good about letting your interests guide your learning (as long as it falls within the boundaries of the course, obviously). Taking abnormal psych with her was genuinely one of the best courses I've taken at this school.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Hoersting has excellent assignments and was a fairly easy marker. It wasnt always clear what the content of the tests would be and the lectures were sometimes uneccessary but overall the class was easy and I enjoyed the grading scheme (4 tests, small paper, popcorn chair activity).

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I did not find Hoersting to be a kind or empathetic professor in any way, shape, or form. She also isn't a great teacher. Take the course as it is a requirement for Psych majors and avoid her for everything else.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
1 big project and a proposal for that assignment, 6 short papers, 12 textbook chapters of reading, 11 "mini" assignments, 9 quizzes, and a final learning portfolio. She's more than quadrupled the workload for this course in the past few years. It's a messy problem, don't take this course if you don't need it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof is disorganized, changes the syllabus within hours notice, and has no sense of course structure. Quizzes are released before the material is taught and without warning. Pay attention to moodle and expect independent learning. The assignments are excessive. She over-integrates online and in-person learning, it doesn't work. Save yourself.