Reviews of professor Zeynep Saygin

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I love Dr. Saygin. She cares a lot about the material in this class. As someone who was scared of doing presentations (the whole class is about doing presentations on the journal articles we read), I really enjoyed talking with my classmates about the material. I learned a lot, but be prepared to read about 6 journal articles a week to prepare!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor that makes expectations clear through all the assignments and exams. Lecture heavy and being in class is important, but not required, and material was pretty interesting. 3 exams, plus a final, and lowest exam score dropped (don't have to take final if first 3 scores are good). Lots of extra credit opportunities. 2 response papers.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hard class but makes you think. Expects a high level of understanding of journal articles. Fun lectures and she obviously cares about the material. Presentations have to be well thought out. Be prepared to discuss the articles in class. Debate at the end of the semester helps bring it all together.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I definitely not recommend taking this class with her. She is super nice, but nice well experienced with the material. She reads from slides most of the time and her exam questions are not related to what she gave in the lecture.