Reviews of professor Alexis Wellwood

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She's hilarious. The subject is interesting, but SO. INSANELY. CONFUSING. I read along with the textbook up until about chapter 4, when I spent two hours trying to comprehend a single sentence. Thankfully, tests have a lot based solely on lectures, which are basically just stories about scientific studies. Your reading comprehension will be tested.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I decided to take the course based on previous reviews and the course has changed. Currently it is shared with another professor and most of the lectures have been instructed by them. It is lecture heavy and is hard to follow if you aren't well versed in philosophy knowledge. Tests are no longer online and open book but in class and closed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Wellwood is fantastic. GESM 160 is perfect if you want to do your GESM and do your Math credit. The class has 8 homework assignments, worst 3 grades are dropped, and then the final is 3 papers, but with a debate which is very fun. You have to put work in to understand the subject, but she makes it enjoyable and interesting.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Alexis is cool but the content of this course might as well be in another language. Even after attending lecture/ reading the textbook, I understand about 20% of the content... if that. Tests are also incredibly difficult and detail-oriented -- too difficult to study for because she only provides you with the grand concepts. Thank god for the T.A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
As a freshman taking this class as a GE (humanities major in Dornsife), this course was difficult. Profs are good about posting lectures w notes available online.Class was so big so attendance wasn't necessary. Got a good grade but if ur not a science major , it can be hard. PPl who are science majors may find this class easy but not for me.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very clear guidelines. Course is graded off of 3 tests + 4 short assignments. tests are online and open book, SA's are graded by TA's so they kinda depend. Make sure to put in effort on the short assignments and participate in labs. There was an extra credit opp near the end. I didn't go to a single lecture after the first one, but ended with an A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
nice professor but talks super fast and does not explain concepts well. switches on and off with Dr. Mintz so its kind of much to have two different teaching styles every few lectures. Explains things in a convoluted manner but can tell she is passionate about philosophy. would not take again tbh... but not a bad class. Wouldn't take this for GE.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Wellwood is an incredibly smart and competent professor, and the subject matter is quite interesting but does not come easily. Come prepared to focus and read the textbook, and you'll learn a lot and push your understanding of cognition. A lot of grading was done by the TA, however, and that can lead to communication issues.