Reviews of professor Gregory Scontras

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Scontras gets a good deal of hate for largely invalid reasons. He is very sensible and one of the most well-rehearsed lecturers I've seen. His presentations have LOADS of effort put into them, but he does go through stuff very fast. That in mind, his content is pretty straightforward, so as long as you pay some attention, this course is a breeze.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Greg is an amazing lecturer. Lectures are very conversational & his slides are minimal, but if you actually pay attention to what he is saying you should have no problems. (Also, the textbook chapters are very helpful if you're confused about anything- READ THEM!) Nice guy, offers some extra credit, & exams are open. Great & interesting class!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
psych of language is like linguistics and not really psych related, so i have no idea why this is a core class. i regret not doing a pass/no pass for this class because the more work you do as the weeks pass by, the worse my grade got with all the homework which is graded harshly. the midterm and final were open notes, but also very very hard.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Not a good class to take; felt more a linguistics class rather than a psychology class. The problem sets are hard. The exams are open-notes but hard (though they're online and taken anywhere). Work with others for a good grade, but it's really subjective what you get. Acts like hes a good presenter when he not, and the material is tough and dry.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He posts his slides online but his lectures are really fun to go to. His midterm and final are both open note meaning you could use any resource you'd like. The only downside would be that his assignments could be pretty challenging sometimes

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The only good thing about this class is the fact its a core class and satisfies that requirement. Otherwise, this class was terrible, hard exams and homework. Lectures were boring but the alternative is reading the textbook which isnt even really useful. Only take if you have no other choice, and even then good luck on trying to get a good grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
the grading scale is really fair, even though there is a lot of work involved. the online exams are very difficult, probably because they are open-note. lectures are very heavy in terms of information so it can get pretty boring. the subject itself is just hard, honestly. the topics are very confusing so GET THE TEXTBOOK if you want to understand!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
At first Professor Scontras seemed to be a bit rude during the lectures but once I attended office hours he was very nice and helpful. He saw that I was struggling and always helped me with whatever it was that I was struggling with. My suggestion is to write thorough notes from the lectures and attend office hours for the problem sets.