Reviews of professor Pamela Van Dyke

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
PVD has an online PhD, which is reflected in her teaching style. She frequently teaches objectively inaccurate information about abnormal psychology and reveals personal information about her former clinical patients. Her syllabus is a mere suggestion as she ran about six weeks behind changing deadlines on a whim. Blames most mistakes on the TA.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Easy A class, but you won't learn a lot from here. It was a-okay course, but I am in process of grade appeal. After I received my final grade, I asked her about the breakdown of the grade, and she marked me 7 absences even though I never missed the class. For exam 2, there were 3 questions that were wrong, but she did not reflect those in the grade

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Van Dyke is one of the best professors I've had at SMU. She is very well-spoken and knowledgable, but also extremely kind. She is looking to help you succeed. She is willing to do whatever it takes to help you do that. Her peppiness also keeps class interesting and fun. I would definitely recommend taking her to anyone. Well worth it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great class! She's hilarious and so nice, and the class is graded by 2 test grades (one of these is the highest of the first two unit exams during the semester, so 3 tests total), a project, some written assignments and a 5-10 page essay. It's definitely achievable to make an A!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
PVD is the best management teacher by far. You will not regret taking this class. It is the one class I enjoy going to in the morning. She makes class very fun, and it is very laid back. All she wants from you is to succeed!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Van Dyke is so awesome. She is super fair and lets you collaborate with your peers on the tests ;) (like actually). Lets you out early and tells you everything on the tests & she drops one test too. She tells you to read the txtbook but you do not need it & I wish I didn't buy it. Her lectures are so interesting and she holds ur attention

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
We learned half of the content in class and the other notes were often just posted after class. It was an easy A but not an exciting learning environment for someone who actually wanted to learn the material. While the prof is really talented at her job outside of school, teaching is not the best. I felt like we glossed over all the content.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class is extremely interactive. Get ready to talk to everyone in the class and have break-out room discussions. The lectures prepare you well for the tests however to really do well make sure you do the quizzes from the online textbook. If you do this you should get an A.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I don't think Van Dyke was prepared for online teaching: she didn't update the syllabus from last semester & she was constantly changing due dates. Other than that she was a good prof, really experienced in her field. You have to pay $120 for Cengage. lots of discussion boards & class activities, 3 tests, 1 group project, and 1 paper.